Tag: Neverwinter

Neverwinter Dumps Windows XP And Old Video Cards


Neverwinter joins the growing list of games dropping support for older versions of Windows, as with today’s update the client will no longer support Windows XP and video cards that don’t meet a certain Direct3D benchmark. The update was announced back in December as an effort to improve game performance and optimize the player experience.

As of this build, Neverwinter can no longer support the Windows XP operating system, or video cards with a Direct3D Hardware Feature Level less than 10.0.

(Source: Neverwinter)

Neverwinter Launches the Cloaked Ascendancy On PC


The world is slowing down, or at least that’s what the song in Neverwinter’s latest expansion told me. The Cloaked Ascendancy sees the city of Neverwinter once again under attack from external threats. It is up to you, the adventurer, to delve into the River District to fight back the Cloaked Ascendancy and once again keep the world safe from harm.

The campaign content this time around involves reclaiming the River District from the Cloaked Ascendancy and returning it to its former glory, before returning to the Spellplague Caverns Dungeon to bring the fight to the enemy. Along with the new adventure zone and dungeons, players will also be able to get their hands on artifact weaponry.

The Cloaked Ascendancy is available today on PC with console launch coming later this year.

Double Experience Weekend Coming To Neverwinter


RuneScape isn’t the only game feeling generous with the experience this weekend. Adventurers in Neverwinter will once again have the opportunity to level up those companions at half the effort, as Perfect World Entertainment is running another double experience weekend. Starting Thursday at 7:30am PST and running through Monday February 20th at 7:30am PST, both player characters and their companions will receive 100% bonus experience.

This bonus applies to kills, professions, quests, and invocation. Your companions will level up at double the rate as well, making this weekend handy for bringing those stragglers up to speed.

(Source: Perfect World Entertainment)

Neverwinter Announces The Cloaked Ascendancy


Perfect World Entertainment has announced the next big update for Neverwinter, dubbed The Cloaked Ascendancy. Taking place after the events of Storm King’s Thunder, adventurers return to the city of Neverwinter only to find a new threat in the form of the Cloaked Ascendancy. In order to crush this new threat, players will head into The River District, a new adventure zone, to complete a new campaign with new skirmishes, levels, items, and the return of the Spellplague Caverns.

The Cloaked Ascendancy launches on PC on February 21st, with consoles to follow at a later date.

(Source: Neverwinter press release)

Neverwinter’s River District Offers Daily Advancement


Perfect World Entertainment has released a new developer blog discussing the River District, and a new threat from a group of wizards hell bent on taking over Neverwinter (who isn’t these days?). The goal of the River District is simple: Stop the wizards from taking control and reclaim the district for Lord Neverember. The campaign revolves around clearing enemies, assisting with efforts to rebuild guard posts and maintain security, and defending against counter-attacks from the wizards and their minions.

The goal, however, is to provide a campaign that has more content than the simple rotation of daily quests that players are used to.

The dynamic nature of the zone means more choice when it comes to completing dailies for the campaign. Rather than having several rotating quests that must be completed each day, the bulk of your daily credit simply comes from playing in the zone. You can play the territory control game with the guard posts, activate and explore treasure vaults at the dig sites, participate in heroic encounters to stop wizard rituals and counterattacks, or just defeat enemies throughout the district. Any and all of these things grant credit toward daily campaign progress.

For more information, check out the developer blog at the link below.

(Source: Neverwinter)

Neverwinter New Changes to Dungeons, 15% VIP Sale


Today’s Neverwinter patch doesn’t just introduce the Gift of Tymora event, it also marks the start of a 15% VIP sale. VIP in Neverwinter acts like a subscription for other MMOs, with bonuses that continue adding with each month that you subscribe adding to a rank that never decreases even if your subscription does.

In other news, today’s update is accompanied by details to changes to in-game content. Foremost, the rewards system is being reworked to give rarer rewards more often, including artifacts, companions, mounts, and more. The game will announce to your group when you obtain some rare piece of loot, with Perfect World also mentioning that the announcement is not global (not to add to the game’s already spammy announcements), and finally the last item on the list is a useful items inventory tab, for things that you need but don’t use all that often like fishing poles, keys, etc. The useful items tab will help clean up your inventory.

(Source: Neverwinter)

Neverwinter Hosting another 2x Weekend Plus Tymora’s Gift


Perfect World Entertainment has announced that this weekend will see the return of double enchantment and runestones, as well as the return of the Tymora’s Gift event. The first one is pretty straightforward, any time you would normally receive enchantment or runestones from content in-game, you will receive double that amount. Tymora’s Gift, meanwhile, introduces a new fancy horse that you can buy with currency obtained during the event (picture below).

Both events run January 12 through January 16 on PC and console.

Charge $10 On Neverwinter For A Pet


December 15 marks the start of Neverwinter’s Winter Festival, and that can only mean one thing: A charge promo. From now until January 12, purchase $10 or more in Zen and receive a Simril Helper companion.

Get a little help this holiday season with the Winter Festival Charge Promo! Players who purchase $10 or more worth of Zen will get the SImril Helper companion. This companion will provide bonus Light of Simril during the Winter Festival!

Neverwinter on PC and Console is also celebrating the holidays with a double experience and 20% off services sale running from now until the 21st.

(Source: Simril Helper)

Perfect World Entertainment Details December Holiday Events


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Perfect World Entertainment has a lot of games in their library, and that means a busy December if you play more than one or two of them. For those of you looking forward to the festivities, we have a comprehensive guide for the events running through each game.

Neverwinter:

Winter Festival of Simril (December 15, 2016 – January 5, 2017)

Twilight Tor is back in all of its splendor for our adventurers. Complete daily quests and open Starlight Parcels to be rewarded with gifts for players and their party. Opening Starlight Parcel’s throughout the event increases the odds of better rewards including event-specific mounts and companions. Strap into your sled for high-speed racing and help the villagers with their monster infestation. Ice fishing makes its return, beckoning players to the frozen surface of Lake Glorfindar for an all-new level of challenge and rewards! Enjoy 2x bonuses all month long and don’t forget to visit your Stronghold to get into the Winter spirit. For additional details, please visit https://www.arcgames.com/en/games/neverwinter

Star Trek Online:

Q’s Winter Wonderland (December 1, 2016 – January 12, 2017)

This year’s Winter Event brings the storied tradition of Klingon ice fishing to Star Trek Online. Catch candy fish and deliver them to the offering plate to unlock winter trinkets. Make enough offerings, and the candy Kos’karii appears ready for battle. Defeat it and earn even more festival rewards! By completing events, players can even earn a T-6 ship. Throughout all of December, we’ll also be hosting several promotions and bonuses for players enjoying this year’s Wonderland. For additional details, please visit https://www.arcgames.com/en/games/star-trek-online

Champions Online:

Attack of the Misfit Toys (December 8 – January 5)

Millennium City has been transformed into a winter wonderland! Starting December 8 and lasting throughout the New Year, Champions can visit Renaissance Center to check out the ornamented tree, visit the Toy Drive store and gather presents to collect special rewards from the Helper Elves. Starting December 22 to January 5, players can battle Clarence, the giant teddy bear, and Black Harlequin, who has turned the abandoned foundry into a workshop to create deadly toys! But this time something is different, as Clarence seems to have brought along some strange friends! There are new rewards in the Toymaster’s Apprentice store every week of the event, so be sure to check back! For additional details, please visit http://www.arcgames.com/en/games/champions-online

Swordsman:

Christmas Snowball Event (December 22 – 28)

During this event, Joe Chen will give every player 10 Snowballs a day. You will be rewarded with EXP and Kung Fu points for using them on other players and there is a chance that you will transform the other players into a holiday object.

Christmas Snowman Event (December 22 – 28)

Find Christmas trees hidden throughout three of the major cities in the game. Attack it until it drops the items you need to complete this event. When you return the items to Lan Fenghuang, she will reward you with an item needed to make your very own temporary snowman.

Santa’s Gift Event (December 22 – 25)

During this event, Santa will visit the major cities each day between 10:30 PM PT – 11:30 PM PT. You can collect gift keys which you can use to open the piled up Christmas gifts next to Joe Chen for special rewards. For additional details, please visit http://www.arcgames.com/en/games/swordsman

PWI:

12 Days of Giveaways (December 2 – 24, 26 – 31)

Check out our news page for new codes that will be given out starting on December 2 to earn Christmas fashion sets, Ether Jade, War Avatar Chests and much more! Codes will appear starting on the December 2 and new codes will appear every other day. Check the news page again from the 26th – 31st to get a redeemable code for even better rewards.

Snowmen and Snow in Major Cities (November 30 – February 1, 2017)

Archosaur and other major starting cities will feature Living Snowmen inside and outside their walls. Kill Snowmen and they will give you some quips, Chi Stones, Dice Tickets, and more.

A Generous Gift (December 7 – 27)

Visit the Generous Young Boy and if you’re able to wait around long enough, you can receive Golden Treasures for free.

Do the Penguin March! (December 13 – 29)

Go to Frigid Bay, complete various quests to try and get the special golden reward. For additional details, please visit http://www.arcgames.com/en/games/pwi

Forsaken World:

12 Days of Giveaways (December 14 – 25)

Log in each day with a character who is at least level 50 to receive special prizes. Log in on Christmas Day to receive a FREE Christmas Pack. This pack includes a fashion handheld, Christmas title, Christmas Fireworks, a Smiley to use in chat and a Gingersnap Mage pet.

Winter Festival (December 1 – 31)

Participate in festive quests to earn special holiday pets, special XP items, and various character boost items. For additional details, please visit http://www.arcgames.com/en/games/forsaken-world

Perfect World Entertainment Black Friday Sale Continues


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Zen Charge Bonus

  • Starts Friday, November 25 at 6:00 am (PST)
  • Ends Monday, November 28 at 11:59 pm (PST)

Earn an extra 15-25% bonus on Zen purchased through select payment processors (PayPal, direct credit card, Steam, Skrill, PaySafeCard, BoaCompra and Xsolla).

  • 1,000 Zen – 15% Bonus
  • 2,000 Zen – 20% Bonus
  • 5,300 Zen – 20% Bonus
  • 11,000 Zen – 25% Bonus
  • 23,000 Zen – 25% Bonus

Neverwinter: Save 40% on all items across Arc, Steam, Xbox One and PlayStation®4 from Nov 25 at 10:00am (PT) through Nov 28 at 10:00 am (PT)

  • Arc and Steam Players: Save 15-25% on Zen from Nov 25 – Nov 28
  • Xbox Live Gold Members: Save 15-25% on Zen from Nov 25 – 28
  • PlayStation® Plus Members and PS4 Players: Save 15-25% on Zen from Nov 23 – 28
  • PlayStation® Plus Members and PS4 Players: Save 20-40% on select item packs from Nov 23 – 28
  • Arc Players: Save 50% on select item packs from Nov 23 – 28, plus adventurers who purchase Zen through Arc will unlock free items, including mounts like the Gilded White Steed, Ice Panther, Owlbear and more!

For additional details, please visit https://www.arcgames.com/en/games/neverwinter

Star Trek Online: Save 25% all items/packs on Arc, Steam, Xbox One and PlayStation®4 on the following dates:

  • Black Friday – Nov 25 at 9:00 am (PT) through Nov 26 at 9:00 am (PT)
  • Cyber Monday – Nov 28 at 9:00 am (PT) through Nov 29 at 9:00 am (PT)
  • Arc and Steam Players: Save 15-25% on Zen from Nov 25 – Nov 28
  • Xbox Live Gold Members: Save 15-25% on Zen from Nov 25 – 28
  • PlayStation® Plus Members and PS4 Players: Save 15-25% on Zen from Nov 23 – 28
  • PlayStation® Plus Members and PS4 Players: Save 20-40% on select item packs from Nov 23 – 28
  • Arc Players: Save 50% on select item packs from Nov 23 – 28, plus captains who purchase Zen through Arc will unlock free items, including R&D Packs, a T5 Sovereign, a T6 Prometheus and more!

For additional details, please visit https://www.arcgames.com/en/games/star-trek-online

Swordsman

  • Save 20% of all Lv. 3 Gems and 30% off all Boost items from Nov 25 – 30.

For additional details, please visit http://www.arcgames.com/en/games/swordsman

PWI

From Nov 23 – 26

  • Save 20% off Special All Class Pets.
  • Save 45% off the War Front Supply Crate.
  • Save 52% off Medals of Glory (5).

From Nov 23 – Dec 7

  • Save 25-75% off select Mounts, Utilities, Shop and Fashion Items.

For additional details, please visit http://www.arcgames.com/en/games/pwi

Forsaken World

From Nov 23 – 29

  • Save 34 – 53% off select Orbs.
  • Save 20 – 25% off select Upgrade, Utility and Refining Items.
  • Save 25% off a huge selection of Handhelds and Fashion Items.

Join a special event from Nov 25-30 to win a Kluer statue.

For additional details, please visit http://www.arcgames.com/en/games/forsaken-world