Tag: Perfect World Entertainment

Neverwinter Hits 15 Million Players Across 3 Systems


Neverwinter has plenty of reasons to celebrate today as the MMO announces that it has reached 15 million customers across PC, Xbox, and Playstation. Perfect World Entertainment has released a video thanking the community, embedded below.

Since its original launch in June 2013, Neverwinter has continued to receive expansions, bringing exciting and diverse content from the Forgotten Realms and Dungeons & Dragons lore. From defeating the elven lich Valindra Shadowmantle to facing off against monstrous demon lords in the Underdark and going toe-to-toe with frost giants in Icewind Dale, adventurers continue to experience the Forgotten Realms with players around the world. The Cloaked Ascendancy, now available on all platforms, marks the 11th major content expansion to the action MMO.

Star Trek Online: Season 12 Hits Consoles


Perfect World Entertainment has released Season 12 of Star Trek Online: Reckoning for Xbox One and Playstation 4. The update introduces players to a dangerous new race, the Tzenkethi.

Season 12 – Reckoning continues the mission from the last major expansion to release on consoles, Agents of Yesterday. Captains have discovered an abandoned space station from Star Trek: The Original Series next to a remote planet in the Alpha Quadrant. Upon further investigation they learn the planet’s entire life force has been wiped out by a protomatter bomb. All signs point to the Tzenkethi as the culprit, a powerful and highly intelligent warp-capable species. Captains must now team up with the Lukari and a Klingon contingent led by General Rodek (voiced by actor Tony Todd) to stop the Tzenkethi forces from carrying out another cataclysmic attack.

Reckoning introduces a brand new feature episode, Of Signs and Portents, as well as a new crafting school, space queues, and reputation with the Lukari Restoration Initiative. With this update, console players will be back up to date with PC players.

(Source: Perfect World Entertainment press release)

Perfect World Announces Driftwood Tavern Livestreams


Perfect World Entertainment has announced a new fireside chat for Neverwinter called the Driftwood Tavern. Set to stream every two weeks on Friday, the first stream will be live on Twitch on April 14th to discuss updates, hand out prizes, and more. The developers over at Perfect World Entertainment regularly publish developer blogs on various subjects, and this latest announcement appears to be pushing communication with the community even further.

  • Providing news for the next two weeks
  • Updating everyone on any developer activity on the Preview forums you may have missed
  • Gathering feedback from the community
  • Spotlighting the community (fan art, videos, etc.)
  • Having a place for the community to get together
  • …and of course, winning prizes, like the Roccat Kone EMP mouse below!

(Source: Neverwinter)

Neverwinter: 20% Off Item Sale


Neverwinter has declared that it’s about time to take 20% off there, Squirrly Dan. Beginning today and running through Monday, April 3, Neverwinter players will be able to get their hands on a number of items for 20% off. The sale, already in motion, ends at 7:30am PST or after maintenance on PC and at 10am on consoles. For the list of items on sale, read below:

  • Master’s Trowel
  • Black Ice Shaping Booster Pack
  • Greater Stone of Health
  • Hammerstone Runeforge Kit
  • Professions Asset Pack
  • Professions Booster Pack
  • Scrolls of Life
  • Scrolls of Mass Life
  • Stone of Health

(Source: Neverwinter)

Neverwinter’s D&D Campaigns Return This Week


If you’ve ever been playing Neverwinter and found the game severely lacking in characters mocking your actions, you’re in luck. Beginning this Thursday and running for a month, players will once again have access to Respen and Portobello’s Dungeons & Dragons campaign. Adventurers interested in getting their 20-sided dice dirty will have the opportunity to get their hands on a number of rewards like the owlbear figurine and Beholder personal tank.

Both Respen’s and Portobello’s campaigns will be occurring during this time, each with tasks to offer during the month-long event. In between evaluations at the Burrow Dawn Inn, don’t forget to check the event queues for new ways to be tested! A new queue will open up each week, so be sure to check back regularly!

The event brings a new campaign each week, check out the link below to see how to get started.

(Source: 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)

Star Trek Online: Agents of Yesterday Hits Consoles


The latest expansion pack for Star Trek Online hit consoles today, bringing with it the usual slew of new content, task force missions, new ships, and more. Agents of Yesterday brings players back to the 23rd century, putting them face to face with fan favorites from the original series including Chekov, Scotty, and Cyborg Crewman 0718.

Check out zones from the original series, utilize a new specialization tree, and protect the past from a new threat.

(Source: Perfect World Entertainment press release)

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)