Perfect World Entertainment Inc. and Cryptic Studios have announced Neverwinter: Elemental Evil – the newest expansion for the action MMORPG set in the Dungeons & Dragons Forgotten Realms universe from Wizards of the Coast.
In their largest update to date, Neverwinter: Elemental Evil brings a new playable class – the Paladin –which will increase the playable class count to eight. Paladin’s will have the choice of either focusing on healing or tanking builds. This latest addition to the free MMORPG also brings the iconic hero Minsc & his miniature giant space hamster Boo to the city of Neverwinter as they pursue to discover true nature of four elemental cults dedicated to seeding destruction and instability throughout the Forgotten Realms. The new module increases the level cap from 60 to 70, bringing a new set of quests, feats and slottable class feature powers.
“Our team is thrilled to revisit one of the most iconic stories of Dungeons & Dragons with Neverwinter: Elemental Evil,” says Rob Overmeyer, executive producer of Neverwinter. “Aspiring to deliver our biggest expansion to-date, our team at Cryptic focused on introducing long-requested gameplay features as well as building more Dungeons & Dragons lore into our game. Introducing a new class, the level cap increase and Minsc & Boo into one expansion was quite a task, but an exciting one in order to continue to build a quality Dungeons & Dragons digital experience.”
Dungeons & Dragons Brand Director of Nathan Stuart added “D&D players have fought the forces of Elemental Evil before but there is a new twist with cult leaders like Aerisi, the elven prophetess ruling the Cult of the Howling Hatred, and the three other elemental prophets playing a deceptive role as the story is brought to life for Neverwinter players”
Cryptic Studios and Perfect World Entertainment continue their partnership with Wizards of the Coast, maintaining the rhythm of NeverWinter: Elemental Evil with official D&D storylines. Players will journey through new adventures as they fight the newest threat the Cults of Elemental Evil, which are also set to feature in the upcoming tabletop adventure release, Princes of the Apocalypse.
You can view the launch trailer for the NeverWinter: Elemental Evil right here –
NeverWinter: Elemental Evil is now available on PC, followed by Xbox One release later this year.
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