Wizard101 celebrates one year of service and five millionth player milestones
Wizard101, the magic-themed Massively Multi-player Online game from KingsIsle Entertainment, celebrates its one-year anniversary this month. KingsIsle Entertainment says that since its launch a year ago the game has garnered five million registered players worldwide. That’s a pretty impressive number for a game and a company that isn’t necessarily considered brand name. It probably didn’t hurt that KingsIsle has been doing targeted marketing for the game on some of the most popular children’s television networks including Nickelodeon and Cartoon Network since its launch. It also doesn’t hurt that the game doesn’t suck and is fun to play for both kids and adults.
As part of its one year celebration, several decorations are being added to the game this month as well as a special surprise for all players to be revealed at a later date. Wizard101 combines collectible trading card game-based combat with the social interaction of an online multiplayer game and a parental control system that allows adults to restrict communications options for younger players, while allowing more freedom to older players.
You can learn more about the game by visiting www.Wizard101.com.
Wizard101 Offers Family Plan
While Wizard101 is an MMO and social online world mostly geared towards tweens, KingsIsle is trying to bring families together with a special family plan. Best described as Harry Potter meets Yu-Gi-Oh!, Wizard101 is free-to-play, with advanced play content and features available at the general subscription rate of $9.95 per month.
The new family subscription plan lets family members to purchase multiple accounts charged to the same credit card at the rate of $6.95 per month for each account. So if you want to drag your mom or dad, brother or sister into the game, now you can and you’ll get a discount to boot.
If you are interested in learning more about the game, check out www.wizard101.com.
Wizard101 Goes Live
While parents are getting their young ones ready to start a whole new school year, KingsIsle Entertainment is opening up another school for budding young wizards - Wizard101. The MMO geared towards the “tween market” lets youngsters try their hand at a variety of magical adventures in a friendly and safe environment, according to KingsIsle’s own description.
Wizard101 combines an easy to navigate social environment, adventure and card style gameplay. Players enroll in the Ravenwood School of Magical Arts and begin a course of spell study. From day one players are tapped by the Headmaster to help save the school from a renegade teacher who has disappeared but who seems to be behind some mysterious happenings.
The timing for the game’s launch is kind of odd, considering that school is just starting this week for most youngsters, which means the best time to play will be relegated to the weekend - behind homework, sports, and early bed times…
You can learn more about the game and try out the free trial by visiting wizard101.com.
Wizard101 Open Beta Goes Live
KingsIsle Entertainment has completed what it calls a successful closed beta testing phase” for its virtual world Wizard101. Okay, we’ll take them at their word on that one.. With closed beta testing out of the way, the final beta testing phase has been opened to the public, giving anyone that wants to partake in the game’s magical adventure and card-collecting gameplay.
Wizard101 is an online virtual game world that is geared towards the entire family, with a heavy emphasis on gameplay suitable for children that is safe and secure. But perhaps the most appealing aspect of the game is that it doesn’t look like crap.
Anyone with a PC who can join the final beta testing phase now sign at www.wizard101.com. Beta testers play the game for free and provide feedback to the game’s creators leading up to the official launch.
