Category: Neverwinter News

Neverwinter will be expanding on August 11th with Strongholds, the seventh module since being released two years ago. To celebrate the impending release, Cryptic Studios has released a brand new trailer. Finally, players will have a place to call home.

Cryptic Studios has announced that the forthcoming Strongholds module for Neverwinter will launch on August 11th. Strongholds is the largest playable map in the game and in its first iteration, the focus will be on PvE. Later, guilds will be able to wrest control of locations within the zone to build fortresses and will be able to engage in GvG warfare starting in September.

The Neverwinter site was updated with a flurry of developer blog posts to give players the lowdown on all things Strongholds. Strongholds are the new guild housing feature that will be coming to the game in the next module expansion.

The latest Neverwinter developer blog is an interesting one for those who enjoy the "how to" type article. In this post, Senior Character Artist Jonathan Nascone discusses how a creature goes from concept art, to modeling to animation to rigging, to texturing and, finally, to inclusion in the game. It’s really a fun read for both creative types and for those who love the creative process.

After today’s maintenance, XBox Neverwinter players will be able to log in and check out the new content and improvements contained in the Rise of Tiamat expansion.

With the XB1 version of Neverwinter firmly in place, Cryptic Studios is ready to start talking about the future and forthcoming updates. Rob Lashley had the opportunity to send a few questions Rob Overmeyer’s way to find out more.

The two-year anniversary celebration has kicked off in Neverwinter Online and will last through June 25th with special events and new items available for the occasion.

A new developer diary has appeared on the Neverwinter site that gives the design philosophy and background for the creation of the Strongholds map that will be added to the game in the near future. The map is said to be the largest one that Cryptic has ever created to give players a true feeling of exploration and the necessity of protecting the guild property.

The Neverwinter site was updated this week with a pair of developer blogs that give information about two new features that are headed into the game in the future update.

Perfect World and Cryptic Studios have announced that the Neverwinter expansion, Rise of Tiamat, will be released for XBox One later this month.