Wysteria ho! Wizard101 launches August update

by Justin Olivetti on Aug 19th 2011 1:30PM

Fantasy, Patches, Free-to-play, Kids, Wizard101

According to Wizard101's history, Wysteria was an insignificant town until one day a magical accident caused a vine to go haywire and overgrow the place. Since then it's become a hotbed of mystery, and with the game's August update, players are invited to explore this new land to see what it holds.

Wysteria is a mid-level zone that consists of a city, another magical school (Pigswick Academy), and two adventure zones. During their adventures, players can enter into a magical tournament, fight new creatures, and brave a level-60 gauntlet known as the Tower of the Helephant. Players can either subscribe to the game or purchase the zones individually to see the glories of Wysteria.

Also included in the update are house teleporters (which allow you to quickly zip between your estates) and a number of minor gameplay tweaks. Recently KingsIsle announced that Wizard101 would be heading to China in 2012.

Source: PR Newswire, Wizard101

Tags: august-update, expansion, f2p, free-to-play, house-teleporters, kingsisle, kingsisle-entertainment, magical-tournament, patch, pigswick-academy, tower-of-the-helephant, update, wizard101, world, wysteria

Reader Comments (1)

Wait there are swords now? So in the middle of summoning creatures using cards you can say "Oh screw it" and just whip out a sword? Because I would pay moneys for that.

more seriously, I am annoyed by games where you're just summoning other things to do the work and cool stuff for you rather than doing it yourself.