Neverwinter: Sharandar kicks off with Episode One: The Iron Tooth on February 9 for PC players (March 9 for our pals on consoles). If you’re a long-time Neverwinter fan, you’ll likely recognise where you’ll be headed – the mystical region of Sharandar, which was introduced in the free MMORPG’s first module, is the episodic expansion’s setting, though it won’t be exactly as you’ll remember.
“While the areas will roughly follow the footprint of the older Sharandar area, it will look a lot different,” as lead designer Randy Mosiondz tells us in an interview. “Our artists spent a lot of time re-envisioning the look of the environment and monsters, to great effect. You’ll still see the new Sharandar hub, but it has been completely re-done, some of the old character models have been updated, and there are completely new characters for the new storyline.”