Kingdoms Of Amalur: Re-Reckoning arrived late last year, offering the chance to redeem the hit fantasy Re-PG. Now, Re-Reckoning has received something the original never did: an expansion. Called Fatesworn, it’s out now and offers a new six-hour storyline.
Set in the snowy mountains of Mithros, Fatesworn continues the story of the Undead, in a “end game” main story quest, developer Kaiko said. This new area is dotted with Oblique gate Portal of Chaos, containing new dungeons to explore. Features new enemies, new weapons, non-combat skills, level cap raised to 50, and new music from Grant Kirkhope.
All of this appears to be part of THQ Nordic. Last week they also released a fourth new expansion for Titan Quest, another game that was initially a hit, and that nu-THQ revived and maintained.
Amalur was created by 38 Studios and sold well upon release, but 38 Studios went bankrupt for not being able to pay my huge debt. THQ Nordic then chose the copyright in 2018. That made John very happy; he review the original in 2020 and found surprisingly little need to modernize:
“KoA is still just damn works. It’s still totally special, this kind of solo MMO. It’s made as if all traces of a single-player RPG were lost in an apocalypse and must be reverse engineered based on the fossil record and World Of Warcraft And that’s why I love it It’s WoW for Bastards, a massive open-world RPG with swashbucklers dungeons and search quests and level chases without being bothered by others.”
Re-Reckoning: Fatesworn is now available from Steam for £16.19 / $18 / €18. It requires the base game to play.
