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43 Years Later, One of the Most Important RPGs Ever Made Is Getting an Exciting Remake

You may not have played the dungeon crawler Wizardry: Proving Grounds of the Mad Overlord, but you’ve almost certainly played one of the games it inspired. Released in 1981 for the Apple II, Wizardry was one of the first roleplaying games available on computers, and the very first to feature the party-based setup so common in the genre. Now, it’s set to return to PC and consoles in a form that should be appealing to newcomers and old-school fans alike.

The Wizardry remake comes from Digital Eclipse, the same studio behind last year’s The Making of Karateka and this year’s Llamasoft: The Jeff Minter Story. The game entered Early Access on Steam in fall 2023, and its full release is set for May 23, which also marks the first time it will be available on consoles.

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