"Wizard101," the popular free-to-play MMORPG game from KingsIsle, has a rather large content update coming out shortly named Grizzleheim. The update will include new races and an entirely new world, as well as other things, but IGN recently took a look at the races that are being introduced in the MMORPG's upcoming update.

Of the three different races presented, I’d have to say that the Viking Bears are my absolute favorite. Not only is it somewhat of a nod to the armored bears from The Golden Compass, but they look completely ridiculous in their little horned hats. There is something about anthropomorphic bears that people seem to love... (They even travel between worlds in longboats!)

The last two races are less well-known, the Wolves and the Ravens. The Wolves are more of a hunter type of race and appear rather buff, though IGN speculates that they are ‘more about finesse’ than the Viking Bears. The Ravens are far more shrouded in mystery than either of the other two.

Posted by James Bishop
June 18, 2009

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