THQ Nordic’s become something of a home for orphaned franchises. The publisher brought fans the remaster of Volition’s Red Faction: Gorilla in 2019 and Kingdoms of Amalur: Re-Reckoning last year. More than just a remastering of the game, however, one of THQ Nordic’s big promises was to continue expanding the Kingdoms of Amalur franchise.
That promise just came a bit closer to becoming a reality, with THQ Nordic officially announcing the release date for Kingdoms of Amalur: Re-Reckoning’s first DLC. Fans of the semi-open world action-RPG can jump into the new Foresworn expansion starting Tuesday, December 14.
THQ Nordic announced the Fatesworn expansion in 2020, the same time the publisher announced Kingdoms of Amalur: Re-Reckoning. However, the publisher avoided giving away too much about the upcoming DLC, only giving snippets of information. Even when THQ offered fans their first look at Fatesworn in September, the studio provided little more than a screenshot and the local lore of one in-game town. Apart from that, all that fans knew was that Fatesworn serves as an Epilogue for Kingdoms of Amalur and adds about five hours of new gameplay.
Fortunately for those curious, today’s announcement also contains information about the upcoming DLC. According to the post on THQ’s website, Fatesworn takes place after the player defeats main villain Gadlow at the end of Kingdoms of Amalur’s main story. However, a new threat is rising in the form of Telogrus, the God of Chaos. To stop him, players must journey west to the new land of Mithros.
THQ previously indicated that the Fatesworn DLC’s plot deals with the effect of the magic from Kingdoms of Amalur’s Well of Souls. At the beginning of the game, this magical device resurrects the protagonist, called the Fateless One. It’s also indirectly the source of the Fateless One’s unique ability to alter the normally ironclad destiny of other characters in the game’s world. So presumably, Telogrus’ awakening has something to do with the player’s tampering with fate. The DLC is called Fatesworn, after all.
Fatesworn is the first all-new Kingdoms of Amalur content since the original game’s Teeth of Naros DLC in 2012. The franchise effectively died with the bankruptcy of 38 Studios and Big Huge Games that same year, scrapping plans for a sequel and MMO set in the same world. New publisher THQ has yet to openly discuss the possibility of a Kingdoms of Amalur 2 somewhere down the road. Still, the soon-to-be-released Fatesworn DLC offers a glimmer of hope for the franchise’s future.
Kingdoms of Amalur: Re-Reckoning is available on PC, PS4, Switch, and Xbox One, with the Fatesworn DLC releasing December 14.
Source: THQ Nordic