Neverwinter prepares to unleash its next expansion … and Orcus

What’s nastier than one demon lord? How about … two, including one of the oldest and most nefarious in Dungeons & Dragons history.

The massively multiplayer online role-playing game Neverwinter gets The Maze Engine, its ninth expansion, on March 15. This builds on the free-to-play PC game’s Underdark release, where the heroes took on the demonic threat of Demogorgon, bringing in two of the beloved role-playing game’s more infamous villains — the demon lords Baphomet and Orcus. Expansions are crucial for online games, which depend on updates to keep players engaged (and find new ones) and to sell in-game items and currency.