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Estar: Wars of Religion - A brief introduction

Posted: 16 Jun 2011 10:42 PM PDT


(Source) Korean MMO developer, Naru Entertainment revealed some new information about its latest online game, Estar Online in a press conference yesterday. As usual, Korean gaming portal This Is Game is there with the latest news. The biggest feature revealed so far will be the Flying Battle Ships, with them known as AMOS. You can see the system in action in the 2nd half of the trailer below.


It is actually the guild base for all guilds and once they are airborne, opposing guilds are able to dock mid-air beside each other and carry out Guild Vs Guild battle on-board both ships. Have you seen how pirate gangs fight each other? That is basically the idea here. Except it takes place in the skies. And ships are piloted manually with the ability to bomb each other down into smithereens. Apparently, the losing guild members will crash onto land together with their ship, like a meteor.


Other early features include an active Day and Night system, causing NPCs to relocate themselves while some quests will only be activated at different times. For example, there is a quest happening at night which needs players to use a torch and seek out items. A card-based skill system is implemented in Estar, hence players must choose which skills are more functional during different situations and equip them. The game's first Focus Group Testing is scheduled to being in September.

Firefall - Webzen admits lack of funds

Posted: 16 Jun 2011 09:53 PM PDT


For the past few months, I have been posting about the saga between Red 5 Studios and Korean MMO company Webzen over the publishing rights for Firefall. Today, Webzen finally admitted that the company has ran into serious financial problems due to lack of funds and is going through heavy restructuring. The company hence does not have the ability to publish and market Firefall.


However, Webzen insisted that as the company poured much development funds for Red 5 Studios, Firefall's publishing rights will be decided by Webzen on which other company to obtain it. Webzen also confirmed that it is looking to let other companies publish their games in Korea rather than doing it themselves. A Webzen spokesperson added that they will not entertain the idea of passing Firefall's publishing rights to Red 5 Studios Korea. Earlier, Webzen has already canceled the development of MU Online 2 and focused on SUN Online 2 instead due to financial hiccups. Please note that Firefall for North America and Europe remains unaffected.
Posted by Shri Krishna

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