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| Wonderland’s Treasure and Trouble arriving August 2 Posted: 29 Jul 2011 05:38 PM PDT August 2 is the date marked for the release of Wonderland Online 6.0, “Treasure and Trouble.” The updatewill introduce several new quests, and a new level 120 instance with four legendary guardians facing adventurers. Along with the new content comes new weapons and armor, and a new pet, the Naughty Monkey. A new server, Pisces, will also launch on August 2, with seven days of double experience for players who start there. Wonderland Online is published by IGG, which also publishes Zu Online and Tales of Pirates II.  Wonderland Online Gameplay Screenshot Source:
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| Posted: 29 Jul 2011 05:04 PM PDT Navy Force, a browser-based strategy game, will be joining NGames (Game321) in August. Navy Force is set in an alternate history where the world is mostly submerged by water, and countries must battle for trade and dominance across the seas while fighting back pirates. Players may choose from several countries, and must develop their land and cities with resources while building up a powerful fleet for battle. Game321 also publishes Fairy Story Online and Pockie Ninja.  Navy Force Gameplay Screenshot Source:
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| Posted: 12 Jan 2009 08:39 AM PST Shaiya, another successful MMO game that combines some very interesting innovation with a very stock standard MMORPG styled engine. Slay terrible beasts, wield powerful weapons – just try not to die, as in some modes of Shaiya, death is permanent.  Publisher: Aeria Games Pros: +Good interface. +Easy to learn quest and battle systems. +Unique radar and map. +Perma-Death system. +Innovative ‘Dueling / Wager’ system. Cons: -Difficult to progress in the beginning. -Slow experience gain on some difficulties. -Limited character customization. Overview Shaiya OverviewWhile Shaiya brings little innovation to the table in terms of gameplay, providing players with a simple and familiar MMORPG environment to discover and explore, its unique ‘Ultimate Mode’ – whereby a players character is deleted upon death, should attract elitist players from across the globe. With several race and class choices, an interesting backstory, and a beautiful world to enjoy, Shaiya should provide an enjoyable MMORPG experience to fans of the genre, but won’t be attracting many newcomers to the scene. Shaiya Screenshots         Shaiya Featured Video Full Review Shaiya ReviewBy Cody 'Neramaar' Hargreaves It seems that Aeria Games, a widely successful publisher of free-to-play MMO games these past few years, have their hand in more than one cookie jar nowadays. Chances are you've played one of their games by now yourself – hell, with Last Chaos, DOMO, Project Torque, Twelve Sky and the new Megaten acting as just a small few of the games under their over-sized belt, it's fast becoming hard not to have played at least one of them. Today we'll be taking a peek at one of their better known additions: Shaiya, a game of elves and dwarves, magic and fantasy, archers and… well, you probably already know the rest.  TOO MUCH OF A GOOD THING To clarify, I'm not having a go at Shaiya. It does draw much of its style from the popular NCSoft title Lineage 2, but not nearly enough for me to be upset by it. No, I'm just ranting I suppose. I do that a lot, so you know. Shaiya is more or less your stock standard grinding style fantasy MMO, however, it does have one or two added flavors to spice up the soup. The most noticeable of which being the simple fact the before you begin playing Shaiya, you are asked to choose your difficulty.  CHOOSE WISELY Normal mode is the standard mode in Shaiya where most players will begin, as players must first achieve level 40 in this mode before they are eligible for Hard mode. Hard mode, while forcing players to level much slower than normal mode, gives access to much more powerful spell and ability upgrades. Ultimate mode, reserved for only the most hardcore of players, has no increase in difficulty over Hard mode, but provides players will all-new spells, abilities and equipment not found in the previous modes. The catch? What was it again? Oh. Right. If you die, your character is deleted.  WAIT… DELETED? LIKE, FOREVER DELETED? Gameplay isn't everything though, I mean, I've played countless poorly constructed and repetitive RPGs in my time purely for the story, and given the half-decent back-story given in Shaiya I was really hoping to get sucked in. Naturally, I was sadly disappointed to learn that there was very little in the way of a consistent storyline too. See? Stock standard MMORPG. Amirite!?  HEY, AT LEAST IT LOOKS GOOD I'm probably being too hard on Shaiya, venting my anger toward the 'cloning' attitude the MMORPG scene is taking these days, and improperly taking it out on one game. As far as playable MMORPG experiences go, Shaiya is certainly a good choice. It has everything you could want in an MMO and more, and I like the path they've taken with the Ultimate mode – although I'm still not quite sure if a grinding game is a good candidate for a perma-death system or not. I mean, tell me you wouldn't be just a little upset if you were mob-ganked with a level 50 Ultimate character. I mean… damn. It's harsh – but it would make you think about your decisions a bit more I bet.  Final Verdict: Good Screenshots Shaiya Screenshots                  Videos Shaiya VideosShaiya Gameplay Trailer Click here to view the embedded video. Shaiya PvP Footage Click here to view the embedded video. Shaiya Cinematic Trailer Click here to view the embedded video. Shaiya Character Creation Click here to view the embedded video. Shaiya Boss Fight Trailer System Requirements Shaiya System RequirementsMinimum Requirements: Recommended Specification:
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