| Rusty Hearts - Core mechanics introduction Posted: 15 Jul 2011 06:37 AM PDT Today, Perfect World Entertainment Released the first Rusty Hearts Developer Diary to the public. The video combines intense combat scenes, beautiful cel-shaded art style, as well as details about the core gameplay and interesting character identities to give players insight on which character they'd like to play as, the pros and cons of using a keyboard or controller, and more. Rusty Hearts is going into Closed Beta in 2 weeks' time, so head on to the official website ( http://rustyhearts.perfectworld.com/) to get a key now! |
| Ragnarok II - 2nd Closed Beta begins with glitches Posted: 14 Jul 2011 09:41 PM PDT Despite having played for a few minutes in Closed Beta 1, I decided to skip the second as I am convinced Gravity will not fix the various instabilities and bugs found. True enough, the 2nd Closed Beta began with several glitches according to various foreign media. On the first day, majority of the players were unable to log into the game, which is done through the game's website. On the second day, created characters were either being deleted, undetected or going into "invisible" mode. A lengthy emergency maintenance was carried out, but apparently did not fix many errors. Gravity hence decided to close the game early that day. The official statement by Gravity, as usual, is that there were too many players (open to all Gravity members) hence causing the login server to be unstable. For the characters going missing, they claimed to have grasp the root of the problem. Ragnarok II's 2nd Closed Beta will end a few days later on the 17th. |
| Red Duck Inc. - A look into the developer of A.V.A Posted: 14 Jul 2011 08:12 AM PDT Have you played Alliance of Valiant Arms (A.V.A), one of the hottest English online shooter since last year? If you have not, you should give it a try! Published by Ijji ( official website), Alliance of Valiant Arms is one of the few MMOFPS I really enjoyed through my years of gaming. So, in this post, we will be taking a look at the game's developer. Red Duck Inc. and its headquarters in Korea. The company's other game will be Metro Conflict: Presto, also an online shooter as well. Pictures sourced from Korea's top gaming website, This Is Game.  | | ↑↑ Red Duck's building in Korea. Metro Conflict: Presto's artwork can be seen reflected on the windows. |  | | ↑↑ Rows of working cubicles. Notice how they are slanted at a certain 120 degrees angle. |  | | ↑↑ Taking a look inside the cubicles. |  | | ↑↑ Red Duck's CEO (in red) walking around talking to staff. |  | | ↑↑ The music and audio room where sounds for Red Duck's games are created. |  | | ↑↑ Have a private phone call? Talk in one of these specially made compartments for privacy! |  | | ↑↑ One of the conference rooms, the Pac-Man room. |  | | ↑↑ One of the conference rooms, the Bubble Bobble room. |  | | ↑↑ One of the conference rooms, the Space Invaders room. There are various other rooms named after popular games. |  | | ↑↑ The Green Hill room, where conferences are held while seated on the ground. |  | | ↑↑ The Japanese-styled Tatami conference room. |  | | ↑↑ The Forest room. There is some kind of positive air reaction system stalled in in here which I couldn't quite translate. |  | | ↑↑ Cafe serving employees and guests. |  | | ↑↑ It seems the in0house cafe is from a popular coffee chain. |  | | ↑↑ Looking towards the relaxation area of the building. |  | | ↑↑ Yes, there is an in-house hairdresser cum beautician. |  | | ↑↑ A massage room! What?! |  | | ↑↑ Female employees' resting room. Much bigger compared to the guys' as there are lesser females. |  | | ↑↑ Male employees' resting bunk. |  | | ↑↑ Shower and rest room located at the male bunk. |  | | ↑↑ Art Director for Metro Conflict: Presto. |  | | ↑↑ The "leader" of the female employees in Red Duck. |  | | ↑↑ The CEO is finally free to take a picture. |  | | ↑↑ Red Duck Inc. will continue to develop the best FPS games for the online gaming market. | For those who doubted my post months ago about AsiaSoft publishing Alliance of Valiant Arms (A.V.A) for the South East Asia (SEA) market, have a look at the map below and judge for yourself! |
