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- Mail.Ru announces RiotZone for 2012
- Conquer Online – Invasion of Pirates Press Preview
- The Godfather: Five Families
- EA’s Play4Free reaches 25 million players
- Conquer Online launches Invasion of Pirates
| Mail.Ru announces RiotZone for 2012 Posted: 12 Jan 2012 05:54 PM PST Mail.Ru, publisher of Juggernaut and other titles, has announced that it will release a new browser-based MMO, RiotZone, in early 2012. Designed with casual gamers in mind, RiotZone offers tactical gameplay in short game sessions. Players become the commanders of mercenary squads serving either the fanatical Scarlet Alliance or the methodical Crown Coalition. Battles include forays, ambushes, interceptions, and capturing. Players must also set up camp, gather resources, train their units, and earn new equipment. The game will also feature several PvP options.  Riot Zone Artwork Source:
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| Conquer Online – Invasion of Pirates Press Preview Posted: 12 Jan 2012 01:40 PM PST Today marks the official launch of Conquer Online’s latest expansion, Invasion of Pirates. This expansion offers players the chance to play as a pirate, a brand new class with some interesting twists from Conquer Online’s usual play style. MMOHut was one of the first to get a look at the pirate gameplay in a special closed beta preview of the expansion.  A pirate in Conquer Online starts out as any other character does, with an automatic Beginner’s Quest in the Twin City. Pirate trainers are located here in the city with other trainers, and the quests remain the same as other classes. However, you’ll find that your pirate begins with a new class of weapon – the rapier. This is one of two weapons a pirate uses, and will be the mainstay for the pirate character until it reaches level 40. Pirates also start out with their own dashing style of coats, looking completely prepared to raid the waters.  Starting pirates will find two abilities as their mainstays: Gale Bomb and Blade Tempest. Gale Bomb offers a large AoE impact, along with an impressive explosion, to detonate enemies, but sits on an 8 second cooldown. Blade Tempest, on the other hand, sends the pirate sweeping with their rapier in a single direction, cutting through enemies in a single motion while doing 90% weapon damage. Both of these abilities offer important combinations in later pirate life, but as a new pirate, they each offer their own strengths. Blade Tempest seems particularly effective when cutting through multiple enemies, and is a recommended triple combination before level 90, when combinations truly begin to shine.  At level 40, along with a class promotion, the pirate also obtains their first pistol. The pistol is the pirate’s secondary weapon, but remains as important as the rapier. Both weapons remain equipped at the same time, which allows the pirate to combine pistol skills with rapier skills to introduce new combinations. The first pistol skill, Eagle Eye, deals damage to a single target, unlike the pirate’s initial AoE skills. This damage is more powerful, and also plays more importance once level 90 is reached and a key ability is unlocked: Black Spots. Black Spots is applied by Blade Tempest, and boosts Eagle Eye’s damage, which – when combined with other skills – leads to some powerful combinations in battle.  Because of the nature of combos and skills with the pirate, many of which are on cooldowns, combo planning is essential. There are several possible combinations depending on a pirate’s battle situation, including XP skills that offer powerful barrages of damage. Knowing how each skill synergizes, and how to best manage individual or group targets, is essential, but the flow of combat is still evenly paced. More interesting is how pirates play out in PvP: pirates who know their skill combinations well may end up dominating, while players who fight hastily may suffer. Pirates also are unique in that they gain half the PK points other classes do, in exchange for a higher chance at obtaining loot from their enemies. What we’re definitely sure of after experiencing the Pirate: these newcomers to Conquer Online certainly aren’t scurvy-dogs. With the new style of play – and some interesting combinations – pirates feel like a breath of fresh sea-air to Conquer Online. The expansion is available now for free download in Conquer Online, so put on your pirate hats and give it a try! |
| Posted: 12 Jan 2012 12:10 PM PST The Godfather: Five Families is a social browser-based strategy game by Kabam. Choose from one of the five families, and build a name for yourself by constructing buildings and creating influence in your neighborhood. Fight and defeat other families in New York in order to take control of the city.  Publisher: Kabam Pros: +Excellent on keeping the player on track. +Can be played in short bursts. +Polished interface Cons: –Repetitive gameplay. –Little to do in between gameplay. –Obtaining resources can take a great amount of time.
Overview The Godfather: Five Families OverviewThe Godfather: Five Families is a browser MMO strategy based game. You play the role of an up-and-coming mob boss in the city of New York, whose family has been stuck in a rut financially and authoritatively. Focusing on building an empire (Constructing apartments, cement factories, steel mills, hideouts, and restaurants.) in order to gain influence in your neighborhood. You start off with a dilapidated estate; you must level up a variety of buildings on the estate to keep up with your growing empire. Once you train troops you can attack nearby cityscapes in order to assert power and collect resources, and stock your armory with procured weapons and vehicles. The Godfather: Five Families Screenshots          The Godfather: Five Families Featured Video Full Review The Godfather: Five Families Full ReviewBy M. Hauschel Based on The Godfather, The Godfather: Five Families has the elements of organized crime families in New York during 70's, that you would expect. You work to build up your family's influence by building in your neighborhood, and battling other families in New York in order to take control of the city. Each battle won, makes you one step closer to being the most powerful family in the game. Starting the Game Once you're past registration, you'll be prompted to choose a female or male avatar. There are slots where more avatars will be available some time in the future, but as of now you're only able to choose from two. Shortly after making your selection, you're prompted to create a username for yourself. From what it seems, there doesn't really appear to be an advantage from choosing one family from another, as in affecting your gameplay. Although, players have taken up to choosing one family from the others, with the end result of that one particular family dominating the landscape. Once you've chosen a family, within the game you can join or create a crew with other players. Depending on the crew, they can provide other players with resources, weapons, and protection. It should be mentioned that when you start, for one week (7 days) you are under protection. As in, you cannot be attack by other players for a week. So, you're able to build yourself up with little fear of being bombarded by other players. Building an Empire When you start you'll be prompted by your consigliere, or right-hand man, on what to do. He'll give you jobs to complete, with incentives once completed. The consigliere is really helpful in order to understand the layout out of the game, and what is important to focus on. Time to Play the Waiting Game This is where is gets a bit tedious. It takes quite a while to obtain enough resources to complete jobs. With the downside of not being able to occupy your time with other types of tasks to complete, while you're waiting for resources to build up. Although, you can walk away from the game and the resources will collect on their own while you're away. Depending on what you build or level up, these tasks can take a great amount of time as well. The game's premium currency is useful in this area if you want to build rapidly. You can purchase diamonds that can be used to purchase clocks with different amounts of time that will reduce the wait-time. If you have the patience, it's not necessary to spend a dime in order to expand your empire. Take It to the Streets Your objective is to dominate New York, but in order to do that you need troops. When you collect enough resources, you can train troops via the hideouts in the neighborhood. Depending on how many you train at a time, and which type of troops you train, this can take as little as 53 seconds to several hours. Some types of troops require you obtain a certain level area of expertise, researched from the library on the estate. These 15 areas range from Cooking to Corruption (Foundations for any successful family.). In order to not remove your protection status in game, there are NPC gangs you can attack in the meantime. But once the protection status is lifted, you can attack (And be attacked) freely. Picture Perfect The layout of the game is straightforward, and incredibly easy to navigate. The shortcuts at the bottom of the screen and the left of the screen, allow you to access the most needed areas quickly. They make sense, intuitively, and are not clunky in anyway. While the game itself is not entirely too active, it is presented quite well. The Godfather themes are sprinkled throughout the game, and are done successfully. From the gentle music that has tones of foreshadowing, to the visual style that evokes classical paintings. Scattered sparingly throughout the gameplay are animations that are similar to cinemagraphs (A still with slight movement). The interface is smooth, and provides gameplay with little hassle, while also being aesthetically pleasing. Final Verdict: Good This is a game that can be played in small burst of time, which is great for someone who cannot spend a lot of time on a game. With the flourishing community, someone looking for a social game would enjoy the PvP in this game. While The Godfather: Five Families is tedious and sluggish at times, it makes up for it with the polished and user-friendly interface. Screenshots The Godfather: Five Families Screenshots                   |
| EA’s Play4Free reaches 25 million players Posted: 12 Jan 2012 11:20 AM PST Electronic Arts (EA)’s free-to-play game portal, Play4Free, has reached 25 million active players worldwide. Both Battlefield Heroes and Need for Speed World now boast 10 million registered players, while other titles combined offer 5 million registered players. To celebrate, EA is offering special virtual items as follows (redeemable until January 17): * Battlefield Heroes – Promo code EQ9M-TYYT-TXR3-5GU3 for 300 Battlefunds * Need for Speed World – Promo code EWPD-3KGA-VBVF-9HYS for 750 SpeedBoost Play4Free includes Battlefield Heroes, Need for Speed World, Battlefield Play4Free, Battleforge, Lord of Ultima, and Dragon Age Legends.  Need for Speed World Gameplay Screenshot Source:
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| Conquer Online launches Invasion of Pirates Posted: 12 Jan 2012 10:43 AM PST The Invasion of Pirates expansion has arrived in Conquer Online today, offering players a new class and more. Pirates make themselves available as a class for the first time in Conquer Online for any player, new or old. This class uses rapiers and pistols, as well as hefty bombs, and offers a unique skill cooldown system where combos make a huge impact on their success in battle. With them, the expansion also brings Gale Shallows, an area for players to discover new quests, monsters, and more. New servers, and new player packs, coincide with the expansion’s release. Conquer Online is also hosting a Black Flag Design Event rewarding over $3,500 total in prizes, in which the winning design will earn its place in the game and a 50% revenue share with the designer. Conquer Online is published by TQ Digital, which also publishes Crazy Tao and Eudemons Online. Conquer Online: Invasion of Pirates Launch Trailer Source:
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