| Spirit Tales highlights the Lunar Tribe Posted: 27 Mar 2012 03:08 PM PDT KoramGame has released a new highlight for the Lunar Tribe in Spirit Tales. The Lunar Tribe offers two classes: Sorcerer and Assassin. The Sorcerer is a magical DPS class that fights from long range, and can use a staff or wand to fight. The Assassin is a high-speed melee class that uses swords, katanas, or daggers to fight. You can see more of these classes in the handy image guide below.  |
| World of Mercenaries Announced Posted: 27 Mar 2012 12:43 PM PDT City Interactive SA has announced they are developing World of Mercenaries as a free-to-play AAA MMOFPS. The game utilizes the Unreal Engine 3 for amazing graphics, and also promises fluid controls, customizable weapons, and a focus on teamwork for player progression. The game will be delivered digitally through Steam. The goal of the game is to be made by, with, and for competitive FPS players. Their development staff is comprised of avid FPS players, and their closed beta will be an integral part as to how the game develops further. City Interactive SA have published a couple of single player FPS games prior to World of Mercenaries. Source: CITY INTERACTIVE ANNOUNCES 'WORLD OF MERCENARIES'; NEW FREE TO PLAY FIRST PERSON SHOOTER POWERED BY UNREAL ENGINE 3 PC Exclusive to Deliver Premium Gameplay and Graphics at No Charge WARSAW, POLAND, March 27, 2011— Did upgrading your PC to a hardcore gaming machine leave your wallet a little light? Don't worry, you're still entitled to a premium gaming experience and City Interactive SA is going to give it to you with World of Mercenaries, a new free to play AAA first person shooter currently in development exclusively for PC. Powered by Unreal Engine 3© and to be distributed digitally via Steam©, World of Mercenaries is a skill based competitive FPS with stunning graphics, fluid controls, customizable weapons and focus on teamwork as a core element for player progression. Immerse in the life of a fearless mercenary! "Our veteran team is comprised of some of the most devoted FPS fans in the world and we're excited to use our knowledge and experience to fuse the best elements of previously released games in the genre with new and exciting advancements – be it in terms of graphics, controls or skill based game play." says Bogdan Oprescu, Executive Producer for the title. "Our closed beta program will be an integral part of the development process for World of Mercenaries, as it is our goal to deliver a game made by, for and with FPS fans. We are shaping the future of competitive FPS, and are fully confident it will be achieved with the enthusiasm and help of our beta testers." More information on the game and the launch of the Beta registration process will be made public soon at www.worldofmercenaries.com. Follow us on Facebook (http://www.facebook.com/worldofmercenaries) and Twitter (http://www.twitter.com/wom_TheGame)!
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| Firefall to be Showcased at PAX East Posted: 27 Mar 2012 12:23 PM PDT Attendees of PAX East will be able to experience Firefall first-hand. The exclusive beta that will take place at the event from April 6-8 will give players an opportunity to get a feel for the open world immersion of the game, and play around with previously unrevealed PvP content. Visitors will also receive access to the invite-only beta test. Players will also have the opportunity to meet two key characters, Typhon and Mourningstar, complete with full their battleframe costume at the show. The team will be at booth 536. Firefall is published Red 5 Studios.  Firefall Gameplay Screenshot Source: RED 5 STUDIOS BRINGS FIREFALL, THE ANTICIPATED OPEN WORLD PC SHOOTER, TO PAX EAST NEXT MONTH Visitors Will Receive Hands-On Demos in the First Public Unveiling of the Invite-Only Live Beta April 6-8 Laguna Hills, CA – March 27, 2012 – Red 5 Studios™ announced today that it will bring its upcoming free-to-play, open world PC shooter, Firefall™, to PAX East in Boston, Massachusettes, April 6-8. Players will receive live demos of the exclusive beta, which will contain new elements of Firefall's immersive open world experience as well as previously unrevealed PvP content. All visitors will walk away with access to this invite-only Firefall beta and will also have the chance to meet key characters, Typhon and Mourningstar, in full "Battleframes" at the show. Firefall, an upcoming free-to-play, open world PC action shooter, is set in a unique and beautiful science fiction universe 200 years in the future. Players are part of the last remnant of humanity on Earth, fighting to survive against all odds on a hostile planet ravaged by an aggressive energy storm and under attack by a mysterious humanoid race, known as the Chosen. One of the most anticipated PC games of 2012, Firefall consists of two triple-A components that will entice shooter fans: a polished PvP combat system tuned for elite-level eSports competition and a robust open world experience designed to immerse players in a deep storyline with dynamic events and social gameplay. The Red 5 team will show Firefall during PAX East on April 6-8 at the Boston Convention and Exhibition Center, booth 536. Those attending will get the first live beta demo of Firefall's deep open world – revealing key characters, missions, and crafting mechanics – as well as receive a permanent invite into the game for after the show. Typhon and Mourningstar will also be there in full "Battleframes", designed and handcrafted by renowned artist, Steve Wang. Firefall is currently in the first stage of its exclusive, invite-only beta – planned to rollout during 2012. Players can sign-up for the chance to be invited into the beta and meet Firefall's enthusiastic community at the official homepage: http://www.firefallthegame.com/home
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| Cloak and Dagger Pack Revealed for Tribes Ascend Posted: 27 Mar 2012 12:14 PM PDT This week’s Tribes Ascend update will include new content for the Infiltrator Class. The class will be receiving new weapons and two new cosmetic skins — a first for the game. The Smoke Grenade allows the Infiltrator to quickly re-enter stealth when detected. The Jackal allows remotely detonated explosives to be placed in an area, then exploded when opportune. Throwing Knives allow the infiltrator a close-range, highly damaging option. Further class updates will be available in the future, with weapons and skins similar to the Infiltrator. Tribes Ascend is published by Hi-Rez Studios, which also publishes Global Agenda. Tribes: Ascend Infiltrator Preview Source: This week´s Tribes: Ascend update will include new content for the Infiltrator Class — Hi-Rez Studios will add 3 new weapons and for the first time two cosmetic skins: The Assassin and the Mercenary. The weapons include a Smoke Grenade, a Jackal and Throwing Knives. Check out the new Infiltrator skins and weapons in the Tribes: Ascend preview. All new weapons can be unlocked with gameplay XP or Tribes Gold. The cosmetic skins will be purchasable via real-money only (Tribes Gold). Going forward Hi-Rez Studios will offer similar updates for other Tribes: Ascend classes – including cosmetic skins as well as alternate weapons.
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| Webzen Celebrates 3rd Anniversary Posted: 27 Mar 2012 11:58 AM PDT Webzen has announced several events to celebrate their third anniversary. Players of MU Online, Soul of the Ultimate Nation, and Archlord will be able to win prizes that include an XBox 360, Webzen currency, and new items by inviting friends through the official Facebook pages, These events will run from March 28 until April 18. Closed Beta for Archlord X will also continue until March 29. The company plans to release several new titles this year, including the action RPG C9 and an MMOFPS called Arctic Combat to expand their free-to-pay genres.  Source: WEBZEN.com' Celebrates 3rd Anniversary of 'Free-to-Play' Online Game Portal WEBZEN Inc. (WWW.WEBZEN.COM), the Next Generation of Free-to-Play Online Games, has announced their 3rd anniversary event, celebrating 3 years since the launch of its global game portal site 'WEBZEN.com'. Since 2009, 'WEBZEN.com' has successfully published 3 live titles during the past 3 years, and this year they plan to launch several new titles including the Action RPG 'C9' and MMOFPS 'ARCTIC COMBAT', providing more 'free-to-play' online game genres to worldwide users. Also, last January, they renewed their portal website with an expanded multi-language service support, and improved functions including the user-friendly interface designs, renewed forums, and more. To celebrate the 3rd anniversary, an event for the live titles, MU Online, Soul of the Ultimate Nation, and ARCHLORD will be held from March 28th until April 18th. Here users can win prizes including an 'Xbox 360', WEBZEN's virtual currency, and powerful in-game items by inviting new friends through the official Facebook pages. Jihun Lee, Head of Global publishing, said, "With the start of MU Online, 'WEBZEN.com' has received much support from our users. As a result, in 3 years we have been able to become one of the leading global game portals." Also he said, "With the service experience of 'free-to-play' online games, we are making all efforts to meet the users' needs and provide better services." Meanwhile, the 2nd free CBT for ARCHLORD X has started on March 18th and will continue until the 29th which is open to all users along with a prize giveaway event. More information about the titles serviced at 'WEBZEN.com' and the 3rd anniversary event can be found at the official website (http://www.webzen.com)
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| MMOHut Weekly Recap #79 Mar 25 – Vanguard, Digimon Masters, UWO, & More Posted: 26 Mar 2012 03:31 PM PDT A quick look and discussion for every major announcement and update during the week! This week we discussed updates from the following games: Vanguard, Tribes Ascend, Digimon Masters, Skylancer, Dungeons and Dragons Online, Luncet Heart, Uncharted Waters Online and Runes of Magic. The biggest news comes from the announcement that Vanguard: Saga of Heroes is going F2P. Vanguard was released in 2007 as a P2P game by Sony. It is not known when Vanguard plans to make the change to F2P but its expected to happen this summer. You can view all the individual news articles mention over at the MMOHut.com News section. |
| CrimeCraft asks: u mad bro? Posted: 26 Mar 2012 02:27 PM PDT CrimeCraft has announced a new bundle of updates for its gunners. Newly released are rage comic face masks, including the famous “troll face.” You can see these masks in their hilarious action in the video below. CrimeCraft is now also fully integrated with Steam Trading, letting Steam players trade items in game with items from other games. All Steam users will be given a Mask of the Dead as an item they can use to trade with, and can add any non-bound items to a Steam Trading tab in their ATM. Easter will bring new items including a Bloody Bunny Mask and Rabbit Ears hat. Players will also be able to find Easter Eggs during Riot matches (and more rarely, PvE matches), during April 8 to April 15. These eggs will include prizes from vendor trash to 5 slot-weapons and Black Market exclusive items. The upcoming spring update will also include updated Quickplay messaging, reduced lobby level requirements, new graphic HUD for teammate health, on-screen player healing display, new clothing, and both class and weapon balance. CrimeCraft is published by Vogster. CrimeCraft: Trololo Trailer Source: CrimeCraft Wants to Know, Why U Mad? New Rage Comic Masks, Steam Trading Coming to Premier Free to Play MMO/Shooter Hybrid NEW YORK, NY, March 26, 2012 – Vogster Online is bringing a little mean spirited fun to CrimeCraft this Spring with Steam Trading integration, an Easter event, and new meme-inspired clothing items. The new rage comic faces are designed to inspire rage in your online enemies, even if they're the ones doing most of the killing. Few things in life are more satisfying than splattering your foe into bloody giblets then asking, "U mad bro?" This spirit is captured in the Rage Comic Mask trailer at http://youtu.be/KbbLD39v0Vw. "It's something that's fun and looks really cool in game," said Daniel Prousline, vice president of game development. "We wanted to put in a few fun features for the March update and between the new masks and the Easter event, we've done that." For Easter, CrimeCraft is adding a few new items, including the Bloody Bunny Mask and Rabbit Ears hat. A new drop is also being introduced for the holiday: the Easter Egg! These eggs drop during Riot (every man for himself game mode) matches and, rarely, in PvE matches like Safeguard and Headhunt. Easter Eggs will only drop during the week of April 8 through April 15. Players can open eggs for prizes that include: vendor trash, Black Market exclusive items like name color changes, 5-slot weapons, boosts, and Gold ammo. Players can also sell unopened Easter Eggs in the auction house. Finally, CrimeCraft will be fully integrated with Steam Trading on March 26. Steam Trading is an innovative feature that allows Steam users to trade items from one game for items from another game. We'll give each of our Steam users the Mask of the Dead as the first item for their Steam Trading inventory, but they will be able to add any non-bound item to a Steam Trading tab in their ATM. "Steam Trading is great for our players and it's great for us," said assistant producer James Casale. "It's another way to reach out to users who have never played our game while making it more valuable to the people who already know about us. Personally, I can't wait to score some cool items." Beyond these new features, the CrimeCraft Spring Update is focused on player requests and fixes. These include: - Updated Quickplay messaging and level reduced to enter lobby
- Added graphic representation of teammates health in combat
- All player healing displayed by on-screen graphic
- Class and weapon balance
- New clothing, including Fire and Shock modifiers
The CrimeCraft March update is expected to launch mid-month.
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| Lime Odyssey Dev Blog #5: The Warrior Posted: 26 Mar 2012 02:12 PM PDT Hey All, Now that we have finished with the race introductory videos, we wanted to share a brief intro to each current playable class. I know this doesn't tide you over until closed beta, but hey, it doesn't hurt. THE MIGHTY WARRIOR!  Playable by:
Human, Turga, Muris Usable Weapons:
Sword, Greatsword, Battle Axe, Mace
Note: Warriors cannot dual wield. The undisputed masters of straightforward battle, Warriors are tanks with a tendency to charge headfirst into a fight. Their abilities are equally balanced between offense and defense. All Warriors begin their journey with the skill "Wild Charge", a basic attack that inflicts 137 damage, and one skill point to grab a new ability of their choice. As players level up, they can work their way along Attack and Defense skill trees to learn more new skills and abilities. The Attack tree is for those who want to cleave their enemies with well-polished two handed swords and axes. Aside from hack and slash style abilities, the Attack tree offers a variety of power increasing abilities for both yourself and your party, best used to maximize damage per second during those grueling boss fights. Anex's favorite skill in this tree: "Steel Tornado" Spin your weapon to become a deadly whirlwind, dealing a certain percentage of your weapon damage to all nearby enemies with each successful hit.
This attack also has a chance to stun any enemies hit for 3 seconds.
This attack hits multiple times.
- It hits everything nearby – for a lot. It's a fun skill when you have a cleric to keep you up and you can spin spin spin.  The Defense trees primary focus is exactly as one would think, to absorb up all the damage while dishing a little out in return. When taking this route, one will always want to yield a shield to protect against the onslaught of arrows, slashes, mashes, crashes, bites, and stings! Aside from buffs to increase physical and magic defense, the Defense tree also adds plenty of utility type abilities such as malice increasing shouts and short duration stuns. Anex's favorite skill in this tree: "Divine Shield" Throw a holy shield at the target, inflicting magic damage. This also has a chance to stun the target, and will drastically increase their Malice.
- I love this skill because it's a great way to initiate or re-pull aggro after your mage or thief started blowing up the wrong target. Don’t forget to check out the LO Website Warrior Description for more skill info.  Until next time, Anex |
| Three new Mythos Global videos Posted: 26 Mar 2012 01:41 PM PDT This week, why not start off with a trio of new Mythos Global videos? The videos, released today, show off the game’s crafting systems, item hunting system, and achievement system. Mythos Global is published by T3Fun, which also publishes Hellgate. Mythos Global Crafting Video Mythos Global: Loot & Items Video Mythos Global: Titles & Achievements |
| Vanguard to go free-to-play Posted: 23 Mar 2012 09:23 PM PDT Sony Online Entertainment has announced that one of its last pay-to-play games, Vanguard, will go free-to-play this summer. The team expects the free-to-play model to be similar to that of EverQuest and DC Universe Online, although exact details have not been laid out. The game is also preparing to release more frequent updates as the Vanguard development team has expanded. Sony Online Entertainment has been transitioning all of its titles to the free-to-play model in North America, utilizing an optional subscription model combined with microtransactions.  Vanguard Gameplay Screenshot
Source: Exciting Vanguard Announcement – March 2012 Producer Letter We’ve got some exciting changes in store for Vanguard! Since many, if not all of you reading this letter are the most die-hard of Vanguard players, let me start off by saying thank you for your unwavering support of the game! Let’s talk about the great things we have planned over the next few months… Vanguard going Free-to-PlayAt SOE, giving players choices is the theme of how we’re moving forward as a company. We see free-to-play (or as we refer to it, Free to Play. Your Way.) as a big part of our future and we like the flexibility it offers players. Therefore, I’m happy to announce Vanguard will be the next in line of our AAA games to make this transition. Since we’ve literally just begun on the work, I’m not ready to go into much detail. However, I will say that you can expect something similar to EverQuest®, EverQuest® II and DC Universe™ Online when we roll-out our free-to-play offering this summer. Once we have more information to share, you’ll be the first to know. Getting the band back together…Now for the part I’m most excited about, let’s talk about the great team of developers we’ve assembled. To begin (and I realize I’m stating the obvious) we’ve had a dry spell of game updates over the past few months. That said, I’m happy to announce the drought will be coming to an end this week, with our first scheduled update since last December. We plan to roll out game updates MUCH more frequently than years past, which will include general improvements, new content and more. A few weeks ago, we began ramping up the Vanguard development team with some familiar faces. Our criteria was simple; we wanted the most Vanguard-knowledgeable, passionate developers. While we plan to continue growing the team over the next few months, I wanted to briefly introduce a few of our team leads, including Salim “Silius” Grant (Creative Director), Todd “Hobart” Schmidt (Technical Director) and me, Andy Sites (Director of Development). Fortunately, I am the only noob to the world of Vanguard, although having been part of the original EverQuest, EverQuest II, Free Realms, and Clone Wars Adventures teams, I’ve spent most of my career working on MMOs. Over the next several weeks, we plan to roll-out individual “spotlight” pieces for each team member, to give you an opportunity to get to know each of them. In addition, you can expect to see more frequent game updates, as well as more detailed information regarding the upcoming free-to-play aspects of Vanguard. Talk to you soon and we’ll see you online! Andy Sites
Director of Development
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