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Eden Eternal: Upcoming Content Includes New Race

Posted: 01 Jul 2011 08:15 AM PDT

Aeria Games has announced a large content update is on it way to Eden Eternal. Among other things, players will have a new race to choose when creating characters. The Zumi race will make its appearance in the update scheduled to go live in early July.

Guild Wars 2: Ascalonian Catacombs Dungeon Cinematic

Posted: 01 Jul 2011 07:50 AM PDT

Both a short new blog post and a new cinematic trailer have been sent out by Arena.Net and the Guild Wars 2 team. Both center around the Ascalonia Catacombs dungeon and the cinematic video that players will see on entry. The cinematic is, according to Horia Dociu, vital to setting the mood of the area players are entering.

General: Introducing MMORPG.com User Features & Reviews

Posted: 01 Jul 2011 06:25 AM PDT

At MMORPG.com, we are always seeking to improve our users' experience while visiting the site. Further, we realize that we sometimes don't know it all. The thoughts and ideas of our users are important to us. With that in mind, we're introducing User Features and Reviews! MMORPG.com Community Manager Mike Bitton has penned a handy dandy guide to get you started. Read on!

General: Female Armor Sucks

Posted: 01 Jul 2011 06:10 AM PDT

At least the folks at College Humor thinks that female armor sucks. MMORPG.com Associate Editor Suzie Ford has a few thoughts about female armor and equity in nudity. Check it out and then add your thoughts!

The Secret World: Location Preview Video

Posted: 29 Jun 2011 05:36 PM PDT

Funcom has partnered with MMORPG.com to bring our readers an exclusive new video from The Secret World. This Location Preview Video explores an area known as The Savage Coast, situated on Solomon Island in New England. As one of many locations in The Secret World, it stretches over a vast expanse of land and contains key locations such as a haunted amusement park, the creepy Innsmouth Academy, and the dark and mysterious Accursed Woods.

Scarlet Legacy: Skill System Detailed

Posted: 30 Jun 2011 01:47 PM PDT

GamesCampus has revealed new information about the skill system that Scarlet Legacy will employ. Called "Martial Arts", players can level up skills in three categories: Talents, Skills and Stances. How much or how little a player trains in each area allows a high level of customization.

General: How to Write a Forum Post

Posted: 30 Jun 2011 01:00 PM PDT

One of the thing passionate gamers like to do is voice their opinions about the games they love. In today's Player Perspectives, MMORPG.com's Isabelle Parsley offers some sage advice about how to write a forum post that people might actually pay attention to. Check it out and see if you agree!

General: Guild Sores Comic - Creating a Hero

Posted: 30 Jun 2011 12:48 PM PDT

From the mind and hands of David North, comes this brand new weekly web-comic. Guild Sores is the tale of three friends and their misadventures in the fabulous (and frustrating) world of MMORPGs. Check out the latest installment of Guild Sores and be sure to offer your thoughts.

Lineage 2: Player Appreciation & Goddess of Destruction Updates

Posted: 30 Jun 2011 12:12 PM PDT

Lineage II players will want to head into game from July 6th to 13th for Player Appreciation Week. Players can take advantage of free gatekeeper teleports, double XP, no XP loss on death and much more. In addition, one character from each player account can collect four buff potions from NPC Angel Cat.

Age of Conan: Hyborian Adventures: Unchained Transformation Begins

Posted: 30 Jun 2011 11:28 AM PDT

Age of Conan servers are shut at the moment at Funcom readies the new "unrated and Unchained" version of the game. Unchained, for those not in the know, is the free to play version of Age of Conan. The official website is also down in preparation for the arrival of Unchained.

Battlestar Galactica Online: Private Instanced PvP Matches Coming

Posted: 30 Jun 2011 10:17 AM PDT

PvPers in Battlestar Galactica Online will be happy to hear that this week's game update will include private instanced PvP matches and ranked matches to determine which player is 'top gun'. In addition, the dev team has announced two new star systems will be added, Veil Sector - Nilfhel and Muspell - containing high level NPCs for squadrons to battle.

Hellgate: Open Beta Begins Tonight

Posted: 30 Jun 2011 08:55 AM PDT

T3 Entertainment has announced that the open beta for Hellgate will officially kick off at 7:30 p.m. EST today. The launch of the open beta will be celebrated with four in-game events.

EVE Online: Returning to EVE Online Part 4

Posted: 29 Jun 2011 04:29 PM PDT

EVE Incarna has finally arrived and developers are spending a lot of time touting new features including the Capatin's quarters and much more. In the latest installment of his Survivor Guy series, MMORPG.com's Adam Tingle heads back into EVE continuing his adventures in space. Check out Survivor Guy: Returning to EVE Part 4 and then let us know what you think.

City of Heroes: Freedom Interview with Brian Clayton

Posted: 29 Jun 2011 04:09 PM PDT

The announcement that City of Heroes was adopting a free-to-play revenue model was met with a lot of excitement in the MMO world. MMORPG.com's Garrett Fuller had the opportunity to chat with City of Heroes Executive Producer Brian Clayton about "Freedom". Check it out!
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MMO updates

MMO updates

Firefall - Webzen fights back

Posted: 30 Jun 2011 09:07 AM PDT


The "feud" between Firefall developer Red 5 Studios and Korean MMO company Webzen is becoming sort of a hot topic in the online gaming industry recently. A few days after Red 5 Studios filed a lawsuit against Webzen, the accused released some statements to the foreign press. The representative claimed that Webzen will adhere to the final decision the court makes, but nonetheless will be fighting for its own rights over Firefall.


According to the signed contract, Webzen stated that no rules were broke despite Red 5 Studios' accusations. Webzen, with the global rights for Firefall (except North America and Europe), will be using this as its main evidence. Here are the other points:

- Webzen said that it had invested heavily in Firefall's development and showed extreme support towards Red 5 Studios despite the game getting delayed several times over a period of 5 years.

- Webzen claimed that despite Firefall being still in the development phase, Red 5 Studios kept rushing them to prepare for the game's launch.

- Red 5 Studios opened its office in Korea, where Webzen has the publishing rights for the region, hence disputing the company's rights in the region. Despite attempts by Webzen to call upon Red 5 Korea to cease operations, the latter continued with its daily routine.

- With all these happenings and its previously passive stand, Webzen has no choice but to approach the situation the "hard" way with various supported evidence to be presented in court.

Webzen ended that open letter by apologizing to the gamers in Korea, stating that it was unfortunate this has to happen after investing over USD 20 million into the game which isn't even ready to be released. Webzen will still be continuing to work on its MU and SUN series of games and also on Continent of the Ninth (C9) for the gamers.

Posted by Shri Krishna

General gaming

General gaming

Dungeon Siege 3 Review

Posted: 30 Jun 2011 06:31 PM PDT

One of the reasons I always enjoyed the Dungeon Siege series is because long, drawn-out plot explanations aren't necessary when beating the crap out of people and collecting loot. That, or I have distorted and fond memories of Dungeon Siege 2: walking up to my character's destroyed farm, and immediately being told to pick up a weapon and kill anything that attacks me. Beat up a bunch of people? Sure, I can do that. Combat has always been the best part of these games for me. This time around, an overarching storyline gets half-heartily forced down your throat.

Dungeon Siege 3 borrows the conversation-driven storytelling approach from Mass Effect, without having as much of an influence on what occurs. Sure, there are moments where you can choose what sort of response is merited, or what action to take on, say, a prisoner of war, but these options are limited. To be frank, the fruition of your choices aren't made apparent until the very end of the game -- and with lifeless storyboard cut-scenes no less. Because of this strange disconnect (from realizing the impact of your decisions until the end), the story seems easily dismissable.

1UP's Zeevex Virtual Currency Giveaway

Posted: 30 Jun 2011 06:12 PM PDT

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Super Street Fighter 4 Arcade Edition Review

Posted: 30 Jun 2011 06:00 PM PDT

Super Street Fighter 4 Arcade Edition was released in Japanese arcades late last year, and after months of speculation as to whether it would ever see a console release, it's finally here -- both in DLC and retail format. Since then, Capcom has mentioned a few times that this will be the last entry into the Street Fighter 4 series, and is the definitive version of the game.

For those of you who grow tired of purchasing updates and don't want to be bothered with the idea of another revision coming out in the following months, this is obviously good news. For the rest of us though, who want a game that is just as balanced as the previous version, all we can do is hope that Capcom has a change of heart, and releases an update sometime down the line to fix a few glaring character balance issues.

Sightseeing: What The Top Shooters of 2011 Look Like

Posted: 30 Jun 2011 05:30 PM PDT

IRONSIGHT

Sightseeing: What The Top Shooters of 2011 Look Like

2011 is already the "Year of the Ironsights." Can you identify these shooters in our quick little quiz?

By Thierry Nguyen, 06/30/2011      

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VIEW AS: SLIDESHOWLIST

We almost saw it right away -- beginning with Microsoft's press conference at E3. "It" being the sort of sameness in some of the game demos at some press events. Yet even before the proper beginning of E3, in a Monday full of press conferences where publishers such as Microsoft, EA, Ubisoft, and Sony CEA show off their key titles for the next year, "it" hit us in force: shooter fatigue. It was so obvious that even Cracked beat us to the punch of showing how many FPS games there were at the show.

We decided to take that idea and expand on it a bit. So here's a little quiz, where we took a bunch of screengrabs of different shooters (think of this as the anti-bullshot) from both 1UP and IGN (hooray for corporate synergy!) gameplay videos, and put them into this gallery. We'll throw in a small hint as the caption, but otherwise, you have to figure out which 2011 shooter the image came from. There are mostly first-person games, but third-person titles with easily grabbable moments featuring iron sights or sniper scopes are included as well -- and we also have some images from 2010 games (still being played a lot thanks to DLC map packs). There won't be any prizes for correctly identifying all 25 images (besides personal pride), but we hope you notice the same thing we do when it comes to shooters in 2011.

At some point, you go down the metro in this shooter.

 

Trench Board Game to Blame for Trenched's Absence in Europe

Posted: 30 Jun 2011 04:20 PM PDT

Trenched

Trenched is good fun, as you'd expect from a Double Fine game. If you happen to reside in certain parts of Europe, however, you won't know that for yourself, as the game was delayed due to what were called "unexpected challenges with distribution." Those problems apparently stem from a trademark issue involving a board game.

Eurogamer reports Trenched is being held up by the trademark for board game Trench, which has been held since 2007 by Portugese board game designer Rui Alípio Monteiro. The trademark covers not only board games, but computer games as well, which is likely the problem for Double Fine's XBLA game.

Like Trenched, Trench is focused on the military aspects of the World War I era. Some had speculated that, at least in Germany, a Nazi-style salute was to blame for the hold up, though that suggestion was categorically denied.

Google's Next Move in the Games Space Lies With the Newly Launched Google+

Posted: 30 Jun 2011 03:00 PM PDT


Google launched a trial of its new social networking service, Google+, earlier this week. While games aren't a component of the ongoing closed trial period, source code that has been uncovered suggests it will likely adopt Facebook-style games at some point.

The code makes numerous references to what would be used to notify users about games, Engadget reports. "... have sent you Game invites and more from Google+ Games" is found in several locations, as are mentions of what sounds like an unrelated question-and-answer component that might compete with Quora.

We've known for some time that Google was making a move into the videogame space, it just wasn't clear in what capacity it would do so after its failure with Google Lively. Google made headlines recently with a job posting for a games product manager at "Games at Google." But more than a year ago, Google was already seeking a games project manager before investing upwards of $100 million in FarmVille maker Zynga.

PSP Remaster Games on PS3 to Run on the PSP Engine

Posted: 30 Jun 2011 01:14 PM PDT


At this year's Game Tools & Middleware Forum event, held today in Tokyo, Sony showcased the engine that will allow for PlayStation Portable games to be ported to the PlayStation 3 as a part of the PSP Remaster line that was announced last month.

The Remaster series will see select PSP games ported to PS3 on Blu-ray discs, complete with enhancements like high-definition graphics. The PSP Engine is what makes this possible, according to a Famitsu report, and allows for support of high-res rendering, DualShock/Sixaxis control, 3D, Ad-Hoc Party, and more. None of this was unexpected, as they were all possible features mentioned when the first Remaster title, Monster Hunter Portable 3rd HD Version, was revealed.

There's no word yet on when or if the PSP Remaster line will be brought to North America. That doesn't mean PS3 owners will never be able to enjoy any of the PSP's game on their home console -- the God of War: Origins Collection, announced during E3, will allow them to do just that. It includes both PSP God of War games, Chains of Olympus and Ghost of Sparta, in high def and 3D, provided you've got a capable TV. Unlike PSP Remaster titles, the collection will feature Trophy support, something Monster Hunter fans will have to do without when playing Portable 3rd HD Version.

Steam Summer Sale Here to Rob You of All Your Money

Posted: 30 Jun 2011 12:10 PM PDT

Steam Summer Camp sale

Prepare to be completely broke very soon: Steam has kicked off the Summer Camp Sale, which runs from now through July 10. There will be not only daily deals on individual games and bundles, but for the length of the sale you can get complete publisher packs at a heavy discount, such as all of Telltale or Valve's games (including Portal 2) for $49.99 each. The catalogs of more than a dozen companies are also 25% off or more, giving you a good chance to pick up just about anything you want on Steam for cheap.

Today's daily deals include The Witcher 2 for $33.49 (33% off), Borderlands: Game of the Year Edition for $7.50 (75% off), Back to the Future: The Game for $12.49 (50% off), The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion for $6.80 (66% off), Recettear for $5.00 (75% off), and more.

Besides the deals themselves, Valve is offering some additional encouragement to either play the games you already have or pick up some that you don't. Each day of the sale will have a list of "camp activities" to do; in other words, you're tasked with earning specific Achievements (if you haven't already) in select games. By doing this, you'll earn a prize ticket that can be cashed in for downloadable content for select games. Additionally, each prize ticket earned will enter you for a chance to be one of 100 people who will win the top ten games on their Steam wishlist.

Limbo Confirmed for PS3 and PC

Posted: 30 Jun 2011 11:39 AM PDT

Limbo

Following a Korean ratings board listing that popped up for a PlayStation Network version of Limbo yesterday, developer Playdead has confirmed it's working on porting the platformer to both PlayStation 3 and PC.

It'll be made available on the PlayStation Network and Steam, respectively. As noted on the PlayStation Twitter account, the PS3 version will be out very soon -- a July release is currently planned, with more details to be announced next week.

Listings for PC and PS3 versions were discovered last year prior to its release on the Xbox Live Arcade. Playdead called it a mistake, saying, "You won't see a PS3 or PC version this time around, sorry." Speaking with Joystiq today, CEO Dino Patti said, "This might be the second time around we have been waiting for."

One Nintendo Shareholder's Unusual Question, and How Iwata Responded

Posted: 30 Jun 2011 11:04 AM PDT

Satoru Iwata

Besides the usual questions you'd expect to be asked during a Nintendo shareholders meeting, like questioning the reaction to Wii U, if Nintendo is capable of developing high-definition games, and if core gamers will embrace Wii U, one forthcoming shareholder had something different to say to Nintendo President Satoru Iwata.

"I'm concerned about the falling stock price," the shareholder said to Iwata, according to an Andriasang translation. It's not a ludicrous thing to bring up; since being worth $38.29 in the U.S. on February 25, Nintendo's stock price has steadily dropped all the way down to $23.27 as of this writing. It's what comments came after this that are strange. "I own stock, but I don't own a single Nintendo product. I believe games are a waste of time. By the way, the reason I own Nintendo stock is because the name is nice, it's in Kyoto and it was listed in the year of my birth."

It's not necessarily the thing you expect someone who owns stock to say in this sort of forum. Nonetheless, Iwata answered, "There are people in this world who don't feel that games are a waste of time, so Nintendo continues to exist. We'd like to eliminate the thinking that playing games by yourself is negative, or when there's a crime you immediately tie it into games. We'd like to raise the social importance of games. We're working to expand the gaming population, yourself included."

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MMOGaming News

MMOGaming News

Karma Online: Prisoners of the Dead to Kick off Pre-OB on July 5th

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Joymax announced today that its upcoming World War II game, Karma Online: Prisoners of the Dead, will begin its pre-open beta test next Tuesday, July 5th, and will run through Tuesday, July 19.

MMOSite Interview for Scarlet Legacy

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Scarlet Legacy sets itself apart from the majority of MMO's in that the gameplay experience is far more closely tied into the game's storyline. Players interact directly with and affect the plot throughout their time in-game.

Capcom Teases New Online Project Ixion Saga

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Now the award-winning company teased their new online project, Ixion Saga, which is likely to be formally announced on July 7.

Age of Conan: Unchained Starts Today

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A sexy, savage and brutal world is finally going to become a free to play title. Yes, we are speaking about Funcom's Age of Conan that changed a name to Age of Conan: Unchained.

WoW: The First-ever Player with 10,000 Gearscore Emerges!

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The First-ever WoW Player with 10,000 Gearscore Emerges! He is Neßo, the Death Knight from Enigma!

Wakfu - First Impression

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For those of you who played Dofus, you probably already heard of Wakfu, and may know the gist of what to expect.

[Topic] Black Prophecy Registration?

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Everytime I his the registration link in the BP homepage I am redirected to another page with a trailer of the game... I click the account management, but I dont see any option to create a new account...

Age of Conan Free-to-play Service Starts Today

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Age of Conan's free-to-play service will begin today on June 30, according to PCgamer who just made an interview with AoC's Executive Producer Craig Morrison.

The Largest Single Update - The Big Bang Coming to MapleStory Europe

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The Big Bang is the largest single update to ever come to MapleStory and is more than just another content update. It is a great opportunity to revisit the basic underpinnings and reorganize the inner workings of the game to make it more flexible and modern.

Hellgate Open Beta Test Commences Today!

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T3 Entertainment will be launching the Open Beta for its online action-RPG Hellgate today in Europe and North America, starting at 7:30pm Eastern Time. Those who missed the closed Beta finally get a chance to experience Hellgate's pulse-pounding fusion of action and role-playing as they take on the demons of Hell.

[Hot Blog] Eden Eternal's Blade Dancer and Shaman Classes

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Along with a level cap, new dungeons, new features, and more zones at Eden Eternal's Open Beta launch, the addition of two new higher level classes were added for players to unlock! Now every Edenite can be a Blade Dancer or a Shaman. Below you can find a preview of both!

Angel Cosplay by Bastet-sama

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If you have been playing KOF, you must remember a sexy, white-haired Mexican who works for an organization known as NESTS. Angel's 'Unchain Circle" combo attacks make her one of the more distinctive characters in the KOF series.

Webzen: 1st User Test for R2 Online Successfully Ended Today

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WEBZEN Inc. (WWW.WEBZEN.COM) announced that the first user test for R2 Online successfully finished today (June 30th).

Firelands Heroic - Shannox World First Killed by Stars in 1st Week, How Did They Make It?

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Just in the first night of raiding while many guilds have been busy killing bosses in normal mode, Shannox, the first boss in Heroic mode of patch 4.2's new raid instance Firelands, has been killed by Stars (TW - Crystalpine Stinger). Now you may wonder how did they accomplish that?

Dragon Nest SEA CB Key Giveaway Event Best Fanart on June 29th

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First day's Fanart Event has meet a very good start because so many arts were uploaded on the post. We chose 8 winners for the first day event. Every one of the winners can get a Dragon Nest Sea Closed Beta key for prize.

TERA Hit by a Face-lift Storm!

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What does the word "face-lift" mean? It means that you can live a more confident life and make more friends. Actually, things are the same in games, e.g. Korea-based NHN's hot online game TERA recently offered a face-lift service to tickle players' curiosity about face-lifts.

[Hot Blog] Blade & Soul CBT Publicly Avaible Collection of Clothing

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Blade & Soul (B & S in short) Has charming backdrops, scenery, monsters and most importantly clothing, which you will see at it's best. We will see many clothing types which show the real charm of B & S.

Bright Shadow Revives, Beta Coming on July 8

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First launched in November 2009 by free-to-play online game publisher Gamepot USA, Bright Shadow was a cartoon style fantasy MMO. But unfortunately, just after over a year, the game closed its door and said farewell to the players on October 31. But today, we have some good news. Gamania announces that Bright Shadow will be relaunched as an online collectible card game and a beta test is planned to begin on July 8th.

TQ Digital Release More Vampire Details for Eudemons Online

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TQ Digital have released more details and screenshots of the mysterious new class to hit MMORPG Eudemons Online, the noble Vampires - flying into the game with the exciting Edge of Night expansion at the end of the month.

Bright Shadow Returns with a New Trailer

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First launched in November of 2009 by Gamepot USA, Bright Shadow was a fantasy MMORPG aimed at the younger audiences. Just over a year later, Bright Shadow closed its door and shut down its servers. Today Gamania has announced the relaunch of Bright Shadow, this time as a online collectible card game. Beta testing is planned for July 8th and will be made available through Gamania's beanfun! platform.
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MMORPG Reviews

MMORPG Reviews

Best June 2011 Free MMORPGs

Posted: 30 Jun 2011 02:59 PM PDT

With the end of April, our top10 arrives. These are our best June 2011 Free MMORPGs. Enjoy it and don't forget to comment. Do you agree with our list? 10 A Mystical Land is a free to play 3D browser game which can be played in your browser and on Facebook. Discover a fantastic world [...]

Exclusive Giveaway for Aika Global

Posted: 30 Jun 2011 11:48 AM PDT

Aika Global is offering this exclusive Giveaway with FREE MMORPG and MMO Reviews offering this 800 codes of 5 especial items. Because we, in Aika Global would like to extend our deepest appreciation to all gamers who are consistently playing and loving the game, we would like to give our wonderful gamers a whole bunch [...]

Gamania is going to publish Bright Shadow a card collecting RPG

Posted: 30 Jun 2011 10:22 AM PDT

Gamania Digital Entertainment Europe has announced that Bright Shadow will be coming to western players soon. The Beta test is planned for the 8th of July. For many centuries, the magical world of Luciena has been under threat by mysterious dark forces. These evil beings from the Umbra realm are using 'Soul Power' to transform [...]

Rusty Hearts showcase at Anime Expo 2011

Posted: 30 Jun 2011 06:44 AM PDT

Perfect World Entertainment Inc., has announced today its plans to showcase Rusty Hearts, its upcoming anime, hack n’ slash fighting game at Anime Expo, the largest anime and manga celebration held annually in Los Angeles, from July 1 to July 3. In partnership with Crunchyroll, Perfect World Entertainment will treat audiences to exclusive interviews with [...]

Atlantica Online mercenary update is live

Posted: 30 Jun 2011 05:55 AM PDT

The Valkyrie mercenary Morrighan has made her debut this week in Atlantica Online, the real-time strategy MMO from Nexon. Defended by the heavens, the Valkyrie can use the power granted to her by the gods to imbue her sword with holy energy, increasing allies' attack speeds, which provides players with a keen competitive edge in [...]

Blacklight Retribution Shows Off its DirectX 11

Posted: 30 Jun 2011 04:52 AM PDT

Perfect World Entertainment has presented a flythrough video for its upcoming, futuristic first person shooter, Blacklight Retribution, which highlights what PC enthusiasts can look forward to in term of graphics with the latest DirectX 11 effects implemented. Unveiled at this year’s E3, Blacklight Retribution took the gaming industry by surprise, blowing away expectations of what [...]

Guild Wars Trilogy exclusive review

Posted: 30 Jun 2011 04:02 AM PDT

We have recently tested this game which collects the original game, Guild Wars, and the Factions and Nightfall expansions. First thing that stands out is its resemblance to classic RPGs. After selecting the different default options while creating your character, you will reach an uncommon part where you will be able to customize all the [...]
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