The long-awaited Angels Online Open Beta Test has been launched, and in order to celebrate upcoming Christmas, IGG announce that they will hold the “Christmas Activities” between Dec 19th and Jan 2nd.

Backdrop:
Christmas is a very important festival in Eden, because it is a symbol of peace and love. In order to celebrate the most important day of the entire year, Angels will be organizing a big ceremony that will last 2 weeks.

A huge Christmas tree will appear in Eden, and it is said that when it radiates its dazzling light, Eden will be peaceful and full of happiness, and if lovers take an oath in front of the tree, their relationship will last forever.

Everyone in each city is busy preparing for the upcoming Christmas and decorating their Christmas trees, however some loathsome monsters have stolen all the ornaments on the Christmas trees when the Angels were sleeping. People are in a panic, and it’s time for the little angles to do something.

Event Duration:
From EST (GMT-5) Dec 19th 2007 to EST (GMT-5) Jan 2nd 2008

Event Contents:
1. Silvery Date
During the activity, Angels level 10+ can get a special [Night Star] from the Christmas Angel. There are two kinds of stars, one for girls and boys respectively. You can exchange it with an Angel of the opposite sex, and then take it to the Christmas Angel for a Christmas Box. If you make it successfully, you can’t do it again until 24 hours have passed. Hurry up!

2. Lost Sheen
A huge Christmas tree will appear in the open area of the Angel Lyceum, and an NPC called Christmas Angel near the Christmas tree will tell you about the event rules.
Angels will have chances to obtain Xmas Trinkets when they defeat monsters. You should pay more attention to those monsters whose levels range from 21 to 50, because they are probably the criminals. When you collect certain numbers of Xmas Trinkets you can find the Christmas Angel and exchange these Xmas Trinkets for special rewards.
Some monsters dropped trinkets in some remote places, so Angels of collection talent have chances to obtain Christmas balls when they exploit resources which require collection skills level 21 to 41. They can also exchange these Christmas balls at the Christmas Angel.

For more information please visit our official website at http://ao.igg.com/act/christmas

Christmas Day is just around the corner. Myth War team (http://mw.igg.com) has prepared some special Christmas events for all players, and wishes you a merry Christmas in Myth War.

Christmas Celebration
Event Duration: 0:00(server time) Dec 24th to 11:59 pm (server name) Dec 30th
Event Content: Players need to make a team including at least 3 players, find the appointed NPCs and complete all the quests. Players are supposed to kill many monsters, and sometimes NPCs will give them a quiz or some entertaining game to play. After complete the quest, players will be offered rewards.
Event Rewards: Enjoyment Card, Blessing Card, Santa Hat, Santa Stocking, Santa Bell and Santa Candy. The Best rewards are Deity Pets and Christmas Pets.

Christmas Fireworks Carnival
Event Time: 11:40pm (server time) on Dec 24th
Event Venue: Near the Teleport Station of Woodlingor
Event Content: GMs will give out fireworks and music boxes at 11:45 pm on Dec 24th near the teleport station of Woodlingor, and then GMs and Players will set off fireworks together and make best wishes at 11:59pm.
To get more details, please click here: http://mw.igg.com/active/Christmas/index.html

Item Promotion
MW team will be holding the “Buy One and Get One Free” promotion for some items.
Event Duration: 0:00 EST on Dec 14th to 23:59 EST on Dec 31st
Event Contents: Players can buy 1 item and get 1 free. Players who buy the designated item within the event duration can obtain 2 card numbers and two passwords which will allow them to get a free item.

For more information, please visit the official site at:
http://mw.igg.com/modules/news/displaynews.php?parent_id=1&url=/uploadfile/text/20071213/1197604335.htm

With the Elf Online close beta test right around the corner, we are pleased to announce that the official site of Elf Online has been released.

Detailed game information and forums are currently available for viewing. As a resource for the testers and all players in the future, as well as serve the community as a place to follow the latest news and developments in the game.

We wish this site could be the bridge between players and happymmo. Making them easier to communicate and exchange with Elf Online Team. Feedback system for suggestions and questions is available now. We re glad to hear your voice.

We encourage you all to stop by often to learn more about Elf Online. Pay close attention to the website: http://elf.happymmo.com/

Zero Online is a futuristic giant robot/mobile suit (like Gundam or Mech Warrior) MMO set well…in the future. This is coming from the TQ Digital, the people who created Conquer Online, Eudemons Online, and Crazy Tao. Right from the beginning, I noticed a lot of glaring similarities between their other games and this title.

The graphics are definitely not something to write home about. They are at least a few years old and really look uninspired. What I will say is that there is no one in the world that should be unable to run the game. It is extremely quick and will play on even the most basic of computers. This bodes well for their PvP since you do not have to worry about dropping graphical settings when a war begins. Different guns and melee (hand to hand) weapons look different and have different effects when used, especially in coordination with skills. Still, it would have been nice if more time was spent making the game look good.

The sound in the game is not going to win any awards either I am afraid. All of the music sounds completely uninspired and could really use some attention. Maybe the composer was having a bad day when he put it together, though I really have no idea. The sound effects for skills or even just the use of weapons really only meet the bare minimum required. It would have been great if when you are blowing apart things like robots if sounds like the creaking of metal or the explosion of plasma tanks would have come through. There is no point in crying over spilt milk though.

When it comes to the gameplay, there is at least something to write home about. It is a bit grindy, but at least you can be automatically flown to the areas for your level where you need to grind. There are some quests in the game for experience and they help to break up the game, but by a large margin, you will be killing the same thing for hours. If you are familiar with Conquer Online you will feel right at home as it appeared to me that they basically reskinned that game to create this one. There are some differences in the gameplay, but very minor ones that will be hard to pick out.

As always, the community leaves something to be desired. Since there are plenty of kids in the game, anyone over the age of 21 will quickly realize that they are few in number. On top of that, the typical fights start out over nothing and will escalate to levels that are completely unacceptable. If the company were to accept some volunteer GMs and pay them with some item mall currency or something and allow them to police the community, it would be a much better place for everyone.

One major sore spot for Zero Online is with the performance. I am not sure if the problem was with their servers or with the network code, but anytime there was more than like 6 people on my screen I got massive lag. Considering I am running on a 5 month old machine that I built myself and paid over $1500 for the parts, there is no way it is my system that is to blame. Hopefully though, TQ Digital can address these problems in the near future.

No one can say they are not trying to reach all audiences with this game though. They are developing the storyline more for those who care about it. Events are held on a fairly frequent basis by the GM staff, and they do actually try to address troublemakers as often as they can. It is not their fault that parents use the internet to babysit and raise their kids, so the GM staff is often left to fill that role. There is a lot of potential in this game and it is still fun to play as it is, especially if you loved Conquer Online or have an older computer.

IGG has annnounced that a Leveling up Contest will be held in Zu Online (http://zu.igg.com) from Dec. 14th to Dec.31st in order to celebrate the Open Beta Test. All the players are welcome to login the game to experience the fantastic tour. Please enjoy yourselves in the Zu world! At the end of the event, rewards will be given to the top 10 players of the highest level. 10 luck players drawn at random from the 11th to the 100th places will also receive surprise rewards.

As Christmas is coming, Zu Online offers all players a grand Christmas Carnival from Dec. 14th to Dec.31st. Players can receive rewards in a series of activities like finding Christmas Letter Card, receiving Christmas Gifts from Zilong.Saint, getting Christmas Wishes and trying on new Christmas Costume.

For more information about the events, please visit:
http://zu.igg.com/atc/christmas/index.html

Low attack on the battlefield? Low Survivability in Death Match? Want to be an army of one in Siege? Well now you have a chance to achieve your goals. Age of Armor is proud to present the coming of Item Shop. The thought of being better, faster, stronger is no longer a dream.
With better assistant items from item shop, upgrade becomes ease and higher survivability becomes a reality. Faster, with higher level chipsets prepare to rain down destruction upon your foes with brute force. Stronger, the ability to add multiple slots to your cabin and core to house multiple enhancers. So what are you waiting for? All it requires is Paypal and you will be well on your way in the history books of Age of Armor!

Age of Armor Online Shop: An enhancement towards power that shocks the entire universe. Coming Soon to a store near you. Each sold separately, batteries not included (unless it’s in game).
Age of Armor Item Shop, opens at 01:00 AM server time on 2007-12-14
Here are the Price:
9.99USD buy 750 points.
18.99USD buy 1500 points
27:99USD buy 2250 points

Since the release of the “Spring Town Chapter” extension, ToP (http://top.igg.com/) players can’t wait to visit Chinatown and the mysterious NPCs in the Spring Town with an oriental flavor.
Hocus Pocus is an important NPC, because you can learn about the Fortune-Telling system and the Mystical Clover from him.

What exactly is the Fortune-Telling System?

The Fortune-Telling system enables players to pick a lot; which can grant players the chance to obtain experience, money, double experiences, double the drop rate of items, and improve your stamina and attack power. In addition, players have a chance to obtain sheep’s hide; which can help you find treasure. So basically, the system can help some lower level players to obtain some fancy stuff.

What exactly is Mystical Clover?

However, the Fortune-Telling system can also bring players bad luck. For instance, you could lose both your experience and money. But if you use the Mystical Clover when you pick a lot, you will have a big chance to obtain rewards rather than lose them. So the Mystical Clovers are very popular amongst players. They can usually sell all of their Mystical Clovers in 5 minutes after they set up a stall in the market.

To Try Fortune-Telling System

Players need to accept the quest from the Chinese girl Chun Li and complete it then go to find Hocus Pocus and buy a Career Lot and a Fortune Lot to try your luck. Players only need to double click on the lots, and if you have Mystical Clovers in your backpack, the corresponding number of Mystical Clovers will be deducted.

Sheep’s Hide

Double click on the Sheep’s Hide to obtain treasure map and click the map to obtain the location of the treasure. Then the players can go to dig for treasure. Players need to dig for treasure repeatedly, because it is possible for the first time of digging to fail, if so a prompt will appear. It is said that the treasure contains a large amount of money, level 75 equipment, rare gems for refining, air tickets, Amplifier of Strive and Runestone.

Players need to be careful when digging for treasure, because the location may be a trap which can lead to thousands of HP damage for you. This definitely is a game for brave people.
Visit official ToP website for more information: http://top.igg.com/

Zu Online, the new MMORPG game from IGG will officially begin its Open Beta Test on December 14th.
Beginning at EST 8:00 pm on December 14th, all the players are welcomed to the Open Beta Test. We are ready to provide the test client for download now. Currently we have 13 download addresses for players to download from and we will be offering more official download places and other media download places in the future.

Client Instructions
1. This client is specifically designed for the Open Beta Test , which means you can use this client to connect to our Zu Online servers at EST 8:00 pm on December 14th.
2. The client requires 5 GB HD space, so please reserve enough HD space before downloading.

Players can post their questions on our official forum and inquire via Livechat. We will continuously update the game to make it as perfect as possible. You can send your suggestions to debug@igg.com ; we will read every suggestion and bug submission.

Visit our NEW website for client download http://zu.igg.com/

With the Zu Online Open Beta Test right around the corner, IGG is pleased to announce that the new official site for Zu Online has been released. This site will be a resource for all players, as well as serving the community as a place to follow what’s happening in the game. In addition, some special systems, help and quest guides and some other new elements are also being added to the new site.
Detailed game information and forums are currently available for viewing. For more please visit the official site http://zu.igg.com