On July 10th, 2008, Object Software Limited and nVIDIA, a leading computer graphic technology enterprise, held a press conference in Beijing announcing their strategic cooperation for ”Metal Knight Zero” (“MKZ”) developed by Object Software to integrate nVIDIA’s PhysX, the world’s top physics engine.

Object Software, China’s leading independent game developer, will significantly improve its graphics and physics technology through the cooperation with nVIDIA. In adopting nVIDIA’s PhysX engine, MKZ will feature many realistic physics effects such as building collapses, explosions and fluids, etc. Also, in order to create highly realistic battlefields, more advanced physics features such as air resistance, gravitation and weather changes will be added into MKZ so that players will enjoy a perfect game environment.

As China’s first MMOFPS developed with the world’s top physics technology, MKZ has stunning graphics, and a complete weapon system and social system which will bring huge enjoyment to players. Oversea players can also try a variety of Chinese weapons in MKZ.

MKZ will be one of the first games anywhere in the world to support nVIDIA’s PhysX engine with GeForce GPU acceleration resulting in an immersive and dynamic gameplay experience.

Angels Online (http://ao.igg.com), an IGG (http://www.igg.com) published game, prides itself on its cute characters, rich storylines and masses of fancy items. The AO team always strives to offer players a better, more comfortable game environment.

Today, the AO team has brought a brand-new system, the Family Funds, to players. This new system offers players a broader game environment and helps players easily acclimatize themselves to the game.

After the system is released, players can log into the Family Funds page (http://ao.igg.com/family_fund/) and create a family. You can have 3-10 players in your family; and as the players in your group level-up, your family will be rewarded with some great rewards.

For more information about the Family Fund, visit: http://ao.igg.com/family_fund/.

Not enough PKing for you? Try the player killing profession war, available once per week for each character class. You can roll out your uber-character against your peers, in a same-class battle royal.

NPCs: There are two NPCs that you need to know about.
ProfPKChief (Profession Player Killer War Chief, Twin City 436 241)
ProfPKClerk (Profession Player Killer War Clerk, in the PK map)

Rewards: Experience worth 5 Exp Balls

i. Talk to ProfPKChief and ask about the Profession PK war. He can be found at (Twin City, 436 241). You’ll find that every day is a contest for a different profession.

ii. On the right day, wait till PK round is beginning. Don’t worry if you miss the first PK War round because there are 2 rounds every day! Here are the times for the war:

Round 1: Afternoon 2pm (server time)
Round 2: Night 10pm (server time)

iii. Talk to the chief 15 minutes before the contest starts.

Every Monday Trojan War
Every Tuesday Warrior War
Every Wednesday Archer War
Every Thursday Fire Taoist War
Every Friday Water Taoist War

3 groups in each round:

Level 60 or below
Level 61 to 90
Level 91 or above

There will be a winner in each group!

iv. You will be teleported to a map where you must PK all the other contestants who entered the competition. If you want to leave, just talk to the PKProfClerk.

v. Fight until the contest is over.

A reward of experience equal to 5 ExpBalls can only be claimed at PKProfClerk once the other contestants have been knocked out.

If there is no clear victor, all will be sent to Twin City when the event ends.

If you win the PK war nearly 3pm or 11pm, please hurry up to claim your reward, in case that you will be sent to Twin City without getting anything.

On July 16th, ServeX Co., Ltd announced that ‘Nostale Global (www.nostale.net)’, its casual MMORPG started 3 exciting in-events in celebration of its 100 days anniversary of starting Open Beta. This event includes ‘Exp. Point boost-up’, ‘Gift for Adventurers’ and ‘Big sale for costumes’. In Exp. Point boost-up event, which runs until July 23rd, offers 100% more exp. points to gamers for 2 hours 3 times per day. In Gift for Adventurer, anyone who reaches Lv. 11 and Lv. 21 will be rewarded with ‘Gillion stones’ and ‘Mysterious boxes’ respectively. Gillion stones are used for upgrading equipment, while ‘Mysterious boxes’ give some precious items including Bush Tail pet when it is opened. Finally, for those who couldn’t afford to buy various items, Big-sale event will give the chance to enjoy fun items. Hundreds of items are on sale for extremely low prices, and this event will not happen again anytime soon.

Kevin Song, CEO of ServeX Co., Ltd said ‘ACT 4: Frozen Crown’ is waiting for next patch. With this patch, Nostale will shift to more being a more action-oriented MMORPG in fast and competitive setting. It has thousands vs. thousands PvP in new islands, as well as 4 more stylish maps. Anyone who wishes to see ACT 4 can check it on its official site www.nostale.net

New Update and Current NeoSteam Events

After 2 months of its successful open beta, NeoSteam is continuously bringing the steam-experience to the next level! Join the NeoSteam world with its latest events and newest update!

Ranking System released!

Good news to all pvp lovers! On July 24, the NeoSteam Ranking System will finally be opened. It’s time to see who the best steamer in town is! The latest update will surely pit all steamers to be called the best player in Neosteam. Be sure to collect those patriotism points and be the pride of your nation.

Latest events

Two new exciting events were introduced this month – Nations at Conflict: Consequences of War and the Masteral Academy.

Nations at Conflict: Consequences of War

As a preparation for the coming RvR, Nations at conflict focuses on a massive war of the two nations. Each nation is given a time limit to eliminate the general of the opposing team. It is up to the defending team to protect the general at all cost! Technology vs. Magic…Choose the path of your destiny.

Masteral Academy

Masteral Academy is composed of 4 guilds for each character class – Fighter, Rogue, Mage and Craftor. This event encourages new players to join their specified class guild to learn and understand more about NeoSteam. Guild activities are regularly held within the guild like doing quests, hunting monsters and many more. Be sure to join the Masteral Academy in your first step in the NeoSteam world and you’ll be a pro in no time.

Shadow of Legend v0.8.10.0, a large scale update, is released on July 16. This version includes a number of exciting new features and fixes that players have anticipated. Listed below is a summary of the updates. For more info, please visit www.shadowoflegend.com or click link:
http://www.shadowoflegend.com/web/News.aspx?ID=445

Update Summary

1. Arena System
This is an exclusive map where players compete fiercely in teams regardless of
factions. Winners get exp, Honor Points, and bragging rights.

2. The Sparkling Labyrinth Event:
This is a layered maze where adventurers get lots exp and quality crafting
materials.

3. Virtual Player Functions
These functions automate certain gameplay such as monster slaying, potion
replenishment, and loot.

4. Honor Store
This is where players exchange Honor Points for items to further improve their PVP
capability.

5. Two new instances and five new maps
These are additions for high level players.

6. New Purple gear crafting
Crafting purple gear for level 40-90 is now available.

7. Many others.

We are very pleased about the new release and have no doubt that players will have a wave of blasts until next update. For those who have not played the game, this would be the best time ever to join because aside from these new features, we just rolled out GreyRock new server, guild support program, and a referral program in beginning of July.

About SmartCell
SmartCell Technology, LLC, is a leading developer of mobile platform technology, mobile applications, and mobile online gaming solutions. Headquartered in Irvine, CA, with a research and development center in Shanghai, China; SmartCell Technology is currently working on Shadow of Legend, the world’s first 2D MMORPG that can realize game play on both PC and mobile devices. More information about SmartCell Technology, LLC and its products can be found at http://www.smartcell.com/. More information about Shadow of Legend can be found at http://www.shadowoflegend.com/.

Free-to-play PC game publisher, Aeria Games has acquired Cronous — the classic MMORPG game developed by Lizard Interactive for distribution in North America.

Aeria Games will add Cronous to its portfolio of free MMORPG games such as Shaiya and Last Chaos to offer a release that may have a different appeal to players. Cronous is a more traditional MMORPG game that has game play which is familiar to original Dungeons & Dragons and Diablo fans. Players can choose from classes such as Fighters, Valkryries (like Rogues), Magicians (like Wizards) and Savages (like Barbarians). Game characters gain special attacks and magic spells specific to their classes through leveling.

Around the world, Cronous attracted players for its massive amount of content including over 100 maps and dungeons as well as quests with variable storylines that are affected by the player’s actions. Aeria Games is confident that Cronous is a game that can occupy its players for a long, long time.

The exclusive North American release of Cronous through Aeria Games will be free-to-play with no upfront or monthly costs. Special in-game items and decorative equipment will be available for optional purchase using Aeria Points — the universal currency on the Aeria Games portal.

Cronous will be available for beta testing in July 2008 and release is expected for August 2008. More information is available on the Cronous Web site at http://cronous.aeriagames.com/

The 2nd anniversary of Eudemons is approaching, as all should know by now, therefore we’ve made the decision to give those who wish to claim Paladin Points all summer, until August 5th, to commemorate the occasion. Just keep in mind there is lots to look forward to as the summer progresses. Thanks to all for joining us these last 2 years and we shall work together to make it even better in the future.

USERJOY Technology has just launched Open-Beta for Eudemons Online in Taiwan on 10th June 2008. Since Open-Beta, Eudemons Online has attracted a lot of new users daily to register. (Official Website: http://moyu.uj.com.tw )
Marketing Champaigns such as touring event, "pay-to-play", Scratch-and-Win, On-the-spot competition & etc have been started in all major cities in Taiwan. More activities will be held in the coming seasons. It is going to cover gamers from most of Cyber Cafes and home users in Taiwan by the August and to attract them to join in the community of Eudemons Online.

Reported by USERJOY Technology
25th June 2008

Brief Introduction
EO’s new character class – Paladin, has now been released for half a month; so why not commemorate this moment and crate a great video of your own Paladin and upload it to YouTube’s Eudemons Online Group?

Rewards
Every player whose video fits our requirements will be awarded with 1380 PPs. Players of the top-3 polled videos will be awarded the following great prizes:

1st Prize: 13800 PPs
2nd Prize: 6900 PPs
3rd Prize: 4140 PPs

Winners can go to the appointed NPC to take their rewards. Moreover, each player can submit more than one video, we will be evaluating the videos on a per video basis. Therefore, if you make several videos creating a storyline or a series…if you qualify, you can be awarded more than once!

Requirements of Video
1. It must be related to Paladin;
2. It must have at least one theme song or music;
3. It must contain your character name and server name on the pre-loader;
4. It must show the official website address: http//eo.91.com on the screen;
5. Client file editing is not allowed.

Procedures:
1. Create a YouTube account and join the Eudemons Online (TQ Digital) Group at: http://www.youtube.com/group/eotq;

2. Add your video(s) to the Group, and while uploading video(s), please note:
a) Video name must be: Eudemons_*** (character name)_*** (server name);
b) The description must have a brief introduction about your own Paladin, in other words, you should promote yourself and your character;
c) Video category must be Entertainment;
d) Tag must contain key words such as Eudemons, EudemonsOnline, EO, Paladin, etc;
e) Submitted video will not go live until it has been approved by us;

3. Poll of Top-3 Videos
A player poll will decide the top-3 videos via a web page that we will set up for you to vote in. The 3 videos with the highest number of player votes will be the winners.

Schedule
1. Video Submission: Jun. 22 – Jul. 21;
2. Poll Time: Jul. 23 – Jul. 27;
3. Winner announcement will be on Jul. 28.

How to Make a Video
You can refer to the following link for the tutorial: http://eo.91.com/content/2008-06-24/20080624041242824.shtml