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Elsword Unleashes the Might of Henir in New Update
Elsword Unleashes the Might of Henir in New Update
Kill3rCombo is now offering players the opportunity to begin dungeon crawling and battling adversaries faster than ever in its MMO, Elsword. At five times smaller than the full client, first-timers can now get in to the action faster via the new streaming system, while the game client continues to download in the background. In addition to decreased download wait time, Elsword is also introducing new content in the form of Henir’s time and space dungeon. Check out the new trailer showcasing this epic dungeon at OnRPG.
Available to all players, but ideal for those with fierce combo skills, Henir is an amalgamation of all boss monsters from 35 dungeon stages. Gamers that wish to take on this intense test will need to obtain either Henir’s Key or Henir’s Hidden Key, depending on which mode they choose – normal or challenge. Once players clear challenge mode, they will be placed on Henir’s Time and Space Ranking list and can bask in the glory of a new title. This exclusive dungeon consists of all five regions in Elsword – Ruben, Elder, Bethma, Feita and Altera – and should be played in sequence so as to complete the series and receive Monster Cards that can be exchanged for better equipment.
In Elsword, gamers can choose from five specialized and customizable characters as they explore immersive maps and battle to complete dynamic quests. As players progress through the game, they can evolve their fighting styles by upgrading to new job classes and watch as their chosen character matures and gains more fierce abilities and combos. With intuitive and straightforward controls, Elsword offers players of all skill levels the chance to defeat enemies and deal damage, either on a solo mission or cooperatively in a party of up to four players. For those who welcome a challenge, Elsword also delivers action-packed PvP combat.
Elsword Henirs Time and Space Trailer
Prepare to face the ultimate foe in Elsword, as Henir takes you on a gauntlet challenge.
RaiderZ Alpha Trailer
RaiderZ has announced an upcoming alpha test!
The Secret World Announces FR and DE Versions of Website
The Secret World Announces French and German Versions of Website
Funcom is pleased to announce that the official German and French language websites for the upcoming modern-day massively multiplayer online game ‘The Secret World’ are now live. For those reading OnRPG via Google Translate rejoice! You won’t have to do that for The Secret World any longer.
‘The Secret World’ is set to launch June 19th this year and will be available with both German and French localization and support. Funcom is excited to be able to provide our German and French speaking community a place to go to for the latest news and information on ‘The Secret World’, and each site will be kept up to date by a dedicated team that includes German and French speaking community managers.
To visit the new websites, head over to www.thesecretworld.com/de for the German language site and www.thesecretworld.com/fr for the French language site, or use the language selector at the top of all pages throughout the www.thesecretworld.com website.
Jade Dynasty Launches Empyrean Lands
Jade Dynasty Launches Empyrean Lands
Today Perfect World Entertainment announced the launch of Jade Dynasty’s “The Empyrean Lands” update, with the new Elysium zone!
This new map is a PvP hotspot, and will give you the Chroma rewards you need to reach the pinnacle of Vitalic power. Challenge the three epic bosses for Kirin Sigils and endgame gear!
You can reach Elysium by going to Dragon Mountain, either via the Royal Altar in the Divine Realm or by talking to Dragon Envoy Jassie in Sunstream City.
Shangge, at the base camp on Dragon Mountain, can teleport you directly to Elysium, or you can climb to the top of the mountain.
To reach Elysium, you’ll need to be Ascended Lv120, be Tier 5, have an Affinity and be at least Chroma Level 1.
At the center of the Elysium map stands the Aeon Wat, a palace that will be the scene for thousands of PvP battles. With three floors to fight over, the Aeon Wat has space for both pitched battles and ambushes.
The Empyrean Lands are full of Chroma power, and you can grab tons of Chroma Beads from kill quests and harvesting items. With a little dedication, and a watchful eye to keep from getting ganked, you can earn tons of Chroma Beads each day.
If you can get enough players to agree to join forces, you can challenge Elysium’s three bosses, for prizes including endgame gear and Kirin Sigil.
These titanic bosses will require at least twenty-man squads, equipped with high-refinery gear, to take down. The rewards are huge, but so are the challenges.
Elysium will have a separate Marketplace, the Sky Exchange; some useful items from the normal Marketplace will be included, but the Sky Exchange will also have its own unique selection. Grab Empyrean Lands-only mounts with a fast +6.50 movement speed, or heal up with the Pearl of Vita and Aeon Shard batteries, including 30 million points of Health or Spirit.
You can learn more about the Aeon Wat and Elysium’s PvP in this featured blog post, up now.
RaiderZ New Website Launches; Exclusive Alpha Testing Announced
RaiderZ New Website Launches; Exclusive Alpha Testing Announced
Perfect World Entertainment today announces the long-awaited exclusive Alpha Test of RaiderZ begins on March 14, 2012.
After a stellar showing at last year’s Electronic Entertainment Expo (E3) — with tantalizing sneak peeks and exclusive demos — the colossal monster hunting MMORPG will finally be playable by a highly limited number of North American gamers.
Get more information about RaiderZ and register for the Alpha Test by visiting today’s newly unveiled website at: http://RAIDERZ.perfectworld.com/. Also check out the newly released alpha trailer!
“Fans of action MMOs and the monster hunting subgenre of gaming are in for a one-of-a-kind experience with RaiderZ,” said Yoon Im, Senior VP/GM of Game Publishing, Perfect World Entertainment. “With fast non-targeting gameplay and a classless character system, players of RaiderZ have direct control over a character’s skills and play style. With challenging PvE and PvP combat, epic boss fights and a comprehensive crafting system, RaiderZ is an amazingly high quality free MMORPG and we can’t wait to let gamers in.”
In RaiderZ, explore the vivid and surreal land of Rendel in search of behemoths and epic monsters of legend. Find them. Slay them.
Key features include:
Exotic Real-Time Battles
An exciting, responsive real-time battle system brings players directly into the fight. Evade and block, strike and destroy. Hunting takes strategy, power and skill.
Too Close for Comfort
Monsters get personal as they grab, smash, maul and eat players alive. Rip monsters apart and use their own weapons and limbs against them in battle or for crafting, lest you be clutched, clawed, thrown and otherwise savaged.
Know Your Enemy… It Knows You
Gigantic, intelligent bosses keep even the swarthiest groups on their toes. Work together with fellow hunters to discover the weaknesses of raging, mythological beasts and employ team tactics and strategies to permanently take them down.
Unique Character System
Weapons determine skills in RaiderZ. Choose from over 350 skill combinations to build custom character unlike any other.
Open World
Track monsters in an open world and explore diverse landscapes. Carefully tread through the deepest, darkest jungles; brave the narrow passes of snow-covered mountains, and be caught by an ever-changing weather system.
Cutting Edge Graphics
By leveraging the power afforded in NVIDIA graphics and PHYSX interactions, RaiderZ features vibrant visuals and a level of physicality not yet seen in MMOs.
MEAD: RIFT Carnival of the Ascended Week 1
MEAD: RIFT Carnival of the Ascended Week 1
By Shannon Doyle (Leliah), OnRPG Journalist
It’s been over a year since RIFT went live to the world and it is still expanding. Having announced recently that they’ll be expanding into Asia after opening up for business in Russia not that long ago, it’s clear to see that they aren’t slowing down anytime soon. And this is reflected in the game as well. Telara is an ever changing world. This is in part due to the wonderful events that are put on every few months. With such wonderful events everyone has been expecting the one year birthday party to really top them all. And while it may still be too early to tell if it has succeeded in that, I can happily say so far it is awesome. What am I talking about? The Carnival of the Ascended of course.
The people of Telara are grateful for the presence of the Ascended. Without them the world surely would fall to the planes and none would be safe. In honor of a year since the first mass arrival of Ascended the [people] of Telara are putting on a Carnival for all to enjoy. And there is something for everyone, games, fair food, live re-enactments of history. And that’s all just in the first week!
Games You Say!?
Games I say. Just like a carnival in the real world (Yeah, I dunno what that is either) there are tents. And in those lovely tents are people yelling for you to come play their game. There are three games to play set up in three different places. First they are set up in the main cities Meridian and Sanctum. These are the most popular spots and as such seem to suffer a bit of lag during the peak playing times. The third place is in Shimmersand and the good folks in charge of the carnival are giving people free rides there from the capitals. The first game I tried was the traditional toss the ring on the thing game. In this case the things are Seacaps, and they never stop moving. I’m willing to admit I stood there missing far more than anyone else. The second game is a good old game of pop the balloon. Thankfully you don’t need to have amazing aim, or worry about the wind with this one! For this all you have to do is mount up (you don’t HAVE to be mounted but everyone seems to for some reason) and jump on balloons. It is by far the most popular game. But it isn’t my favorite! My favorite is the little wooden horse race. Jump up and down on the pressure detection pad to make your horse go faster. There is also a Fortune Teller though she doesn’t give any rewards just amusement. There are a few other games scattered around the carnival that you can’t play but you can watch NPCs play.
Quests
A staple of events in Rift are the quests. The quests this week cover quite a range of activities. Some are long and involved, and some are as simple as bouncing on balloons. The first and easiest to complete is to play 3 carnival games. The first thing I noticed when logging into Rift after the event had started was a bunch of really big numbers in the world event tracking area. After I talked to the contacts I discovered what was going on. We need to help gather supplies and make our own parts for the balloons for an upcoming parade! And I know for some people it has turned into somewhat of a race (I’m looking at you Faeblight lvl 50ers). This is the first time crafting skills have come into use in an event. In addition there is a quest to replay scenes from Telara’s history. Notably missing are the traditional Rift and Invasion quests. Those may come in the following weeks though.
Rewards
With every event has come a new form of currency. This time there are three, Glass Beads, Carnival Tickets and Pyrite Doubloons. The beads come from piñatas, mobs and completing quests. With them you can buy the adorable Wind-Up Pony or Valmera cub in addition to fireworks and costume masks. Tickets come from completing carnival games and have the biggest variety in the types of things they can buy. You can get anything from funnel cake and Turkducken to dragon balloons very similar to the piñatas scattered around the world. The townspeople really went all out on the carnival food with the likes of deep fried butter and watermelon slush. The last, and most rare type of currency are the doubloons. You can only get them from specific quests that give them out, and even then you only get that quest and reward combination once. It takes five doubloons to buy a mount, of which there are two. The first is the Tindrel, a robotic version of the very popular spider mount, Spindrel. The second is an amazing looking horse who may just be made of baby stars. And with the name Nebula it’s perfect.

Do you have a bunch of unused currency sitting around from events gone by? I do. And in all of them it’s a case of almost having enough to get that awesome thing I want. Well now you can buy that currency with beads! Did you miss out on an event and want the rewards? Now you can get them. With a straight one for one trade this is a complete steal. Unless of course you are like me and need to get EVERYTHING. If that’s the case then I see a lot of piñatas in your future. In addition you can exchange beads for tickets and tickets for beads. Sadly no exchange for doubloons.

Weekend Bonus!
During the entire month long Carnival every weekend will have bonuses. We’ve seen this several times in the past but never like this!
This weekend (that is March 2nd – March 4th) there will be a 25% bonus to the following:
Experience from kills
Planar Attunement Experience from kills
Favor from kills
Prestige from kills
Plaques of Achievement
Marks of Ascension
Planarite
Guild Experience
In addition to bonuses next week (March 8th to March 14th) there will be a free return to Telara for all! So if you uninstalled Rift make sure you get it installed and all patched up in time.
Come back every week in March to find out more about the latest phase in the Carnival of the Ascended event. It’s sure to be a crazy and exciting month. Happy Birthday Rift!
Anime Trumps
Anime Trumps is an anime-inspired casual card browser game. The rules of the game are similar to the classic Board Game “BANG”. People can play the role of different anime characters from popular titles like Naruto, Bleach, Dragon Ball Z, One Piece, and more in competitive play.
Features
Easy to Learn: No complex tutorial required! Players will be able to learn basic rules in a short period of time and then start having fun. There will be step by step tips during the game to help players understand the rules better.
Various Characters: Different skills and different combinations of characters will have different effects. Players can experiment with various configurations to find the most effective combos.
Modes: Anime Trumps offers 1v1 and 3v3 matches.
Spirit Tales Closed Beta Trailer
Spirit Tales will be entering into closed beta testing on March 15th.









