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Monthly Archives: November 2008
Age of Conan: going to Korea!
Funcom is proud to announce that ‘Age of Conan: Hyborian Adventures’ will be launching in Korea. Online media publisher Neowiz Games will be responsible for publishing the highly acclaimed massively multiplayer online game, and will be working closely with Funcom in producing an adapted and fully localized Korean version. Neowiz Games will act as a full service provider, handling everything from distribution to customer service and community management.
“Bringing ‘Age of Conan’ to Korea is something we have wanted to do for a long time now,” says Funcom CEO Trond Arne Aas. “This is a very exciting and highly dynamic market, and we know that Korean gamers are amongst the most active online gamers in the world. With their solid legacy in online gaming, Neowiz Games is one of the most successful and knowledgeable companies in the market and we are very pleased to be working with them.”
“We are very excited to introduce the world class large scale MMORPG, ‘Age of Conan’ with its popularity and great reputation in the industry” says Neowiz Games CEO Choi, Gwan-ho. “This will be the first large scale MMORPG for Neowiz Games and both companies will also work tightly together to adapt and implement a fully localized game for Korean users”
The Korean release of ‘Age of Conan’ will include all updates and content added to the game after the US and European launch. It is also important for both Funcom and Neowiz Games to adapt the game to the local market, and the two companies will work closely together in making sure ‘Age of Conan’ meets gamers expectations. A release date for the Korean version of ‘Age of Conan’ has not yet been finalized.
‘Age of Conan’ launched in May this year and immediately topped sales charts around the world. It has received more than thirty magazine covers and more than fifteen major awards, including numerous “Best MMO of E3” awards and the “Best Online Game of Show” award at GC 2007. The game has received numerous glowing reviews, including a 9.4 score from US website GameZone. ‘Age of Conan’ is a key title in Microsoft’s Games for Windows line-up, as well as a showcase title for nVidia thanks to its jaw-dropping graphics.
Drift City: Stage 2 now available for download
NHN USAs popular high-speed online multi-player racing game Drift City unleashes an awesome new version with dramatic updates and high-speed action. Drift City: Stage 2, available now for free download and online play on ijji.com, is a near complete retooling of the popular online game, stacked with tons of new features and content, including a tremendous array of customizable options for Drift City players.
“Drift City: Stage 2 is more than just an upgrade of the original version; it is almost a completely new game experience built on the features and action that Drifty City players love,” said Philip Yun, CEO, NHN USA. “The games multiple racing options, fascinating new underground area and extensive customization options are to be enormously appealing. Drift Citys dedicated community and new players alike will love the new version and dive into it with the same passion and excitement that led the first to be such a success.”
Drift City: Stage 2 is full of innovative new features and dramatic racing excitement, including:
– Lap Time Battle: Racers compete against one another based on their best lap time
– Real Match Battle: Each player races in the same car with the same stats. This race is all about displaying users true driving skills. It represents a truly even playing field where only the driver with the best racing technique wins the race
– Undercity: This is a dungeon-style game mode where teams can give each member of the team a separate duty, enabling them to complete the mission faster and receive tons of rewards
– Daily Mission: Players get a Daily Mission to complete, earning a Token that can be exchanged with various items
– Sticker Feature: Customizable option where players can deck out their cars with their own picture designs. Players can upload an image file and add up to five stickers per car
– Glossy Paint: Players have the option to upgrade their cars from the standard Cell-Shading Graphics to Real-Shading Graphics, which paints the car in a stunningly shinny coat
In addition, four new cars have been added to the Drift City: Stage 2 line-up: Dodge-Dakota Monster Truck, Bugatti Veyron, Hummer H3 and the Peupeot 207.
Drift City: Stage 2 is set in the near future, during a worldwide oil shortage. A mysterious material dubbed Mittron is discovered on an island in the North Pacific and quickly became the preferred fuel for all methods of transportation. However, vicious unmanned vehicles dubbed “High-Tech Unmanned Vehicles” (HUVs) begin appearing around the island and terrorizing the people. This threat has become so widespread that pedestrians no longer walk the streets for fear of being attacked. As a result, the Organization for Mittron Development decided to import professional drivers to assist in destroying the HUVs and uncover the mystery behind their sudden appearance.
In Drift City: Stage 2, players earn experience points and Mito, the in-game currency, by completing missions and deliveries, as well as for bounties when hunting HUVs. They can also earn “coupons” to purchase cars by completing various in-game requirements. Players can choose from a variety of different vehicles and can purchase in-game upgrades for them. In addition, they have the option to create or join “crews” to participate in joint battles, or hunt
Wonderland Online: New Version 3.0 Coming Soon
The Wonderland Online Team has announced the release of the new version 3.0 and the new Scorpio server. They will be released at the same time, November 13th EST (GMT-5), after the maintenance.
The new server-Scorpio has 3 branches, and to celebrate the release of the Scorpio Server, they will be holding a series of events.
In-game Events:
– King of the Newbie’s
– “Forbes List”
– 7-days of Double Exp
– Leveling Made Easy
– Scorpio Server Gift
Come join all the fun in Wonderland Online! For more information, please visit
Rohan: Blood Feud hits the half million mark
Online PC game publisher YNK Interactive today announced that they have reached and surpassed 500,000 registered players for their massively multiplayer online role-playing game (MMORPG), Rohan: Blood Feud.
“I’m thrilled to have hit the half million mark, and still counting”, said Jun Lee, CEO of YNK Interactive. “As we continue to expand the game, so are we expanding our community base. We look forward to continuing to announce milestones like this in the months and years ahead.”
Rohan: Blood Feud has also been continuously growing through new added features in the game. The additions include a Game Parlor and Exchange Market, separating it from other MMORPGs, as well as new dungeons, events, and in-game items.
Continued expansion is on the agenda for the coming year, maintaining Rohan: Blood Feud’s appeal to its loyal players and potential new ones in the future.
Sacred 2: Fallen Angel Makes North American Digital Debut
Stardock announced today that Sacred 2: Fallen Angel is now available for $49.95 on Stardocks digital download platform Impulse to all gamers in North America. Developed by Ascaron, the RPG hosts up to 16 players and modifiable combat art and hundreds of hours of free-form exploration. Take a look at the direct game page.
Sacred 2: Fallen Angel is set after a giant dispute has covered the entire realm of Ancaria. With the devastation of war overwhelming the land, the T-Energy has gone out of control! The once creative power of the T-Energy now has changed into something negative. Creatures and animals mutated beyond recognition, entire regions became un-inhabitable, cities and villages completely destroyed. Assume the role of a character and delve into a thrilling story full of side quests and secrets that you will have to unravel. Breathtaking combat arts and sophisticated spells are waiting to be learned.
Sacred 2: Fallen Angel features a massive, seamless and dynamic world delivering hundreds of hours of free-form exploration. With two campaigns: play as the Light or Shadow side, complete with distinct skills, rewards and story-elements tailored to the chosen path. Sacred 2: Fallen Angel also features the ultimate multiplayer experience seamless transition between single- and multiplayer gaming modes via LAN or the Internet.
Minimum System Requirements:
Windows XP / XP64 / Vista / Vista64
2.4 GHz Processor
1 GB Available System Memory
256 MB 3D Video Card (Nvidia GeForce 6800 / ATI Radeon x800)
DirectX Compatible Sound Card
20 GB Free Hard Drive Space
DirectX 9.0c
Myth War ?Online: Prison System Overview
In Myth War II Online, player killing (i.e. PK) is an essential part of the game. It means players above a certain level can join in PVP combat, find unsuspecting players and kill them. But harsh penalties will be enforced for merciless griefing. PK griefers will not be able to avoid harsh jail time for too many successive kills in a row.
Prison System:
Game designers have taken steps to crack down on unnecessary griefing. PK grievers will be sent to jail for kills of more than 5 players in non-PVP realms. In Desert City and Demon Square, prisons have become places that time forgets. Prisoners will spend a long time in jail and serve their sentence based on the number of successive kills they pull off before leaving their cells. All prisons are guarded and fear-up approaches are designed to frighten prisoners.
Players will be released after completing a term of imprisonment. The total kills they conduct will be reduced by the number of kills that sent them to prison.
Prison Raid:
Players jailed will have a chance to escape from jail if someone outplays the prison security guard NPCs. But they will land on the most wanted list and a manhunt will be started to find them. At the entrance of every jail, an NPC is standing there as a prison guard. After one players ID input is entered by the prison raiders, the system will tell the prison raiders if the player they want to rescue is in the jail. Prison raiders must combat prison security guards and beat them to successfully spring their companion from jail. Prison raiders and players being rescued will each lose 25 Evil Index, and land on the most wanted list as well as being teleported to an open area.
Most Wanted List:
Prison raiders and escaped players will be wanted criminals. Other players can take the manhunt quest in Blython to become bounty hunters and go after them. They will be given a Wanted Scroll that will help them locate the wanted criminals. If players team up to arrest the wanted criminals, all teammates must have the Wanted Scroll to be rewarded with gold and EXP after a successful capture.
Jail terms are designed to punish PK griefers. This game has a sound PVP combat system and offers PVP advocates low risk duels and fair PVP fights. We will walk you through them next time.
Tabula Rasa: An Open Letter from General British
Fellow Soldiers of the AFS,
I am happy to finally be able to write the players and community of Tabula Rasa. Weve been on quite a journey together. First in creating a game unlike any other on the MMO market, then growing a loyal community and finally launching the game and its players into space with Operation Immortality. It has been quite an unforgettable journey, one that I will treasure for the rest of my life.
I am very grateful to you loyal players for sticking around through what I think we can all honestly say was a rough launch. I thank the development team for pushing hard to get polish, updates and new content out every month since launch a feat that I think is unusual in MMO development. They have a lot to be proud of.
Many of you probably wonder what my plans are, now that I have achieved the lifelong dream of going to space. Well, that unforgettable experience has sparked some new interests that I would like to devote my time and resources to. As such, I am leaving NCsoft to pursue those interests.
This news is difficult for me to deliver. I am honored to have worked with the team Ive had and Im grateful to the community who makes this game so unique and fun.
Thank you and farewell.
Richard General British Garriott
Rappelz Celebrates its 2nd Anniversary
In celebration of Rappelzs 2nd anniversary, Gala-Net Inc. has announced a series of in-game events to take place starting from November 12th. Gala-Nets acclaimed MMORPG, Rappelz, has captivated millions of users since its launch back in 2006, and continues on this journey with its latest release, Epic V.
For this notable milestone, not only will all players receive a FREE 7 Day Hidden Village Pass, but the Raining Pets event is finally here! Pets are the unique feature to Rappelz, and they are arguably one of the most important aspects in the game. Pets can help players do everything from healing to helping destroy opponents.
The Raining Pets event will bring a surge of pet items for all users! Simply play the game, defeat the monsters and collect your prize! Monsters may drop a Rain Drop, carrying a huge variety of pet items- anything from a Creature Name Change to a Decorative Pet Box. Items from the drop include (but are not limited to):
- Creature Name Changes
- Creature Resurrection Scrolls
- Pet Re-Specialization Potioons
- Taming Cards
- Pet Boxes
- Decorative Pets
This event is the most anticipated event of the year for Rappelz players, as it celebrates one of the most defining features of game play in Rappelz.
Pets have always been a distinctive component in Rappelz, and with the recent release of Epic V, they only prove to be more valuable to players, says Senior Producer Michael Powers. We wanted to reward our users with this landmark and hope that Rappelz continues its epic to reach out to the many other MMORPG players out there. Happy Anniversary Rappelz!
Darkfall Online: new beta invites
TheDarkfall team just announced on their forums that they sent out some new invites for the Closed Beta. Here’s the full announcement:
We sent out the second batch of beta invites last night and were going to continue inviting people as needed by our testing process. Theres no ETA to the invites, were moving along based solely on our needs. We might invite more people in as early as tonight, and as frequently as every day. The testers are under strict NDA and it would be very unfortunate if we had to ban people and/or to modify our testing – so we would like to ask everyone to respect our process and procedures, even those of you not yet in the beta.
If youre not in the beta yet, please dont take this personally, its likely you dont fit our immediate testing needs. There are a lot of criteria, but it can be as simple as hardware, location, time zone etc. We appreciate your understanding as we’re trying to get Darkfall ready, we take this process very seriously.
Another thing: We mentioned this before but there is no official Darkfall pre-order. Sites that offer Darkfall pre-orders are not affiliated with us, and we dont support their offering in any way.
Finally, in our beta invites well never ask you for your password. Were not asking for any information, we have everything we need in your beta sign up. There are fake beta invites circulating, and you need to use some common sense and be careful.
That’s all for now, we’ll keep you updated about any changes or developments.”