Yearly Archives: 2008

Wizard101: Enhanced Player vs. Player Spell Dueling Arena

Online entertainment company KingsIsle Entertainment, Inc. today announced the pending launch of full featured wizard vs. wizard card duels in the highly immersive 3D virtual world Wizard101. The newly expanded Wizard Arena will enable players to participate in practice or ranked spell-casting duels against each other. All other aspects of the current worlds in Wizard101 are collaborative, and community members play spell cards that come to animated life in order to battle zany creatures like Ninja Pigs.

“If you prefer questing or mini-games, great… you never have to duel another player,” said Todd Coleman, Director of Wizard101. “But families — and a lot of core gamers that are playing Wizard101 too — are going to have a great time competing against other players in the Wizard Arena.”

KingsIsle will launch the enhanced player versus player (PvP) Wizard Arena this week. Players will be able to access the Wizard Arena from any of Wizard101’s worlds. Upon entering, one of multiple Arena looks in the style of Wizard101 worlds such as Moo Shu, Marleybone and Krokotopia will be generated. All dueling in the game is turn-based so that victory is more about strategy and deck building, rather than button mashing or internet connection speed. The new launch will give players two ways to compete against each other using the characters they have developed in other areas of Wizard101: Practice Duels (non-ranked)

  • Two teams of up to four wizards compete against each other
  • Players can either quick join a duel or set up their own team and chose opponents
  • Free for all Wizard101 players
  • Players may elect to place wagers of in-game gold on the outcome of their duel
  • Any in-game gold winnings are split evenly between team members
    Sanctioned Duels (ranked)
  • A matchmaking service assigns duels based on Arena ranking and character level of individual players
  • Players are ranked based on duel outcome
  • Winners get Arena Tickets, redeemable for loot, some of which is unique to the Wizard Arena
  • At the end of each quarterly Wizard Arena season, a top Duel Master will be crowned
  • Free for Wizard101 subscribers or purchase by microtransaction for 80 Crowns (equivalent to 16 cents or less depending on quantity of Crown purchase)

NCSoft: Festive events!

It’s beginning to look a lot more festive around the NCsoft headquarters, as three MMORPGs prepare for the festive season with holiday events for all players.

City of Heroes Winter Event 2008
The City of Heroes developers have been making a list and checking it twice, but whether players are naughty or nice, Heroes and Villains alike will receive gifts this holiday season. By simply logging in between December 15th, 2008 and January 4th, 2009, City of Heroes players will receive a gifted badge, fuzzy earmuffs costume piece, the Holiday Spirit temporary power and the Holiday Cheer temporary power. Also available for players will be a new Father Time mission, ski challenges, holiday auras, candy canes and Gamester’s gifts, as well as a winter gift enhancement set.

Guild Wars Wintersday 2008
Once again, it’s time to celebrate the season in true Guild Wars fashion. This year’s annual Wintersday festival is bigger and better than ever, with new NPCs, quests, rewards, and even holiday-themed PvP tournaments. Players also get another chance at the best prizes and quests from previous Wintersday festivities, including the traditional snowball fight between the followers of Grenth and those of Dwayna. Plus, for the first time ever, players will get to see the Eye of the North all decked out in its best holiday finery!
Guild Wars players are encouraged to clear their schedule from December 19th through January 5th, and make plans to join Lt. Thackeray of the Ebon Vanguard as he oversees and coordinates the most spectacular Wintersday festival ever!

Lineage II Saving Santa Event
Santa’s Helpers throughout Aden and Elmore are begging for the assistance of Lineage II players. It seems that Santa Claus has been imprisoned by the jealous and fanatical Thomas D. Turkey. Outraged by the treatment that he and his brethren have endured over the centuries, Thomas is holding Santa hostage in an undisclosed location to show the world that turkeys mean business. It is up to the citizens of this fair land to help free Santa. The fate of this and all future holidays depend on all Lineage II players. They must find Thomas and defeat him in a “turkey style” battle. Only then will Santa be free from turkey tyranny. Help Santa’s Helpers, help Santa, but most of all, help save the holidays for us all.

Shaiya Singapore & Malaysia

Run Up Game has obtained the rights to publish the magnificent graphical 3D MMORPG, Shaiya, in Malaysia and Singapore.
Shaiya is expected to be launched on the 29th November 2008.

Shaiya is a fantasy based MMORPG developed by SonoV. Sonokong, Korea largest toy producer’s subsidiary SonoV spent 3 years developing this project.
SonoV explains they are impressed by Run Up Game’s service and management in Malaysia and Singapore, therefore they believes that Run Up Game can bring up Shaiya’s popularity to other part of the world. Sonokong Co, Ltd. has a strong belief in customer satisfaction and hope to provide players in other countries the best gaming experience.

One of Shaiya’s unique feature is the MUO(Multiple Upbringing Options) system. This system is separated into “Easy”, “Normal”, “Hard” and “Ultimate” 4 modes.
As the difficulty increases, the players require more experience points. In return, the player will have a higher level cap and more skill points acquired.

Conquer Online: Ninja Video

Conquer Online reveals a new job class: the ninja. These extreme combat fighters of the ancient east have new abilities: they hide in the shadows and stalk their prey before delivering a final blow. Play now and choose the new faction: Ninja.

Splash Fighters

As a special event for Christmas, we will hold a tournament event “Christmas Battle Tournament” on December 19, 2008.
We’ve selected some players and it will be very exciting and fun!! Come and see the cool players and be prepared for the next battle!
Who is the winner this time?

For Winners
1st Prize: Accessory “Bladed Flames”
2nd Prize: Accessory “Bladed Flames” (For 60 Days)
3rd Prize: Accessory “Bladed Flames” (For 30 Days)

Twelve Sky 2 announced

MAYN Interactive Pte Ltd., an up-and-coming game publisher, officially announced its partnership with Gigassoft Co., Ltd. and their plan to bring the highly anticipated and critically acclaimed “TwelveSky 2”, a martial arts based Massively Multiplayer Online Role Play Game (MMORPG), to English-Speaking gamers within the European market.

Initially released at the end of 2003, the saga of “TwelveSky” underwent heavy reconstruction in 2007. The reincarnated “TwelveSky 2” includes completely revamped game systems and an assortment of new features.

“TwelveSky 2” harnesses the true potential of the self-developed game engine, GXD, which resulted in upgraded graphics. This change also gave way to enhanced skills, wars, maps, and quests. Additionally “TwelveSky 2” will be introducing new mechanics such as resource gathering and harvesting, item crafting, a new player race, and riding mounts, among others. Moreover, the European version of “TwelveSky 2” will be sporting a completely new and rewritten story arch, even compared to its sister counterparts which are currently released in Asia.

A month after its release in South Korea, “TwelveSky 2” soared to the Top 5 position in the MMO genre with Taiwan quickly on its heels. Now aiming for Europe, the game is setting up to be a major success within the Free-to-Play space.
“TwelveSky 2” is quickly approaching an early launch in 2009.

Wonderland Online: New Pet Strategies

There are three important new characters in Wonderland Online version 3, Charlotte, Eva and Angela. The following are some strategies for finishing their quests about Charlotte and Eva.

1. Fairy Charlotte
To get Charlotte, players should do the quests: Directing Monster, Alfer Gorge and Ma Stone.

Directing Monster
Target: Fairy
Condition: None
Process: Go To 5F, Snow Cave, and find the transportation spot, enter it, and then talk with the fairy in it. After that she will join the team.

Alfer Gorge
Target: None
Condition: Finish the Directing Monster quest and she will bring you.
Process: Go along the left path of Angkor Aisle, and then jump from the cliff. After that go into the cave and click the bird beast there, Charlotte will then come and help.
Rewards: 500 EXP

Ma Stone
Target: Elven Elder
Condition: Both the Directing Monster and Alfer Gorge quests have been done
Process: Outside of the cave, on the left, there is a transportation spot through which players can go to Alfer Village, pass through and find the Elven Elder. He will ask players for Ma Stone, and Charlotte should go to Holy Land in advance. Go to Angkor and enter the transportation spot, then go strait. On the left at the end, go through the spot there, then go to the left and you can find a transportation spot again at the top left corner. Talk with Charlotte after entering and she will open the door then go to find the question mark, and fight with the holy beast.

Beasts’ Information: Lvl 110 Holy Beast * 1 HP: 15000
Holy Liondove with Earth attribute * 1, (Another Holy Liondove with Wind attribute will come out when it’s killed) HP: about 6000
Holy Liondove with Water attribute * 1 (It can use Sleep skill; another Holy Liondove with Fire attribute will come out when it’s killed) HP: about 6000.

Go back with the Ma Stone.
Rewards: Charlotte will become the players’ pet.

2. Evil Envoy Eva
Target: None
Condition: Both Mysterious Key and Fairy Charlotte quests should have been done
Process: The key is on the altar in the Main Town of Angkor (X: 1682 Y: 655). Go to the 2nd floor of the Incan cave (X: 4360 Y: 4080) after obtaining the key. Then open the door at the top right corner in the right cave.

Eva: Fire, level 124, HP: 32480, Skills: Mess Spell and Ghost Fire
Immortal Mummy * 10
Earth: Level 87, HP: 5350, Skill: Terrafication
Fire: Level 87, HP: 5350, Skill: Mess Spell
Wind: Level 88, HP: 5350, Skill: Coma Spell
Water: Level 87, HP: 5350, Skill: Recovery

Rewards: Eva will become the players’ pet.

Eva’s weapon: Evil Fork, TK+25, MATK+25, possesses critical strike effect

Final words: Fairy and evil, they are not only have good appearance, they are also very strong!

Tales of Pirates: Mysterious Abaddon X File

In Tales of Pirates, players may be surprised to find the power of the spirit army when they access the evil Navigation Base and dark Skeletar Isle. However, many people never realize that the most powerful spirit army is found on Abaddon, a mysterious place with 18 floors of ever-increasingly terrible monsters. To find fortune, challenge the monsters and the BOSS Barborosa, who will drop all kinds of fantastic treasure, including the Heart of Black Dragon, the Eye of Black Dragon, the Power of Flame and much more.

1. 18 Rounds Challenge
Players are confronted with danger as soon as they enter Abaddon, where there are no supplies and no way to retreat. Abaddon has 18 floors and each floor has monsters. The monsters waiting for you here are powerful and know that you seek their treasure. Players who want to challenge them must be Level 40+ and are advised to go as a team. Players should defeat all the BOSS on each floor before going up to the next floor. You will have many rounds of fun challenge you have never experienced before, and meet ugly and powerful monsters you have never seen before, including the Abyss Lord – Hardin,Despair Knight ? Saro, and Abyss Mudmonster – Karu.

2. The Ultimate Abaddon
If Abaddon hides masses of treasure, the last floor has more surprises for our players. They will see the legendary Black Devious Angel and Bloodwing Angel, and the most powerful BOSS Abyss Supreme ? Kara, who will summon an Abyss Lord to help each time its HP decreases by 10%. The Heart of Black Dragon, Eye of Black Dragon, Soul of Black Dragon and the most fantastic Rightful Chest of Black Dragon, which can be set into the Rightful Black Dragon Equipment, await those who succeed in this challenge.

Aurora Blade: AFK System Overview

Aurora Blade always prides itself on its distinct systems. Today, the Aurora Blade team from IGG was very happy to briefly introduce the AFK system for all players.

The AFK system in Aurora Blade offers your character a greater chance of leveling even if you are away from your keyboard. Talk to the “Hotel Attendant” in the Dak of any of the cities to have a rest. It gives you double exp scope which will help you to obtain double exp while killing monsters. The higher the character level, the more double exp you will obtain.

What’s more, you can talk to the Priest in any of the churches to enter the Temple and have a rest there. Doing so will give your trinket a chance to directly obtain exp. The higher the level of your trinket, the more exp it will obtain.
Pay attention. The character should be online when it is resting in the Dak or the Temple; otherwise, it will not obtain any exp.

Aurora Blade is the first browser-based 2D RPG brought to you by IGG and distinguishes itself as a simple yet exciting game with immersive storylines for players of all ages and skill levels.

WoW restaurants open in Beijing

Wowinsider.com is reporting the following news:

In Beijing, a new restaurant has opened up with a Warcraft theme, from the decor to the food. The entrance is designed to look like the Dark Portal (The Burning Crusade’s intro screen) and the interior walls are lined with artwork from the game and shots of characters in epic gear. TV screens throughout the restaurant play footage of the game, too.

The food itself is even based on the game, and CCTV.com reports that the menu is named after denizens of WoW.
(source: wowinsider.com)