Yearly Archives: 2008

Shadow of Legend Video Contest!

What does a music video, an instructional video, a love story, a comedy, an action pack thriller all have in common? They’re all examples of the kinds of videos that you can make for the Shadow of Legend Video contest!

The Shadow of Legend Video contest is open-ended in that we will accept any genre of video for the contest. However, the video MUST demonstrate ANY unique features of the Shadow of Legend game. Here are some examples of SOL’s features:

• Adventure, quest, mount
• Trade, auction, banking
• Crafting weapons and armor
• Mentoring other players with our Master-Student system
• Player vs Player
• Participate in events, such as the Mushroom event and Turtle Island event
• Participate in instances, such as the Zombie instance
• Live chat
• Grouping and Guilds

The player who receives the most hits/views for his or her video by 12:00pm PDT on Friday, June 13, 2008; will be declared the winner. ONE winner will be chosen for the contest. The contest winner will then be rewarded with 10,000 SOL Diamonds – A $100 dollar value!!! Contest Rules below:

Shadow of Legend Video Contest Rules:

1. Participants must first be registered to play Shadow of Legend. To register for an account, please visit the SmartCell website at http://www.smartcell.com/, and click on “Sign up”.
2. Create a video about Shadow of Legend that demonstrates ANY of the game’s features.
3. If you would like to work with another participant to create the video, you may. The winnings will then be split equally among the team members.
4. If you don’t have one already, register an account with popular media site, YouTube (http://www.youtube.com/), for you will be uploading your video to the site.
5. Upload your video to YouTube (http://www.youtube.com/). Your video MUST be searchable under the query “Shadow of Legend” on YouTube.
6. Place the text, “Shadow of Legend May 2008 Video Contest”, anywhere in the description when you upload your video.
7. Contest ends at 12:00pm PDT on Friday, June 13, 2008.
8. “GrandMasterSOL” will contact the winner via YouTube mailbox.
9. The winner has till July 15, 2008 to claim the prize.
10. The winner will be announced on June 16th on the Shadow of Legend website (http://www.shadowoflegend.com/).

If you have any questions about the contest, please email us at solbeta@smartcell.com. Thank you, and good luck to you all!

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/.

May 14th update: New steps of the quests, discover the new maps and make your pet grow!

Time has come to discover some new areas of the fantasy world of Kunlun Mirror: enter the Foggy Forest and the Blakatoa Peak!!! And if you want to follow your path now you have also the chance to enjoy the new steps of Main quest and of the new Hero Quest.

We add new contents to the item shop too:

  • Minor Dimension Rift: this is a really useful item that allows you to access your warehouse anywhere anytime
  • Hair colors: change your hair look with the brand new bright green, Emerald green, Carmine Red and light blue colors
  • Enchantment scrolls: 6 new scrolls to enchant your armor and improve your defence bonus
  • Some new fancy costume: the Mecha’s armor and equipment (helmet and jetpack) and cowboy’s costume and hat
  • Intermediate evolution stone: make your pet grow! Thanks to this item, pets can now reach upper levels!

 

GameTribe will release this new game update on the next weekly patch on May 14th.

See you in Eversun!

World of Kung Fu Forging System – Increase the Power of Your Inventory!

Armor and weapons bring their owner not only powerful attack and defense capabilities, but also reputation and honor! Every weapon or piece of forged armor records its owner’s heroic deeds. The WoKF Forging system is an excellent way for players to improve their weapons and armor.

Key Facts about the Forging System

Attributes:
Four attributes can be increased through forging: Hit Points, Magic Points, Attack and Defense. Different equipment has different forgeable attributes. For weapons, helmets, and cuffs, attack and defense attributes can be increased by forging. For chest armor, leg armor, and boots, Hit Points and Magic Points can be increased by forging.

Bonus Levels Achieved by Forging:
Armor and Weapons will increase by 1 level after each successful forging. Each time an item is forged, the forging bonus will increase one level. The forging bonus will be +2, +3, and so on up to 20.

Success and Failure:
Forging is not without risk. If the forging is successful, the armor or weapon’s attribute will be increased. Otherwise, the armor or weapon will vanish.

Shine:
Armor and weapons are likely to shine after forging.  Depending on the forging level, the color of the shine will be different.
No shine: +1 to +3
White: +4 to +6
Blue: +7 to +9
Green: +10 to +12
Orange: +13 to +15
Red: +16 to +18
Purple: +19
Black: +20

Charms:
Certain charms are available that can help ease the forging process.

The Craftsman’s Charm increases your chance of success while forging.

The Advanced Craftsman’s Charm will improve the odds of a successful forge even more than the Craftsman’s Charm.
The Forging Safety Charm will prevent an item from vanishing after an unsuccessful forging attempt.

Lord of the Rings Online: Mini-Game Launched for Mines of Moria Expansion; New Book 13 Screens

Turbine, Inc. and Codemasters Online today announced the launch of Swig and Toss, the second mini-game on www.unlocktheminesofmoria.com.  Registered participants can challenge themselves and their friends to earn special deeds that unlock unique rewards including exclusive videos, images, and in-game items that will aid them on their journey when The Lord of the Rings Online™: Mines of Moria launches this fall.
Swig and Toss is an axe throwing competition with a bit of drinking and wagering to make things more interesting!  In this 10-round game, players try to keep a steady aim while attempting to hit a target with their axe. Hit the mark and win! Miss and hear the Dwarves around you scoff at your lack of skill.
Between rounds, players can take a few swigs from their mug to help quench their thirst.  This will help boost their confidence and loosen their pocket strings, increasing the amount they can wager.
Swig and Toss is available today at www.unlocktheminesofmoria.com. Registration is free!

GAMEFORGE SETS SIGHTS ON US AUDIENCE, OPENS NEW OFFICE IN SAN FRANCISCO

SAN FRANCISCO, CA – May 06, 2008 – Gameforge AG a German developer and publisher of browser-based multiplayer games, today announced the opening of a San Francisco office to house its newly-formed United States branch, Gameforge Productions INC. With over 52 million registered players worldwide, Gameforge is focusing on business development and building awareness in the US, while working to translate and localize its catalogue of titles for the North American audience.

Lars Koschin, co-founder of Gamigo, one of the biggest online game magazines in Germany, and former CTO of Curse.com, a portal for massively multiplayer online gamers, has signed on to manage the new San Francisco office.

“Gameforge has held the top spot in the European browser-based gaming sector for several years, and expanding into other continents is a strategically important step,” said Lars Koschin, president and CEO of GameForge Production INC. “I look forward to contributing my experience to Gameforge as we join the North American market.”

Gameforge’s first flagship title is Ikariam, a multiplayer game set in the Greek islands that focuses on trade, warfare, and city-building. Players can manage resources and trade valuables with gamers from around the globe as they turn a small patch of coastal land into a full-fledged empire spanning dozens of islands. Free-to-play and completely browser-based, Ikariam requires no client downloads and can be played at the pace of the players’ choosing. Registration details and additional information can be found at HYPERLINK "http://www.ikariam.com/" www.ikariam.com/.

More information about Gameforge is now available at www.gameforge.com.

About Gameforge Productions INC.
The Gameforge AG is the largest independent supplier of browser- and client-based MMOGs (massively multiplayer online games) worldwide. More than 52 million players in 36 countries have already registered for Gameforge games, and more than nine million people actively play the company’s online titles. OGame, a strategic space simulation game with thousands of players across the world, is one of the best known browser-based MMOGs from the Karlsruhe gaming specialist. In addition, Gameforge offers a catalogue of top titles such as Ikariam, WarpFire, Gladiatus and BiteFight to the rapidly growing market of browser-based games. The company also publishes client-based online titles such as the action-oriented Metin2 or the fantasy-rich NosTale.

Klaas Kersting and Alexander Roesner established Gameforge in December 2003. The investment firm Accel Partners has claimed a share in the company since August 2007.

Ankama introduces DOFUS 2.0

DOFUS, Ankama’s tactical MMORPG which has already attracted 7 million players worldwide, is on the way to being completely revamped, and is scheduled for launch in Fall 2008, with a beta version planned for September.

The code has been completely rewritten in Action Script 3 so now the leading Flash MMO will prove even faster and more responsive, while over 2,000 animations and 10,000 maps are being entirely redrawn.

With this complete revision, the game will be much more fluid, attractive and fun while keeping the same minimum system requirements, gameplay and features that have made it a worldwide success through the years.

Communication with the servers has been revised and optimised by the development team to deliver better performance and to allow future expansions to evolve more freely.

‘’This update reflects the experience accumulated by Ankama Games during all those years of programming and continually improving DOFUS’’ says Anthony Roux, Creative Director and co-founder of Ankama.

‘’DOFUS 2.0 is dedicated to our players, whose continued support has driven us to keep the game evolving and challenging throughout the years.’’ says Cedric Gerard, International Marketing Manager.

Ankama is proud to give DOFUS gamers the opportunity to enhance their gaming experience for free, by allowing DOFUS 2.0 to compete with the best looking products available on the online gaming market, while retaining the current minimum hardware

ArchLord News Blast Pets Update!

ArchLord has gone all cute and fuzzy; this week sees the release of three new terrifying creatures on the world of Chantra. These creatures are joining the fight to become the ArchLord, aligning themselves with adventurers up and down the world. They provide bonuses to help their masters in their struggle against the dark monsters of the material world and the other would-be competitors for the crown of ArchLord, supreme ruler of Chantra!

Can My Foes Become My Pets? – ONRPG Station

Hello all ONRPG fellows! I think you’ve already heard about this new cartoon MMORPG: Legend of Golden Plume (LGP) some time ago right? OK! Today we are going to introduce more about the lovely pets of the game!

One of the greatest LGP features is its extraordinary Pet System. It enables you to catch almost all the adorable and lively monsters you see in the game and turn them into your lovable pets. Each pet, with its unique attributes and skills, can assist you in fights or just accompany you through the adventures. Plus, you could rename them to your liking anytime or feed them when necessary. In a word, your pets here are totally customizable. All you need is just a little imagination and creativity.

To give you a clearer picture, we brought a few pets to ONRPG readers:

  1. Rolling Chick

The bright innocent eyes are the trademark of Grey Mice. They live a carefree life. You’ll see them rambling here and there in Apricot Forest with their eyes widely open most of the time.

  1. Blue Rabbit

The sun at Gobi is so shining that the rabbits there have to wear sunglasses. Wearing the red cloak, the Blue Rabbits seem to be on the way to a masquerade.

  1. Onion Head

Onion Heads are funny creatures but don’t be deluded by the lovely onions above. The big mouth beneath is quite terrifying.

  1. Unicorn

The Unicorn is a spiritual creature with glowing eyes and a fluorescing blue corn. They are agile and dissocial. We know very little about them.

The above are the only a few of the pets we have in Legend of Golden Plume. Think about it when you turn yourself into these pets jumping on the street; or a group of lovely “pets” sitting and chatting about comics and animation in game! For other details and information, please keep an eye on ONRPG.com and Legend of Golden Plume official website. We will start the journey to this wonderland soon, are you ready? Be prepared and get yourself an alpha test account here NOW!

 

Magic Game obtained the global publishing right of Radiant Arcana

Magic Game Online Limited has announced it has been gotten the global publishing right of Radiant Arcana, and looking for the partners around the world. Radiant Arcana spent three years to developed, it creates a full of magic world having mediaeval magic times as a background.

Radiant Arcana game world comes from a book called Sefer Yezirah, all the great races in the world surround with a fateful rune stone, open out a series of world-shaking war between justice and evil. And the players’ role was born from such an age. From a wet behind the ears young warrior to a great hero, players will be familiar with the entire game world little by little and follow the fate step. You can look into the mother earth from a high angle in the top of the mountain, run in the wide plain, explore on the endless glacier, and struggle with the fierce evil dragon, being chased by gigantic giant, competed with powerful daimon corps.

Aesthetic game scene
The entire game world in the early period builds up by six large-scale areas and several instances. These scenes include hill, basin, forest, plain,  wasteland, and glacier. Each scene has it own particular landform and feature. Magnificent human main city, grand and heroic cattle head human tribe, inclement dragon castle, weird insect hole, ancient ruins, all of these scenes have its own legend and secret, waiting for the players challenge.

The commended main and assistant profession system it has been opened six professions at present, including knight, fighter, rabbi, paladin, flamen and faquir. Different profession has different skills.It divides into three skills, generic skills, professional skills and primary skills. If players can find the relationship of profession and profession, you can create all kinds of new professions according to your own requirement and change your own profession agility aimed at various emergency.

Radiant Arcana has been operated by Shanghai Moliyo Digital & Entertainment limited company in mainland China. It has been Close Beta and will be Open Beta next month. The Gamania is the agent in Taiwan and Hong Kong ,it plan to test in the thied quarter, 2008.

Magic Game Online Limited is looking for the global partners who are interested in agent Radiant Arcana. Please view our official website http://www.magicgame.biz

Wonderland Online: Time for Open Beta Confirmed

Voyage Century (http://vc.igg.com) will be launching the Deep-sea Fishing rod exchange event so players can go fishing. Deep-sea Fishing rod is one of the top fishing tools in VC, and as you probably know the level of your fishing tools determines the success rate for obtaining top items, so the top fishing tools are always in great demand.

Recently, a player bid 15000 (omg!) credits to buy Deep-sea Fishing rod. This is far higher than the most expensive mall item. Well in order to thank this player for his support of our game, we will reward him with 15001 credits.

After we release the Deep-sea Fishing rod exchange event, players only need to pay 500 credits to get the item. We hope our players have fun with it.

Voyage Century will continue respecting all players’ suggestions and thoughts, and making responses as quickly as we can. Offering our players the best service is always our goal.

For more, please visit here: http://vc.igg.com/content.php?news_id=880.