Yearly Archives: 2008

NeoFun – The New Global Games Portal

Seoul, Korea – September 26, 2008 – Lizard Interactive will open the new free online games site, NeoFun on October 1, 2008. Lizard Interactive is the developer and publisher of the globally successful free-to-play MMORPG titles, Cronous and Sho Online.

The goal of NeoFun (neofun.com) is provide a platform for free-to-play online games, both MMORPG and casual. The Neofun portal will feature convenient single registration for all games and the flexibility to transfer Cash Points between related games. NeoFun will feature 2 MMORPG titles, Cronous and Sho Online, and the FunFun Arcade with 7 online multiplayer mini games. New and innovate free-to-play online games will be added to the portal regularly. There are 20 more expected mini games for the FunFun Arcade and the next title to be featured will be the popular Korean MMORPG ‘The Land of Magic.’

NeoFun Features
– Play games and win real Cash points!
– Single ID for all games and services
– Original new games added regularly
– Active player communities and forums

To make the gaming experience always refreshing, there will always be plenty of fun events and contests for all players to participate in. In addition, you can always win Cash Points worth real money in the FunFun Arcade.

To celebrate the launching of NeoFun, a “Double EXP & Item Drop” event will be held for Cronous fans from October 1st ~ October 7th and for Sho Online players, wars will occur every 4 hours and there will be 33% additional stat buffs from October 1st ~ October 7th.

Voyage Century: Welkin Finger Ring Found

The new Voyage Century server Marco Polo was released on September 18th. In addition to the excitement over the new server, the Leveling Competition was very fascinating as well. This was because of the fabled Welkin Finger Ring that contains players’ long-sought high attributes. So far it’s the single most powerful jewelry available in Voyage Century, but it’s not available anymore.

Four days after this event was released, a player called Nikita was the first one whose skill points reached 1000, so the Welkin Finger Ring was given to him. Congratulations! However, other players can still obtain the 1 Future Fighter Charm as long as their skill points can reach 1000 soon. Hurry up!

Gametribe launches Action 4 content update for Dekaron

Gametribe.com, the premier destination for Free-to-Play games is pleased to announce that their Action-based MMORPG Dekaron has today received it first free expansion pack, Action 4: The Expedition.

This update brings with it a whole host of new content including The Expedition, new dungeons, Party Vs Party Battle System, Skills and Item Enchantment system along with all new Potions and 2 amazing new Pets. In total Action 4: The Expedition adds in up to 20% of brand new game content into Dekaron.

“It’s great to finally release Action 4 onto the Dekaron servers, our players are going to have a great time soaking up the new content on offer” commented Laurent Malek, Gametribes’ CEO, “I’m really happy we could get this out to the playerbase this quickly after launch and completely free”.

To celebrate the launch of Action 4: The Expedition, Gametribe will be running a number of in and out of game events including Double XP and Drop Weekends, Screenshot and Movie competitions and Monster Invasions.

Dekaron is an Online Free-to-Play Action MMORPG, realistic environments and explosive action make this extraordinary game is much like participating in a fast-paced action movie. Journey into this magical world with hundreds of other adventurers and explore perilous dungeons and amazing cities across the world of Trieste.

Rangda Unveiled in Flyff Version 12

Sunnyvale, California – September 25th, 2008 – Gala-Net Inc. will release the next chapter to Flyff: Fly for Fun this October 7th in its North American market through its game portal. In this new version, known as Version 12 (V.12), a new boss NPC called, Rangda, will be unveiled to players that have been anxiously waiting for this exciting update.

The Rangda is the soul of a cursed witch that lies deep within the forest of Darkon. There are four incarnations of the Rangda: Rangda, Horrible Rangda, Uncanny Rangda, and Dreadful Rangda, and each offer players an opportunity to obtain rare items which are extremely valuable in the world of Madrigal.

Details of the Rangda:
• Challenging Boss NPC: Only mid-to-high level players (at least level 70) should challenge Rangda.
• Special Item Drops: Rangda will drop special items and appear in various places on the map.
• Higher Tier Weapon Drops: Each Rangda drops unique weapons that are from the tier of items above her level (Ex: Lv 70 Rangda drops Lv 80 weapons).
• Rage: Her HP recovery and attack power will increase when its HP is low.

Buffy the Vampire Slayer MMO announced

Multiverse has announced plans to release an MMO based on tip-top TV series Buffy the Vampire Slayer.

The announcement was made by movie producer Jon Landau at the VirtualWorlds conference. “The resources are in place to develop a great MMOG,” he said.

Apparently the game will launch from ‘Multiverse Places’, a new social networking environment. In a statement, Multiverse said the Buffy MMO will be playable “either as a fully immersive 3D environment or as a Flash-based 2D game, where both types of players can interact”. Which isn’t confusing at all.

“As a brilliant storyteller and world-maker, Joss Whedon crafts stories that expand perfectly into the new medium of virtual worlds,” said Multiverse’s Corey Bridges.

“Not to give away too much, but when the Buffy team finished the television series, they created the perfect launching point for an MMOG where everyone will feel like they’re an important character in the ongoing story.”

A paragraph slipped in towards the end of the statement quietly reveals that another MMO based on a Joss Whedon creation might not be happening after all. “Fox’s plans for the development of the previously announced Firefly MMOG have been delayed,” apparently.

At least there’s the Buffy MMO to look forward to. There’s no word on a release date yet, but Multiverse did say the game will go into beta testing “later this year”.

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Freaky Creatures

Freaky Creatures is an upcoming MMO game on a reusable USB flash drive that is bundled with collectable action figures. Players take their action figures online and build their own ultimate, customizable creature and battle against friends. The variety of parts and powers will allow players to create more than three billion visual combinations. Players can socialize and interact with the Freaky Creatures universe by building their own teams, posting leader boards and stats, and by playing mini-games. Sign up for the Beta now!

Freaky Creatures starter packs will include two collectable action figures, a 1GB reusable flash drive that contains the Freaky Creatures game files as well as 50 different parts and 20 powers for the creature, and four objects that can be placed into the creature’s lair. The starter packs will be available in early 2009 for $19.99.

Tales of Pirates: Ver2.0 New Map Preview

Tales of Pirates is now preparing version 2.0, which will bring fresh experiences to its players. This includes new stories, maps, mobs, quests and systems. Today we’ll have a preview of the new maps on Winter Island.

New Winter Island is the next island in the chain of seasonal islands. Along with Spring, Summer, and Autumn Island. It is the island of dreams for players Level 90+ to improve themselves. They will have new monsters to challenge and many more quests to do. It contains 5 small islands:

1. Crescent Island: The 1st map on Winter Island has the largest supplies and all kinds of NPCs, as well as Level 90-96 monsters and a Level 96 BOSS Turtle in the training areas. If players want to access this place they must be Level 90+, then bring up the transport function at the Autumn Island NPC.

2. Snow Ville Island and Snow Cara Island: Named after Njorth Ville and Goddess Cara, this desolate snowbound region has Level 97-103 monsters, each of the islands also has an elite BOSS Leopard, which are harder for players to defeat.

3. Winter Lake Island: Where Njorth Ville lived after he returned, and scattered with a considerable number of Level 90-96 monsters, it’s a good place for quick leveling. The BOSS on this island is the Stone Dragon.

4. Iceberg Island: The largest island of the Winter Island chain, it has Level 104-106 monsters, and is fit for Level 100+ players to train. You have to bring up the transport function to access through a quest. The monsters on this island are more powerful than the other islands. We advise players Level 100+ to team up before entering.

All the monsters on these islands have the chance to drop level 85+ weapons and equipment, and also the level 95 equipment box as well.

Angels Online: Equipment Update Notes in Atlantis

The Angels Online team is very happy to introduce the new equipment in the new expansion Atlantis for all players.

In the new expansion, players can obtain superior equipment through many different ways. More than that, they can enhance their weapons with the help of the Gleaming Weapon system.All new weapons and new equipment are relative to the 14 professions in game.

For example, a complete Fane set can help players increase their DEF by 500. It is very attractive to players who would like to be the Main Tank in battle. In addition, the Level 100 Superior Shield, Seagod’s Eye, and others will help players increase their HP a lot while also offering them considerable DEF bonuses.

More than that, the Bowman can wield a superior Letin Storm set to become even more helpful in group play.

The Heroic ServerÂ… An extreme DOFUS experience!

Roubaix, France – 23 September 2008 – Both beginner and experienced players will find in this brand new game mode a challenge that matches their expectations.

Ankama’s teams have been working on the development of the Heroic Server these past months to perfect the game’s mechanisms and to offer players a stable in-game system of disconnection/reconnection for a better gaming experience.

In order to make the experience even more exciting, the Heroic Server also brings in new game rules! The main change is the introduction of permanent death for all characters. A new rule which is launched for the first time in online role-playing game history! This server is unique and will enable players from all over the world to play in the world of DOFUS.

Whether players are taking on a monster or other players, they just cannot lose. In case of death, the opponent can take the victim’s items. Besides, each character will have the privilege of resting in peace in the Cemetery of Heroes – which is a worldwide ranking, updated every 24hrs and can be consulted on a dedicated web space!

The game rules have been adapted to this exclusive server. On the Heroic Server, skills level up a lot quicker which means more experience at the end of a fight or when a quest is completed. Profession experience is also gained a lot more quickly. In general, leveling up is much faster.

However, players will have to be extremely careful in their tactics since their character’s life is at stake at each blow! They will have to reinforce their guild strategy and communication if they want to survive!

The Heroic Server will open on 23 September 2008 and Ankama would like to take this opportunity to welcome its first courageous subscribers!