Yearly Archives: 2008

Chaos Online: Join Alpha Testing Activities

Enjoy! Join Alpha Testing Activities

 

Thanks for your participation and contributions for Chaos Online Alpha Test. Not to make the alpha testing and bug finding that technical and boring, we are going to hold several activities for our alpha testers.

 

Celebration on Alpha Test

During your training from Lv.1 to Lv. 40, you will get alpha test prize during each stage. You will have your prize when you reach to Lv. 10, 20, 25, 30, 35 and 40!

 

First 10 Warriors

If you are one of the first 10 warriors reach to Lv. 40, you will get your prize as well. We encourage you to explore more and find out more bugs during the training. You can see these warriors by clicking here.

 

Top 10 Bug finders

As you may know, all new games have problems or bugs that need to be worked out. We have decided to hold a contest to help locate the bugs within the game – “Top 10 Bug Finders”! We will reward the top 10 players who submit the most uniquely reported bugs. Prizes include but are not limited to: gold, super potions, and gems. Good Luck and Happy Hunting!

 

Lady Fashion

Ladies, Chaos Online has a special treat for you! As you may have noticed Chaos Online has four female classes: Archer, Hunter, Mage, and Paladin. All four classes excel at ranged attacked and controlling magic. The really attractive thing for these classes is that Chaos Online also has a fashion system. During the Alpha Testing Period if you upload one of your photos with the same name as it is in the official forums for Chaos, you will receive one special suit of either: “Hot Girl Suit”, “Sports Series”, or “Fairy Series”. Every account can only receive one suit. You can join the activity by clicking here

 

Novice Mount

In Chaos Online only characters that are level 30 or higher are able to ride mounts. As a special treat, during the Alpha Testing stage, we developed a Novice Mount. This mount can be obtained at level 15. It will help give the player better experience, but the draw back is that the mount only has a seven day life-cycle. To receive this special mount at level 15, simply speak to the Novice Guide. After the seven day life-cycle the Novice Mount disappears. No need to worry, because by the end of the seven days you should easily reach level 30 and you will receive another free mount from the Novice Guide.

 

Top 10 Screenshot Takers

“Top 10 Screenshot Takers” is launching now. We will reward top 10 people who upload quality screenshots. There is no topic limit for this activity. It could be beautiful view, brilliant effect of skill, fantastic equipments, funny emotion, etc. Creative works are preferred. The winners will be given some gold, gems, and super potions! Please upload your screenshots in official forum.

 

If you are new here, do not hesitate and join Chaos Online today! Not like other games in alpha testing, in Chaos Online all data will be saved if there isn’t any major bug. Read here

NCsoft Ushers in a New Age in Lineage II Gameplay

NCsoft Ushers in a New Age in Lineage II Gameplay

New update, Gracia – Part 1, completely changes the way Lineage II is played

 

AUSTIN, Texas, August 13, 2008NCsoft®, the world’s leading publisher and developer of online computer games, today announced major changes in its massively multiplayer online (MMO) game, Lineage®II. In an update from The Chaotic Throne™ series called Gracia™ – Part 1, players will find advancing in the game to be dramatically faster. This, plus a host of other changes to enhance the player experience, makes this update much more accessible to newer players than before.

 

The increase in leveling speed is due in part to a new Vitality system, which rewards the player with an experience bonus for time either spent away from the game or in safe zones. New characters will start out with maximum Vitality, so they can begin improving their character’s advancement within minutes.  An increase in rewards for accomplishing quests, battling boss creatures, as well as greater accessibility of items also enable players to increase their character’s level more quickly.

 

Gracia represents a huge change to Lineage II,” said Tim Tan, NCsoft’s North American producer. “The increase in leveling speed allows players to create new characters and advance nearly twice as fast as before. This will allow players to experience the meat of Lineage II quickly, giving them the ability to visit new and exciting areas and cool high-level content much quicker than before. While this game is still a hardcore game, these changes with Gracia – Part 1 make the game much more accessible to new players. I hope gamers will take another look at what Lineage II has to offer.”

 

Continuing the storyline and changes brought with the earlier expansions, this first of three updates involving the land of Gracia, introduces a new terror with the strange dream-like inter-dimensional world of Kamaloka. Adventurers of varying levels can easily travel to Kamaloka and face a series of incredibly potent creatures that are tailored to the experience of the players. The expansion also offers a selection of new and improved skills, many new items, and improvements to the Cruma Tower, as well as other hunting zones.

 

Lineage II is known as the gaming market’s premier player-versus-player (PvP) online role-playing game, with a customer reach of more than 19 million players worldwide.

The Lineage II 4th Anniversary Edition pack is now available at retail. For more information about the retail box contents and where to purchase go to: www.lineage2.com/4thanniv.html. To find out more about the game, please visit the Lineage II web site at: www.lineage2.com

 

The game is rated Teen by the Entertainment Software Rating Board.

NCsoft Auctions Ability to send Human DNA Into Space

NCsoft Auctions Ability to send Human DNA Into Space

 

Highest bidder to have digitized DNA stored on International Space Station; Proceeds to benefit Planet Make-Over

 

AUSTIN, Texas, Aug. 14, 2008NCsoft® announced today that it will auction an opportunity for one person to send their digitized DNA into space on a special Operation Immortality sale on the popular Internet auction site, eBay. The news comes just days after the company announced that an Immortality Drive, a time capsule with the digitized DNA of select video gamers and space aficionados, and a collection of humankind’s greatest achievements, will be carried to the International Space Station (ISS) by famed game designer Richard Garriott on October 12.

 

The auction can be accessed at the Operation Immortality auction site located at http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=250282465825. There are two items up for bidding in the auction. The first is a DNA swab kit, which allows users to swab the inside of their cheek and send the sample to a certified testing lab, which will provide a digitized version of the purchaser’s DNA to be placed on the special Immortality Drive. Garriott will leave the drive on the ISS prior to his return to Earth.

 

Players can be immortalized in Garriott’s latest game, Tabula Rasa® with the second item in the auction package, a character in Tabula Rasa to be named after the winner. Anyone who isn’t already playing the game can access a free trial at http://www.rgtr.com/trial.

 

The auction is currently open and will close on August 20.

The proceeds from the auction will benefit Planet Make-Over’s non-profit Arts Endowment via the Nobelity Project. Planet Make-Over is company based in Austin, Texas with a mission to reverse the effects of global warming. The funds will provide financial support and guidance to performing artists who evangelize Planet Make-Over’s efforts to reverse global warming. On August 12, NCsoft announced that recording artists Eric Johnson, Patrice Pike, and musical director Stephen Bruton in association with Planet Make-Over will be participating in NCsoft’s Operation Immortality and sending their DNA into space via the Immortality Drive.

For information about Operation Immortality, including full terms and conditions, go to http://www.OperationImmortality.com. For information on Richard Garriott’s Tabula Rasa go to http://www.rgtr.com.

Asda Story Video

This super cute video is an introduction to the world of Asda Story and all it’s classes and combat styles. If the characters aren’t cute enough, what about the giant teddy bear boss? Well, it looks like a teddy bear to me!

Anarchy Online World

This Anarchy Online video shows different parts of the playing field. The world is beautifully animated and has spectacular details: the water ripples and the shadows of the trees move as time passes. It’s like a dream: but playable!

Age of Armor Trailer

This trailer of Age of Armor shows the awesome mecha combat type available in this MMO. If you ain’t blasting something to bits, you ain’t trying hard enough! The game is currently in open beta status, so sign up!