Yearly Archives: 2011

Troy Online Begins Halloween Events

Troy Online Halloween Event

 

 

Coming hot off the heels of the recently introduced Invasion War, which has the Greece and Troy factions able to invade the opponent’s capital city, ALT1 Games has announced that their Halloween event is now live for the enjoyment of all Troy Online users.

 

 

 

During the Halloween event, players can take part in Halloween daily quests as well as an event centered around the Headless Horseman’s Wrath. New registered users will be able to take advantage of the leveling event, while returning players will have their own special items to get.

 

 

All Troy Online users will definitely enjoy the Halloween event. Users can acquire a variety of event items like the pumpkin head, which a user can wear, as well as Halloween buff candy while they hunt special Halloween bosses.

 

 

ALT1 Games really appreciates their players and hope they take advantage of the sweet loot to be had from these various events.

Lucent Heart Reveals 5 Halloween Events

Lucent Heart Reveals 5 Halloween Events

 

 

Gamania Digital Entertainment is going all out this Halloween season for its Zodiac inspired social MMORPG, Lucent Heart. Through November 1st, players can brave spine-tingling quests, get in the spirit with pumpkin themed Halloween Armor, and participate in a variety of contests.


Halloween Haunt Trailer

Five Spooky “Halloween Haunt” Events

Halloween Armor Quests: Take part in special Halloween quests to win the new pumpkin-themed armor.

Imp Invasion: Countless Imps are invading Acadia. Only a fearless warrior can scare them off.

Facebook Costume Contest: Lucent Heart’s first Halloween costume contest is offering the chance to be featured on the official facebook wall and compete for prizes.


Pumpkin Carvin’:
The Dark Goddess Cadena is holding a contest looking for the best (evil) pumpkin carver around.

Vanessa’s Paper Child: Impress Lucent Heart’s community star, Vanessa, with a spooky paper cutout.

 

Also be ready later this week when JamesBl0nde goes inside Lucent Heart to check out the newest dance moves and latest content updates.

Battlefield 3

Battlefield 3 takes online war gaming to an entirely new level. By introducing genre shattering graphics, various vehicles, destructible environments, weapons from real modern warfare, and massive battlefields that take place in buildings, in the sky, and underground, you have the recipe for the ultimate MMOFPS.

 

Features:

Destructible Environments: Chip away at an enemy’s cover, or simply blow up the building he’s camping in. See how long your enemy can hide from you when your air support buries him underground.

 

Combat Refined Around Vehicles: From jeeps to helicopters, tanks to jets, Battlefield 3 revolutionizes the total war scenario by giving players complete control over the tools of war. There are even boats available on certain maps!

 

Hundreds of Real Weapons: Players not only have a selection ranging from assault rifles, to snipers, to shotguns, to carbines… well the list goes on! But each category also includes dozens of real life variants on them, each carrying the strengths of weaknesses of its realistic counterpart.

 

Gameplay Designed Around Co-op: Missions are built around achieving or preventing objectives that force teams to work in unison to succeed. Some players will take on the roll of armored transport drivers to carry their team to needed control points quickly. Others will provide reconnaissance from rooftops with advanced scopes and radar. Others will provide protection from air strikes with rocket propelled grenades.

Star Supremacy: Thinking Outside the Box

Star Supremacy: Thinking Outside the Box

By Remko Molenaar (Proxzor), OnRPG Journalist

 

 

Star Supremacy is a free-to-play massively multiplayer space conquest browser game. Developed by Barbily Game, Star Supremacy breathes new life into the MMORTS browser game genre with unique space based colony building and combat. This game recently went into beta and I decided to try it out.

 

 

When starting up the game you get asked a few story questions that will differentiate your path from other players. After the few questions you get to choose between three different factions: the UEO, the Altairian, and the Seeker. These factions all have different stories and bonuses that will help you throughout the game. Each faction has two different characters to choose from which have different stats as well. I went for the Altairian faction because they receive a bonus to their laser weapons which seemed like a win button for a space colonization game. After my choice I got asked to set right off or to start up with a tutorial on combat mechanics and colony management. I went with the tutorial and soon found myself the proud owner of a decent starting space colony to conduct future operations from. Note that building objects and buildings require real time to finish up. The time that it takes to develop can be speed up by using several items so you don’t have to wait before you can make your next move.

 

 

One way to lessen the boredom of waiting is to join with an Alliance and chat with other players. This also comes with many tangible bonuses you can receive, such as rewards for trading with members of your alliance. You can help each other with researching objects or buildings, conquering planetary bases, and watching each other’s backs when invasion forces attack you.

 

 

Earlier I mentioned that you get to choose a leader character for your colony. The leader of your Colony is able to level up and acquire different statistics that you can choose from. These stats all give you a special bonus for several different game aspects such as trade, research, construction, combat and production. The Leader is also able to put on different equipment that will help him or her in battle. You can also acquire more Leaders or dismiss your current leader but do so with care as it will have a major impact on your colony. There is a limit on the amount of leaders you can have based on the size of your colony. This gives you a huge incentive to grow your colony so you can acquire more leaders and bolster your special abilities to the max.

 

 

By colonizing new planets, you can access to various resources that unlock further units and buildings in your construction menu. There are several galaxies with planets to raid so the sky is no longer the limit! There are also different colonies on the map around you so feel free to make allies or destroy them if they get in your way. Just be cautious that you don’t make too many enemies because you can get besieged and lose portions of your extended colony.

 

 

Conclusion

Star Supremacy provides an unique browser game with tons of features that help differentiate it from this crowded genre. If you are a big fan of browser games where you build up your colony and research different tech, then Star Supremacy might show you things you’ve never seen before. The combat in particular is really well programmed and gives the player choices such as which weapon to use. Some weapons are specialized against certain armor types so having knowledge of your strengths and weaknesses makes all the difference in times of war. Star Supremacy is a fun time waster with addicting intergalactic colonization. It’s nice to see some companies attempting to break the mould on browser games instead of just copying and pasting from what’s already on the market.

Star Supremacy

Star Supremacy is an MMORTS browser game in which players build a space colony and extend their reach throughout the cosmos, collecting rare resources on alien planets to further increase their research and building options. With a detailed alliance system, strategic space combat, and an expansive tech tree, Star Supremacy really pushes the genre to the limits of today’s browser games.

Golden Age Online Enters Closed Beta

Golden Age Online Enters Closed Beta

 

 

Aeria Games today launched closed beta testing of Golden Age Online, its highly anticipated Real-Time Strategy browser-based title. Golden Age is an expansive strategy game infused with roleplaying elements to deliver a fresh RTS experience. Set in a tumultuous medieval setting inspired by the history of the legendary Knights Templar, the free-to-play title is exclusively licensed to Aeria Games for release in North America and Europe.

 

 

Created by Giant Interactive Group, Golden Age blends traditional browser-based RTS gameplay with RPG features to deliver a beautifully-rendered and immersive experience. Players interact in Sanctum City, the game’s side-scrolling, RPG-style town, and fight solo or cooperatively to conquer territories and expand their empires. From Sanctum City, players can delve into instanced dungeons, attack resource points, and plunder wildernesses to level up and gain experience in PvE battles before they venture forth to compete in strategic PvP city battles. Players maintain diverse military resources, including infantry, cavalry, mages, trebuchets, spies, and a host of ruthless offensive and defensive tactics as they plot their path to domination. Like all browser games from Aeria Games, no download is required and the game is free to play.

 

 

“Golden Age offers refined browser gameplay that pushes forward the web RTS genre with revolutionary upgrades in graphics, in-game systems, and player options,” said Lan Hoang, Chief Executive Officer, Aeria Games. “The launch of our closed beta allows players to immerse themselves for the first time in a dynamic medieval RTS world enriched with roleplaying elements.”

 

 

Aeria Games will host the Golden Age closed beta starting on October 19. The game will feature a number of player events during the closed beta including prizes for players who achieve the highest levels, Forum Events in which players can upload in-game screens for a chance to win Aeria Points, and a Facebook raffle.

Golden Age Online

Golden Age is an MMORTS that incorporates side scrolling RPG elements with the basics expected in today’s MMORTS game. Players must unite with others to cooperate on expanding their sphere of influence to conquer natural resources and great wonders while ever expanding their military might.

Features:

Side-Scrolling RPG Town: Meet and discuss tactics and alliances with other players in a side-scrolling styled town.

Conquer Instanced Dungeons: Test your metal in instanced dungeons to secure unique loot and materials for your army.

Build Dozens of Structures: The sky is the limit as your construct colossus fortresses and cities in your growing empire.

Expansive Military Features: Expand and diversify your army with infantry, cavalry, mages, trebuchets, spies, and more as you attempt to create an unstoppable offensive army, or an impenetrable defensive wall.