Dragon Nest Scarlet Snow has Arrived

Nexon is adding two new raid encounters, eleven new dungeons, and a sprinkling of festive holiday events to Dragon Nest today as part of the freshly released “Scarlet Snow” content update. The update for its popular online action RPG also ushers in new holiday sales in the Dragon Vault and a variety of seasonal outfits that will help players get in the holiday spirit. Be sure to check out our game profile for related screenshots and trailers on this major game update.

Dragon Nest’s level cap is being raised to 40 today, which means each character specialization will have access to all new skills, including an ultimate skill for the first time. These powerful level 40 skills, such as the Acrobat’s Falling Star and the Paladin’s Heart of Glory, will give players a surge of power unlike anything they’ve ever experienced in Dragon Nest.

Players will need to put these new skills to good use in order to conquer the two new max level raid encounters launching today, the Manticore nest and the Apocalypse nest. Available both on normal and hell difficulty modes, the fearsome new end bosses of the nest encounters drop the most powerful loot in the game, as well as badges that can be redeemed in Saint’s Haven for two newly released mounts. Mounts provide a movement speed bonus in towns and fields, and are also great ways to show off one’s status to other players.

The winter holidays have come to “Dragon Nest,” and a fun, festive atmosphere permeates the air in town and in dungeons. Players can purchase a holiday set package to receive special holiday rewards, or they can defeat Santa Ducks and Rudolph Ducks in dungeons to earn holiday fireworks, snowballs, or even a new gesture. Players will have plenty to explore in the eleven new dungeons opening up today for players levels 32 and up. Fans of player versus player (PvP) combat will also have all new gear sets to acquire.

In the Dragon Vault, players can now purchase Dragon Eggs in bulk at a special discounted price. Additionally, the drop rate of rare items from Dragon Eggs have been increased, and new Dragon Egg exclusive items have been added, such as the Golden Cupid Wings and the Cheeky Bandage. There is also a holiday sale going on now where players can receive up to 60 percent off selected character outfits. Festive holiday costumes are now available, including the Merry Wintertide Set for the Archer, the Mrs. Claus Set for the Sorceress, and the Reindeer Set for the Warrior.

For players who are not yet at max level, Nexon is making it even easier to level up by extending the level up rewards system to levels 25 through 40. Each time the player levels up, they will receive a special gift in their Dragon Vault Gift Box. Nexon will also be running significant bonus experience events all month long to make the leveling process even faster.

Voyage Century Online Presents the Gate of Poseidon Update

Voyage Century Online is back with yet ANOTHER installment of fun and adventure – The Gate to Poseidon Temple! In our latest official game update, the god of the oceans, Poseidon, opens the doors to his realm to all adventurers willing to take up his challenge. Expect new monsters and bosses on a whole new level of challenge, with greater and even more enticing rewards! Guilds can now be raised to Level 10, with newer and stronger guild buffs, guild war equipment, and of course, more guild benefits. More treasures await in the open seas; ride out to them aboard our newest ship, the Black Pearl!

NEW Instance, Poseidon’s Temple: Located on Bimini, the Atlantis adventure never stops rolling with all manners of elite and BOSS type monsters including Temple Mage, Temple Temptress, Destructor Pernie, Wraith Master Gothis, Warden Rosca, Dragon Arseuda and more! Defeating them yields all manners of yummy rewards ranging from Imperial Gold, Temple Treasure Box, crafting materials for Level 145+ armor, high leveled refining materials to even Level 145+ equipment themselves– and more!

NEW Guild Level Cap of 10: The new level cap for Guilds is now 10. Guild leveling is now more challenging, guild wars more competitive, and of course – guild benefits are now more enticing! Experience the epicness with our new and improved guild BUFFs, and guild war equipment!

A New And Improved Open Sea Treasure Hunting Experience: Tempted by high level equipment blueprints, refining items, crafting materials along with Rare Gold, Imperial Gold and permanent charms? Yes? Well, start digging around in Bartholomew Roberts’ Precious Deposits, John Hawkins’ Precious Deposits, William Dampiers’ Precious Deposits, and Emanuel Wynne’s Precious Deposits!

The Black Pearl Unfurls Its Sails: The mysterious Black Pearl rolls across the ocean, seeking a captain worthy of commandeering it – discover its magnificence and power by completing a series of mysterious quests to acquire this new ship!

To assist you through this daunting new content, OnRPG is giving away Poseidon’s Blessing Gift Packs! Returning players (those who have not logged in since May 31st) will also automatically receive the Lost Captain Pack!

Brawl Busters Launches Commercially with New Boss Mode

Rock Hippo Productions announced today that Brawl Busters, the hotly-anticipated F2P online multiplayer action game, has officially launched.  With the official launch, Rock Hippo Productions has released a brand new exciting trailer alongside scrumptious screenshots featuring festive new accessories and attire, a new City Hall Map and a new Boss Battle Mode.

Getting into the holiday spirit is easy with Brawl Busters!  Players can dress up in festive Santa Claus outfits, or they could deck the halls with themed Yuletide weapons to ensure all the naughty boys and girls straighten up before present time arrives. In fact you can even get a free Santa Hat starting today through OnRPG!

Ready to kick butt and chew bubble gum at the same time?  You may want to reconsider after watching this trailer!  The first Boss Battle revealed for Brawl Busters is the dreaded “Bubble Yum.”  He may look tasty, but don’t let his meek appearance deceive you. This huge pink monstrosity isn’t going to make things easy, and you especially need to watch out for Bubble Yum’s nauseating gas emissions. As if that wasn’t enough, he also tends to spawn armies of zombies. Don’t even try to take him on without backup – a full crew of experienced Busters will be required to bring this guy down!

“The new Boss Mode is exactly the type of challenge our community requested; this chewy gooey opponent wasn’t scraped from the bottom of any desk-he’s the real deal,” said Howard He, President and CEO of Rock Hippo Productions.  “The new trailer and screens shows off a fantastic cross-section of the game, including the new finishing touches players can add to their characters – with a variety of glasses, masks, goggles, and facial hair, players can re-create themselves in-game with more accuracy, or create the hero they have always wanted to be.”

Are you afraid of the dark? You’ll have to lose that phobia if you want to play in the all-new City Hall Station map which will test a player’s fear and keep them on their toes as they delve into this all-new nighttime map.

Runes of Magic Helps You Score

Today marks the launch of Score for More, a new bonus program for Frogster’s popular fantasy MMO Runes of Magic. In cooperation with GAMINSIDE, the new system rewards all Runes of Magic players for their adventures in Taborea.

In order to benefit from the new rewards system, players can activate their Runes of Magic account free of charge on the official website: www.scoreformore.net. From then on, they will collect bonus points, known as Action Scores, through their activity in the game. For example, actions such as logging into the game, completing quests and leveling up are rewarded with points. These points give players many advantages, including participation in special contests, and they can also be exchanged for exclusive items such as mounts and pets. Avid point collectors constantly raise their status enabling them to take part in beta events and receive free Diamonds, a virtual currency in Runes of Magic, as well as many other rewards.

Those who already have significant Runes of Magic experience and a character at level 50 or over start Score for More with the prestigious Gold status right off the bat and can thus look forward to free Diamonds every month. Heroes who achieve the highest status, Royal Black, are distinguished with a personalized bonus card, which is their ticket to even more special events as well as exclusive contests and offers.

The Score for More program is available for all players in English, German, French, Spanish and Polish.

AQ Worlds Shares the Wealth for the Holidays

Artix Entertainment, the indie game development studio that creates and publishes download-free, browser-based games played by over 130 million registered players, announced this week it will be giving away 200 AdventureCoins (ACs) to each of its 27.8 million registered AdventureQuest Worlds MMORPG players.

AdventureQuest Worlds is a F2P, browser-based, massively multiplayer role playing game. It has two in-game currencies: gold which is obtainable by completing quests and killing monsters, and AdventureCoins which are purchased using real world currency or earned by completing third party offers and watching advertisements. Several times a year, AE also holds contests where players enter to win AdventureCoins.

This is the first time in the nine-year history of the company that AE is giving away ACs to every one of its 27,800,000 AQWorlds players, a gift worth $27,800,000~

ACs are used in-game to purchase rare armors, weapons, pets, helms, capes, and house items. Most AC items are only available for a few weeks before they are permanently removed from the in-game shops, making many items extremely rare and highly coveted. 200 ACs is enough to purchase one rare item with Coins left over.

This Friday will be the start of AdventureQuest Worlds’ new winter holiday event, Frostval: Song of the Frozen Heart. Players will be able to battle ice-themed monsters, loot epic gear, and they’ll even have a chance to use their gift ACs in the limited time rare shop.

The AC gift will be for all players of all levels, so if you don’t have an AQWorlds account yet, be sure to make one before the AC gifts are given out on December 16th!

Heroes of Newerth Goes Big with Patch 2.5

S2Games brought the heat this week with their patch 2.5 of their hit MOBA, Heroes of Newerth! With renovations made to mentoring, matchmaking, and aesthetic improvements, players will be seeing HoN in a whole new light (literally).

Mentoring

One of the common complaints of Heroes of Newerth is the steep learning curve required to get on par with the more hardcore players. Well now if you are one of those rough and tough pros and want to get your friend into the game and onto your level, you can guide them directly in real time through the early stages of the game. The mentor system gives you a live feed of your pupil’s screen, allowing you to communicate to him in a private chat through voice and text and even ping their screen with your cursor. As you might have inferred this of course means that live spectating of matches is also being introduced with this patch.

Matchmaking Rework

HoN’s matchmaking algorithms have been improved upon with this patch, ensuring shorter queue times, better matchups, and various group options to custom games to your liking!

New Items

HoN is offering two new items that should throw a wrench in the current tactics prevalent in the game. These items promise to bring some serious attribute buffs and even stealth assassination opportunities via item optimization.

Aesthetic Update

HoN is even planning to make the game look better with this patch! From ambient sounds to tree and creep reworks, expect to see a more beautiful game than you ever imagined!

Silkroad Online Announces Fellows System Rework

Joymax, a developer and publisher of interactive entertainment for the global market, has revealed a rebuild, from the ground up, of its Fellows system for Silkroad Online which has just gone live. Fellows are all-new trained pets which have special enhanced abilities to help their masters conquer the Silk Roads. Joymax will be holding holiday events to usher in the New Year and commemorate the launch of its Fellows system and Magic Lamp service.

“The new Fellows system is a result of the continued efforts by Joymax to add exciting new content to Silkroad Online based on increasing demand from our loyal players,” said Joymax CEO, Nam-chul Kim. “With the implementation of this new gameplay mechanic, players will be able to determine and execute more tactical decisions as they continue their quests in the game.”

Fellows work alongside players and are a vital asset when going into battle. Not only can they utilize powerful attack combinations, which later on will become indispensable in battle, but allow players to move quickly throughout the game while sitting comfortably on their backs. Fellows are also very intelligent; they have the ability to judge individual situations by themselves to determine and trigger corresponding skills automatically. There are three types of tactical settings in the Fellows system – aggressive, defensive and buff. Players can choose a Fellow type based on their preference. It is also possible for Fellows to acquire additional abilities or special skills like Spirit Points by visiting the store. To see more Fellows, be sure to check out our screenshot archive.

Beginning December 20th, 2011, players will be able to access the Magic Lamp service for a limited time.  Enter the Item Room and make a wish by polishing the fantastic lamp clean with the Magic Cleaner.  A genie will appear and grant players their special wishes; to celebrate the launch of this rare service, players will receive a coveted 12th grade equipment item to wish upon.