Yearly Archives: 2013

Funcom Lego Minifigures Online Details Announced

By Jonathan (Ardua) Doyle

 

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Some people cover their walls in fine art. Some people have statues and busts and sculptures.

My shelf at home has a wind up robot trying to kill a spaceman. Beside them a Minotaur and a Skate punk hang out and make fun of the Genie.

Why bother with any other sort of decoration when Minifigurines exist? Prior to this, that’s all they were. Fun collectible little Lego models that I had on my shelf. I’m already eyeing up Series 11 and deciding which of them I want.

Now, in the finest traditions of the internet, I need all of the things.

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Today Funcom has announced LEGO Minifigures Online coming in 2014 for PC, Android and iOS.

From the Press Release:

  • Explore many wondrous LEGO worlds each teeming with life, detail and awesome adventure! From lush islands held by swashbuckling pirates to alien worlds where the Galaxy Patrol must battle dangers such as the mind-controlling Pluuvian Brain-Beast!
  • Find, collect and play with almost one hundred different Minifigures! The Ice Skater, the Chicken Suit Guy, the Roller Derby Girl, Alien Avenger and many, many more; millions of LEGO fans all over the world have held them in their hands and now they can step into their shoes as they explore the world of LEGO Minifigures Online!
  • Interact with the environment around you and use it to your advantage! Smash an enemy turret and re-build it to work for you, destroy a wall to discover a hidden passage and even build machines to help you take down the big bosses! Smashing stuff definitely feels good, but as all LEGO fans will know, building something feels even better!
  • Compete or collaborate with friends from all over the world! Face the adventure together or engage in awesome player vs. player battles where you must build towers, traps, mines and turrets while taking on the enemy and smashing theirs!

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  • Discover unique abilities with each Minifigure! Take control of the rocked-out DJ and literally drop your beats on unsuspecting enemies, or assume the role of the Aztec Warrior and go to battle making sure no one is spared your mighty spear! Maybe the Plumber is your guy? Sure! A plunger in the face will stop those baddies!
  • Gather experience and level up Minifigures by smashing your way through enemies, rocks and LEGO bricks! Customize your playstyle by collecting special bricks and put them together in unique shapes to upgrade abilities such as luck and creativity!
  • There are hundreds of different characters available in the LEGO Minifigures line and Funcom will continuously keep adding more and more of these for players to collect in-game! Funcom and The LEGO Group are working closely together to blend the physical world of LEGO Minifigures with the digital one; for instance players who purchase bags containing real Minifigure will immediately be able to jump into the game and play with their virtual counterparts!
  • Unravel an exciting story that spans across worlds! Take on quests such as searching for buried treasure in the pirate world, rescuing the kingnapped king in the medieval world, and even helping Zeus himself in the mythology world!

Funcom in Oslo and Lego in Denmark. Clearly my European neighbours are set to take over my life in very short order. All hail our brick based overlords!

Check out www.funcom.com for more.

F.E.A.R. Online

F.E.A.R. Online is a free-to-play, horror-themed online first-person shooter (FPS) set in the same storyline as the F.E.A.R. game franchise. Featuring both a cooperative story mode and multiple PvP modes, F.E.A.R. is set to deliver spine-shocking action against both nightmarish creatures and cutthroat players.

Features:

Cooperative Story Mode: Join a group of friends, and battle through horrifying scenes, taking down terrifying enemies while discovering new environments, enemies, and weapons.

Become the Soul King: Take on immense power in Soul King mode. Use new, special abilities to possess your enemies and hunt for souls in an all-out assault against enemy players.

Fast-Paced Multiplayer: Shoot it out against players and monsters in over ten different PvP maps. Only the strongest will survive the nightmarish combat and live to F.E.A.R. another day.

Cyber Monster 2 Open Beta Pack Giveaway

OnRPG has teamed up with Games321 to bring you Open Beta Packs for the launch of the sequel to the popular monster training MMORPG, Cyber Monster. Now you can be among the first to experience its upgrade, Cyber Monster 2!

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Cyber Monster 2 combines MMORPG character building elements with the fun and excitement of capturing and training monsters Pokemon style. Master the wilds and then join the serverwide ranking system by battling your fellow trainers in the arenas to demonstrate your might. Or travel the lands searching for rare materials to craft powerful signets to empower yourself. Then join with others to lead the world’s most powerful faction.

 

To get your key you have to follow these instructions:

  • If you are not yet a member of OnRPG please sign up here.
  • Enter your OnRPG username and password below to get your key.
  • The key will appear at the bottom of the page. Copy & paste it to a safe place as you may not be able to retrieve it once closing your browser!

To Redeem your Key:

  • Visit Game321’s site to register an account.
  • Join Cybermonster 2’s Server 2. Log into the game.
  • Look for the key icon on the top right of the screen to input your key.
  • Keys must be redeemed by September 8th so don’t delay!

Elsword Teases Eve’s Dark Evolution – Battle Seraph

Kill3rCombo seems to be timing their next big announcement to arrive alongside the major news at this weekend’s PAX Prime convention in Seattle. How do we know? The teaser page has arrived on Elsword‘s site for Eve’s Transformation Evolution, and it seems this is a dark decision that may erase the very essence of her being.

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Check out the full teaser comic at Elsword’s site!

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With this evolution will come a new more brutal hunting class for Eve. Packing ultra fast projectiles and homing fields, she’ll be a force to reckon with in PvP and bring quite a different dynamic to what players may be used to when dealing with Eve prior.

7 Days to Die Alpha Preview

By Remko Molenaar (Proxzor)

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If you’ve followed my articles for any length of time, you’ll know I’ve been one of the front runners pushing that zombies are the new “It” marketing tool in the gaming world. Without a doubt the steady stream of success stories over the past few years have fueled a new wave of impressive kickstarter projects to rise faster than the living dead. Of them one particular project has kept my eye and I couldn’t be happier to see it funded. 7 Days to Die managed to get over double of the goal pledged by its multitude of ravenous fan backers. The game recently went into alpha and I was among the select group that had patiently been waiting for the day we would receive an invite email.

7 Days to Die is an open world, voxel-based, sandbox game that is as they would like to say, a unique mash up of a First Person Shooter, Survival Horror, Tower Defense and role playing. 7 Days to Die shoots for the stars with full polished systems for combat, crafting, looting, mining, exploration and character growth. Or as I would like to say it, a better looking Minecraft that is more focused on zombies and interacting with the world. Only it’s set in a post-apocalyptic Earth torn apart by World War III. But the worst was yet to come. No one knows for sure where it began or what has caused it; it might have been the radiation or biochemical weapons, but one thing was for sure, humanity has changed. And it wasn’t for the better.

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You play as one of the survivors that didn’t turn into a zombie. You’re one of the lucky few that unfortunately are stuck in Navezgane Country, Arizona. When you first spawn you will notice the destruction and decay of modern society all around you. Granted it might not be as stark of a contrast in a small desert town in Arizona as it would be in the major cities. But that isolation is likely why it was such an ideal place to survive the initial outbreak.

Your job is to survive, and the concept is quite simple. Find shelter, loot everything you find, and try to keep some ground between you and the zombies in the meantime. Now that sounds easier than it actually is, though the common mistake most players make is taking it easy during their first day in-game. When it’s light outside, the zombies are a minor threat as they slowly hobble around and show minor interest in your presence. If you manage to keep your itchy trigger finger at ease, you can typically go an entire day cycle without firing a shot. But once it gets dark, you better have some sort of shelter prepared or your chances of surviving the night are on par as an isolated motorist in Will Smith’s I am Legend.

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At night the zombies will run faster, fight harder, and even attempt to outsmart you! Even when you have shelter, paranoia will start to set in with every bump and creak in the night. Everything in 7 Days to Die is destructible environment, and the zombies know this. They will be knocking on your front door and won’t hesitate to break it down if you refuse to answer. Luckily the Minecraft elements allow you to set-up traps to ambush the zombies and keep them pacified until the sun rises again. But now that you have an overview, let’s talk details.

When you first spawn, you’ll have to gather resources fast. The typical suspects such as wood, tools, food and water can be used in crafting. I highly recommend starting with the wood since outside of town is the last place you’ll want to be at night, so hurry up and start punching some trees. Yeah it is a bad cliché, punching trees to get wood that is. We’ve seen it before and I’m sure 7 Days to Die won’t be the last time we see it. But until you can build some tools, your bare hands are all you will have to aid you. And keep your wits about you if you intend to go deeper into the woods to gather your materials as danger lurks within. See the zombies aren’t functioning on some kind of biological clock. It’s the actual sunlight that reduces their effectiveness. So if you find yourself in an unlit house or dense forest canopy, prepare to face the same nightmares you hide from each evening.

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Scattered around the world you will find car wrecks, and garbage lying around that usually has some sort of loot in them. Around the maps you can find towns, and cities full of loot, but typically the bigger and more profitable the town, the larger the local zombie population. So don’t plan to take up residence unless you’re working with a small militia to do so. I have found several towns, and the immersion subtly built into each is top notch. You will feel your spine shiver as you’re drawn into a world where everything you knew is gone and all that remains is sparse supplies and unfeeling killers at every turn.

Like I said, crafting is a huge deal in 7 Days to Die. Each block does something different, and while building blocks don’t operate perfectly on a realistic physics system, there is enough of one in place to sort of make sense. Sand can be easily destroyed, and is pretty worthless as a defensive block. It falls to the ground if you place it in the air with nothing beneath it. Gravity plays a part in most elements of the game, and can even be used as a weapon when defending from zombies. After chopping a tree, it will fall to the side and break into small logs. These logs can be changed into wood, and wood can be used to make more proper walls in your house, or even barricade a doorway. Blocks of materials can also be pushed into various crafting recipes to make weapons, furniture, and other items of various utility to support your survival. And a nifty in-game recipe book keeps track of each successful craft you discover, so you can automatically select it the next time you wish to make it.

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Current State: Great

7 Days to Die is a game inspired by many other games, but mainly Minecraft. I had high hopes for the game, and I must admit, I am not disappointed at all. The game is heavily focused on surviving, and makes you appreciate lasting long enough to build up a relaxing well defended home. The game itself is also beautiful looking; sure it isn’t Crysis level good looking, but it is definitely not an ugly game. Currently the game just went into Alpha, and it is far from being completed, but I can already say that I absolutely love it. I never thought I would enjoy a game with blocks again, but 7 Days to Die made it happen. With developers like this springing up left and right, I have high hopes for the sandbox survival genre in the coming years.

New Playable Trainer TK Joins the Digimon Masters Online Universe

Joymax, leading online game developer and publisher, today celebrates the addition of a new Tamer in their leading MMORPG, Digimon Masters Online. New Tamer, T.K is available now and players can celebrate with a special T.K-centric event going on now until September 24th!

The younger brother of Matt, T.K is a second grader. As a young boy, his parents divorced and he lived with his mother alone. He was often lonely and missed his brother terribly. T.K is a little man with gentle soul, his partner Digimon is Patamon.

 

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To celebrate T.K’s arrival, Digimon Masters, players can now collect T.K’s Gift Boxes, which are dropped from enemy Digimon in the field. Each box has one item, and the loot includes Evoluters, Amplification Boosters, Chicken Combos, Inventory Expansions, Energy Pills, Gold Bananas, Luxurious Megaphones, 1-Day DigiAuras, 1-Day Consignment Shop Licenses, and Digi-Soul Charges!