Monthly Archives: February 2014

Shoot ‘Em Up on Land, Sea or Air in Revolution Ace

Revolution Ace PC Screen

Laser Guided Games announced the upcoming release of Revolution Ace, a top-down shooter with classic gameplay, modern accessibility, and unique multiplayer where you fight a wide variety of air, land, and sea enemies with a customizable loadout of more than 20 weapons. Players level up to unlock more weapon slots and perks that add additional passive bonuses like piercing and shield stealing.

“After almost ten years of triple-A game development I wanted to do something on a smaller scale – more flexibility, more focus on the ‘game’ part, more opportunity to interact with and react to the community. I think players will find Revolution Ace to be a fun mix of past, present, and unique mechanics and I look forward to its impending release,” said Matt Oelfke, Founder of Laser Guided Games.

Versus mode features two players competing side by side on their own field with various ways to affect the other player. Send additional enemies and hazards, make ships invisible or invulnerable and more to disrupt your rival and get the higher score.

Battle Chains mode lets you play through a level then save it for the next player who has to fight through the extra hazards you’ve created. Upload globally or send to a specific friend to compete against and respond in turn; each additional link forged in the chain will be tougher than the last.

Local and online two player co-op expands the playable area with more enemies and modified attack patterns (PC exclusive).

Revolution Ace is planned for a March 2014 release on Steam (PC) and iOS.

League of Legends Reveals Vel’Koz, Reworks Skarner and Xerath

Naysayers claiming Riot Games doesn’t care about the “monster” heroes will have to seal their lips this week as League of Legends is getting a heaping helping of tentacle monster on the public beta environment just in time for Valentine’s Day.

League of Legends Velkoz Splash Art

Vel’Koz has been announced as the first void creature in eons, and offers up some hefty ranged harass ideal for tearing apart (rather literally) enemies from a safe distance. What he gains in raw power though, he lacks in speed, so players will need to maneuver carefully or be dissected before they ever get their void lasers firing.

Vel’Koz’s Kit looks as follows:
Passive: Organic Deconstruction

Vel’Koz’s abilities Deconstruct those they strike. After being hit three times by his abilities, minions, monsters and enemy champions are Deconstructed and suffer bonus true damage. Enemies lose their Deconstruction stacks by avoiding Vel’Koz’s attacks for a short while.

Q: Plasma Fission

Vel’Koz fires a plasma bolt that slows and damages the first enemy struck. Once Plasma Fission hits, reaches its maximum range or is reactivated a second time, the bolt splits at a 90 degree angle. The split bolts deal the same damage and apply the same slow.

W: Void Rift

Vel’Koz sends out a straight line blast that tears open a temporary rift to the Void before exploding. Both the initial tear and the delayed explosion damage and apply Deconstruction stacks to caught enemies.

E: Tectonic Disruption

After a brief delay Vel’Koz disrupts a nearby area, damaging and launching all enemies caught into the air. Enemies hit that are close to Vel’Koz are also knocked back slightly.

R: Life Form Disintegration Ray

Vel’Koz channels a ray of infinite energy that follows the cursor for a brief while, damaging, slowing and Deconstructing all enemies in range.

League of Legends Velkoz Skills

The monster madness doesn’t end here as Xerath and Skarner are also receiving reworks that, while not entirely ground breaking, will certainly improve the overall fluidity of their kit. The details of the reworks can be found here and the full backstory of Vel’Koz here.

Players Decide Combat Arms’ Future in First Global Map Creation Contest

 

Combat Arms Logo

Nexon America has announced a player contest to help shape the future of Combat Arms by creating a new map for first-person shooter co-op game. From now through Sunday, Feb. 23, players can submit their ideas for the opportunity to put their personal stamp on Combat Arms.

Maps can be created in any medium, whether pencils, pen, paints, Photoshop, Maya, sculpture, photography or various other creative outlets. Any visual reference will be accepted.* To submit, players must upload renderings or screenshots of their map, or the map itself, along with a key, a description and title, to the Combat Arms forums.

Once submissions have closed and judges have evaluated the maps, Nexon America will submit one map into a global poll, where that map will compete against maps from other regions. All Combat Arms players, not just those that submit a map, will be able to vote for their preferred map in the global poll.  The global poll winning map will be announced in March, and will be evaluated for inclusion in a future update of Combat Arms.

More details on how to enter, content guidelines and prizes can be found on the official forums here: http://combatarms.nexon.net/home/newsdetail/?contentNo=00Hc5. 

*All entries are subject to the Official Rules for the contest. Enter Contest by: 2/23/14. For Official Rules and prize descriptions, visit the forum thread.

 

Cabal Online (Europe) releases ‘Return of the Guardians’ update

Cabal Online Europe

Game-Masters has just released the latest update for their long-running action focused MMORPG Cabal Online with the new ‘Return of the Guardians’ update. Return of the Guardians features an extremely challenging instance dungeon for the highest level players, a completely new Guild Ranking system that allows guilds to compete against each other for fame and fortune, new items strengthening specific skills, a new Guardian system for the huge daily Nation War PvP battles, and much more.

  • The Awakened Forbidden Island – A challenging dungeon instance
  • Enchant Point System –  To help with item upgrading
  • Daily Dungeon Reward system – Rewarding players for completing dungeon instances on a daily basis
  • Effector Items – Powering up specific combat skills when equipped
  • Over 50 new Achievements
  • A brand-new Guild Ranking system
  • The Guardian title system for the Nation War PvP battles

For more information on this update, visit: http://www.cabalonline.com/

Elsword Celebrates Valentine’s Day with Official Wedding System

Today KILL3rCombo, publisher of the hit free-to-play action MMORPG, Elsword, invites players to get together and make it official.  The Elsword Online Wedding System has arrived in Elrios bringing Elsword players a little romance and a chance to express their love for one another.

Elsword Wedding

Sweethearts can officially become a couple and ultimately marry in-game complete with a wedding ceremony where invited friends can witness the blessed event.  Players can start the promise of a lasting relationship with the “Couple Ring” then, when the time is right, propose with a complete Wedding Package: rings, invitations and hall reservations are all part of the Elsword wedding fanfare!

Coupled and married players get to experience in-game effects, skills and other goodies.  All the citizens of Elrios will send their best wishes and presents too!  The lucky bride and groom will receive their own presents and even anniversary presents for those with that everlasting love.

Elsword will be streaming the ceremony of the winners of the Elsword Wedding Vow contest! The selected couple will have their special wedding ceremony streamed live this Friday between 4:00PM and 6:00PM PST, plus a variety of special wedding themed events will all be officiated by KOG Games!

League of Angels – Marriage System, New Angel & Valentine’s Day Event

In light of Valentine’s Day, new features have been added to League of Angels, where players that are lucky enough to have found their in-game soul mate will now be able to get hitched, while those who are less fortunate will still enjoy commanding the new Angel Amora obtained from partaking in the special Valentine’s Day event.

In addition to the pleasing experience of affirming their love for one another, players who marry in-game will also receive bonuses to key attributes that improve the strength of their main character. Attribute bonuses can be boosted to maximum strength by using Love Crystals that increase the couple’s affection for one another. Just like real marriages, wedding rings and the proper attire are required, plus the couple must hold a wedding ceremony full of friends and free food! The wedding rings and attire aren’t simply some fancy bling as both will give the bearer a significant boost to key attributes such as HP, physical attack, magic attack, agility, and defense. On the flip side, if all turns sour after the romantic honeymoon phase, players may end up with a divorce notice where upon divorce they will lose all attribute bonuses.

For more information, visit: http://angel.gtarcade.com/

Age of Wushu: World of Contenders is Now Live

AoW WoC Banner

Snail Games today released an major update, known as World of Contenders for its martial arts MMORPG Age of Wushu. The new content update is live after the 2/12 server maintenance, introducing loads of new features and a series of events.

 

  • Fourth Internal Skills: The fourth internal skill can be cultivated up to a maximum of Level 49 from your own school, lifting you to a new tier of strength.
  • Dragon and Tiger Tournament: The tournament is an all new One-on-One duel – featured in a spectacular ring of arenas.
  • Couple Skills: Available to Married couples only, the Seductive Stare Sword features a dazzling shower of petals and lethal moves.
  • School Lessons: School Lessons are similar to Team Practice and are initiated in your respective grandmasters.
  • Treasure Assassin: The Peerless Skill cultivator must fend off his assailants to continue the practice.
  • School Rivalry: Players who have joined schools can participate in the weekly match, fight for the glory of your school!
  • World of Adventure: Players who achieve the level of “Uninitiated” can receive the Adventure in the world quest to get abundant rewards.

 

Age of Wushu is now free-to-play and has been published globally. Previously, Snail Games announced the qualifier of the second Wulin Annual Competition. Top players from around the world will be attending a 2-day tournament and only one winner will arise to claim the  150,000 USD grand prize. Visit Age of Wushu’s official site for more information and stay tuned!