Usergames.com has announced that its closed beta for the anime-inspired MMORPG Yulgang Online will start on Monday, April 7, 2014.
Yulgang Online pits the forces of Order and Chaos against each other, drawing on the lore of a long-running Korean manga comic.The game features seven character classes, multiple pets that level with the player, and multiple PvP modes. Players wanting to take part in the Closed Beta starting next week can register for free right now on http://yulgang.usergames.com
Games Publisher Shanda Games International Europe is entering the Mobile Games Market. In May, the Germany-based company will launch its first Free-to-Play Mobile Game Happy Tribesfor iOS and Android all over Europe. Since September 2013, Shanda Games International Europe has been operating Dragon Nest, one of the most popular massively multiplayer online role-playing games on the global market, in Europe. Shanda Games International Europe is part of the Shanda Games Group that also comprises Actoz and Eyedentity Games in Korea and Cherry Credits in Singapore. The parent company Shanda Games Limited is one of the leading Chinese developers and publishers of online and mobile games, offering users over 70 game products.
Coco Chen, managing director of Shanda Games International Europe, says: “In addition to operating the online game Dragon Nest Europe, we will now start serving the European mobile games market by publishing Happy Tribes. By founding a European subsidiary of Shanda Games in 2013, we created an important link between the Asian and the Western games market. Shanda Games International Europe’s goal for the next years is to continuously bring exciting online and mobile games from China and Korea to Europe, while at the same time helping western developers in gaining access to the Asian market.“
On March 25, players the world over launched a crusade against the fallen angel with the release of Diablo III: Reaper of Souls™ for Windows and Mac. As of the first week of the expansion’s availability, more than 2.7 million copies have sold-through online and at retailers worldwide.*
Players, community personalities, and members of the press joined Blizzard to celebrate the expansion’s release on the evening of March 24 at launch parties in Seoul, Taipei, Warsaw, Stockholm, and Los Angeles. The icy grasp of the Angel of Death reached players around the world through live streams from several of the events, with total Diablo III views on Twitch on launch day alone exceeding 2.4 million.
“With Reaper of Souls, we wanted to emphasize all the things that Diablo gamers have always loved about the series, from the dark gothic setting to the piles and piles of epic loot,” said Mike Morhaime, CEO and cofounder of Blizzard Entertainment. “We’re excited to see that players are enjoying the changes we’ve made to the game, and we look forward to achieving our Paragon levels alongside everyone else in the weeks and months ahead.”
Today, Nether Productions announces that these tribes can now compete for control of the city by capturing strategic buildings to reap resources and prove their dominance. Along with 10 buildings players can capture to gain advantage over foes, Nether territory wars features bases as well as special tribe objectives and a skill tree.
Players do not need to join a tribe to enjoy Nether’s fast-paced action and survival challenges, and those looking to join a tribe must first go through an initiation process before teaming up with other players.
To celebrate the launch of territory wars, Nether has added:
Wastelands: The Map has doubled in size! The barricades are down and a new section of Burnham is ripe for the taking! Be among the first to reap the unfound rewards of the Wasteland!
Playable Female Character – The future of humanity is secure! Females are now playable in Nether!
Expanded Loot System: The scavenging and loot system are revamped to make surviving more intuitive, meaning no more finding a bag of chips sitting on a subway floor. Looted objects now take player stats into account to help new players find better loot more often and freshly looted areas now have open and empty states to show players where loot was previously.
Golden Chests: With strong scavenging skills players can find the golden chests scattered throughout the map. These chests contain special goodies and they can only be unlocked with a skeleton key, which is purchasable at any market. Survivalists do not drop chest keys on death.
Underwear Uniform: Combatants can intimidate their enemies Celtic-style by fighting in nothing but their underwear.
Riot Shield: Everyone knows cover is for chumps! Grab the riot shield and charge head on!
Custom Taunts: Customize your character’s personality with unique animations, and open the up role-playing possibilities with taunts!
Safe Spawning – Players can now choose whether they spawn in a randomly chosen Safe Zone or in a chance spot in the world.
Tutorials: Learn all there is to know about Nether! Every first time user will have a helpful, but optional tutorial that will teach all of the features of the game.
Waypoints: Players can avoid opening their map to track movements and can now place a waypoint and follow their HUD for uninterrupted travel.
“By adding territory wars, Nether expands upon the survival genre by offering players more gameplay options than just scavenging, fighting creatures and fellow survivalists, and crafting,” said Chip Sineni, Creative Director at Phosphor Games. “Tribe battles will give combatants a whole new bevy of challenges and strategies in order to maintain control of strongholds and navigate the tumultuous world safely.”
Danish developer Full Control announced today that Jagged Alliance: Flashback is now in Closed Alpha and can be accessed by eligible Kickstarter backers. Receiving over $350,000 in funding through crowd-sourcing platform Kickstarter, Jagged Alliance: Flashback has been in development since June 2013 and is due to launch in late 2014.
Additionally, Jagged Alliance: Flashback will launch in Q2 on Steam Early Access for everyone, making the game available to all who like cheesy one-liners and tactical turn-based combat. Developer Full Control seeks to collect early feedback from the community through Steam Early Access to enable all fans of the series to have an active part in the development process. Through the additional funding new features and content can be added to make the game that fans of the franchise have always imagined.
“We are happy to announce that Jagged Alliance: Flashback is finally in Alpha, with Steam Early Access close on its heels”, said Thomas Lund, CEO of Full Control. “Fans of the franchise will be excited about the return of the beloved turn-based action of the original game, and we can’t wait to get feedback from our Kickstarter backers and the rest of the community when Early Access on Steam begins. So go ahead, talk to us! We want to make this game as great possible for the fans of the franchise, which is also why we have chosen to focus heavily on the modability of the game.”
WarpPortal is excited to welcome European players of Dragonica to join the Dragon Saga server. To kick things off Dragon Saga will be hosting a special Jump into the Action Event that will allow them to create a level 40 character nearly instantly.
With the European Dragonica server closing April 30th, the European territory has been acquired by Dragon Saga and will now allow players to create characters on the WarpPortal server. To celebrate the occasion, Dragon Saga will have a Jump in the Action Event for the entire month of April, which will grant players the chance to create one level 40 character nearly instantly. To qualify, they must have (or already own) a level 5 character on the account.
Today Black Gold Online added a new summoner class, Thaumaturge to its Steam vs. Fantasy theme roster. The Thaumaturge beckons dark spirits and miraculous forces for powerful long-range, continuous damage casting. Battlefield summoning and ranged casting make the Thaumaturge a formidable support and ranged DPS role.
The dark clerics of an apocalyptic order, the Thaumaturges summon powerful demonic forces to their aid. Through the careful study of hidden arts and forbidden practices, the Thaumaturges bridge the narrow screen between the world of the living and the nether world beyond. Working unheard of miracles, the Thaumaturge explores the dark recesses of the unseen world, the realm of the roiling, impending blackness that threatens to engulf existence itself. All things end, and the Thaumaturges revel in the coming black, the unstoppable tide of nothingness.
Larian Studios has unleashed a massive update for Divinity: Original Sin on Steam Early Access, taking the game into beta while adding loads of new talents and skills; brand new areas to explore and a whole load of other improvements.
The beta comes as a welcome update for players already enjoying the alpha in both solo and co-operative play, nearly doubling the amount of campaign gameplay available in Early Access – with much more yet to come at launch.
To celebrate the beta launch, Larian has also released a new video that showcases the massive variety. Watch the video to see how you can combine spells to devastating effect; use the environment to your advantage and much more.
There are over 400 improvements in this update including a host of new features such as:
28 exciting new talents, including such fun things like the Lone Wolf perk, which gives a player super abilities, but makes it impossible for him or her to hire companions.
More than 60 new skills, allowing for a new brand of synergies, such as combining the Invisibility skill with Pickpocketing
A new witchcraft skill tree that can be combined with other skills to deadly effect
New areas to explore, new foes to fight, new items to find & new secrets to discover
A brand new character creation screen with new presets such as the Shadowblade or the Wayfarer, and an enormous amount of customization options.
More environmental interactions – you can smash or burn doors, pickpocket characters & use
staffs to electrify pools of water. Or how about burning wooden chests to get the loot inside?
Improved AI, user interface, graphics, loading times, performance and stability mean playing Divinity: Original Sin has never been this smooth
Leading game developer and publisher of popular free-to-play MMORPGs, KOG Games announced today that the original, online action-brawler MMO, Grand Chase launches today. With a roster of 19 characters and growing, Grand Chase takes the online fighting genre to a whole new level!
“We’re thrilled to bring Grand Chase home to KOG Games with better player support, better server stability, an emphasis on player engagement and competitive game design, there is a bright future ahead for Grand Chase and its players,” said Eugene Kim CEO of KOG Games.
To kick off the launch, KOG is celebrating with a variety of cool events starting today. Players can participate in the Character Jump Event now through April 30th. All players will be able to select one new or existing character to jump to level 70! Players aren’t going to want to miss the 5x EXP & 2x Drop Rate event for a limited time today through April 10th.
These exciting events aren’t the only thing happening in Grand Chase! KOG Games will be giving out one-time rewards for all new and migrating players. Now through the end of the month, prizes will be distributed to all players with a successful migration of a GameRage account. These aren’t just any ole’ prizes but cool Seal Breaker Scrolls, a SP All Reset Card, +30 Bag, Nickname Change Card and a Grand Chase Necklace! That’s not all! As an added bonus for those who may have missed the Grand Chase account migration deadline, we will be extending the option to migrate your GameRage account until further notice. No Knight will be left behind.
Players new to Grand Chase will also receive a slew of cool prizes upon successful creation of a KOG Games Grand Chase account. New players can receive Seal Breaker Scrolls, a Skill Key, two +30 Bags and a Grand Chase Necklace. Both reward events are going on now through April 30th.
KOG Games will be servicing Grand Chase in the USA, Canada, Europe and Oceania as well as territories without publishing services. When finalizing account migration, players will need to enter the same information used when migrating their account from GameRage.
Players can visit, http://grandchaseonline.com/ now for all the latest information.