Yearly Archives: 2014

SMITE Oceanic Servers Now Live

Smite

Hi­-Rez Studios, developer of free-to-play SMITE, the mythology-themed third-person action game played by over 5 million people, today announced that Oceanic servers are now live.
Watch the Australia Servers Video Here

By offering game servers hosted in Australia, players in Australia and New Zealand will enjoy a smoother gameplay experience when choosing the Australia region for matchmaking or custom matches. Existing SMITE players in the region preserve all god unlocks, experience, and cosmetics they have already accumulated. And players from Australia and New Zealand can still optionally choose to play with friends on American and European servers as they wish.

“As SMITE grows, we continue to expand servers into key regions so that we can provide the best service and performance for our international players” said Todd Harris, Chief Operating Officer of Hi-Rez Studios. “The Australian community has always been very vocal and supportive, and we are excited to improve the game experience for the community in this region.”

To celebrate the server launch, Hi-Rez Studios co-founder and COO Todd Harris and eSports Caster Drybear are visiting Australia for a week long tour that culminates in Melbourne for PAX Australia on October 31 – November 2.

Todd Harris will present the topic “Designing Smite and Cracking the MOBA market” at PAX Aus in the Main Theatre on Friday Oct 31st at 4:30pm.

And all attendees of PAX Australia are eligible to receive the exclusive “Sydney Shredder” skin for the god He Bo.

For more info, visit http://www.hirezstudios.com/smite

‘Underworld: Sugar Wars’ is Out Now on the App Store

Underworld

Independent developer A-Steroids today announced the release of online free-to-play resource management title, Underworld: Sugar Wars, on the App Store. Optimised for iOS devices and designed with location-based mechanics, Underworld: Sugar Wars is a resource-management game that allows players to trade with real live people as they chat online with local “dealers” to negotiate the best prices.

Imagine a world where sugar is no longer a legal substance and the only place to turn for sweet cravings is to dealers on the street. Luckily the black market for sweet stashes is now open in Underworld: Sugar Wars! Players start off as a street corner hustler, buying cheap merchandise from local sweets labs and selling their goods for profit to junkies and other live dealers while simultaneously building respect on the street. “Sweet” dealers can rank up from a small street corner peddler to a global sugar kingpin using money, power and influence to build up a multi-billion criminal empire.

For more info, visit: https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/underworld-sugar-wars/id912785647

The Settlers: Kingdoms of Anteria

The Settlers: Kingdoms of Anteria is an action-RPG crossed with an RTS city-builder. Up to four players can cooperate to take down challenges and build of settlements. It features economic development and macro-management, in addition to fast-paced RPG gameplay with treasure hunting and challenging boss fights.

Features:

Four-Player Co-op: Play the game with up to four of your friends, as individual heroes focusing on various aspects of the game. One player can do city management and focus on strategy, while others go out into the world to slay monsters and secure loot for the kingdom.

Bosses and Loot: Players can venture out from cities to engage in serious tactical boss fights to secure loot and artifacts for their kingdom. Fights are challenging, but the rewards are substantial.

City-Building: Roads and infrastructure, civic buildings, residences, and more will grow as you plan out your settlements to grow into full-fledged kingdoms and bustling cities. This aspect of the gameplay takes cues from the classic Settlers series.

Grepolis’ Democritus Kicks off Halloween With His Special Rewards

Grepolis

InnoGames invites you to let your inner alchemist come out this month, with Grepolis’ 2014 Halloween Event, which started today. The in-game event will center on Democritus, an alchemist and philosopher by trade who will brew special rewards until November 10. InnoGames released a video outlining the main changes in the event.

By gathering ingredients and mixing them, players can craft by themselves special rewards. In the spirit of trick-or-treat, ingredients will be randomly generated and available to participants after completing common in-game activities; the rarer the item the more worthy the bounty. On worlds with heroes enabled, players can also receive Democritus as an exclusive hero.

In order to craft a reward, players will need to put three ingredients of their choice onto Democritus’ alchemy table. Although the order of the ingredients is not important, different brewing combinations will yield different results. The recipe book that’s available to players will help with this alluring task as they’ll be able to add specific ingredient combinations with known results. Whatever the outcome, players can either instantly use the items on selected towns, save in the inventory, or cast them off.

For more info, visit http://www.innogames.com/en/browser-games/grepolis/