Yearly Archives: 2014

Rising Generals: US Open Beta Now Available

Rising Generals

Today InnoGames catapults the Open Beta of its strategy-MMO Rising Generals into the United States. From now on, U.S.-players can register for the game on https://us.risinggenerals.com/ and have access to their own game world and server structure. For Rising Generals, the U.S.-market is the first worldwide to launch its official open beta, stressing the importance of the market for InnoGames. More than 14 additional languages, as well as the cross-platform functional iOS- and Android-versions of the game will follow in the near future. See the newest video here.

The Closed beta test, which was performed during the last weeks delivered valuable feedback for the development team. “We made huge progress in terms of game performance on different devices, and got good insight on the balancing of unit types”, says Product Manager Florian Supa. “We are grateful that our community was so dedicated during the process. People often take it for granted but the playtime and feedback players send during the closed beta is essential.”

For the development of Rising Generals, InnoGames was supported by American game design legend Bruce Shelley, known for his work on Civilization and the Age of Empires series. Shelley worked several months with the team during development and spent time in InnoGames’ Hamburg offices.

For more info, visit https://us.risinggenerals.com/

Guild Wars 2: ‘Seeds of Truth’ Living Story Now Available

Guild Wars 2

ArenaNet™, publisher and developer of the acclaimed Guild Wars franchise, is releasing “Seeds of Truth” for Guild Wars 2’s Living World today. This episode continues the Living World’s second season, where players and world leaders in Tyria have found themselves locked in an escalating war with the Elder Dragon Mordremoth.

In “Seeds of Truth,” players band together with Tyria’s leaders to find Caithe, the sylvari who they considered one of their own until she ran off with the fabled dragon egg that could be their one hope in defeating Mordremoth. Following Caithe’s trail will take players down a strange, dark path where they will learn new secrets in the ongoing Living World saga, experience exciting new gameplay in the Silverwastes map, and continue building their collection of new armor sets.

Living Memories

Figuring out where Caithe may be now requires an understanding of where she has been. With the aid of the Pale Tree, players will retrace Caithe’s footsteps and as they learn more about the sylvari’s early memories, they may uncover crucial information.

The Silverwastes

The secrets of the Silverwastes continue to be uncovered. If players help out the local skritt population, they will gain access to their tunnels, which will allow players to travel quickly to different areas of the map. Players will also be tested with the new Drydock Scratch jumping puzzle, where skritt pirates are assembling a ship deep beneath the Silverwastes. As players travel and explore, they must save up resources to collect the Carapace and Luminescent armor sets’ boots and pants pieces.

In addition to the new story-driven Living World Season 2 content, the competitive side Guild Wars 2 is getting both new updates in this release as well as a major event to look forward to on the horizon:

PvP Updates

Player vs. Player infrastructure is seeing massive changes this month, including a new map voting system, match prompts and alerts, reworked matchmaking, service NPCs in the Heart of the Mists, and the introduction of the Ladder Test Season.

World Tournament Series Finals

The World Tournament Series Finals are taking place on December 5 in Beijing, with the top teams from North America, Europe and China in Guild Wars 2 competitive play facing off for $50,000.

To learn more about “Seeds of Truth” and the new PvP updates coming to Guild Wars 2 with this release,  please go to www.guildwars2.com

Dofus: ‘Legends of the Fall’ update now available

Dofus

The latest update to the DOFUS universe titled LEGENDS OF THE FALL is now available. This update includes a new quest and a new dungeon. Some legendary treasures are to be found in game but also expect some deeply hidden secrets to be revealed as well! Beware some characters may not be who they pretend…

The quest includes a new background issue: “While new legendary treasures have been discovered, Nova will ask for the help of adventurers who have already explored all three Divine Dimensions. She wants to find the trail of an old, lost friend…” Be sure that this quest has some revelations in store!

In addition some dungeons will be granted with new features. The number of turns between two waves of monsters is now 5 in all Divine Dimension dungeons. The dungeons are the following: Drhossil’s Cave, King Nidas’s Palace, Toxoliath’s Cave, Throne Room of the Dark Court, XLII’s Metronomicon, and the Eye of Vortex. The number of turns between two waves of monsters have been increased in order to make these dungeons easier to access for teams whose focus isn’t on dealing high damages as quickly as possible.

For more info, visit http://www.dofus.com/en/mmorpg/news/patch-notes

Age of Wulin: Chapter 3 Expansion Now Live

AoW

WEBZEN, a global developer and publisher of free-to-play games, is delighted to announce that the martial arts MMORPG, Age of Wulin released its second expansion today, officially ending the Open Beta Phase.

“Chapter 3: Wisdom is a Journey”, now available in English, introduces many new features for new and old players alike, with the reveal of the 4th Internal Skill for each of the 8 existing Sects, while providing a greater level cap for non-Sect “Jianghu” Internal Skills. The adventurers will also be able to master existing skill sets to the 8th and 9th levels and put them to test with more challenging versions of existing dungeons, including the “Sect Forbidden Instances”.

The fight for dominance is heating up with the addition of the Dragon and Tiger Tournament and the Inter-Sect Tournament, which bring new PVP activities along with the established Mont-Hua Competition. As daily and weekly confrontations will take place in each of these challenges, putting the best fighters of the servers against one another, certain skills restrictions will be in place, allowing for only the best to reach the top position and be rewarded with skill books and progression items, should they find themselves victorious.

With Open-PvP being the main pillar of Age of Wulin, the lucky holders of the Jianghu Treasures won’t be safe anymore with the new feature: the Jianghu Treasure Assassin. Players will be selected based on their own strength to become an assassin with a simple mission: eliminate the holders of the precious Jianghu Treasures and reap the rewards! Romance is also a key theme of Wisdom is a Journey with the introduction of new activities for the happy couples of Age of Wulin, including extra rewards for completing Team Practice or a Forbidden Instance together. They’ll also have the option to flaunt new titles on their characters, should they decide to terminate their marriage.

Many more exciting features and improvements are introduced in this Age of Wulin expansion, which can be discovered on the official website: http://en.wulin.webzen.com/

Knight’s Fable: Scorpion Mount Now Available

One of the best mounts in Knight’s Fable made its long awaited debut on the latest update on 11.26, the day before Thanksgiving. Scorpio is the Zodiac sign of November, and to honor it, Knights Fable has added the mighty arachnid into the game as a new mount.

Knight's Fable

Scorpio can be obtained as the first place prize in our latest thanksgiving event (available for a limited time only). “All for one”, “Turkey shooter”, and “Thanksgiving shop” are some beneficial events where players can obtain turkeys. Turkeys are the exchange items in game during this period, which can then be used to exchange various recourses, the Scorpio being the best one.

Visit http://knight.gtarcade.com/ for more details about Knights Fable.

Hero Commander: Drake Rider Unit Revealed

As a descendant of ancient dragons, Drake Rider is the only Dragon Knight who still roams the land. Long ago, people gave up on him because of his fear of war. But he finally managed to fight his fears and came back to the battlefield as terribly destructive force in the fight against evil. Drake Rider, the strongest hero of the front row, is now coming to Hero Commander!

Hero Commander

The strategy of Drake Rider
Drake Rider can control the enemy and deal massive damage. This means that the Drake Rider can play the biggest role if he strikes first. In order to take the most advantage of his skill power and to improve his chance to cast the skill first, it is recommended to place Drake Rider in the second row.
The classic formation includes Succubus in the front, Drake Rider in the middle and Moon Knight in the rear. If you have enough WIS gems, you can replace Moon Knight with Zeus to increase the damage dealt on a large scale.

There are plenty of new things in the new patch of Hero Commander. Enjoy the improved game!

For more info, visit http://hero.gtarcade.com