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Monthly Archives: September 2015
Magerealm Reveals Turf War Feature
GTArcade’s free to play, browser-based 3D MMORPG Magerealm has come a long way since its release. A constant flow of updates has expanded the game exponentially, and now GTArcade is ready to unveil the next exciting feature coming to Magerealm – Turf War! Players have been asking for more thrilling guild events and their requests have been heard. Different from PvE focused content like Guild Boss and more causal events like Pool Party, Turf War is the first time guilds will confront each other in the ultimate battle for dominance! Players must protect their guild’s territory while laying siege to rivals as they strive for power and glory. Guilds are set to clash head-on to determine which is the best in the Realm. This is Turf War!
Conquer the Realm
In Magerealm, each guild enjoys its own secluded domain that is off limits to outsiders. However, there is no such comfort in Turf War. Guilds will be given a piece of territory, or “turf”, that is wide open to invasion from other guilds. Each member of a guild will be tasked with overseeing their own stronghold within their guild’s turf. Members must defend their strongholds while assaulting those of rival guilds. If a player can successfully break through their opponent’s stronghold, they can reach the inner city and gain victory points for their guild.
Choose Your Battles
In Turf War, it is not wise to simply attack strongholds at random. Players should choose their opponents according to their own strength. Each stronghold will have a Star rating to give attacking players a better idea of what they will be up against. Attacking a 1 Star stronghold means the attacker has an advantage in terms of Battle Rating. 2 Star means the BR of the attacker and defender are roughly equal, while 3 Star strongholds will be the most difficult to take down, as the defender has the BR advantage. Use the Star rating to gauge enemy strongholds and take the best course of action.
Fight as One
Every member will have an important role in how their guild fares in Turf War. Anyone with the will to fight and compete has something to contribute. For each battle, players will earn 3 points for victory, 1 point for a draw, and 0 points for defeat. Points earned by all members will be tallied to determine their guild’s rank in Turf War. There is also an individual ranking to show the top combatants of the guild and encourage some healthy inter-guild competition.
Guild vs Guild warfare has finally come to Magerealm! Stand strong alongside your comrades and battle for honor and glory!
ELOA Online Interview with Webzen and NPICSoft
Questions by Matt Short (Trilient)
Answers By
Dennis Choi: CEO NPICSoft
Richard Sunmyoung Moon: Head of Global Business Development at Webzen
Hello, my name is Dennis Choi, and I’m the founder & CEO of NPICSOFT Inc., the developer of ELOA (Elite Lord of Alliance). It’s very nice to meet you, and thank you for this interview opportunity. Today I’m joined by Richard Sunmyoung Moon, Head of Global Business at WEBZEN Inc., the official publisher of ELOA in the West.
Trilient: What’s the difference between ELOA and Inspirit online?
[Dennis]: Inspirit Online is not an official version of ELOA. In fact, we have sent many official notifications to the corresponding company, declaring Inspirit Online as an illegal copy of ELOA. It is important to note that NPICSOFT has registered the global license of the brand name “ELOA”, along with its characters, etc. This includes licensing rights for North America, Europe, and other countries. However, a company called “GRE” is still continuing its unauthorized services. The developer of ELOA is NPICSOFT, and the official publisher of ELOA is WEBZEN. Inspirit Online is simply a copy of ELOA, a game developed by us, and will be considered as an unauthorized, illegal private server.
Trilient: What makes ELOA stand out, not just from IO, but from other MMORPG’s in general?
[Dennis]: I think ELOA is superior to any other MMORPG currently active, owing to its unique dynamic battle system among many MMORPGs where stable server synchronization is the most crucial. I believe the unique feature of ELOA is the strategy whereby users can customize their own various skills and combos, and apply them to battle at any time, as opposed to all the emphasis simply being on actions.
In addition, we provide a smooth gaming experience with an easy-to-use “Automatic Party Matching System”, to support users in PvP areas and dungeons.
Also, we allow players to acquire and grow their own pets to move faster and enjoy various conveniences. Users will be able to see a variety of pets in the town.
Trilient: Do you expect the launch of ELOA to have an impact on the already existing Inspirit online?
[Richard]: Now that the publishing contract has been signed, WEBZEN will take every legal and business measure to manage WEBZEN’s license to the best of our ability. WEBZEN has been authorized to utilise all rights for the game’s brand and license to enforce adherence to the lawful copyright of NPICSOFT, and will try our best to protect the license of NPICSOFT which was infringed without notice.
Trilient: Since there would be two versions of essentially the same game in the west, wouldn’t it be confusing for fans of the game to know which version they should play?
[Dennis]: We understand that this situation must have caused a lot of confusion among players who learned about ELOA and started playing it under the name of “Inspirit Online”. ELOA is currently serviced by our Korean partner company, Netmarble, and contains much higher quality content compared to Inspirit Online, with the localization for North America and Europe already in progress. About 100 developers at NPICSOFT’s ELOA studio are currently devoting all their energy to the global release. We’re very certain that the running of Inspirit Online, without any basic understanding of ELOA, will never be a match for the official content of the original game.
Trilient: Is the direct competition a factor being considered in gearing the Eloa cash shop compared to typical models used by Webzen MMORPGs in the past?
[Richard]: ELOA will be “Pay for Convenience”, and items that change the visual appearance of your character will be available in the shop. We are aiming for convenience only, such as a slight increase in experience gain, visual transformations into NPCs or monsters, or ridable pets which can also be obtained in game.
Trilient: Do you have anything planned for ELOA that might prevent the game from becoming stale in the future?
[Richard]: ELOA has its own unique strength as a game, and offers completely different art direction and gameplay. You will immediately notice the anime style, which is a big and quite amusing contrast to this darker themed world. For example, riding a giant teddy bear as a mount is not something you see in many other games in the usually grim action RPG genre. The combat system offers 3 stances that you can switch between mid-combat, what we refer to as “triple action”, which is another completely unique feature to ELOA. Action RPGs are booming (again) since the release of Diablo 3, Path of Exile and similar games, and we are very confident that ELOA can offer a unique and easier-to-get-into experience, especially for beginners and the less hardcore-oriented MMORPG fans.
That’s not to say that ELOA is not tailored at all towards the hardcore crowd; on the contrary, instance bosses and later end-game raids are quite challenging! For example, tactically switching between the three combat stances and learning their mechanics while fighting a raid boss is something that is surely easy to learn at the start, but hard to master later on. We are very confident that our players will have an excellent and unique gameplay experience with ELOA. As we have many content updates already in the pipeline, there’s already a long content roadmap laid out by the developers, so our fans should not be disappointed or bored at any point!
Trilient: NPICSoft very vocal about being the primary developer behind ELOA. As such, should the team behind Inspirit Online shut their version down, or do you see this as an opportunity for healthy competition?
[Richard]: After a thorough investigation, we came to the conclusion that Inspirit Online is using a CBT client from the Southeast Asia version of the game, which was leaked without authorization. Rest assured that we are not worried about WEBZEN’s official version of ELOA, as we already have huge amounts of content readily available for our beta test. This includes new maps and classes which have already been developed by NPICSOFT, but are not included in the leaked CBT version that Inspirit Online is using. We’re very certain that Inspirit Online, currently operated illegally, will never keep up with our content releases. We look forward to showing you the distinct differences between the original and copy, as we offer much better quality assurance for our live operations, and receive direct support from the original developers of ELOA. Because of this, the two games will show incomparable differences in terms of service stability, with superior security/server connections, and so forth.
Trilient: When can we expect to see the launch of ELOA?
[Richard]: The first beta test will start this autumn, with the official launch slated for the end of this year. We are currently looking at the Beta Test date to be finalized, but we will announce the upcoming schedule soon. So stay tuned!
Orcs Must Die! Unchained – The Apprentice Returns
After some time being reworked, the Apprentice has returned Orcs Must Die! Unchained, under the new name Zoey.
Zoey’s new design gives her a new gameplay loop that still caters to the chaotic nature of her spellcasting, while adding in her new extra ability and restoring her potential as a damage dealer after the changes in closed beta phase 2.
A full breakdown of the Apprentice’s new abilities is available here.
League of Angels Introduces Alliance Expedition and Sylph Hall
League of Angels is offering two new challenges for players – the Alliance Expedition and the Sylph Hall.
Alliance Expedition
Alliance Expedition is a cross-server PVP event, which is a grand war among alliances. To succeed in this war, you need to improve your individual performance, and you also need to make the whole alliance united! Only best of the best will win King’s Division Emblem!
All alliance will challenge alliance ranked 70th to 1st in sequence. When your alliance defeated all the target alliance members, then the whole alliance will receive both each challenge rewards and Alliance clearance rewards.
Sylph Hall
Sylph Hall is a place where powerful sylphs dwell, shrouded in mystery. It’s time to awaken the sylphs from a dead sleep! All heroes in Sylph Hall possess mystery powers and skills. They can be set to bless your heroes in battles after you summon them. To summon a Sylph hero you need to collect Sylph Hero Badge. Good news is one of the Sylph Badge can be gained through Loops. Don’t miss it!
After summon a sylph, you can train him/her to boost the stats. The necessary Purgatory Soul can be gained in Alliance Expedition. If a sylph blesses a hero, you can choose the hero skin by checking the Morph Sylph Skin button. If you summon a new sylph later, you can recycle the Purgatory Soul you spent on the former Sylph.
Armored Warfare Open Test is Extended and Offers Rewards
Developer Obsidian Entertainment and publisher My.com have announced that the Armored Warfare Stress Test which began yesterday, September 24, will be extended through Saturday, September 26 and offer players the chance to obtain an exclusive reward – the Object 155 tier 3 premium main battle tank as well as a 7 day premium account. The Stress Test is the first time that Armored Warfare testing is open to all players and anyone can join!
The stress test began on Thursday, September 24 at 11am PDT and will remain live until 11am Saturday, September 26. The Object 155 and 7 day premium account prizes can be claimed by players that play at least one battle during the Stress Test.
For more information on the exclusive rewards, please read the article here.
Zombies Monsters Robots Heads “Back to the Void”
En Masse Entertainment, a player-driven publisher focused on delivering great games and exceptional service, today announced the launch of “Back to the Void,” an update for its free-to-play, third-person shooter, Zombies Monsters Robots (ZMR). Today’s brand new update brings fans back into the trackless void of enemy space, first introduced in last year’s “Into the Void” update. “Back to the Void” adds two new Story mode campaigns, brand new weapons, and three maps, including Moonbase Alpha and Moonbase Omega (space-themed PvE maps), and Redemption (a PvP map set in a shanty-town).
Launching today, ZMR’s update “Back to the Void” unveils two new enticing Story mode campaigns. Only the bravest will be able to infiltrate the Dominion’s ruined moonbase in the Alpha and Omega campaign—and thwart their efforts to salvage and relocate their computer core. Those who succeed earn a chance to win an Alpha-Omega Reward Pack, containing such precious prizes as the Wildfire grenade launcher, a new Crossfire drone, or various costume packs. If that’s not challenging enough, players can also try their hand at the Moonshot campaign, battling Dominion troops to help NASA send engineers to fix the lunar threshold. Players who successfully complete this campaign will earn a randomly chosen item that could include the brand new MARS drone, a movement-boosting Lightning weapon, or the devastating Brute Cannon.
With all of the brand-new over-the-top challenges offered in “Back to the Void”, players can also equip themselves with an extensive amount of new weapons to help them on their missions. Gear up with the deadly Assault Bayonetta, lay down withering fire with the Brute Cannon, or blast enemies to shreds with the Wildfire Grenade Launcher.
Kritika: The White Knights CGI Trailer
Feel the rush in hit mobile RPG, Kritika: The White Knights, available on the App Store and GooglePlay.
First Wonder Kickstarter Trailer
First Wonder hits Kickstarter today, looking to create a new kind of 4 humans versus a big bad monster experience. Check them out!
StarCraft II: Legacy of the Void – Reclamation Trailer
Yet another teaser leading up to the final installation of the StarCraft II franchise, Legacy of the Void!






