KOG Games, a leading developer and publisher of popular free-to-play action MMORPGs, today announces the launch of the latest episode in the “Darkness is Coming” character series with the new, sultry 2^nd Job for Elesis, Crimson Avenger.

Facing impossible odds, Elesis hardly fought off the demons that ambushed her in Feita. However, she lost every Knight in her command. In order to survive the onslaught herself, she sought out the energy from the nearby Dark El, but at a cost that she was not prepared to handle. Her mind drifted into darkness and with the blood of her fallen Knights coursing within… her heart succumbed to the darkness within and her mind began to twist. From the blood-soaked nightfall, Elesis strikes as the Crimson Avenger. If her life dangles by a fine thread, it’s not important. All that matters now is vengeance.

New Skill: Blood Hit

When players advance Elesis from the new Dark Knight Job Path to Crimson Avenger, additional skills are incorporated into the new, exclusive Blood Hit attack system. The damage dealt by certain skills gets a boost from the power in her blood. When Crimson Avenger’s HP reaches at 20% or less, the activation of the Blood Hit skill then uses up an amount of HP equivalent to 20% of an applicable skill’s damage, and effectively deals 40% more damage. Visit www.elswordonline.com to learn more. The volatile Crimson Avenger’s Blood Hit skill will turn the tide of battle in a heartbeat.

At level 35, Elsword players have the opportunity to take Elesis from Dark Knight to the sultry and vampiric Crimson Avenger. Wield shadow and blood as the ultimate weapons and control the battlefield with reckless abandon. Elesis has reached her apex form. Lady vengeance will rend the demonic army limb from limb, and cast a warning into the night… with their blood. Darkness is Coming!

Here are some more awesome events!

Lunar New Year:
Celebrate the Lunar New Year with Elsword! Get New Year firecrackers and more from the in-game Lunar New Year Scroll. Also, there will be Shiny Qipao costume suits and deals on Ice Burners and Fossil Readers in the Item Mall for a limited time.

Friday the 13^th (Starting 2/13/15)

Hockey masks! Suspicious notes! Hatchets!

Get in on Glave’s scary scheme just in time for the spookiest day of all!

For more info, visit www.elsword.com

With a few days to go until Valentine’s Day, InnoGames preps players for the romantic celebration with three special in-game events. Starting today, Forge of Empires, The West and Grepolis will begin their festivities with their own rewards and starting dates. The online game developer has also released two informational videos on this topic for Forge of Empires and The West.

Forge of Empires starts everything off with their alternative ending quest line, today. This year, the game features three new quest givers: Robin, the Sheriff and Marian. Through daily quests, participants of the game will be able to craft an epic love triangle based on the story of Robin Hood. In the end, players will be able to choose who Marian ends up with, Robin or the Sheriff. Furthermore, the game unveils the Eternal Tree of Love as a new building.

On their end, both The West and Grepolis follow through with events focused on prizes. Starting on February 13, The West fans can start getting hearts through regular ingame activities. There are two different reward schemes based on this currency: personal and community rewards. The first lets individuals unlock rewards through their collected hearts. While the second unlocks perks in a world, that every player can use, based on the amount of hearts everyone has accumulated. On the other hand, from February 14 on, Grepolis players will find a mermaid appearing in their town – and she has presents with her! All players have to do to claim them is click on her before she disappears.

For more info, visit http://www.innogames.com/?ref=dotcom

Obsidian Entertainment and Allods Team have revealed an article on the Skyforge stats system, which sheds light on how players can pick the best combination of talents and skills for their desired play style, how the amount of damage their character deals is calculated and how equipment stats work.

For more details, visit http://sf.my.com/us/news/announcements/skyforge-mechanics-stats-and-abilities

Hi-Rez Studios has recently released new details regarding their season 2 update for SMITE.

With the beginning of a new SMITE season comes a huge patch update, headlined by the all-new Conquest map. As well as the obvious visual overhaul, SMITE’s signature Conquest map also benefits from improved player navigation, new creature interactions, and a refined Jungle Layout. Gameplay tweaks are also included for Season 2, affecting jungling, Towers and laning, Titans, and the Fire Giant.

The SMITE Pro League has also undergone some changes for Season 2. Throughout 2015, the best teams in SMITE will fight in three different splits (Spring, Summer, Fall).  After each split, LAN tournaments featuring the top teams in each region will take place to decide who will make it to the SMITE World Championships.

For more info, visit http://www.hirezstudios.com/esports/blog-post/esports/2015/02/05/first-look-into-season-2-esports

German-based MMOG publisher, EuroGameZ GmbH would like to announce that they have launched the German version of the street basketball MMOG Freestyle2 Europe today.

EuroGameZ also moved the server location from Ireland to Germany, Frankfurt am Main, for better performance of network connection in Europe. This change of server location has been evaluated to improve the German gamer game connection but also the whole European gamer connections as the location of central Europe. Gamers have welcomed the change and experiencing better performance within MMOG freestyle2 basketball game.

To celebrate these changes, EuroGameZ will be updating tons of game content including valuable free items for the game. Some of the changes can be found below:

• Mid level channel for 12 – 23 level will be added
• Compensation package will be given after maintenance patch automatically will update
• Challenge Mode Reward will be raised
• One Click function for all receiving reward items will be added
• Events
• Lock the Lockers! Login every day and get tons of rewards!
• Mileage event: get bonus mileage with every purchase!
• Item Updates including item ball and point ball will be updated and limited box for valentine’s day will be added
• “Draw Freestyle” function will be fixed
• Name Changer item has been fixed

Gamers can check out the changes and new features at http://www.eurogamez.eu or the official game page at http://freestyle2.eurogamez.eu/.