Yearly Archives: 2015

Linkrealms

Linkrealms is a free to play 3D fantasy MMORPG being developed by Mythyn Interactive, LLC and will be available for Windows-based computers. In Linkrealms players can explore a massive, completely open world where they can enjoy building their character in any way they’d like. You could play as a solo miner with just a touch of experience in the magical arts or play as a tank in a guild that seeks success as a group. Servers exist with hardcore old-school PvP rules or more gentle PvE rules to suit different types of players’ needs, and free to play actually means free to play in Linkrealms. There will be no paywall in the game and purchases from the in-game store are intended to support development, rather than give players an unfair advantage over one another.

Features:

Classless Gameplay: Classes don’t exist in Linkrealms and any skills can be learned by any character of any race.

Land Ownership: Players can own their very own realm and use it to their liking, whether that liking be a guild hall or a castle to show off their own supremacy.

Advanced AI: Enemies will have an innate sense for danger that allows them to avoid it while working in teams to take down any threats.

World of Warriors: Quest

World of Warriors: Quest is a free to play 2D mobile strategy game developed by Mind Candy Ltd and is available on iOS and Android. In World of Warriors: Quest you can fight as Vikings, Romans, and Ninjas in an epic quest across the Wildlands to save your friends from the evil General Obsidiux! Turn-based battles will be held against your enemies where you will need to use your wits and work your units as a team to prevail! With enough victories you might just be able to save this war-torn realm from utter destruction.

Features:

New Chapters: New chapters will be released over time to offer new content like new heroes, boosts, and story to play through!

Boosts: Boosts give you the ability to freeze your enemies in place, poison them, or blast them to death!

Adventure: Explore the exciting Wildlands and unravel the mysteries behind the Black Shards.

Cosplay Highlights: Warcraft, Evangelion & more

It’s time to celebrate another week of fabulous cosplay! As always, please visit the artists directly to support their work.


Sylvanas Windrunner III by Irene Astral

Sylvanas Windrunner III by Irene Astral


Evangelion :: Soryu Asuka Langley, LCL Sea by pingtimeout

Evangelion :: Soryu Asuka Langley, LCL Sea by pingtimeout


 Subject Zero by nadyasonika

 Subject Zero by nadyasonika


Jehuty and Anubis cosplay at NYCC2015 by ProVoltageCosplay

Jehuty and Anubis cosplay at NYCC2015 by ProVoltageCosplay


 LadyDevimon + Angewomon Digimon Cosplay: Love+Hate by Khainsaw & BunnyQ-ki

 LadyDevimon + Angewomon Digimon Cosplay: Love+Hate by Khainsaw & BunnyQ-ki


Bonus Round: Geek Art of the Week

The Final boss... by Grosnez

The Final boss… by Grosnez

Camelot Unchained Reveals Surprise Shapeshifters Archetype

This week CityState Games brought quite the curveball in their 10 week class archetype reveal series for PvP Sandbox MMORPG, Camelot Unchained. After archers, and heavy fighters brought the iconic MMORPG classes to the forefront, this week’s Shapeshifters take a sharp “Bat Shit Crazy” turn from the norm. Let’s break down what these three classes bring to the table.

Camelot Unchained ShapeShifters

 

Vikings – Child of Loki

The child of Loki is as wily a creature as you’d expect. Capable of obtaining runes to unlock new forms, a veteran Child of Loki is a deviant with more than just a bag of tricks up their sleeves. Utilizing a rift running ally speed buffing horse form, they can close in on targets before they have a chance to react. As a wolf they can stay in the heat of battle with life stealing attacks, and reduce their foes to shivering piles by upping their allies panic inducing rating. As a snake they can properly identify and break through a variety of armor types to kill foes slowly with long duration stacking poisons. They’re less reliant on weapons and armor then their Shapeshifter counterparts, and force a user to think strategically and quickly to use the right forms in the right situations to obtain victory.

 

Arthurians – Enchanted Knight

Mock their all too Arthurian sounding name all you want. The Enchanted Knight is not something you want to run into in a dark alley. Masters of 1v1 combat, they can transform into creatures such as a Griffon (high slashing damage and furious attack speeds), Basilisk (crippling debuff disease and AoEs), and Demon (utilizing veil chaos damage buffs and curses to control and punish brash foes). The longer they stay in a single form, the more they can empower themselves, making them ideal for choosing a form that counters an enemy and then slowly wittling them away with your advantage.

 

 

TDD – Black Rider

Dullahans, aka headless knights, the Black Rider is akin to the grim reaper of the battlefield. While initially less intimidating than their rival shapeshifters, and not as viable in single combat, a Black Rider left alone too long may become the undoing of your entire regiment. The Dullahan transforms into increasingly terrifying forms over time, utilizing its detached head as a projectile weapon, its spine as a spear, and its ribs as armor. Their abilities deal death damage that grows in power as more corpses pile up around them. Once in their final form, they will literally absorb the fallen of the battlefield to become unstoppable monstrosities, bolstering their defenses or punishing attackers with recoil.

 

Check out the full overview of classes on the new class reveal page! Or catch the livestream reveal below!

 

 

Triad Wars: Halloween Event Now Underway

By Jason Parker (Ragachak)

 

Triad Wars Smiley Cat Revenge

It’s kind of refreshing to see a beta having a holiday event! It’s not something I see everyday, and I feel like everyday, I do play some manner of alpha or beta. But not only is this a beta that includes a month-long Halloween event instead of one that just runs for one long period of time (sort of like WoW), but the Triad Wars Halloween Event runs over the course of October, a few days here and there, nice and spread out to keep people coming back for it. But what’s the purpose and point? It’s a great way to show off the diversity of the game as well as immerse yourself in Hong Kong culture. It’s not an American Halloween, trick-or-treating, any of that boring stuff. No, in Triad Wars you are fighting demons, evil spirits, and a gigantic demon-cat in the culmination of the event.

Halloween in Hong Kong is “Yue Lan,” or Festival of the Hungry Ghosts, which has its roots in Ancient China. Normally it only lasts for 24 hours; but in Triad Wars, evil lurks on the surface for a lot longer. Even when an event is not happening, your minions in your hideout, and even regular citizens will have sinister, glowing eyes, hollow and white. The dead are lurking, possessing everyone in Hong Kong, and even committing crime isn’t safe. Smiley Cat is looking for souls, and it’s up to you, the criminal element of Hong Kong, to do something about it. It sort of reminds me of the Yakuza doing clean up after a tragedy, or doing charitable works. What’s in it for you though? Face or Honor, Money, and ultimately, epic rewards that come out of successfully completing the challenges.

Triad Wars Halloween Event

I missed the first part of the holiday, Fists of Fire, and as of this writing, Smiley Cats Revenge was not an available quite yet. It will be later on today, and will extend til Nov. 2nd. But there’s good news! If you are not in the beta and want to check out what this holiday is like, on Saturday, October 24th, Bottom Tier will be streaming the attack on Smiley Cat, called “Smiley Cats Revenge,” and hopefully getting badass rewards for our troubles! These epic items are only available during the Halloween event, and they’re pretty awesome to boot. You are well-rewarded for your defense of North Point. The entirety of North Point is eerie and the Full Moon rests over the sky at night.

Triad Wars Halloween Feature

Now I did participate in half of this event so far. Banish The Yaoguai was pretty intense. The Yaoguai are stronger than normal Jiang Shi (undead) and come with a host of Jiangshi with them that did not appear to be killable with melee attacks. The Yaoguai are scattered across the city and you have to hunt them down, riding or running from location to location. They can teleport around you and deal considerable damage. Not to mention their posse’ of undead fighting with them. Now my trusty pistol and AK had no problems killing these baddies, but that’s always a risky move. If there are people nearby, there’s a good chance that one of those people is brave enough to call the cops. My first few attempts were met with death by Police Brutality. The Jiang Shi hunt was easier though. You searched the city for packs of Jiang Shi, abusing them with fist and bullet. I was prone to bullets, because I’m impatient and wanted them off my streets. Chaos makes it harder to commit crime after all. Smiley Cat though? You want to know how that’s going to end? Well, you better make sure you tune in to “thebottomtier” on Twitch.tv, and watch us kick the snot out of evil spirits, get cool rewards, and perhaps offer a link to get you trying Triad Wars for yourself! Which you absolutely should do.