Monthly Archives: April 2016

Trove Mantle of Power Expansion Head Start Now Available

Trove Mantle of Power Expansion Head Start Now Available

Trove, Trion Worlds’ pioneering Voxel MMORPG today introduces its first major expansion with the launch of Mantle of Power. The new expansion builds on several of the most popular aspects of the game – class-building, combat, and exploration – while also enabling players to enhance the power and abilities of each character class. The Mantle of Power expansion is free to all players beginning on April 26; a head start that kicks off today gives players the option to pre-purchase a Mantle of Power bundle to gain access to the expansion immediately.

“This new expansion delivers on the biggest request from existing Trove players: greater depth of play – particularly in terms of character progression, with new levels, abilities, gems and more,” said Andrew Krausnick, executive producer of Trove at Trion Worlds. “A big part of Trove’s appeal is exploring endless worlds and building your character to tackle the challenges within. This expansion was designed to increase the game’s overall geography, further level up characters, and equip characters in new and exciting ways.”

The biggest new features in Mantle of Power include:

  • Level Cap Increase: The new level cap of 30 (up from 20) gives players a 50% increase in levels for all 14 classes. Combined with the vast new worlds, a huge collection of new enemies, and tons of new loot, the Mantle of Power offers a huge amount of flexibility in how to level up.

  • Augmented Abilities and Powers: Players now have the ability to acquire gems that upgrade and augment the abilities of each of Trove’s classes. For example, when augmented with gems, the Candy Barbarian can pull their foes to them before attacking, and the Boomeranger can throw a bomb that spawns angry chickens to attack their foes. There are options for all types of players.

  • New Worlds: four new sprawling realms to explore, from water and lava worlds to sky worlds. And most treacherous of them all is the Shadow World, a new extra-dangerous realm with frequent invasions of extra-dangerous monsters, but the rewards are worth it. These new worlds bring brutal new enemies to face so bringing friends is advised — there’s safety in numbers.

  • Leaderboards: the addition of regional leaderboards lets players see how they stack up in a wide range of categories like quests completed, enemies killed, blocks created/destroyed and their power within any of the 14 classes or even in total. The leaderboards are designed to expand and grow as the game grows, allowing for the addition of new categories at any time. Players will also face off in weekly leaderboard contests to top of the charts and unlock amazing loot.

Bless Coming West through Aeria Games

Bless Coming West through Aeria Games

In a momentous announcement for both companies, Korean developer NEOWIZ GAMES has signed a deal with online game publisher Aeria Games to bring its ambitious free-to-play fantasy MMORPG Bless to the West. Executives from both companies were on hand recently for the signing ceremony in Seoul, expressing excitement for the strong potential of the partnership.

“We are overjoyed to be here today to make this collaboration official,” said Oliver Strutynski, CEO of Aeria Games, following the signing. “Bless is the kind of game that only comes along once in a rare while, and we’re very fortunate to have the honor of publishing it for Western players. This is the perfect title to spearhead Aeria’s portfolio – we’re looking forward to delivering a fantastic player experience!”

Ki Won Lee, CEO of NEOWIZ GAMES, commented that he is “very happy to partner up with a capable publisher such as Aeria Games, which has accumulated a wealth of experience, success, and know-how by servicing a variety of games in North America and Europe. The strong partnership between both companies will lay the foundation for the global success of Bless.”

A massive, triple-A project that began in 2009, Bless is currently in development at NeoWiz Bless Studio. The game is built on the Unreal Engine 3, featuring exceptional graphics depicting a huge, seamless fantasy world. Academy Award-winner Hans Zimmer composed the game’s epic, sweeping score. Bless recently concluded closed beta testing and successfully launched its open beta in Korea.