Crossfire: Europe has released two new multiplayer maps “Venice” and “Mosque”. The new maps feature intense combat in an intricate layout of indoor and outdoor environments. To accompany the new maps, SG Interactive is celebrating the new content with in-game events that are sure to give new and veteran players alike a competitive edge.
The new content and events in Crossfire: Europe include:
- One Night in Venice: In the Venice map for the co-op survival Biohazard mode, the City of Water becomes a battleground as a small squad of Global Risk mercenaries walk into a biological warfare trap set by the evil Black List Corporation. Agents will have from dusk until dawn to repel the hordes of infected mutants, rescue survivors and move one step closer to learning the motivation behind Black List’s actions.
- The Emperor’s Tomb: Sharpshooters will have a field day in the new sniper-only team deathmatch and eliminate map, Mosque. Built over an Egyptian king’s burial ground, Global Risk and Black List are locked in a long-range duel for control of an ancient artifact.
- The Return of Bullet Bingo: Now through April 18, players will receive one bullet per every 300 experience points to shoot at the bingo board. By lining up five shots in a row, players will earn a random dedicated item.
- Venice and Mosque Launch Event: From April 4 – 18, anyone who plays on the new maps will receive 20 percent bonus experience and game points. Daily missions will be assigned to unlock additional gear and from April 6 – 8 and April 13 – 15, no deaths will be recorded on any server.
- Game Master Event: Play with or against Game Masters in Team Death Match now twice as much. Every Tuesday and Thursday from 8 to 8:30p.m. CEST, players will be able to reap additional rewards while running, gunning and fine tuning their skills with the GMs.
Yacuba has released the official trailer of its MMOFPS based on World War II Army Rage.
Some of the features that the players will be able to experience in the game are unique to a title of this class – use of many authentic WWII weapons, artillery support, constructing heavy machine guns and even driving tanks and other vehicles freely on the battlefield. The weapons diversity and vehicle battles will help players experience the heaviest firepower ever seen in such a game.
Army Rage achieves a very dynamic gameplay by giving the players the opportunity to create one room with up to 6 teams or play alone against each other. Players will create their own realistic battle simulation by setting different missions and game modes and by combining unique abilities of different soldier classes to add up to the team success.
KoramGame Ltd., has announced today that open beta for Spirit Tales, its cute 3D fantasy MMORPG, is set to launch on April 25 at 4:00PM PST. Players who register for a free Spirit Tales account from now until April 30 will automatically be entered for a chance to win over $2,000 in exclusive prizes.
“We’re thrilled to finally have an official date set for open beta,” says Yann Wang, General Manager. “Coming off a very successful closed beta, we’re confident that the new features and content we have planned will bring even more enjoyment to our users and allow them to experience Spirit Tales at its fullest.”
Jagex Games Studio, has released the details of the RuneScape annual Easter event. Few rivalries are as fierce as that of the Evil Chicken and the Chocatrice, who are going head-to-crest in an Easter egg hunt most fowl. The Easter Bunny is missing – presumed dead – and the Easter eggs he left lying across RuneScape are the target of the Evil Chicken and Chocatrice’s wicked wager: to find out who can turn the greatest number of adorable little chicks into diabolically delicious snacks.
Report in to the Evil Chicken or the Chocatrice in Varrock square to find out when the next Easter egg hunt is starting. Once you’ve pledged your allegiance to your chosen villain, you’ll be gifted with a patented Eggsterminator®, which will turn the innocent chicks within the eggs into fried chicken drumsticks or chocotreats, depending on whether you have scotch eggs (for the Evil Chicken) or marshmallows (for the Chocatrice) selected in the Combat Styles tab.
Hunts are held on every odd hour and there are 5 eggs to find per hunt, and you have you have a little under 2 hours to find them. You may be able to convince the Evil Chicken or the Chocatrice to set you off in the right direction, but after that it’s down to you and your fellow players to find the rest. Breaking the eggs doesn’t stop other players from finding them, so it might be wise to work with some partners in crime. Join the EvilEggFind or ChocEggFind chat channels to find suitably unscrupulous associates.
If you seek out, hatch and destroy 3 chicks, and then hand the relevant treats to the bad-guy you’re backing, you’ll earn the right to claim an egg or chocolate-themed mask, to show the world your shame (or lack thereof). You’ll need 3 drumsticks for the egg on face mask, or 3 chocotreats for the chocolate egg on face mask. Get all 5 eggs in a single hunt, and you’ll earn a lamp giving you XP in the skill of your choice.
En Masse Entertainment, has released new information about the TERA, menacing enemies, the Argons. Vicious and relentless, the argons threaten all who inhabit the world of TERA, and it’s up to an alliance of all the world’s races to stop them.
The Argon Warlords
As far as Mysterium scholars can tell, argons operate, at least to some degree, under a collective consciousness. Certainly the smaller argons lack the ability to function without orders, but many argons not only exhibit independent thought, they can even lead. Among the most dangerous of these are the gilgashes.
Massive, powerful, and heavily armored, gilgashes act as generals on the battlefield. They lead from the front, wading into fights and inflicting terrible casualties. Gilgashes possess great muscular strength and agility, coupled with some degree of magical ability, which makes them difficult to kill. A gilgash’s shield can ward off danger one moment, but strike back at enemies in the blink of an eye. While an akalath, another massive argon, might present more of a direct threat, gilgashes combine their martial might with keen insight and the ability to exploit tactical advantages in the heat of battle. When the stakes are high, the argons deploy the gilgashes.
Argons—the Inexorable Scourge
When the argons burst from the ground and launched their invasion on Northern Shara, no one expected they’d obliterate their opposition so easily. The blue-black creatures swept through Val Kaeli, and then the Helkan District, before swallowing up Val Tirkai. No unit could withstand the power of these dark forces. A veritable sea of black and blue crushed all organized resistance across Northern Shara, seemingly unstoppable. Insidious swarms of smaller argons wreaked havoc, but it was the argon behemoths—their battlemasters—that struck fear into the hearts of soldiers. Each massive argon fought with the strength of an entire company, cleaving through battle formations and leaving nothing but broken bodies in its wake. In a matter of weeks, the argons controlled nearly half the continent and marched toward the amani capital city—Kaiator.
The argons lay siege to Kaiator, but the battle didn’t slow their advance. A massive contingent marched south, invading the fey province of Sylvanoth. The amani sent emissaries to the high elves and baraka in Allemantheia, as well as to the other races on Southern Arun. The castanics, poporis, elins, baraka, and high elves joined the humans and the amani emissary in Velika. Even as the argons conquered Sylvanoth and crossed the Great Rift into Southern Shara, the Valkyon Federation was born—and the counterattack began.
A Desperate Fight
Detailed reports from behind the argon front remain scarce. Already stretched thin, federation forces struggle to break through the argon lines. Few missions slip past the enemy vanguard…and even fewer return. Even from Kaiator, however, spotters have detected changes to the color of the sky over Val Kaeli. No one knows why the sky turns green, but they have come to dread such reports.
Across the federation, reserves report for training, and then deploy to Northern Shara. The invasion may be over, but the Argon War has just begun.
CCP Games and Nexon Co., Ltd. have announced the successful launch of the Japanese version of its science-fiction MMO, EVE Online. The game is well positioned to welcome new players from the world’s 4th largest gaming market with CCP’s own in-house localization system and with Nexon as its pre-eminent local marketing partner. Japanese joins EVE Online’s growing localized selection alongside English, Chinese, German, and Russian-based game clients. In addition to full language support, the launch will feature a full range of core game services in Japanese including local billing, customer support, an official Japanese EVE site, forums and more.
“EVE Online is a game of epic achievements. Hundreds of thousands of players share a single, beautifully rendered universe. It’s a game about economics, politics, cooperation and strategy, but ultimately it’s about awesome spaceships and explosions”, states Hilmar Veigar Pétursson, CEO of CCP. “The heart of EVE is its emergent sandbox nature, which means that every new player contributes to our infinitely scalable storytelling engine. With tens of thousands of new pilots from Japan, we will see EVE grow in new and unforeseen ways that reverberate for all pilots.”
“Our Japanese players now have an excellent and well developed localized experience,” adds Jon Lander, Senior Producer for EVE Online, “Also during the launch of the Japanese client, we’ve added a multilingual search tool across all game clients that helps weld the disparate language groups present in EVE into a more ‘global’ and unified game experience – truly demonstrating the impact and value of the single shard server model.”
Perfect World has launched its first-person MMOFPS, Blacklight Retribution and has published a launch trailer to celebrate it.
“The Blacklight launch is a great achievement and testament to all the hard work from the passionate and talented people at Zombie Studios and Perfect World Entertainment,” said Kelly Dickinson, Product Manager, Perfect World Entertainment. “Even though it’s free, Blacklight is a technologically advanced, polished, fast-paced first-person shooter with production values that compete with the best the genre has to offer and we are very proud of it.”
Frogster has announced that we only have to wait one more month until the release of TERA servers. After some successful beta weekends with ever rising numbers of participants, there are only a few more weeks to wait for the main release.
In addition, Frogster has decided to release a screenshot every day leading up to the official release, through a fifth closed beta phase, the open beta and the headstart, to which all pre-order customers will automatically have access.
TERA is being launched on the 3rd of May 2012 on subscription basis. Ubisoft is the distributor and as such, is the first point of contact for questions relating to over-the-counter retail, while Frogster is in charge of the online operations of the game in Europe. Players can pre-order TERA to ensure they receive access to all beta tests.
The game is available as a Collector’s Edition, which comes with an impressive and exclusive Regal Frostlion mount.
Remember that you can Pre-Order the game, that comes with some benefits:
- Take part in all the testsInvitation to all closed beta weekends
- Be one of the first to experience TERAAccess to TERA five days prior to its official release
- Secure your preferred usernameBe one of the first to create a character
- Saddle up your special mountVirtual items included: Special mount, City Wheel Earring, Seren’s Sand Ring
Funcom, and EA Partners, are thrilled to announce that the pre-order campaign for its upcoming modern-day MMOG, The Secret World is now live. Everyone who pre-orders will be guaranteed access to all Beta Weekends beginning May 11, 2012 running most weekends up until the game’s launch on June 19, 2012 on PC.
The Secret World puts players into a modern-day world where every myth, legend and conspiracy theory is true, and where secret societies pull the strings of entire governments from the shadows. Players get to travel the world – from New York to London and from Egypt to Transylvania – as they fight the evil that has infiltrated myths and folklore for centuries.
Gamers who pre-order The Secret World will receive:
- Guaranteed access to all Beta Weekends starting May 11, with the ability to carry over their characters to every subsequent event
- Guaranteed Early Access to the game, up to four days prior to the game’s official launch
- An exclusive in-game item providing an experience boost to progression
- An exclusive in-game t-shirt featuring a unique monster design
- A powerful pet (Ferocious Wolf, Egyptian Cat or Loyal Hound) to support the player in combat
- A head start on character naming before the game launches
During the Beta Weekends, players will be immersed in a MMO experience that breaks free from the confinements of character classes and levels. With each event, more content such as locations and missions will be added to The Secret World universe, creating an ever-evolving experience from one event to the next. Access to the Beta Weekends will be available through limited giveaways or by pre-ordering. Gamers that pre-order The Secret World will be guaranteed access to every event.
“The Beta Weekends are a fantastic opportunity for players to familiarize themselves with the game,” says Funcom SVP of Sales & Marketing Morten Larssen. “With guaranteed access to every single one of these weekends, our pre-order players will have the unique opportunity to truly immerse themselves in the universe that surrounds The Secret World – starting six weeks before launch!”
League of Legends has released new skins for Fizz and Graves. Fizz, the Tidal Trickster will join forces with Urf the manatee to form the powerful duo of Fisherman Fizz. With Mafia Graves you’ll find no better excuse to make your teammates call you “godfather”.
T3Fun has announced today Hellgate Global’s plans for April, which also includes the return of several popular events. High stakes rewards are on the table this month for players with the skills to defend their bases and those with a keen sense for solving codes. Fearless hunters willing to set foot in the most treacherous of areas to collect certain items each day will also find themselves handsomely rewarded for their courage and hard work.
- Base Defense – Groups of up to five are challenged to complete the base defense mode multiple times. Strategy is every bit as important here as individual strength as waves of demons will attempt to conquer the bases without mercy. Every week, the party that has defended their base the most from the most vicious of Hell’s minions will receive great rewards.
- Code Rush – Players are advised to keep their eyes peeled and minds sharp as a code with a missing letter or number will be announced randomly in-game. Those who guess the missing alphanumeric character correctly have a chance to win premium items.
- Daily Hunt – Prepare for the wildest scavenger hunt in the history of humankind. A set of items will be announced each day and players will be tasked to hunt them in locales brimming with the forces of darkness. Hunters who succeed in scouring them will find their own lucky treasures waiting for them.
T3Fun has organized a series of events throughout April to celebrate Easter in its MMORPG, WYD Global. First, a traditional event of egg hunt will take place in the game, on the other hand, the event ‘Red vs. Blue’ oppose the kingdoms of Akeronia and Hekalotia in merciless PvP. Players can celebrate Easter winning lots of premium items, mounts and other special surprises.
Today we offer our selection of the Best FREE MMORPG Games of March 2012 . Here you can take a look to the 10 MMORPG that most caught our attention.
Feel free to leave comments or share experiences about these games!
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Lineage II is a fantasy MMORPG for the PC, and a prequel set 150 years before Lineage. The world of Lineage II is a war-torn land spanning two continents, where trust and betrayal clash as three kingdoms vie for power.
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Vindictusis the first physics-based multiplayer action role-playing game that combines stunning visuals with high-speed combat. The storyline, inspired by Celtic mythology, is slowly uncovered as players progress in the game. Players join a mercenary unit called, “Crimson Blades” to battle Fomors, or monsters in the hopes of reaching Erinn, the paradise promised by the goddess Morrighan.
Vindictus uses a modified Source engine to enable actions like throwing, shattering, binding with chains, piercing with spears, and more. As characters take more damage in the game, their armor starts to disintegrate and fall off.
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Allods is a revolutionary massively multiplayer RPG. The largest game development project in Russian history ($12 million), Allods features state of the art graphics by top award-winning artists and a cinematic soundtrack by Mark Morgan (Dexter, Fallout 1 & 2, Planescape: Torment). The game is one of the largest and most comprehensive MMORPGs ever created, featuring a vast and gorgeously realized world, astral space exploration, and flying ships which can be crewed by multiple parties to explore new realms and pillage other astral travelers.
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Dungeons and Dragons Online brings its genuine Active Combat system where Monsters can see and hear you, adding entirely new elements to an already advanced system. Take part in strategic, tactical battles using a combination of collision mechanics and real-time combat.
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Perfect World International is based on Chinese mythology, offers a great pvp system, territory Wars, level based progression and skill point based. The simulated day and night along with the flight capability is a key component when exploring the game world.
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Age of Conan: Hyborian Adventures is a free to play MMORPG with subscription based premium features. The game is set on the world and works of acclaimed author Robert E. Howard. In Age of Conan, players enter Hyboria with thousands of their friends and enemies to live, fight, and explore the dark and brutal world of King Conan.
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DC Universe Online is a free to play action MMORPG set in the comics universe of DC. Players choose one side (superhero or villain) and fight alongside their favorites DC heroes and villains. Thanks to the physics- based combat, players can turn almost any item around the world in to weapons.
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Aion is a recently converted to free to play massively multiplayer online role-playing game (MMORPG). The game combines PvP and PvE (a concept the developers call PvPvE) in a fantasy game environment.
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Runes of Magic‘s most unique feature is its dual class system with up to 30 individual combination types unleashing several skill combinations to be used by a single character. Players will meet mysterious and dangerous creatures and solve the enigmas of old kingdoms long-lost in the mists of time.
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Forsaken World is a free to play 3D fantasy themed MMORPG that brings together the best of eastern and western cultures.
NEOWIZ GAMES has released its sci-fi fantasy combat-based MMORPG Seven Souls Online, with the addition of a cash shop, where players can purchase items to aid with questing, such as additional inventory space, customization options and more.
In Seven Souls Online, the players can unleash their inner demon in a fantasy world that combines ancient East and West with elements of science fiction. Players can choose from three character classes, the magic-enhanced Manatech Rebel, the savage Imperial Guard and the cunning Exiled Avenger, then fight their way through vast armies of enemies to defeat the mana-hungry Elysians. Open-world, free-for-all PvP combat means adventurers must be wary and forge in-game friendships and alliances to survive.
To commemorate the official launch of Seven Souls Online, NEOWIZ GAMES is offering several in-game events for players to participate in:
- Max combo contest – Seven Souls Online’s combo system allows players to increase their damage output by chaining together attacks. Combatants who submit a screenshot of their highest combo chains will be entered to win one of seven cosmetic sets of armor.
- Boss monster video contest – Groups of adventurers who submit a video of their best battle to take down an in-game boss monster will have a chance to win a permanent tiger mount.
- Easter egg hunt – From X to Y, Easter eggs containing valuable items will be scattered throughout the world of Akkadia for players to discover and gather.
- 10 percent bonus – Any player who purchases in-game currency by April 10 will receive an additional 10 percent in bonus currency.
LeKool games has released the Closed Beta of the Space war themed browser game Star Supremacy. Star Supremacy, is a strategic space simulation game, the player fights for dominance of the universe. Select your faction, you have planets to conquer, fleets to manage, new facilities to build, and exciting combat units to discover, with your battle squadrons spread out through the vastness of space with the mission to settle new planets and mine their raw ores. The player builds up an industrial infrastructure, constructs weapons factories and strong defensive fortifications, to get a strong offensive capability. Build a guild and conquer the universe together.
Engage in amazing PvP and NPC battles and prove your supremacy, with countless customization options no two ships will be identical.
Features:
- Animated Battle
- PvP & PvE Arena Battles
- Guild Quests & Upgrades
- Total Space Ship customization option
- Team up with other players from around the globe
Wargaming.net, has released the Update 7.2 for its free-to-play action MMO World of Tanks. Along with two new maps, the Italian Province and the American Live Oaks, the latest update enriches the game with a long-awaited branch of U.S. tank destroyers with rotating turrets. It also brings 22 all-new crew skills and perks for virtual tankmen to master. Additionally, to ease the learning curve, the update provides World of Tanks newcomers with a new tutorial to smoothen their entry into the game.
Other significant changes include the replacement of top-tier American heavies T34 and T30 with M103 and T110E5, respectively, with the T34 becoming a tier-8 premium heavyweight and T30 to top the new line of tank destroyers.
“We introduced a French update into World of Tanks a few months ago, and now it’s North America’s turn,” said Victor Kislyi, CEO of Wargaming.net. “We’ve completely reconsidered the set of crew skills in Update 7.2, which will bring a more realistic experience to our players and keep them engaged.”
Wargaming.net has announced the new faction being added to World of Warplanes: dragons. They have released a dragons versus airplanes trailer to “prove” it. Then consider this is possibly an April Fools’ Day announcement.
“Adding dragons into World of Warplanes has been one of the most challenging aspects of game development so far,” Kislyi said in a statement. “Dragons are so different from planes; they are much more edgy and self-willed, but if you put in just a little more effort, they will serve you well. I’m happy we’ve finally announced them!”
It appears April Fools’ Day begins early this year.
Gamigo and RealU will be introducing the fascinating medieval simulation “EightSquared” in today’s episode of the ‘Making of’ series for Otherland: Green fields, Victorian architecture and gigantic chess pieces floating in the sky dominate this world created by Tad Williams. The White and Red Armies are mired in an endless war against one another. The video visualizes why they are fighting.
“EightSquared” is a stark visual contrast to the bright and colorful world of “Lambda Mall”. Players will experience a rich background story and have the opportunity to go head-to-head against a wide variety of opponents and complete countless captivating quests. The ‘Making of’ also provides some insight into the “Lifecycle AI” of NPCs. In Otherland, NPCs have their own behavioral patterns that can be influenced, to some extent, by player interaction. The aim is to present a more believable and realistic world to players.
Frogster has finally started the fourth phase of closed beta of TERA, its highly anticipated MMORPG. This testing phase will last from today, March 30, until the next April 1, and with this new closed beta the level cap will be raised to level 38, to allow players to complete quests and take a ride in the new high level zones.
Remember that TERA will be launched on May 3 and that all those who have already preordered the game will ensure a special pass that allows access to all the subsequent stages of beta.
Perfect World Entertainment Inc., has announced today its lineup of games at PAX East, the consumer video game expo taking place between April 6 and April 8, 2012. At the Perfect World PAX East booth, the free-to-play online games publisher will be showing two marquee titles:RaiderZ, the highly anticipated colossal monster hunting MMORPG, and Neverwinter, its newest fantasy action MMORPG based on the immensely popular Dungeons & Dragons franchise.
By playing the custom-built demos, players may collect exclusive real-world prizes that match randomized loot drops found in-game. Throughout the expo, players will also have a chance to enter raffles held twice daily. The raffles feature a wide assortment of prizes, including NVIDIA and AMD graphics cards, computer, and gaming equipment from Logitech and Alienware.
Attendees can also check out Blacklight: Retribution, the award-winning free-to-play MMOFPS, in a LAN tournament sponsored by Intel at its booth Participants will put their combat readiness skills to the test in a war for bragging rights. Players can also hang out in the after-hours VIP area and experience the game in free play style after regular expo hours.
“We are proud to showcase RaiderZ and Neverwinter at PAX East,” said Yoon Im, Senior Vice President and General Manager of Game Publishing, Perfect World Entertainment. “Our strong partnerships with developers worldwide have allowed us to expand our diverse portfolio of impressive free-to-play games and strengthen our position as a leader in the business of online games. Both RaiderZ and Neverwinter are looking spectacular and we can’t wait to show them off.”
Aiyou has released a new map for Dragon’s Call called Dusk Plains. Thanks to this map, players can explore even more deeply the world of this browser game, expanding its empire even more.
Dusk Plains is an area inside the Disarn Kingdom. It ‘s very connected to the sea, since it is wet from all sides by vast oceans. Its economy is also based on fishing and all its inhabitants are skilled sailors.
Ubisoft has released a new trailer of Ghost Recon Online. Entitled “Assault Class Overview,” the video presents a look at the weapon types, special abilities, and team upgrades of the Assault class.
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