GodsWar Online: Deity System

IGG has revealed an innovative new Deity System in GodsWar Online (http://gw.igg.com/main.php).

The Deity System is one of the characteristic systems of GodsWar Online, a game based on ancient Greek culture. In the game, worshiping different gods can bring players different ability bonuses, as well as important deity skills.

Deity System Introduction:
In Greece, Zeus, Athena, Apollo and other gods enjoyed broad appeal and worship throughout the land. In GodsWar Online, players can choose one of 14 Gods to worship and enjoy the sight of many large and magnificent temples erected in their honor.

System Usage:
In the game, players can worship Zeus, Hera, Poseidon, Hades, Apollo, Artemis, Athena, Ares, Demeter, Hestia, Hephaestus, Aphrodite, Hermes and Dionysus, each god bestowing different ability bonuses and deity skills on his or her worshipers.

Deity skills accumulated through worship is an important system in the game. Although each gift has different attributes and benefits, the effects are powerful enough to even reverse the outcomes of a war.

If players team up, one player using a deity skill can help all members of the team to obtain extra bonuses; this is called the chained Deity System.

More information can be found at http://gw.igg.com/main.php.

Angels Online: New Server Zeus Comes with Celebration Event

The Angels Online team is very happy to announce that they will release a new server called Zeus after the weekly maintenance, so that they can relieve the populations stress on the other servers.

What’s more, a Double Exp event will be held on this new server to celebrate its release. The event will begin on December 19th and last until 11:59pm EDT(GMT-5) December 25th. By then, all players from the new server can enjoy Double Exp as well as Double Skill Exp at the same time.

For more information please visit: http://ao.igg.com/news/news.php?aid=1667

Joymax Kicks Off the Holidays With the Endless Festival in Deco Online

Joymax, an independent developer and publisher of interactive entertainment for the global market, has announced the start of a six-week long Endless Festival for free-to-play, action MMORPG Deco Online. The festivities will include double XP, gifts for every beginner, a massive PvP event, and a number of new, holiday-themed items for the Item Mall.

There are also rumors floating around about a possible second invasion of Dogma, the evil menace sent by dark emperor Zanard. Someone as ruthless as he would certainly consider invading the kingdoms of Rain and Milena during the holidays, so players should keep a wary eye out as they party through the New Year!

More information about the Endless Festival is available atwww.joymax.com/deco.

About Deco Online

Deco Online is a 3D, massively multiplayer online role-playing game that puts players of all ages deep into the fantastic story of two warring nations. As a legendary swordsman, a fierce archer, or a master of wizardry, players will constantly be challenged by the opposing nation and by monsters that lurk around every corner. Deco Online is free-to-play and offers a combo system with hundreds of potential skills, combining both arcade and classic MMORPG gameplay.

Deco Online features include:

• Vibrant 3D graphics 
• Hundreds of skills and exciting quests 
• Two distinct races and a unique character advancement system 
• Combo attacks that that emphasizes player skill more than traditional MMORPG combat systems 
• Step-by-step NPC tutorials and guides to help players get into the game right away 
• Character attire customization options 
• A huge and varied selection of armor, shield, weapon, gear, and accessory types

Celebrate the Holidays in Outspark’s Fiesta

Four fun new holiday quests are now available in the MMORPG Fiesta!

Players can now stop by any of Fiesta’s festively decorated major cities to begin these exciting quests and earn cool holiday items. Be careful, however, as a deadly dragon has arrived in the magical world of Isya to try and put an end to the holiday celebrations. It’s up to players to stop this rude reptile and save the holidays!

Fiesta players are also welcome to share the holiday spirit by hanging out with their friends and enjoying the new in-game holiday music and winter snow instead.

For more information, including full patch notes, visit the Fiesta website now.

Related Links:
Fiesta Website: http://fiesta.outspark.com
Patch Notes: http://www.outspark.com/forums/showthread.php?p=1433409

Myth War II : Superheroes Rebirth

Myth War II Online is a tactical, highly involved fantasy-themed MMORPG that gives its gamers three chances to be reborn and continue the challenges of life on Rarus.

In previous articles, we have talked about what kind of challenges to expect after the second rebirth. Today the official team happily announce that the reborn 2 mage avatar creation has been successfully completed.

In the beginning, your level will return to 1. The reincarnation will yield some special changes to your characters’ resistances and growth rates. After your second rebirth completed, being a hero will be your blood. Then what will you obtain after the rebirth?

1. Reborn 2 players will get a chance to make new choices for gender, class and avatar. Your characters’ names will also be displayed in eye catching purple.
2. Reborn 2 players will receive enough experience to upgrade their characters to Level 71.
3. If you take the step to be reborn a second time at level 120, you will receive 160 bonus stats points. After that, an additional 8 stats points will be granted as each level upgrades.
4. Reborn 2 will increase the number of inventory slots to 72.
5. Reborn 2 allows you to wear gear of any level and some gear only available for reborn 2 characters.
6. Reborn 2 characters are eligible to do plot quests.
7. Reborn 2 will add 700,000 talents to reborn 2 characters and increase their maximum skill levels to 95.

Please visit the below link to check out reborn 2 mage avatar: http://mw2.igg.com/news/news.php?aid=439

Wonderland Online: Fire Killer Strategy

Wonderland Online (http://wl.igg.com/main.php) has released the new Rebirth System in version 3.0, which will mean lots of new powers and a lot more challenges ahead for our advanced players. Today the WLO team is providing a guide to creating that offensive force of nature known as the ‘Fire Killer’.

In the upcoming rebirth system, Fire Killers will be the class with the best killing power. Fire Killers are characters who feel that for PK, and life in general, the best defense is an great offense. Both the fire attribute and the killer’s abilities make their attack power imposing.

Basic Power for the Killer
ATK= (Level*2+STR*2)*110%
DEF=Level*2+CON*1.75
MATK=Level*1.6+INT*2
MDEF=Level*2+WIS*2.2
SPD=Level*1.6+AGI*1.8

Hidden Enchantment
Lethality and primary mana power both increased by approximately 30%. Target’s counterattack rate decreased slightly.

Special Gear
Killer Manteau (+ATK 10-80) is the reward given to the players when they are reborn as a killer. Additionally, the manteau level will go up when the player level’s up.

The following is an analysis for Fire Killers’ points distribution

Level 100 Fire Killer, Reborn

1. STR and CON Fire Killer
STR 330↑
CON 140~200
INT 0
WIS 18↓
AGI 30↓

STR and CON Fire Killers are one of the basic types, but they have fixed HP, SP and high lethality which are useful for doing common quests. However, when players want to do some hard quests, the assistance of team members’ is a better choice.

2. STR and AGI Fire Killer
STR 320↑
CON 110~150
INT 0
WIS 18↓
AGI 50↑

STR and AGI Fire Killers have better speed but less HP, so they are helpful in PK or Group PK as well as in common quests. But they aren’t very good for doing hard quests, even in group.

3. Assistant STR and CON Fire Killer
STR 300↑
CON 140~200
INT 0
WIS 42
AGI 30↓

For difficult quests in the middle or later periods, endurance is significant. So more and more assistant STR and CON concerned Fire Killers will appear since their most powerful skill, “Fervidity”, costs so much SP. They may have less power to attack and kill, but they can improve their endurance for the fight and will end up being just as lethal in the long run.

4. Assistant STR and AGI Fire Killer
STR 300↑
CON 110~150
INT 0
WIS 42
AGI 50↑

Assistant STR and AGI Fire Killers have both high SP and good speed. What’s more, their Mess Spell gives them a better shot rate so they are useful in PK. They also have a lot of SP to increase their endurance for the fight.

5. STR Fire Killer
STR 400↑
CON 150↓
INT 0
WIS 11↓
AGI 10↓

The STR Fire Killers are the characters who have the most powerful attack. In PK they are peerless, they can deal fatal damage to a high level character or use Arrow Rain to kill targets. However, these advantages are useless in group PK. Also, they have such powerful attacks, that they’re defense suffers greatly. They must depend on either high level gear with good defense or teammates’ assistance, especially when doing hard quests.

6. Assistant STR Fire Killer
STR 370↑
CON 150↓
INT 0
WIS 18~42
AGI 10↓

To deal with the problem of endurance, this kind of Assistant Fire Killer decreases their attack but increases their SP. Their endurance is quite good but their speed is low, so they must depend on teammates at times.

Fire Killers have high kill rate and are easy to begin with. They are useful if players take advantage of their strengths and prepare for their weaknesses.

For more information, please visit http://wl.igg.com/main.php.

Zu Online: Fashion Improvement System

Feeling defenseless every time you put on something nice? Well, you are able to attach attributes to your fashionable sets from Fashion Improvement System in Zu Online (http://zu.igg.com/) now. So these high fashion items, including Q Head for each clan, Bridegroom-Q Head, Bride-Q Head and Metamorphic fashions, can be worn for more than cocktail parties in Desert City.

Items usable in improving fashions
Players can gain items used for improving fashions from monsters. Below are details of the two types of items used to attach attributes to fashions:

Gem of Quickness: Usable on a fashion to accelerate mounting a pet.

Gem of Stability: Usable on a fashion to reduce the chance to be dismounted when attacked.

Fashion Improvement Process
First of all, you should have a fashion and the required items for improving fashions.

To improve a fashion, simply right click on the required item from the inventory and then click a fashion to improve it.

The Potential of a fashion determines how many types of attributes can be attached to it.
Each fashion can only be attached the same type of attributes once. So, remember to improve your fashion using the best items.

Notes of Fashion Improvement
The Potential of fashions available in the Item Mall is a random numerical value. So, if you only get a fashion with 1+ Potential, you can still attach attributes to it.

For more information, please click http://zu.igg.com/news/newscon.php?aid=1535 .

Joymax Opens the Gates of Hell Garden in Darkeden

Update Includes New Market Items and the 200-Floor Hell Garden Dungeon

IRVINE, Calif. – Dec. 17, 2008
Joymax, an independent developer of interactive entertainment for the global market, has released a new update for their vampiric MMORPG Darkeden. The new content includes access to the treacherous Hell Garden and a number of new market items, from forges and hourglasses to new yellow drops, all available in-game to the brave Slayers, Vampires, and Ousters of Darkeden.

Hell Garden is a five-story dungeon available to characters of level 100 and higher. Every story contains four ten-floor towers, each with a timed boss battle at the top. Players are rewarded for overall progress, but the best items can only be earned by defeating the final bosses of each tower.

To find out more about Hell Garden and the new market items, visit the Darkeden website at http://www.joymax.com/darkeden/.

About Darkeden
A free-to-play MMORPG, Darkeden invites players into a bleak near-future environment and a brutal conflict between three distinct races-vampires, slayers, and ousters. Featuring hand-rendered graphics and an isometric 2D view, Darkeden is easy for novices to learn, yet includes a broad variety of features and character-building options for hardcore players. Darkeden contains hundreds of potential skills and two distinct systems of character advancement, and is available to download and play free of charge.

Darkedenis available for download at http://www.joymax.com/darkeden/.

Tales of Pirates: New Server “Burning Sea”

Tales of Pirates (http://top.igg.com) has been a hit since the day it was released. Since then it has grown explosively; almost too fast for IGG to keep up with demand. So, without further ado, the TOP team is proud to announce that another new server called Burning Sea will be opened on December 18th after this week’s scheduled maintenance.

A new world and a new start await those who want to experience it, as well as new friends. IGG (http://www.igg.com/) will also be holding the standard events accompanying the new server launch, including:

Event I -Double Exp Carnival
Event II -You Play, We Pay
Event III-Leveling Contest

For a smooth game-playing experience, the TOP team recommends new players choose the new server. It is possible that you will even emerge as one of the top players in this new world.

For more information about Tales of Pirates, please visit their official website: http://top.igg.com/ .

Ntreev USA Announces Grand Chase Hell’s Bells Tournament

Enter for a Chance to Win a Holiday Edition Xbox 360

IRVINE, Calif. – Dec. 16, 2008
Ntreev USA, Inc. today invited the warriors of Grand Chase to enter in the “Hell’s Bells” tournament on December 17th and 18th. The single elimination survival tournament pits players against one another in challenging players versus player (PvP) battles. The top six finishers will win prizes including Ntreev cash points, Gacha coins, and rare armor sets. The Grand Prize winner will also receive a 2008 Holiday Edition Xbox 360® Pro Console.

To be eligible, players must have a valid Grand Chase play account in good standing. Open qualifiers will take place December 17th on the Gorgos server, with the top players advancing to the playoffs. On December 18th, remaining players will face off in playoff rounds, eliminating players until only six warriors remain to battle for the Grand Prize in the final tournament.

For the full rules and regulations of the tournament, visit the Grand Chase website: http://grandchase.ntreev.net/Content/Announcement.aspx?pn=2#anchor

Grand Chase is an online action brawler set in a medieval fantasy world. It follows the story of a few brave young knights who join a group of nobles known as the “Grand Chase” to defeat an evil usurper to the thrown, a villainess known as Kaze’aze. Grand Chase combines traditional side-scrolling dungeon crawling with intense, skill-based player versus player (PvP) matches.

About KOG Studios
Since it was founded in 2000, KOG Studios has been a pioneer of online fighting games and online racing games in Korea.

About Ntreev USA Inc.
Located in Southern California and established in the fall of 2006, Ntreev USA Inc. is a sister company of Ntreev Soft, specializing in online game development and publishing. Ntreev USA currently publishes the anime MMORPG Trickster Online Revolution and the online action brawler title, Grand Chase.

Joymax Celebrates the Holiday Season in Silkroad Online with the Legend III Plus Update

New Features Include the Bandit Fortress, Devil’s Spirits, Jewel Boxes, and More

IRVINE, Calif. – Dec. 16, 2008
Joymax, an independent developer and publisher of interactive entertainment for the global market, today announced the launch of Legend III Plus, a new update for historical fantasy MMORPG Silkroad Online. To celebrate the holidays, the update is launching with a limited-time Jewel Box Event. During the celebration, monsters will randomly drop Jewel Boxes that can be traded in for special reward items, including the new B-grade Devil’s Spirits. When equipped, Devil’s Spirits give players the ability to transform into a demon, temporarily increasing HP, MP, damage, and movement speed. While B-grade Devil’s Spirits provide a 5 percent boost, higher-grade Spirits, purchasable in the Item Mall, can boost abilities by up to 25 percent.

The Legend III Plus update also adds a brand-new area to conquer. Just south of Jangan lies the Bandit Fortress. This area is occupied in the same fashion as the Jangan Fortress and it features both a Specialty Shop and Ferry landing that fall under the control of those who occupy the stronghold. There is sure to be a lot of competition with this latest update, so make careful preparations if you have any hopes of becoming the next ruler of the Bandit Fortress!

To find out more about Legend III Plus, visit http://www.joymax.com/silkroad/.

About Silkroad Online
Silkroad Online is a massively multiplayer online RPG that puts the player deep into historical fantasy, joining the Chinese and European civilizations along the Silk Road trade route. Traveling across Jangan, from China to Constantinople, players can make their fortunes as merchants, prey on the rich as thieves, or be protection-for-hire as hunters. The most recent expansion, Legend III Roc Mountain, added new territory, quests, weapons, and an increased level cap for adventurers. With over 18 million registered users and 170,000 concurrent players worldwide, the triangular conflict of Silkroad Online has never been more exciting. More information about Silkroad Online is available at http://www.joymax.com/silkroad/.

Myth War II Christmas Event Preview

As this is the first Christmas since the birth of Myth War 2, the official team have been preparing and will launch two special themed events called Christmas Force and Mugged Santa Princess. Players could just experience a most unforgettable Christmas holiday in MW2 world.

Christmas Force:
Each year, Santa honors a pact with Myth War 2, delivering gifts to players in the Myth War world. But each year, Santa finds a clever new way to deliver the gifts. This year, he has decided to test our players to their limits. Only after successfully passing these tests can players get their Xmas presents this year! Good luck!

Mugged Santa Princess:
Santa Princess just loves to give – sometimes, when Santa Clause is occupied, she will deliver gifts for him. But recently, the Santa Rogues mugged her! If you can help Santa Princess get her gifts back, she will definitely pull something special out of her Xmas sack for you!

All of these holiday themed events will be available from December 20. Participate and you may win a chance for yourself to get Saint Pets or Xmas Pets.

For detailed event info, head over to the official website: http://mw2.igg.com/event/xmas08/index.html

GodsWar Online: Two Hostile Factions

IGG has released new details about the two hostile factions in GodsWar Online (http://gw.igg.com/main.php).

Athens and Sparta are two hostile factions present in GodsWar Onine. Players have to choose a side when creating characters. The Athenians worship Athena and give their city a name deriving from Athena, while the Spartans are much braver under the protection of Ares. The 300 Spartan warriors at the Battle of Thermopylae fully proved this point.

Players in different factions can launch PK. As there are a large number of Greek cities in the game, players can participate in the battle between poleis for a city, or take control of the city through investment or war. Controlling a city will give the relevant players a lot of extra privileges.

Players make a certain contribution to their polis, through which they will obtain corresponding titles. High titles will grant players additional rewards. To make the faction system a little bit more interesting, the game contains different quests for different factions. Thus, besides killing opponents, players can also increase their contribution by completing quests.

In the GodsWar faction, players may experience PK and duels, or enjoy battles among thousands of parties.

For more information please visit http://gw.igg.com/main.php.

World of Battles – Troops are on the Way!

Today, Focus Home Interactive is pleased to unveil the first screenshots from World of Battles ® – a free, massively multiplayer strategy game.

In the medieval universe of World of Battles, nine races fight a terrible war for world domination. Choose your side, recruit, train and equip units in order to create a powerful army able to face opposing armies created by other players.

Take part in huge battles in order to establish yourself as a warlord and progress in the online World of Battles’ ® ranks. Players will be free to connect for quick play or to participate in one of the many official tournaments of World of Battles ®.

In the game, you will discover a unique system for customizing your units and soldiers. You’ll be able to personalize the appearance of each one of your soldiers with a very high level of detail. Before launching into your first battles, you’ll need to prepare your fighting troops, because if you don’t, your army will surely take a beating.

Once you’re ready to fight, gameplay switches to real time strategy mode. Take command of your armies and show everyone who’s the greatest warlord in the war-torn battlefields of World of Battles ®. You can also join friends to confront other clans in titanic guild wars in which tactics and teamwork will be essential to become the most powerful army of all.

World of Battles ® is free and accessible to all in order to allow everyone to share an intense online gaming experience. World of Battles ® has higher technical ambitions than other current free internet games and a significant development budget. The game will be supported through additional services and micro-transactions which will allow players to buy customizations for troops and units.

World of Battles ® is currently being developed by Frogwares studio. It will be available online for free in March 2009.

Abandon Interactive Entertainment presents Freaky Creatures online universe with free mini-games

Two New Mini-Games Entertain Growing Freaky Creatures Online Community in Anticipation of MMO Game’s Release in 2009

MALIBU, Calif. – Dec. 11, 2008 – Abandon Interactive Entertainment today announced Part-O-Matic 3000and Penguin Hockey, two new free mini-games to support the launch of the upcoming cross-platform massively multiplayer online (MMO) game, Freaky Creatures. As part of the Freaky Creatures ever-expanding online universe, the mini-games give players a sneak peek at the upcoming title’s various characters. Part-O-Matic 3000 and Penguin Hockeycan be downloaded and played for free on the game’s Web site, http://www.FreakyCreatures.com.

Part-O-Matic 3000 is a classic match-three game with a freaky twist. Players start with a Freaky Creaturethat is missing parts and weapons and must match three or more same-colored tiles to unlock the corresponding parts.  As players complete their creature, they move on to the next level, unleashing a total of ten Freaky Creatures. 

Penguin Hockey allows players to manipulate Cyclopor in a classic game of air hockey. With the added pleasure of using hapless penguins as pucks, players use two well-timed clicks to swing Cyclopor’s stick, sending the defenseless penguins across the ice and beak-first into a snowy wall for points.

Freaky Creatures is an upcoming MMO game on a reusable USB flash drive that comes bundled with two collectable action figures. Players take their action figures online and build their own ultimate, customizable creature and battle against friends.  Players can socialize and interact with the Freaky Creatures universe by building their own teams, posting leader boards and stats and playing mini-games. Starter packs will be available in early 2009 for $19.99. 

For more information on the mini-games or to sign up for the Freaky Creatures beta, please visithttp://www.FreakyCreatures.com.