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- DK Online Launches With New Castles And More
- War Thunder – First Look
- Chrono Tales Announces Open Beta Date, Discusses Treasure Plant Event
- Mr. Andersen Talks DCUO DLC6 – Home Turf
- R2 Games to Publish City of Steam
- New Website Emerges for Scarlet Blade
- Elsword Transformation – Aisha and Elsword Playthrough
- Renaissance Heroes Now In Beta
| DK Online Launches With New Castles And More Posted: 23 Jan 2013 04:45 PM PST
The time has come for legions of new Dragon Knights to step up and save the world! Aeria Games, a leading global publisher of free-to-play online games, has announced the launch of DK Online, its newest massively multiplayer online role-playing game (MMORPG). Following the overwhelmingly positive response to several beta phases, DK Online is now available to all players, and all character progress will now be permanent and not subject to being wiped in the future.
Several new additions to the world of Litos have arrived with the launch in order to provide players with vastly more content to explore than previously seen during beta testing. Two completely new castles have been introduced to Castle Siege mode—DK Online's most popular player vs player (PvP) feature in which rival guilds battle for the ownership of these strongholds and the helpful perks that come along with them. In addition, a bevy of new boss creatures have been added throughout the world for intrepid knights to slay in search of glory and loot.
The ceiling has also been raised for character progression. The brand-new zone of Emtlant has opened up a high-level area suitable for players at or near the new level cap of 42. As another means of outfitting their characters, players can now attain Battle Points for earned PvP kills during epic Realm vs. Realm battles.
"After a lot of hard work and incorporating the great feedback we received from players during beta testing, we're proud to release DK Online," said Tom Nichols, Director of Publishing at Aeria Games. "This game’s strong graphics, balanced classes, and unique PvP castle sieges are sure to be a big hit with Aeria’s player community."
Popular throughout the beta tests, GMs will once again host special events to engage players in-game. More information on these events is available on the game's forums. DK Online is free to download, and like all Aeria Games titles, is free-to-play. |
| Posted: 23 Jan 2013 04:00 PM PST War Thunder – First Look BakermanBrad starts off his First Look of the year in the air with War Thunder from Gaijin Entertainment. War Thunder puts you in the cockpit of a warplane, as you battle across historical dog fights from World War II. With a focus on a realistic experience, you’ll fly alongside squadron members as you take down your opponents with skill. In this First Look BakermanBrad demonstrates the controls, shows off the visuals, spruces up his plane, and engages combat. War Thunder has several different game modes that allow for cooperative campaign missions, to historic reenactments from the world wars. Ever wanted to re-live a part of history and feel like you were the one who wrote it? Than you will love the historical battles War Thunder brings. |
| Chrono Tales Announces Open Beta Date, Discusses Treasure Plant Event Posted: 23 Jan 2013 02:36 PM PST 
Ray Media has announced that open beta for Chrono Tales will begin on January 29. One of the most popular events in Chrono Tales is Treasure Plant. As ancient legend goes, there was a nearly dry, narrow oasis located in the center of a mysterious desert, where many ancient treasures were buried. Adventurers have finally found the gate to the treasure, and now the battle ensues for the right to the riches. Treasure Plant is a daily in-game activity. Portals appear for 30 minutes near the rebirth point in Chroland Capital, transporting players to the oasis. Players can click on the Gold Crystal to occupy the plant, and will gain control if no other guilds occupy it within the next six minutes. With success, players can collect from the Gold Cluster that spawns from the ground. After the portal closes, the owning guild can return to continue to harvest from the Gold Cluster until the next event. Chrono Tales is currently between closed beta and open beta, but is hosting a new event in its forums, giving players a chance to win a Hibussac mount. |
| Mr. Andersen Talks DCUO DLC6 – Home Turf Posted: 23 Jan 2013 02:03 PM PST Creative Director Jens Andersen Talks DCUO DLC6 – Home Turf Celebrating DC Universe Online’s 2nd birthday, Sony Online Entertainment has setup a live stream presentation to show the press the latest downloadable content, Home Turf, the 6th of the games DLC packs. Home Turf features: Lairs – Build your own Base! Choose a theme, an entrance location and then customize your Lair with some of the hundreds of in-game items that you will find in the world. Use your Lair’s amenities to streamline your crime-fighting or evil-doing ways! Lair PvP Battles – Defend your Lair, or invade someone else’s, and challenge your opponent to a five-round deathmatch. Destructible environments and slick cinematic transitions add to the drama of each fight. Defend your turf! The Mainframe – The Mainframe is the heart of your new Lair. Use it to unlock powerful new skills such as Orbital Strike, Supply Drops, new Mods and to call in companions to support you in battle. New Solo Missions – Fight through new high-level encounters in Ace Chemicals, Arkham Asylum, Steelworks and Stryker’s Island. Multiple mission objectives are randomly generated for each encounter. Complete them all to collect the feats! Along with the DLC set to release January 29th, SOE and DC Universe Online released this brand new trailer showcasing Home Turf! MMOHut Editorial - Mr. Andersen Talks DCUO DLC6 – Home TurfBy Darren Henderson (DizzyPW), OnRPG Editor-in-Chief Mr. Andersen as in Jens Andersen, the Creative Director for DC Universe Online showcasing DLC 6 – Home Turf Editor’s Note: Some screenshots are taken from the private test server and are subject to change at launch. Today SOE revealed to a limited number of press a preview of DC Universe Online’s often teased but yet to be fully revealed DLC 6 featuring the Home Turf Lair update (a $9.99 purchase). Well now we have a much more fleshed out picture of what it will look like at launch. I’m here for you masses yearning to know first just what to expect from this new update but first it’s a lot easier to understand the overarching concepts after watching the trailer above revealing how the mainframe works. (See above trailer) As you can see your mainframe is your primary control panel for all things Lair from inviting players/Leagues to your secret base. This is a huge part of the fun factor of the lair as not only can you invite players over to fight in your lair (resulting in a bad ass sequence in which a lair specific cinematic to transition at the end of each round and push the battling players to a new part of the base), but you can also invite over your girlfriend that far exceeds your fashion sense to decorate your lair for you. Fish Tanks and paintings of ponies included assuming she can find them. Though a nifty feature that must be pointed out is that the UI smartly recognizes which location of the lair you have highlighted and will only show you items that can be placed there to save you time from scrolling through incompatible items to find one that fits. And with over 400 items to find at launch and more on the way, homebodies will be sure to spend hours getting their lair situated just right! All of these abilities are reliant on your generators so you’ll need to keep your generators filled up to keep your powers intact. You can also upgrade each of them to specialize your lair’s powers to meet your personal preferences. Which brings me to the next point. While the DLC may be a purchased item (no worries Legendary players, it’s still free for you), the actually items you fill your lair with are all found by doing content within the game. Starting at level 12 you’ll be able to access your lair and start randomly finding pieces of furniture and other items with utility just from playing the game. These items are fully tradeable to create a new element to the player driven economy. The only downside I have to say on the whole thing is that Sony Player Studios likely won’t be making an appearance with DCUO Lairs for a long time if ever due to complications with the PS3 version contract. Really unfortunate really when the possibilities could be so endless. But at least SPS is on its way to Vanguard and Planetside 2 soon we can’t cry too hard about it. Oh and as a side-note for those unfamiliar with DCUO, free players won’t be fully left out as they can still collect and decorate non-functional pieces of decoration in their smaller version of the lair, the hide-out. So what else is special? For one you won’t have to worry about the front door of your lair looking like a revolving door at the Justice League. When you acquire the deed to purchase a lair you have to select the location in Arkham or Metropolis. These aren’t instanced but in fact real locations in the game overworld and will be marked by large green columns of light. As a nice feature you can teleport to any of the Lairs (yes you can own multiple lairs!) you own in an instant. Just like the real world though, this purchase is all about location location location. If you choose to live in the inner-city close to the scumbag villains or do-good heroes with similar empty pockets, you’re going to get your digs for cheap! If you want to upscale things to say Champion’s Way, you’re going to have to dig deeper and dish out some serious doe. And if you really have to impressive your homies with an iconic location like Arkham Asylum, expect to pay some cash shop currency in addition to a hefty sum of in-game currency. But that’s worth it to get featured on Lifestyles of the Rich and Villainous isn’t it you superstar? Of course those seeking a more dreary base such as the sewers won’t have to wait much longer as Andersen promised manhole entrances were in development and would be out in the near future. Also don’t fret if you win the lotto and seek to upgrade your Lair to a more prominent position in the city as Lair relocation exists allowing you to keep the majority of your decorations intact as you move! You can even move decorations between lairs without having to physically go between them. How is that for convenience? Once your city and location is chosen, you then can choose your overarching theme. At launch you can choose from a Deco Theme and Gothic Theme as well as the basic Dive Theme from the hide-out. There are also 4 themes that will be available for purchase at launch including my personal favorite, the Ancient Theme, ideal for people like V that enjoy building a museum out of their Lair. Next you can adjust the permanent fixture locations in your lair. Think of these are Wall Studs when hanging something heavy in your house. Pink fixtures allow you to play functional items like auction houses, soda machines, alchemy tables, brokers, sparring dummies, and such. The rest of the fixture points are for your furniture, though I was sad to discover that they have forcefully placed the positions in lairs to prevent my plans of building a fortress out of extinct mammal statues. Back to the drawing board… I see your pitiful pillow fortress and raise you a mammoth and sabretooth! Finally the Mainframe functions with power generators to enable the true features of the Lair including your orbital strike, supply drops, accomplices/sidekick and henchmen, and research modifications. Orbital Strike offers a fire filled AoE explosion you can call in from space during battle to change the tides in your favor. Supply Drops can offer temporary on the fly power buffs or heals to give you that edge you need to hold out. Accomplices and Sidekicks offer your own decently powered helper to make you feel like you have a true protege. While henchmen are slightly weaker, they make up for it in numbers and coordination. They are also themed after whichever lair you use for added effect! This was the part that had me most excited as it’s one of the closest features I’ve seen to the now cancelled game, Langrisser Schwarz. Research modifications can be inserted into your weapons and gear to offer powerful bonuses. All of these abilities are reliant on your generators so you’ll need to keep your generators filled up to keep your powers intact. Now while lairs are a huge part of DLC 6, they aren’t the only thing being packaged. Villains will gain access to the new locations Arkham Asylum and Steelworks while Heroes will get to visit Ace Chemicals and Striker’s Island. Each location features 5 daily quests that, when completed, open up a conclusion style solo instance where your skills will be tested against iconic bosses in epic battles. Appropriately themed outfits will also be added to the game so be sure to check these places out if you want to upgrade your stagnant wardrobe! All this will be available to players starting next Tuesday, the 29th, with the exception of PS3 EU players who will have to wait until the 30th. More from MMOHut!Back in October MMOHut was at SOE Live for the announcement of many things one of which was DC Universe Online DLC 6 Home Turf and JamesBl0nde gets an exclusive interview with Creative Director Jens Andersen! Check it out below! |
| R2 Games to Publish City of Steam Posted: 23 Jan 2013 01:33 PM PST 
Mechanist Games has announced that it will join forces with Reality Squared Games (R2 Games) to publish the English version of City of Steam. R2 Games publishes Crystal Saga, Wartune, and Broken Realm, and plan to bring City of Steam to a wide international audience. City of Steam will be R2 Games’ first Unity 3D game. “It’s going be a challenge, sure, but I see a lot of potential in City of Steam,” says Jared Psigoda, CEO of Reality Squared Games. “Mechanist Games’ approach to making a game is something we’re thrilled to be a part of. We want to make sure City of Steam gets the recognition it deserves for being the innovative game that it is.” Having garnered a growing following of hardcore fans throughout the Alpha and Closed Beta tests in 2012, City of Steam has been making waves in both browser gaming and MMO communities. It offers a full MMO experience without the need for lengthy client installs. Loading times are short, and the game runs smoothly on even modest hardware, making it highly accessible to most online gamers. Players explore the ancient city of Nexus, a once great civilization where mechanical steamworks and magic are ever-present. The story initially unfolds from a personal perspective, where players must find a new home for themselves and their families. Quests unravel the boundless mysteries of not only Nexus, but the player’s own shrouded past. “City of Steam is a game founded on community values, market-facing ears, player ideas and input. This is where our development focus needs to be, especially as the momentum snowballs toward release,” adds David Lindsay, CEO and Creative Lead of Mechanist Games.”A partnership with R2Games gives us that extra boost needed to make City of Steam’s great release, an amazing one. We share a vision that this game can be the very best browser-based MMO out there.” |
| New Website Emerges for Scarlet Blade Posted: 23 Jan 2013 12:48 PM PST 
Aeria Games has unveiled the full website for Scarlet Blade, their upcoming mature MMORPG. An invite-only alpha test is also underway in preparation for beta tests to come. The updated website reveals tons of new details about Scarlet Blade, including the game’s background story, a tale chronicling the invasion of Earth by the ruthless Narak and the subsequent fall of mankind. Now, the Arkana, an elite group of genetically engineered human females, are the only ones capable of taking on the Narak. Players can also check out the different classes of Arkana, which include:
See these characters in action in the new trailer available below!
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| Elsword Transformation – Aisha and Elsword Playthrough Posted: 23 Jan 2013 09:57 AM PST Elsword Transformation – Aisha and Elsword Playthrough MMOHut and OnRPG team up once again to join the developers at Kill3rCombo to check out the latest happenings in Elsword. On December 18, 2012 we saw the first transformation of Elsword himself into the dual sword wielding Sheath Knight. Only a few days ago on January 16th, the second update of the transformation update series launched with Aisha as a completely up close and personal Battle Magician! JamesBl0nde and DizzyPW get exclusive high level access to both of these new transformed characters, showing them off in PvE and PvP. Time reference key: 2:05 – Elsword PvE
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| Renaissance Heroes Now In Beta Posted: 23 Jan 2013 09:50 AM PST 
ChangYou has announced the start of Renaissance Heroes Beta, with a full schedule of events that will give players a chance for in-game and real-world prizes. The beta will run from January 22 until February 6. Most events will stream live on the GameFuseTV channel at http://www.twitch.tv/gamefuse. Event Schedule: Tuesday – January 22, 2013 Renaissance Heroes Beta Begins! – Join in on the Level Up Campaign, keep coming back to play, level up and unlock bonuses. Wednesday – January 23, 2013 Renaissance Heroes Login and Win Sweepstakes Begins! -Log in and complete at least one match in Renaissance Heroes during Beta, and your account automatically earns a sweepstakes entry for that day in our Login and Win Sweepstakes! You can earn one sweepstakes entry each day during Beta; scoring more chances to Win some EPIC prizes such as a Razer Blade or a GeForce GTX 660 Video Card from EVGA! Beta In-Game Event:GM vs Player Touchdown Event! Welcome to our kickoff of our Daily In-Game events. This event will take place on our European Server at 11:00AM PST, with a repeat event, next week, on our North American Server. Come join in on the fun and experience the new Touchdown Mode. If you can't make the event, don't forget to join us on our event Live Stream on GameFuseTV! Thursday – January 24, 2013 GM vs. Player Touchdown Event! This event will take place on our North American Server at 5:00pm PST. Come join in on the fun and experience the new Touchdown Mode. Event will stream live on GameFuseTV. Friday – January 25, 2013 GameFuseTV Live Stream! - Join our Producer and Community Team for a Live Stream Renaissance Heroes Q&A on GameFuseTV! We invite you to talk with us about Renaissance Heroes and participate in discussions about features, updates, rankings and all things Renaissance Heroes Beta! Live Stream begins at 5:00pm PST. Monday – January 28th, 2013 Player vs. Player Duel Event! - Battle in a 1 v 1 tournament and prove you are the Best of the Best! Winner gains exclusive dueling banner and highlight on our Server Selection screen! Tuesday – January 29, 2013 GM vs. Player (3v3) on North American Server! This event will begin on our North American server at 5:00pm PST. Join in and battle our GMs random 3 vs. 3 matches. Those players that beat our GMs win an in-game PT box! Can't make the event? Watch us on the event Live Stream on GameFuseTV. Wednesday – January 30, 2013 Player vs. Player Duel on European Server! - This event will be featured on our European server at 11:00am PST. Battle in a 1 v 1 tournament and prove you are the Best of the Best! Winner gains exclusive dueling banner and highlight on our Server Selection screen! Thursday – January 31, 2013 GM vs. Player (3v3) on European Server! - This event will begin on our European server at 11:00am PST. Join in and battle our GMs in random 3 vs. 3 matches. Those players that beat our GMs win an in-game PT box! Can't make the event? Watch us on the event Live Stream on GameFuseTV! Friday – February 1, 2013 GameFuseTV Live Stream Q&A! Join our Producer and Community Team for a Live Stream Renaissance Heroes Q&A on GameFuseTV! We invite you to talk with us about Renaissance Heroes and participate in discussions about features, updates, rankings and all things Renaissance Heroes Beta! Live Stream begins at 5:00pm PST. Monday – February 4, 2013 GM vs. Player Touchdown! Today will feature two events, one on each server! The European Server event will begin at 11:00am PST; the North American Server event will begin at 5:00pm PST. Come join in on the fun and experience the new Touchdown Mode. If you can't make the event, don't forget to join us on our event Live Stream on GameFuseTV! Tuesday – February 5, 2013 Players vs. Developers Event! Join us for our Beta Farewell battles and show off your mad skills against the GMs and other players. During the event we will be introducing a poll for your favorite new dance! Can't make the event? Watch us on the event Live Stream on GameFuseTV. |
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