Month: April 2011

GamesCampus announces Free MMORPG Scarlet Legacy

Posted by – April 28, 2011


GamesCampus, dedicated to publishing Asian MMOs, announced a new free to play MMO Scarlet Legacy, which boasts a slew of features such as diversfied KungFu fighting styles, Pet Systems, PvP Death Matches and Hardcore Grinding.

GamesCampus is developed by InterServ, a Taiwan-bases gaming studio.

Features:

Choose from Four Hero Classes

Start your quest as a Warrior, Assassin, Monk and Mystic to save the princess!

Unique Fighting Styles

Each class has specialized fighting styles and can form a skill tree of Normal, Heart or Master Skill to allow for different combinations of abilities!

Powerful Item Sets

Equip an arsenal of rare armor, weapons and costumes to aid you in your quest to save the Princess!
Enchantments and Professions

Combine or create an assortment of items for even more powerful effects and pick from 10 professions Weapons Crafting, Blacksmithing, Cooking, First Aid, Alchemy, Jewelcrafting, Engineering, Herbalism, Mining and Hunting to progress in your journey!

Epic Hero Parties

Fight it alone or create your own party to explore and discover 14 zones and up to 6 instances with your friends!
Build Strong Relationships

Receive bonus items, abilities and in-game perks by using the three match making systems in game such as Lover Couple, Master and Apprentice and God-Brother and Sister!

PvP Death Matches

Settle grudges personally against Friends or Foe. Form guilds with other players to earn PvP ranks, powerful equipment and some of the best items in the Battlefield Arena!

Thousands of Quest

Use the Celestial Mirror to communicate for the main quest to gain exp or choose Daily, Repeat, Social and Event Quest!
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Bonus Features Include

New Automatic Support System

Auto pilot-fighting allows for simplified play and convenience to you by equipping potions and pre-set buffs and skills to your character!

Dozens of Special Mounts

Pick and choose a variety of unique mounts for your character and carry your friends on them too!
Pets

Train an assortment of amazing pets to help you fight and level up to be used as your own mount!

Mini Games

Play through a selection of mini games to gain special rewards and test your endurance as a hero!

Hardcore Grinding

Unique Chain Kill System that improves the grinding process allowing you to gain special rewards for over 100 or 1K enemies killed!

The teser site is live at http://scarletlegacy.gamescampus.com/teaser

Scarlet Legacy

Posted by – April 28, 2011

Free to play model remains robust because Asian folks churned out the majority of free MMORPGs for Western and European gamers.

Among slightly successful publishers are Aeria Games, NetDragon, and IGG. Today this trend comes to publishers beyond China and the rest of Asian countries.

Germany-based GameForge and Bigpoint are also releasing the power of free to play business mode, and even TA Associates and Summit Partners Put $350 Million into Bigpoint in hopes of expanding such “free to play”

The story continues happening!

GamesCampus, one of online game publishers in North America, just announced the new release of a third-party free MMORPG Scarlet Legacy, which takes on Chinese martial arts and Kung Fu, though the Chinese MMOs are often not so good compared with those big projects like RIFT, WOW, DDO, and STWOR.

What made me confused is why Chinese free to play MMORPGs are that popular. Low quality graphics, ever grinding, and money-grabbing. Even GamesCampus broke up with IGG due to the failure of Lords Online, why GamesCampus still insists on Asian MMOs?

I know Scarlet Legacy is a nothing but a copycat, or nonsense.

Age of Wulin, Forsaken World, Zentia, which game is worth a second of your life?

My Superkid

Posted by – April 28, 2011

My Superkid is a social network game that allows users to play as a “superkid” with superpowers, whose mission it is to save the world. Your superkid character lives up in the sky in a place called your “skyland”. During gameplay, your general objective is to enhance your powers, complete missions and training games, as well as decorate your skyland.

Game Basics:

Skycoins: The basic game currency. Use skycoins to purchase clothing and accessories, as well as items to decorate your skyland with.

Skycash: The premium game currency. Use skycash to purchase exclusive clothing and accessories, as well as extra special items to decorate your skyland with.

EXP: The EXP (experience) value determines your superkid’s level.

Superpower: Whenever there’s a crisis, your superkid’s superpower is his/her best weapon to save the day.

Energy: Determines how much stamina your superkid has in training games.

Full Screen: Only in full screen mode can you truly experience My Superkid’s astonishing 3D likeness, and depth-of-field animation technology.

FAQs:

My friend’s superkid has an amazing costume. How to change my superkid’s costume?

Extraordinary costumes is one of the special features of My Superkid. To change your superkid’s costume, head to the right side of the screen and click on the “cloth” icon to open the customization panel. You can choose from hundreds of costumes in this panel. No matter what you want your superkid to look like, you’ll find it here.

My sky looks a little bit boring. How do I decorate my sky?

With our large selection of decorative items to choose from, you can make your sky look as exciting as you like. Just head over to the right side of the screen and click on the “brush” icon to open the decoration panel. Click on whichever decoration you want, then drag the item to the location in your sky where you want it to go. You can also adjust its depth in the sky for a better effect.

There are lots of interactive items in my friend’s sky? How do I get those items?

Having interactive items in your sky makes it look so much more exciting. You can find these items in the decoration panel under various categories (e.g. aircrafts category). You can determine if an item is an interactive one by moving your mouse over the item in the decoration panel and seeing if it moves. There are also some specific interactive items which can only be bought with skycash. You can check those items out in the decoration panel.
Skycash

How do I get skycash?

Skycash is the premium currency of My Superkid. There are 2 ways to acquire skycash:

Direct payment: You can purchase skycash through our payment page. Here you’ll find several skycash packages to choose from. Head to our payment page and fill out the required information to instantly purchase your skycash.
Questionnaires: Every so often there will be questionnaires that users can choose to fill out to help us improve My Superkid. You can earn skycash just by spending a few minutes filling out a simple questionnaire.

What can I buy with skycash?

Skycash is the premium game currency and can therefore be used to buy most items available for purchase. Backgrounds, skyland items/decorations, as well as clothes and accessories, can all be bought with skycash.
How to earn related game value?

How do I earn skycoins?

With skycoins, you can buy items to decorate your sky. Here are five ways by which you can earn skycoins:

  1. Solve missions.
  2. Play training games.
  3. Visit friends daily.
  4. Interact with friends.
  5. Login daily.

How do I recharge my superpowers?

If you’re low in superpowers your superkid won’t be any help when someone is in trouble. You can restore superpowers by the following methods:

 

  • Regularly helping your superpower tree to grow.
  • Decorate your sky.

After you are done growing superpowers, your superpowers will go bad one times as fast as they took to grow.

For example, if you choose to grow superpowers that will take 5 minutes to mature, it will go bad 5 minutes after superpowers mature.

How do I recharge my energy?

Your superkid’s energy recharges daily but playing training games will use up energy. If your superkid needs more energy, try the following:

 

  1. Purchase more energy when prompted.
  2. Send request to your friends.

How do I acquire game EXP?

There are two ways of acquiring EXP:

 

  1. Complete missions.
  2. Interact with friends.
  3. Interacting with friends (Visiting/Direct Play)

How do I interact with my friend’s superkid?

In My Superkid, interacting with friends is interesting and fun. There are two ways to interact with fellow superkids:
Direct Play : Simply by using the feather to tickle your friends, or pom-pom to cheer on your friends, you can increase their happiness and reap the rewards. The more happy your friends are, the more rewards you’ll get. You can use the feather or pom-pom to interact with friends in your friend list (bottom bar), or you can drag friends into your skyland and interact with them there.
Visiting : Visiting your friend’s skyland and admiring their handiwork is always fun. Not only will you be rewarded with money for your daily visits, but you will also encounter mystery boxes full of wonderful surprises.

Is there a limit to the number of friends I can visit? Will the visiting reward change if I visit more friends?

Every superkid wants you to visit their skyland, so the more friends you visit, the more rewards you’ll earn! You’ll get more rewards for the first 20 friends you visit.

How do I add more friends?

Saving the world is hard without a bit of help from your friends. Invite them along on your quest, or join the fan page to find out more. It’s more fun with more super kid friends around.
Gifting

How do I give a gift to my friend? Is there a limit to the number of gifts I can give?

You can send a free gift to your friends by clicking on the “gift” icon at the bottom-right of the screen. You can only send one gift to a friend per day but there is no limit to the number of friends you can send to. Be a great friend and don’t forget to send gifts everyday!

How do I receive my gifts? Can I accept them all at once?

You can receive your gifts by opening the “Message Center” tab next to the “FAQ” tab. For your convenience, you can also accept all your gifts at once. Make sure you return your friends the favour and send them gifts back!

Training games

How do I play training games? Is there a limits to the number of games I can play?

At the moment, three training games can be played in My Superkid: flying, weightlifting and whack-a-friend. You can play training games as often as you like but with each game you will consume a certain amount of energy. The energy consumed is based on the difficulty level, and the rewards you get are based on your performance. Choose any training game you like and try to break your own record. New training games are constantly in the works and many more are on the way!

I’m terrible at training games, and can’t get the medal I want. How do I improve?

After playing a training game, you will be rewarded with either a gold, silver, or bronze medal based on your performance. If you can’t get the medal you want, why not try practice mode first? No energy in consumed in practice mode so you can practice as many times as you like. The more you practice, the better you’ll get.
Mission

What are the types of missions I can take? How do take them?

With great power, comes great responsibility. Superkids need to complete missions to save anyone who may need help. In order to complete missions, your superkid will need to collect the specific mission items required. There are three types of missions:

 

  • Regular mission – a standard mission to help out someone in need/danger.
  • Social mission – a mission to help out a fellow superkid in trouble.
  • News mission – an unexpected, “breaking news” crisis that only a superkid can take care of.

What is a mission item? How do I collect it? How do I see all the mission items I have collected?

A mission item is a tool that superkids can use in order to completes missions. Mission descriptions will suggest ways by which mission items can found. There are three ways of collecting mission items:

  • Through mystery boxes in a friend’s skyland
  • Friends may occasionally drop an item when you interact with them
  • Sending a request to your friend

Upon collecting mission items, your list of items will be automatically updated and shown in the mission panel. Once you have obtained the required items for a particular mission, you will be notified immediately.

What kind of rewards will I earn when I complete a mission?

When you complete a mission, skycoins and EXP will be given to you as a reward. You may also be rewarded with limited (special edition) items or clothes/accessories in specific missions.
Others

Since My Superkid will be releasing new features and new items regularly, how do I find out about all the new additions?

 

Little Cave Hero

Posted by – April 28, 2011

Developed by Chile-based Atakama Labs, Little Cave Hero follows what 2D classic arcade game DIG DUG goes for, yet with new social potions. What are you looking forwards to?

Do you have what it takes?

Your town has been destroyed by marauding monsters and all of the villagers have fled! If you want to bring them back, you’ll have to dig deep, discover fabulous treasures, and rebuild your home! Construct buildings to unlock and produce new tools, explore dangerous and exciting caves and become the greatest miner of them all! If you love the game, be sure click on “Like” to enter in exclusive contests and find out about fun new content as it happens!

Dig Deep

Explore underground mines for raw materials and gold to help rebuild your town. Every action you take uses up a bit of your Energy so make sure you plan your moves carefully. You’ll uncover amazing treasures and terrible enemies so be prepared for adventure!

Mine your friendlist

A takes more than one to raise a village. Add your friends as Population in your town to help Build or Produce items faster than you can on your own! Visit your friend’s towns to see what they’re up to and earn bonuses by speeding up their tasks for them. The right tool for the job Different blocks and enemies require different tools. Want to mine diamonds? Start building a Gem Quarry to produce a Gem Drill. Dragon got you down? Build an Armory and unlock the Battle Axe you need to take him out.

An interactive world

Each mine will change based on what you do. If you dig out from under a boulder, it will fall. Uncovered springs will produce water. Experiment and learn how to use the environment to your advantage!

Puzzling gameplay

Some mines have a very particular solution. It may help defeat some enemies, unlock new treasures, or help you spend less Energy. Don’t worry though, because even if you make a mistake, you’ll still be able to finish the mine!

Reviews from Facebook Fans:

1, This game is a great passtime and an excellent way to bring people together to work towards a better community where you have to assist one another. The only down side is that it’s real time oriented and I am impatient lol. but other than that most definitely a good game. :D

2, Easily the best game available on facebook, and it is only in beta. With all of the annoying farmville clones and various attempts at rpgs here, its nice to see something with a bit of creativity. The puzzles are easily the best part of this game, as there are many available in the beta and they all have their own element of challenge. Well worth the time a time suck can give you.

3, the only thing thats missing is more design slots on the studio, and this game will be the best app on facebook thats all 8-bitty awesome.

4, I love the retro graphics, the mayor is well kinda…..too sarcastic for his own good , but i like him maybe if the people you saved like the mayors daughter and wife etc. counted toward you pop. cap beause none of my friends appreiate these graphics like i do.

5, Little Cave Hero has a quirky enjoyable retro-indie style to it, invoking the likes of Spelunky and other great cave exploration and mining games. Same old FB flash game w/micro-transactions formula, but not as bad as most of the interchangeable steaming pile of scamville out there.

iPhone MMORPG Order & Chaos Online

Posted by – April 28, 2011

Gameloft attemts to expand its business byond mobile, with the new game N.O.V.A. Near Orbit Vanguard Alliance rolling out for Facebook. That is not enough, yesterday Gameloft announced the release of its mini MMORPG Order & Chaos Online for worldwide gamers in an efforts to attract games who love RIFT and WOW.

The game does not go for free to play model but using traditional subscription based payment. The IOS MMORPG have not been seed common, at least not a popular app that is worth talking.

Does the future mmo gaming trend take place on iOS? Let see how Order & Chaos Online works. Chances are iOS MMOs will bring a new opportunity for MMO makers.

Loot Drop Announces A new Facebook Game Cloudforest Expedition

Posted by – April 27, 2011

Loot Drop, a new game studio backed by Brenda Brathwaite and John Romero, unveiled a new Facebook game called Cloudforest Expedition, which is expected to be live this summer.

Cloudforest Expedition will be a story-driven adventure game on Facebook where you explore the tropical evergreen cloud.

No more details available so far, but I am presuming some features like hunt for treasures in the mountains and forest, shoot fantasy forest monsters, explore unknown ancient something like this. Otherwise, is it possible for us to enter a social virtual world permeated with aromatic gum. The atmosphere and scenery make us relaxing and pleasant just like we are in the fairyland-like Cloud Forest.

Is such world your paradise?

About Loot Drop

Loot Drop is a collective of exceptionally experienced game veterans who are also experienced in social game design.  Each member of Loot Drop’s founding team has over 25 years experience in making award-winning games.

Learn more at http://lootrop.com/

Rinksters: a kid-friendly online virtual world Launched

Posted by – April 27, 2011

Games for kids are not lucrative, but are more educational than any other pure money-grabbing mmos. However, some companies still stick to their own blief with a Kid-friendly virtual world Rinksters rolling out.

Check the full press release:

The National Hockey League and Visimonde Inc. today announced the official launch of Rinksters – a new hockey-themed virtual world aimed at fans ages 6-12. Rinksters is an online community for kids that promotes a healthy lifestyle, social well-being, and a lifelong pursuit of fun. Through free and subscription-based features, kids who visit Rinksters.com can safely and securely play hockey-themed games, collect virtual currency, chat with friends, customize their own avatar and more.

Rinksters to help NHL® cultivate the next generation of NHL fans. Not only are more children using the internet, but they spending more time online and gaming:

The number of internet users in the U.S. ages 11 and under will climb from 20.2 million in 2011 to 25.7 million by 2015 (eMarketer, Jan. 2011) Children globally are spending more time online, averaging more than 1.6 hours per day and 11.4 hours per week, which is up 10 percent from 2009 (Norton Online Family Report, June 2010) 8 out of the ten top websites used among children aged 2-11 are gaming sites (eMarketer, Jan. 2011)Partnering with Visimonde to develop a safe, compelling and fun virtual world experience enables the NHL to capture its share of the marketplace while cultivating the next generation of hockey fans.

“The explosion of virtual world games and Internet usage among kids has created a significant opportunity for the NHL to create new relationships with a younger generation of hockey fans.” said Perry Cooper, the NHL’s senior vice president of digital media. “Rinskters will provide these new fans with an unprecedented, fun way to connect with the game and its players, safely and securely.”

Rinksters was created by Visimonde Inc., an Edmonton-based company that designs and develops virtual words and online games for audiences worldwide. The Edmonton Oilers® were the first NHL club to participate in Rinksters and offer it to their fans.

For more information on how to subscribe to Rinksters, please visit http://rinksters.com/.

Browser Game Batheo New Updates Due in May 3

Posted by – April 27, 2011

The owner of ClapAlong, Power Hosts Technology Limited, has decided to update all Batheo servers from May 3rd to May 5th. The update will start with the first server AMBRY on May 3rd and the rest will follow suit in quick succession in the next two days. They are adding new maps and features to the current version. After the update, the veteran players are able to experience new challenges and enjoy more favorable condition for training speed, equipment enhancement, profit gaining, etc.

The new features include two Level 130 Maps, a Talent System, Armory, Guild, Hoard Mode, Cooldown Reservoir and Treasure Box.

In the Level 130 Maps, veteran players will confront challenges on their new journey, offering them a thrilling game experience. In this chaotic world, powerful equipment sets and elite heroes are required for survival in Batheo. In the updated version, there will be a new option to expedite the training speed of heroes besides using transcendences or fast track: the Talent System. Players will receive Talent Points in training when activating transcendences or fast track and can use those points to activate trainers who can boost the experience gained in hero training. Players are also able to improve their equipment by enchanting it with gems in the Armory.

The Guild, a union of traders, helps players maximize their profits in refining if they add a trader with Gold or send their Assistant Trader with the caravans to invite one. In addition, players are able to gain double yields from their Farmland and Silver Mine in Hoard Mode. And there is Treasure Box with a great number of rewards for the players in Campaigns!

As for the Cooldown Reservoir, as long as the total period of cooldown does not exceed the limit of the reservoir, the players are able to take further action without waiting several minutes for every individual cooldown.

With these new opportunities and challenges, the updated version will definitely create new experiences for players. If you prefer to take challenges in the fierce and glorious ancient battles, this is a brave new world worth waiting for.

Crazy Park: Build your own Disney Land Theme Park

Posted by – April 27, 2011

Have you ever been imaging you are the manager of Disney Land or other Theme Parks? Muster your courage and prove you are capable of handling all things related to amusement and excitement!

German browser games publisher InQnet just evidenced that they could make your dream come true because you can experience a totally Crazy Park which you build up with ingame facilities such as Roller Coaster, fountain and merry-go-round.

The open beta of Crazy Park was just set in motion and with a slew of features to be added as InQnet keeps updating the game.

Wanna celebrate some important days for animals in the Zoo Kingdom? Nothing is lacking for your comfort in Crazy Park. The online game for theme park fans! Become a park manager and manage your theme park empire.

Note: This game is currently in German language. If you want to play this game, make sure you know a little of German or use Google Translator for help.

Official website : http://crazypark.com/

WarFlow

Posted by – April 27, 2011

The brand new war game WarFlow was developed based on flash technologies that produce aimated interfaces and guarantee a user-friendly gaming experience. As a coalition of vivid fighting scenes and varied strategies, WarFlow consists of multiple systems including City, Battles, Legion, Farm, Mine and Heroes, where gamers are able to utilize their advantages to the best to win out.

Right after DOVOGAME announced to unveil their first RTS war game WarFlow, they just confirmed earlier today that the first WarFlow server – “Militia” has been launched on Jan 5th.

Pretty much akin to DOVOGAME’s flagship product – BTO (Business Tycoon Online), WarFlow provides a comprehensive solution for heroism, leadership and espirt de corps. During the wars with NPC warlords, gamers will be able to enjoy conquering the toughest battles. Meanwhile in the Legionary battles, gamers have to work together to fight for their common interest and common honor.

The launch of S1 Militia signifies that DOVOGAME gamers have more choice now than ever before. They can choose to fight in a civilized way in BTO as a business tycoon or in a brutal way in WarFlow as a warlord wielding the weapons.

WarFlow, as a browser game, doesn’t require downloads and allows players to experience the whole game without spending a penny. With the same pattern of Dynasty Saga and Batheo, Warflow, as an original browser game, has been coped by Koram Game and Clapalong.com.

Four Advantages of WarFlow the Novel RTS Game

WarFlow, developed by DOVOGAME, comes across as being the most popular Real-time War Strategy game of 2011. The comments on Facebook and the professional game networks indicate its incredible appeal for RTS gamers. Its four advantages should explain how WarFlow stands out from all of the other war games.

No waste of time on buildings or soldiers

In the average war games, gamers have to wait a long time before enough resources are collected and required buildings are built. So much time is wasted on these uninteresting projects that very little joy is left for gamers to experience. In WarFlow, buildings are finished instantly and no production or training required for soldiers. Instead, Heroes (300 in total) are the fighters in WarFlow. With no redundant tasks involved, gamers are able to focus on strengthening their Heroes by training, improvement, technologies and equipments.

Less non-military tasks

Silver that can be obtained instantly in WarFlow is almost the only resource required for governmental and military construction. At this rate, gamers spend little time on construction and upgrades and have more time to manage their various types of forces (72 in total) and formations (10 in total).

Legions

A game of mere PVE mode is boring. WarFlow unlocks group-fight and legions for characters of around level 10. At first gamers can go on a group-fight against NPC and later they can have Legion vs Legion wars.

Reasonable gaming expenses

Gamers are given plenty of free MCUs (required for initiating attacks) and free chances to gain Silver. They can spend a little money to speed up the growth of forces, but it’s not necessary since WarFlow allows gamers to outfox each other without spending a penny.

For further details on this new game, check out the official WarFlow website at: http://warflow.dovogame.com/