Help Finish Pocket Knights 2 by Joining in the Closed Beta for Exclusive Rewards

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Pocket Knights 2 Closed Beta is coming up in middle of April. The developer is in the process of sending invites for this 3D ARPG game, which will allow the selected players to play the closed beta build. Sign-up today to join in by completing this form, and you’ll be able to explore tons of fun in the first place and even earn exclusive rewards.

This invite is only for Android device and will take some time due to the amount the developer is sending.


If you’d like to participate in and help the developers finish this exciting game, head on over to Facebook page and like it for more information about Pocket Knights 2.

Also, please note that Pocket Knights 2 soft launch will be coming in late April, and a teaser trailer has been released to whet your appetite for what’s to come.



Don’t miss a second of this journey!


Rewards

Closed Beta Treats 
Each participant in Closed Beta can redeem a special newbie gift after Official Launch, which contains lots of speed-up stuffs (worth about $10), Legendary Gear and a Special Title – Pocket Prophet.

Top-Ranking Treats
This is presented to the player who holds the top 10 ranking for the greatest number of combat power when beta ends, including plenty of stuffs (worth about $20), Legendary Hero and a Special Title - Pocket Pioneer to make you easy to be distinguished from other players!

Sharing Treats
The developer will be sending out 10 Amazon E-Gift Cards (each worth about $50) to 10 players who offer valuable suggestions, report bugs, write reviews and walkthroughs or record gameplay videos for Pocket Knights 2. It's guaranteed that the best ideas for improving the game will be made into the release version.

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ArcheAge Begins: My First Impressions

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On March 23, ArcheAge Begins started their closed beta on their mobile rendition of their original MMO from 2013. I was a bit late start, but I still wanted to play it and was very intrigued with it. Though I did not completely test everything this game had to offer, I wanted to deliver my first impressions on the game and perhaps things they could've improved on, and say some things that I felt made this game special.

STORY
Without spoiling the story, this game occurs before the original - 2,000 years ago. You begin to follow twelve heros that are journeying to find secrets of the world’s creation within a garden that is said to be the first expedition (called the “Library Expedition” from Gene in the beginning). Each of the characters vary races, skills, personalities, and appearances to make each of them have their own quirk that’s oddly refreshing to add more diversity in the story.
 

In the beginning of the game, we are introduced to four heroes off the bat, with others (with the exception for the tutorial unlocking of characters) being locked : Gene,Tahyang, Kyprosa, and Aranzeb explaining they are currently at “The Mother of the World,” the ancient rift, and the door to the garden is what would be left for them.As they venture down to find the garden, a dragon stops them and attempts to stop them until Orchidna appears and the dragon refers to her as the “God of Misery” and “Lord of Destruction.” She opens the seal on the door for our heroes.
 

Suddenly, a bright beam emits from the door and before we know it,Orchidna gets taken and bound to a throne. When our heroes catch up with where she was taken, a Fairy Queen explains she must sit there for all of eternity. Kyprosa requests to take Orchidna’s place, however, the queen declines and explains to them they must find the “Throne of Power” to save Orchidna. So, the true adventure begins!

GAMEPLAY
This game off the bat should not be compared to the original since these two are vastly different in gameplay - the original is a theme park MMO, and this game is an RPG. That being said, there are only a few MMO-like features to this game such as multiplayer PvP, territory battle, boss raid, dynamic co-op dungeons, crafting, and trading, etc.

There is no x2 or “auto” button for combat in the beginning. This might draw or bore you slightly if you’re into faster combat, because it can get slow at times. However, it does appear later on. After most of the tutorials and onto the stages. You can choose up to four heroes to fight and manage their cards to deal heavy blows, magic, or heals for your team. As I said in “story,” each of the characters are different, which makes it a lot more interesting to me and allowed me to become more interested to see what happens next.

Rendermax made a great gameplay video to just show you the cutscenes and battles, showing how the game is played at a low level.

The heroes are able to equip gear and level up “talents,” so you need to progress through the stages more and have enough materials necessary. You also need to progress to unlock many of the heroes and grind to create them to become a higher tier and increase your overall combat power in the team. As I continued playing, it just ended up getting a lot more challenging and upgrading them became a bit of a hassle, so I took a break and came back to it later on.
 

If you ever get bored of the story or need a break from it, you can always enact in PVP, a boss raid, a territory battle, annihilation battle, or even just go play a cute mini-game with fishing and raising livestock after realizing you need more materials. With these materials, you can craft, trade, and sell items at the Auction House, which means more money~
 

There’s one more thing you can do in this game: attack and loot other players’ merchant vessels. With all of this packed into a mobile game, there genuinely seems like there is a lot to do - and then there comes the stamina requirement that ends up limiting you slightly depending on how you use it.
 

Most interesting things you can do in the game requires stamina, just like other mobile games that usually limit you after doing a number of work, so choose how you use your stamina wisely.

Related: ArcheAge Begins Beginner's Guide, Leveling Up Faster

GRAPHICS, MUSIC, AND ART
The graphics are good but not the best, but considering this is a mobile game it isn’t exactly top priority. However, there are games out there that look a lot better than this. This doesn’t change the fact though that it does look rather good for a mobile game compared to the original game, and many of the environments are nicely made along with monsters. They fit with the environment overall.
 

The music is very well composed and does give you the feeling you’re in this awesome fantasy world on an epic quest filled with danger. It’s very well done and I very much enjoy it.

The art, on the other hand, feels very streamlined and kinda bland. There’s nothing that really stands out very much. In my opinion it kind of looks the same as any other dark fantasy game out there. For mobile it is fine but there are better options out there if you play games for aesthetic reasons. I feel like there should be something done to make the genre fresh and new again.
 

SHORTCOMINGS

• The game felt a bit laggy for me on my android and even crashed on rare occasions, my issues mostly being out-of-combat in the hero management for example. At some points, the game has random lag spikes and it seems as if this game needs a lot of RAM to run overall.

• For certain content in the game, there seemed to be a lack of a tutorial like with crafting and fishing. If there was a way to also keep the tutorial just in case you forgot how to play, it would be most helpful to many players.

WHAT CAN BE IMPROVED

• The auto-raid party system needs to be worked on and tweaked so that it runs faster and finds people faster so raids can be completed. 

• The tutorial needs a definite improvement. There are some functions in the game that definitely need a tutorial.

• The HUD needs to be refined. Some may want more information, like their exact EXP percentage to other things, but others may not. Perhaps a toggle could better this situation.

• Optimization for Android a bit more and a fix for the lag spikes that occur due to the amount of RAM the game uses.

OVERALL
I did not look at the cash shop as of yet, so I have yet to pass judgement. For the majority of the game though, while there were a few issues, this game was fun to play and with the many things you can do on mobile, it feels like it would be fun and different to play. I'm genuinely happy to have taken a look at it, and hope when it comes out live the bugs will be diminished. Will you play this game when it comes out?  

Age of Wushu 2 Combat System Features Elements of Street Fighter Series

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As Snail Games kicks off pre-registration for Age of Wushu 2, they reveal more gameplay details of the sandbox survival MMO. Many players are curious of how the combat system is like, and they can expect a Street Fighter style of combo system that requires you to know (or remember) the keys and buttons to make each move and combo.
 

Pressing the 1, 2, 3, 4 number keys aren't going to work in Age of Wushu 2, the developer says. Each combo is triggered by a combination of different buttons. Even each attack has "light" and "heavy" modes. Combining together the "light" and "heavy" modes, kick and fist, and different types of weapons, you can play a lot of different kung fu.
 
The combat system is optimized for gamepad control and if you in case have one, you should use it for PK.
 
Players who aren't good at close quarter combat can pick up ranged weapons such as bows, bolas, and concealed weapons. There are over 10 ranged weapons and they can be coated with poisons. Playing with ranged weapon can remind you of playing FPS games and it certainly costs "ammos".
 

Similar to Age of Wushu, there are internal skills (or inner skills) in Age of Wushu 2 as well. In AOW2, there are 5 types of internal skills, each of which is linked to one of the 5 elements: gold, wood, water, fire, and earth. To practice and improve a particular type of skill, you have to find the right environment. For instance, if you want to practice wood related internal skills you have to do it in a wooden hut or a Blessed Location related to wood. In the alpha zone Jiangnan, there will be 5 Blessed Locations players can discover. The developer warns that since everyone is looking for the Blessed Locations, those places are where PK will frequently take place.

Anime MMORPG Record of Lodoss War Online to Release in the West Tomorrow

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Based off popular Japanese anime, isometric MMORPG Record of Lodoss War Online was first announced in 2013 and released in Japan in 2016. The game publisher GameOn has announced the game will release in the west tomorrow on April 6, 2017. The exact time the server will be live is 07:00AM (GMT) and now you can download the client and update it.
 

 
Record of Lodoss War Online is a traditional old school MMORPG focuses on combat, dungeon play, and equipment upgrade. There are 4 archetype classes: Warrior, Priest, Wizard and Thief, each of which has 3 subclasses. By the way, every class is locked to one gender.
 
You can learn more about the game at the official site.
 

Dragon Nest Mobile Beginner's Guide: Skill System

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In Dragon Nest Mobile, there are 4 types of skills: active skills, survival skills, buff skills and special skills. Active skills are generally knowns as damaging skills, buff skills provide buffs to allies, survival skills are mostly evasion or aerial evasion skills, and last but not least special skills are like ultimate skills that deal high AoE damage.
 

Active skills are the main source of damage in Dragon Nest Mobile. Using these skills consumes MP (magic points) and incurs a cooldown of that particular skill which means that players will not be able to repeatedly using these skills. Some skills come with additional skill effect upon casting. For example, sorceress fireball inflicts burning on enemies causing damage over time while freezing sword inflicts freezing debuff upon casting. Flame road is one of sorceress unique skill which allows them to move around and damage enemies during the cast time. Players are only allowed to equip 5 primary skills at any one time thus a good combination of skillset is the key to achieving high damage output.
 
Survival skills consist of skills that allows player to dodge incoming attacks or to immediately recover from abnormal status. These skills do not consume MP but similar to active skills, there is a cooldown. However, some of the survival skills have prerequisite before they are able to be activated. For example, sorceress escape can only be activated once players are under attack while aerial evasion can only be activated once players are launched into the air by an enemy attack to re-position yourself. A timely use of survival skills prevents enemy to chain attack which can sometimes cost great damage to you. There are also certain survival skills which allow players to not only avoid attacks but also damage enemy at the same time ensuring maximization of damage output. Survival skills do not need to be equipped and can be activated anytime so long the prerequisites are met.
 

Buff skills can be either self-buff or party buff and it does not consume any MP. These skills have are durational buffs and cooldown are imposed upon casting. Common buffing skills include increasing attack, defense or even movement speed and attack speed buffs. Buffing skills are normally used during the start of the dungeon runs and reactivated whenever the duration ends. Players are able to equip themselves with 2 buffing skills at any one time. With a good combination of buffing skills, it will ensure players to complete dungeons with better ease.
 
Each class has their very own special or ultimate skill. Ultimate has the highest burst damage of all skills but it comes with high amount of MP consumption and high cooldown. Most of the ultimate restricts movement when casting and so it is recommended to only cast in a safe environment to ensure maximization of damage output and your own safety. Players are able to equip 1 ultimate at any one time.

Phantasy Star Online 2 Shutting Down in May

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Phantasy Star Online 2 Japanese version was launched in 2012 and the Southeast Asian version went live in May 2014. The SEA version is the only English version but it blocks non-Asian IP starting July 2015. The game was said to come to NA and EU but it didn't, and instead, it's shut down in Southeast Asia.



The publisher Playpark just announced to close down Phantasy Star Online 2 server on on May 26 after they terminate Refill service on April 21. Players who still play the SEA server can receive some commemorative items from the publisher including 60-day free Premium and free AC / Gold Scratch distributed every week until end of service.

Source: official site

Revelation Online's 400-Man Guild VS Guild Battlefield Opens on April 12

April 6, 2017, 5:22 pm

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Revelation Online's first major update Stardust is just days away. The update that will be released on April 12 introduces in massive GvG battles for players. The Starshatter Island map can host up to 400 players for epic team skirmishes and ferocious battles against monsters and rival guilds. Each guild can have 60 players in the same Starshatter Island instance. 



The battle is about capturing 4 resource points located in the four corners of the map, and fending off local monsters and opposing players. Once you enter the map, you will be automatically adjusted to level 79 like everyone else.


In other news, Revelation Online has just introduced in Collectors Packs starting at $22 USD (including Inventor Pack, Wild Wind Pack and Deluxe Collectors Pack). These are basically some bundles that contain titles, cosmetics, rare wings, an exclusive mount and a certain period of premium bonuses.

Blizzard Won Another Lawsuit Against Bot Maker and Will Receive $8.5 Million

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Blizzard prevailed in another lawsuit against bot maker Bossland and this time they will be awarded $8.5 million US dollars. California District Court ruled that German company Bossland should pay Blizzard $8,563,600 for the infringement and damage the bots did to games including World of Warcraft, Hearthstone, Heroes of the Storm and Overwatch.
 
Bossland will also be prohibited to sell any product in the US, while they also have to cover a total of $174,872 US that Blizzard has spent in this lawsuit. You can learn more about the lawsuit at Torrentfreak. 
 
Back in 2013 Blizzard won a legal battle against another bot maker Ceiling Fan Software and received $7 million. But the one involved the highest number of money is from League of Legends just concluded last month. LeagueSharp, a website that sold LoL bot scripts, had to pay Riot Games $10 million. You can read details of this lawsuit here.

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Star Ocean Producer Yoshinori Yamagishi Left Square Enix for New VR MMORPG!

April 6, 2017, 5:22 pm

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This is bad news for fans of Star Ocean and Valkyrie Profile and good news for people who look forward to play a high quality JRPG in VR. Yoshinori Yamagishi, the veteran who created Star Ocean and Valkyrie Profile series, has concluded his 20-year career in Square Enix. Surprisingly he then joined another Japanese studio Monobits and will lead the development of a VR MMORPG.

You may not hear of Monobit Corporation before. The company produces all kinds of entertainment content from video games to VR/AR games and 360°movies. The company's VR division has created some VR games and VR experience for Oculus Rift and HTC Vive before that can be played by multiple players.
 
"Although VR game is a new genre that just started to grow, I believe it will be something that has endless of possibilities," Yamagishi said. We don't know what kind of VR MMO Yoshinori Yamagishi is working on except an image displayed on the official site, but we hope he would make us a VR RPG that changes the market like Star Ocean and Valkyrie Profile did many years ago.
 

Omega Team, Roll Out: Marvel Heroes Omega Coming to Consoles in Spring

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On April 5th, Sony published a blog article to announce an upcoming action-RPG MMO coming to their console: Marvel Heroes Omega! Originally on the PC back in 2013 (known as Marvel Heroes, Marvel Heroes 2015, and currently as Marvel Heroes 2016), console players now can share the experience and play many of their favorite characters! For those who had never played this game, it plays similar to RTS and dungeon crawling games. 



In the forum, we are given more information that will be on console. The first thing to note is that, for the PS4, the closed beta is "scheduled to begin soon." To play it, you will need to select a variety of Founder's Packs that will be in the PlayStaion Store, the website for the PlayStation Store, or through the official website for Marvel Heroes Omega. 
 

As a reward for joining their closed beta, they will recieve Daredevil, the Devil of Hell's Kitchen, for free. If you have a Playstation Plus membership, you also will gain a "Man Without Fear" costume for Daredevil along with "discounts on in-game currency purchases and other limited-time exclusive access to select heroes."  They also have a schedule for an "Early Access" program, which would begin near the end of the closed beta that would be available to closed beta users that had bought a Founder's Pack or Gs.

Like many closed betas, there will be a character wipe. However, if you purchased any Gs, it will return to you once the open beta begins. For Xbox Live users, there will be more news for you soon, since there are plans for a Xbox One closed beta. The reason for this is due to Gazillion being a smaller studio and that staggering the releases "will ensure we deliver the best possible experience for players on both platforms." For PC players that would like to transfer their characters or progress, unfortunately there are no plans for any transfers to be given from PC to Console. Also, due to different versions of the game, cross-platforming will not be available for PC-to-Consoles.



Now, what should you look foward to when the game arrives to PS4 and XB1? To start, you are given the following: 

• Chapters 1-9: Take the fight to Doctor Doom and the trickster god Loki in our fantastic nine-chapter story campaign.
• Operations: In just a matter of minutes you and a group of friends can defeat super villains and foil their schemes.
• Midtown Patrol: Defend Midtown Manhattan from the unrelenting onslaught of villains and their minions.
• Danger Room: Enter the famous X-Men training simulator, featuring randomized missions, bosses, and hazards.
• Legendary Missions: Once you’ve completed the story you have access to missions to acquire Legendary Marks of Odin which allows you to purchase Legendary Items.
• Heroic, Superheroic and Cosmic trials: To get the best loot, you have to play on the harder difficulties. These trials make sure that you are truly ready to tackle those challenges. 

 

To play these modes, there will be 38 heroes that will be available such as Captain America, Iron Man, Spider-Man, Wolverine, Storm, Deadpool, and more that they have yet to announce. Two heroes, Iron Fist and War Machine, will be exclusive to the Founder's Pack for 6 months. They also note that  "Players can also collect hundreds of costumes and Heroes from their favorite Marvel Teams, including the X-Men, Avengers, Guardians of the Galaxy, and more."

I can't wait for them to give more details, especially for those who have an Xbox One and want to play this game. If you want to see the whole forum post and blog announcement, I'll post it again below. Will you be joining us when it launches?
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Sources:
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Official Website

League of Angels II Celebrates Its First Anniversary

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League of Angels II is a 3D browser MMORPG recognized by Facebook as one of 2016’s Best Web Games. The addictive online RPG is celebrating its first birthday by rewarding its fans with gifts and collection of precious moments over the past year.
 

 
It has been an amazing and unforgettable year for League of Angels II and its players. Its predecessors, League of Angels II and League of Angels - Fire Raiders for mobile, have both achieved global success and received numerous Best RPG game awards in 2015. Since the launch of League of Angels II in April of 2016, the game has been featured globally by Facebook a record four times and was named one of Facebook’s Best Web Games of 2016.
 
There are currently 79,926 active player Guilds on Sapphire, with total daily donations reaching as high as 8,100,000 Diamonds. On an average day, 620,925 duels take place in the Arena and Elite Dungeon is raided 7,111,834 times. It is rare that a MMORPG community remains this active a year after its launch, and League of Angels II is very proud of its great playerbase that continues to help create new milestones.
 
From April 7th to April 20th, players can gain extra bonus by completing daily quests. Special items will drop from dungeons including Anniversary Toast, Cake, Party Banners and Balloons. Special shards can be obtained from specific Dungeons and One-Year Anniversary gifts can be exchanged with shards. The brand new treasures include new outfit and wings Tribal Warlord, the new mount War Mammoth, and a Special limited edition Mini-Theresa Battle Pet.
 
In addition, League of Angels II is also celebrating the anniversary by releasing a collection of precious moments for each player. Players are also encouraged to reminisce with their friends in the game and share fond memories, while looking forward to creating many more in the future.
 
Rounding out the celebration, a 1-Year Anniversary limited edition title would be gifted to all the valiant warriors of Sapphire. If you haven’t already, you can join the epic journey with Angels here.
 
Additional Information:
Official Site: https://loa2.gtarcade.com
Forum: https://community.gtarcade.com/forum.php?gid=3014
Facebook Fan Page: https://www.facebook.com/LeagueOfAngels2
GTarcade Game Platform: https://www.gtarcade.com

Super Mario Run Android Review

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Emblematic character of the video game world, Mario always somewhat represented the identity of Nintendo, being one of the first games released on the Famicon. While the Super Mario games were up till now exclusively available on Nintendo’s consoles (not counting emulators and unofficial ports), the firm has decided to review its policies to take advantage of the growing enthusiasm of players for mobile devices. This is how Super Mario Run was born, a title that comes with a price tag of $10, which is relatively high for a smartphone application.
 

As the name suggests, Super Mario Run is a runner, a genre that is rather popular on smartphones. It revolves around a relatively simple principle that blends itself well to our tactile interfaces: a hero runs all alone through levels, and it is up to the player to tap the screen to avoid enemies and obstacles, or gather items (coins in this case) and bonuses. As disappointing as it may be for purists, the new Nintendo mobile game takes up this concept while relying on the visual style of the Mario Bros universe. Thus, it would be wrong to consider Super Mario Run as a simple clone of Temple Run, since many adjustments in terms of gameplay have been included.

So yes, the title is playable with one finger, but developers have taken care to densify its gameplay as much as possible. When a simple tap is made, our plumber jumps, but it is also possible to carry out a whole lot of techniques more or less complex to realize. For example, if you leap against a wall, Mario will then slide along the wall and jump in the opposing direction if you tap again. Tapping and holding the screen allows for a higher jump, while tapping twice allows Mario to spin and glide over a small distance. With its precise and demanding timing, the whole thing therefore sometimes approaches the rhythm game. The newcomers will not, however, be lost as the whole is quite accessible and not difficult to master perfectly. The first screen that will be available to you is that of “World Tour” mode. It is used in a classical Mario Bros. fashion, with its 6 worlds, each comprising 4 stages, and the last stage of each world being a castle. That gives us a total of 24 stages, each taking between a hundred seconds to complete - let’s just say that we expected more for a $10 mobile game.

Let us now throw ourselves into our first level, which assumes the traditional appearance of the Mushroom Kingdom. The whole is pretty and we take a certain pleasure to make the little Mario twirl in all the senses. Your goal is simple: to reach the end of the level. For that, you have two lives available, but also all the classic power-ups, including the mushroom, additional lives and the all powerful stars. Once arrived at the end flag, the following course unlocks and so on. If you're the type to rusher without dwelling too much on the secondary objectives, you can complete the 24 levels in a bit over one hour. Otherwise, rest assured, Nintendo has reserved some more complex challenges for you.
 

Indeed, two secondary objectives are presented to us: to pick up a maximum number of coins and, if possible, to gather the five pink tokens hidden in each stage. If the first mission is not to be presented, the second deserves some explanation. In each course, five pink pieces are placed in places that are rather complex to reach. So you have to pull out a few well-perceived tricks, but also know the architecture of the level by heart to catch them all . And when you think you've come to the end of your troubles, the next difficulty unlocks prompting you to gather purple tokens, then black tokens that are much more difficult to find. With this recipe old as the world, Nintendo has certainly succeed in keeping even the most demanding players involved.

Super Mario Run offers the usual little scenario starting on the traditional abduction of Peach. The person responsible for this misdeed, Bowser, also took advantage of it to sack the Mushroom Kingdom, dispersing the Toads that inhabit it. The latter therefore count on you. With a simple tap on the main menu of the game, we find ourselves facing a colorful and particularly empty terrain. This is our new village that just needs to be rebuilt. To do this, you have a first solution consisting of gathering coins in the stages in order to buy different decorations that are completely cosmetic. Warp pipes, plants, cottages, you can then place your purchases on the multitude of empty boxes available. 

Some of these decors will, however, require you to already have a set number of Toads supporting you already. And in order to attract more of them into your Kingdom, you must prove your bravery and talent in an artistic joust. You can challenge the performance another player, or rather one of the “ghost” of another player on any of the 24 stages available through the Toad Rally mode. The objective is to make use of the various tricks in the game to make the course as entertaining as possible to try to beat the "ghost" of your opponent running in the background alongside yours. In case of victory, a number of Toads proportional to your performance and the level of your competitor will join your village. Otherwise, the punishment will be salty: people will flee your village. And as if that wasn’t enough, you need a Rally Ticket to enter a Toad Rally, which limits your attempts at them. Understand that this is not a multiplayer mode for all that, it's all done offline, which means that players will be able to face your “ghost” even though you are not even connected. Do not worry, you do not risk anything in this case since only the person at the origin of the challenge is likely to lose Toads.

Virtually as beautiful as a 3DS game, Super Mario Run does not risk to disorient the fans of the license who will find with joy in exploring the Mushroom Kingdom, the cave of Bowser or the manor of Boo. We understand that Nintendo has brought as much attention to its second mobile title as any other title stamped with the white and gold logo. The promise of a real Mario on smartphone is clearly respected .
 

On the other hand, the developers have done a nice job of adaptation to the level of gameplay. Even if we note some fouls linked to the use of a single finger, we manage to sail our plumber where desired without too much effort. Even better, the catalog of figures proves surprisingly rich, offering many solutions to the obstacles present in the courses. From a technical point of view, the title is clearly a success .

So what do we have to blame it for? Two things. First of all, we did not mention it, but it is necessary to be permanently connected to the Internet to be able to play. Yes, this means that once you enter the subway or in some other area not served by your mobile operator, you will no longer be able to play. Then we have this famous economic model that has made so much talk about him, despite a good idea to start. While the game is technically free (or rather free to start), to unlock all the requested content, you will be asked to pay $10, a relatively high amount for a mobile application. But at this price, gets to escape the pitfalls of a Pay-to-Win cash shop.

Conclusion

There is no doubt that with Super Mario Run, Nintendo successfully brought its mascot into the world of smartphones. With a gameplay that is cleverly suited to single-finger gameplay, the title proves accessible to casual gamers, but difficult to master for the most demanding and overachievers. It however remains rather flat on the content side, since for $10, your adventure will be limited to 24 small levels. Hopefully the Japanese firm will release more stages in the future to justify the price tag.

Black Desert Online: Dark Knight Awakening Coming Next Week to NA and EU

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Black Desert Online's new Dark Knight class will awaken in NA and EU server next week on April 12, after a regular weekly maintenance. 

Her awakening weapon, named “Vediant” is a set of phantom blades that are magically summoned in different sizes and grants the Dark Knight special life draining powers as well as powerful ranged offensive abilities. With her Vediant, she can dazzle her enemies by swiftly dashing through the battlefield while freely delivering powerful melee and ranged AoE attacks. Skillful players can replenish mana, and deal bonus damage by carefully chaining attacks and skills.



Along with Dark Knight awakening, Kakao Games teases new gameplay content will be revealed on April 8. Interested players can check out the official Twitch channel at 3 AM UTC on that day. Now take a look at several Dark Knight awakening screenshots below.

Yoko Taro's Upcoming Mobile Game SINoALICE Reveals Actual Gameplay

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Square Enix has released a new trailer for upcoming mobile game SINoAlice, which is being developed by Pokelabo and led by NieR: Automata Producer Yoko Taro. The game remains mysterious until now, and from the trailer you can see the game's combat combines classic side-scrolling visuals and real-time combat.

The game is chapter-based, and it's going to focus on stories of characters and their weapons. There will be cross-stories between multiple characters. The enemies you defeat can join your team and fight at your side, according to report.



SINoAlice will be released in Japan first in spring 2017 on iOS and Android (pre-registration has started). The game is not confirmed for gobal release yet but you can bet Square Enix will release it worldwide sometime in the future.

Record of Lodoss War Online Guide

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Record of Lodoss War Online is a MMORPG of the beloved fantasy series of same name way back in 1980's. After a short beta, the game launched today. If you wish to dive into a new world, new experience of the old world, please follow this guide and see you in Arecrast!

The game is just released and I'm currently building up this guide. I will add more information along the way.

~Account Registration~
 

Account registration consist of multiple stages:
1: Email Confirmation: Please enter your email in THIS LINK and click Email Confirm button.

2: Please access your email address and open the confirmation mail.

The email should look like this:

Please check your spam box in case you cannot see the mail on your inbox.

3: After opening the mail, please click the confirmation link to continue with the registration process.

4: You should be redirected to the link and continue your registration. Please enter the needed information on the corresponding boxes.

Please do not forget to put a check mark on the "All the information..." then click the OK Button.

5: You should see the confirmation below once you completed the registration.

~Game Download and Installation~
 

1: Please take note that you need to be logged in to the website before you can access the download button. You may find the log in page on the same link, Please CLICK HERE to go directly to the download page or you may use the link below. Please click the DOWNLOAD button after logging in.
http://www.lodossonline.com/download/download.aspx
 

2: You should see a pop up window that will download the Client Downloader file: lodosswarLauncher.exe

3: Please run or double click the lodosswarLauncher.exe and select the folder where you want to save the installer files. Click the start button to download the selected files.

4: After the download is complete. Please click the RUN Button to start the game client installation.

5: After the installation completed, you may run the game client by double clicking the game icon on your desktop or by accessing it from the Start Menu.

 

Please take note that the game settings default is set to windows mode. In case you want to enable full screen mode, please click GAME OPTION and put a check mark on the FULL SCREEN.

Click the GAME START button whenever you are ready.
 

~KNOWN ISSUES~

1: Nothing happens after clicking the download button on the website.
Solution: Please make sure that you are logged in and that your pop up blocker is disabled.

2: "You do not have the permission to perform this action" or "Insufficient Permission"
Solution: Please open the folder where you saved the game client. Right click LodossInstaller.exe then click RUN AS ADMINISTRATOR. You may be required to enter the administrator user and password before proceeding.

3: During installation the installer crashed and shows " ???.dll missing or corrupted".
Solution: Please disable your antivirus and try to reinstall again by following the solution on #2. If same issue occurs, please re-download the game client. Please make sure that you have a stable internet connection.

4: After creating my character, while doing the tutorial mission, i don't see any of the game user interface. No quest tracker, No mini map, No Skill bars etc.

Example:

Solution: Please restart your game client.

5: Black Screen: This happens in multiple ocasions. It happens right after launching the game client, after entering a dungon, before cinematic event occurs etc.

Solution: No known fix so far. This is a game client issue thus only the devs can fix it.

 

CHARACTER CREATION GUIDE on Page 2! >>>

 

~CHARACTER CREATION~
 

Please enter your username and password then press enter or click game start. You may be asked for another set of secondary password base on your account settings.

Currently there is only 1 server, Efreet. Please select the server and click CONFIRM.

To create a new character, please click the button shown below:

Currently there are 4 initial classes that you can choose from. Sadly the classes are gender lock and there is no character customization features.

ESQUIRE: is your typical swordsman/knight class which specialize in both melee attacks and defense.

MAGIC USER: is your mage/magician class that specialize in powerful spells.

ROGUE: is your dual blade wielder that delivers fast attacks.

ORACLE: is your life saver, the Priest/Healer of the game.

 
After selecting a class and entering your character name. Please click the GAME START button.

~Early Gameplay~

The game is in isometric locked view. I highly suggest that you play the game starting from its tutorial quest as you will learn important things about the game mechanics and how to progress.

After saving the lady from a goblin, you will now move to the Jackson Adventurer Association where you will continue to learn more about the game.

GAME CONTROLS:
You may CLICK or use WASD keys to move around. Please CLICK HERE for more information about basic controls.

Please do not forget to take your attendance rewards.

Photo directly taken from game website

MiniMap: The mini map will not only show your current location, but it will also show your coordinates, quest markings, and the buttons for CHANGE CHANNELL and WORLD MAP.

 

 

SKILLS & DUNGEONS on Page 3! >>>

 

~SKILLS~

You may access the skills window by pressing K button on your keyboard or by clicking the SKILL button at the bottom of the menu bar.

Learning Skills: You will learn skills by interacting with your specific class skill trainer. I chose to play as a Esquire so my skill trainer is Karl.

Talk to your class skill trainer and select the skill you want to learn. Each skill requires a certain Level and certain amount of skill points (SP).

 You may view the requirements by hovering over on the skill.

To equip a skill, first you have to talk to Karl and access your skills. Afterwards, please click, hold, drag and drop the skill you choose to equip on your skill bar.

~SKILL TYPES~

ACTIVE SKILLS: Skills that you can use anytime you choose too. You may equip this skills on your skill bar. Press the corresponding button to activate the skill.

PASSIVE SKILLS: are skills that are active all of the time. There is no need for manual activation and no need to equip such skills on the skill bar.

REACTION SKILLS: are skills that will activate automatically once the requirement is met.
Example:

There is a 45% Chance that my character will inflict extra damage to the enemy when it attacks my character.

~QUEST~

Just like in many MMO's, Questing is your main source of EXP, Equipment’s and other useful items at the early stages of the game.

You may acess your Quest journal by clicking the Quest/mission button at the menu bar.

You may also press the L button on your keyboard as a quest shortcut key.

~DUNGEONS~

Simon the Exploration Captain is the one who will teach you about dungeons. He is located at the second floor of the Jackson Adventurer Association. He is also the NPC in charge of helping you on your first dungeon mission.
 

 

As shows above, the dungeon entry window have a Entry Counter at the top right, Difficulty options (Normal & Hard Mode), Level Requirement, Dungeon Names and the Enter button.
 

 You are limited to 2 dungeon entries each day and I highly suggest that you use these entries carefully. Party up with other players and enter only the dungeons you are confident to complete. Rare treasures awaits those who accomplish the dungeon.
 

The overall layout of the dungeon is shown on the minimap (Top right corner). The small dots are the location of monsters ( Bottom Left of the mini map) andd the circle on the right is the location of the Dungeon Boss. 

I suggest that you stack up your pot supply and plan a strategy before entering a dungeon.

Haven't you tried the game yet? Did it bring back those old memories? Did it get you interested to check the anime/novels and other games of the same name? Do you have any technical issue with the game? Please tell us in the comment section below.

Thanks!

 

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Is Playerunknown's Battlegrounds the H1Z1 Killer?

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Hello Gamers,
 
In today’s article we will be looking at a game called PLAYERUNKNOWN's BATTLEGROUNDSand no I’m not shouting the game’s name because of excitement, the actual game’s title is in uppercase; but because it is a long title I will simply refer to as PUB from now on. The game is currently in Early Access and available for purchase at Steam. The developers behind it are Bluehole Inc. and Brendan Greene. For those that don’t know him, Greene is the creator of the Battle Royale mod in Arma series and H1Z1: King of the Hill.

People who have played any kind of last man standing game, like the ones mentioned above would be familiar with what I am about to explain, so feel free to continue to the next part. For those who haven’t any previous experience with battle Royale game. Here’s a little info about this game:
 
What is PLAYER UNKNOWN BATTLEGROUNDS exactly?

PLAYERUNKNOWN's BATTLEGROUNDSis a last man standing shooter game. Players are dropped off a plane when the match begins and their goal is simple. Stay alive and kill all the others.
The game takes place in an 8x8 Km island map with a lot of diverse and distinctive locations. There are the mines, a military base, farmhouses scattered across the map, a couple of small towns, forest areas, open fields, water areas and others. All in all it is a very rich playing environment.


Just like in H1Z1: King of the Hill, the game starts with an airplane drop. You are in the airplane along with 100 other players and as the plane flies over the island, one by one you jump off it. Some would say that the game begins once you land on the ground, but truth is that the game has started even before that. Your first major obstacle is surviving the parachute drop. Seeing where people drop and picking your own uncrowded landing spot is what you ought to do once the match begins.

Afterwards, just like the others last man standing games, your goals are simple, find guns, ammo, supplies and kill all the others. The game world is filled with a large variety of equipment all across the map. Weapon’s mods, medical supplies, grenades of differing types, clothes and of course guns!
Because a good defense is a good offense!


There are quite a lot of guns in the game, sniper rifles, assault rifles, handguns, shotguns, SMGs, in order to satisfy every playstyle.


Aside from equipment and supplies, you can also find vehicles, to help you traverse long distances faster. Most of the vehicles are often located in urban areas, but it is not unusual to find a car in other places.  The vehicles’ types range from normal cars to trucks and even boogie cars, like the one below.
 

 

Why I think PLAYERUNKNOWN’S BATTLEGROUNDS will be successful?

Truth be told, this game may as well fail the gaming community just like its predecessors, H1Z1:King of the Hill and Arma mod. However, up until now and a few months away from its official release, all signs indicate that this game is going well. It still has its issues, like server stability problems and frame drops, but visually and gameplay-wise I believe that it is far superior to the other two.


To kick it off, the game has very beautiful graphics and the level of details truly showcases the capabilities of Unreal engine 4. I feel that this game really raised the graphical standards for open world survival games. In comparison to H1Z1: King of the Hill which is the most recent one. It completely outclasses it, visually speaking.

Now gameplay-wise, I think that there are a number of reasons which make this game better than H1Z1: King of the Hill:

-Its weapon variety is much more balanced in terms of strengths/weaknesses and customability.

-Core mechanics of the game are more realistic. For example, you can’t just jump out of a speeding vehicle and walk out unscathed or with minimal damage like you did in H1Z1. If you do that in PUB, you will most like end up dead or at least gravely injured.

-The gunplay is also very well designed and less buggy than its counterparts. If I was to describe it. I would say that the gun controls in PUB are an improved version of CS:GO.

-Despite the game being in early Access, there are plenty of servers already and they are distributed evenly among the globe. There are servers for NA, EU, Asia, OCE and South America.


As mentioned before the game may have some stability issues with its servers from time to time, but this is something that even AAA games face. And as for the poor optimization and the frame drops, this is unfortunately the plague for that kind of games. Hosting a single, gigantic map where hundreds of players are connected at the same time is very resource-extensive. Hopefully tough, those issues will improve little by little, because as it is now even with a beast-PC, playing at Max settings with stable 60FPS is impossible.

To sum this up though, I believe that PUB can actually have a place as an e-sport in the competitive scene. The battle royale genre may not be the most popular one, but there are still a lot of people who like it. Generally, I think that PUB is a much better game than H1Z1 was and possibly ever will and I believe that most people who have played both will agree with me. H1Z1 let all its fans down by remaining the same by not improving its core mistakes, along with several other small things which added to the overall frustration of the fans. PUB has the chance to elarn from H1Z1 mistakes and possibly make big in the competive scene of e-sports. The hugest challenge that it has to overcome are the optimization issues , because there can't simply be a good e-sports scene with a game full of bugs.

Anti-Gravity Sci-fi Shooter Mortal Blitz Launches for PlayStation VR

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SKonec Entertainment has officially released PlayStation VR title Mortal Blitz on April 4th in North America and Asia (S.Korea, Taiwan, Malaysia, Singapore, Indonesia, Thailand, Hong Kong).
 


With Anti-Gravity Control System, players are capable to move various objects and actions like throwing those objects, grabbing new weapons and opening doors are possible. With Groggy System, the player can experience a stylish battle by pulling in enemies in groggy state with slow motion and in-air shots.
 
Furthermore, Mortal Blitz makes use of accurate head and positional tracking technology to let the players use various environmental objects during the battle by actually moving their bodies.
 

Mortal Blitz utilizes the unique functions of PlayStation VR to maximize immersive experience in a Virtual Reality, and supports 4 different languages (Korean, English, Japanese and Chinese both simplified and traditional) fully both subtitles and in game audios.

SKonec launched Korea’s first commercial version of VR game Mortal Blitz EP-1 for Oculus platform in 2015. On the other hand their free-roam style VR Shooter Mortal Blitz for Walking Attraction began to service it in Lotte World (the most famous theme park in South Korea) from March 18th.

WoW Style Mobile MMO Land of Glory Western Version Is Called Crusaders of Light

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Chinese mobile game and MMO developer NetEase Games has announced their flagship mobile MMORPG Land of Glory will be coming to western market under the new name Crusaders of Light. The game will be released for iOS and Android in North America in 2017.
 


The game is co-developed by NetEase's Chinese and US divisions, and it emphasizes on World of Warcraft style of PvE and end-game experience. You can experience 40-man raid on mobile devices in 2K resolution.
 

Crusaders of Light was built for international market. The project involved Gordy Haab, composer of Star Wars: Battlefront and voice actors of Mafia, WoW, and Fallout 4, etc.
 
Crusaders of Light started open beta in China in the end of March 2017 and the iOS version was played by over one million players in the first week.

Onmyoji Interview: NetEase Games Talks Releasing the Game in the West

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Onmyoji is a phenomenal mobile game in Chinese market and what's more, its Chinese version is already a popular title in international market. You can read our previous article to learn why the game prevailed in Chinese market. The game will be coming to the west later this year and it's worth a lot of expectation. We have just forwarded some burning questions to the developer team about the game's western version. See what they said.

Onmyoji will launch the English version soon. What regions will the game be available in?
The English version mainly targets at English-speaking countries such as the United States, Canada, Australia and many European countries.
 

Has Netease Games or its US subsidiary conducted any market research in the English-speaking markets? Could you share what you learned with us?
The Onmyoji team as well as Netease Games are always committed to players and believing user research is a very important thing to do. We've been doing the market research for English-speaking regions for while and we'll host a FGD in early April. We learned from the research that players in English-speaking markets are sensitive to privacy, discrimination, and Nazi-related topics. In terms of gameplay experience, they have very distinctive characteristics. For instance, Chinese gamers enjoy leveling up and progressing in the game, so progression system is more important for them. Western players care more about whether the content they are currently playing is fun. Besides, North American players tend to pursue the immersion.
 
The game isn't rivaled by a tough competitor in the English market. Do you think it's a good thing for the game?
It could mean the market isn't big enough for this genre, and it could also mean a lot of potential audiences haven't been reached. Everything is to be seen. But we decided to go into this market, only because we were very confident of the future we will have there.
 
Onmyoji's universe, lore, and characters are inspired by Japanese mythology and ghost stories, so how do you plan to translate these content and make sure those contents can be perfectly perceived and understood by western players?
We have been polishing the translations for a long time and we of course have many translators and QA staff whose native language is English. We have confidence in the English version and believe it can be enjoyed by western players.
 

Will you develop specific gameplay content for western players?
We won't make too many changes in the core gameplay systems but will adjust the in-game events according to the market. Onmyoji is developed for international market from the ground up, and it aims at providing the best quality of art, music, story, and gameplay. What's more, Onmyoji's cultural content and diversity are also world-class.
 
One important reason Onmyoji prevails in China is that the huge Japanese style anime, Dojin and Cosplay community helps promote the game. However, the western market may not have such a big community, how do you think of it?
Before the game released in China, it's considered a game for minority and wouldn't succeed. The fact is the Japanese anime, comic and game culture keeps going to the west since last century. Many western players like this culture, and don't forget the huge ethnic Chinese in the west are also actively promoting the Asian culture.
 
At last, could you talk about your expectation of the game in the western market?
Of course I hope it will succeed, in both revenue and player number. We noticed many players asked for English version on Facebook and Twitter, and we were inspired and encouraged. So I hope western players will enjoy Onmyoji English version.

Conan Exiles: See What Happens When a Large Clan Pisses off a Solo Player

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Conan Exiles is a sanbox, survival MORPG focuses on exploring, crafting and building. But sometime things take a turn forth worse when people are acting a bit rude in the game.

The story is one day, a clan named Ring of Kings in Conan Exiles made the grave mistake of raiding and looting the base of a solo player (IEDBUM) who hadn't done anything wrong to them. The clan did that raid twice when the player was offline, which was prohibited by the server rules. After reporting the incident to the developers and not getting any response, the player decided to take the situation in his hands. After faking a ragequit, he came back two weeks later, rebuild his base and started worshipping a god.


After you become a devout follower of a god, you can summon him for a limited time as an avatar and wreak havoc to all the lesser beings. That player decided to summon Yog, a god in the Conan universe who is based of Lovecraft's Cthulu.

Well, the result is overly satisfying as you can see in the video below. And let's hope that this solo player's action will stand as a warning to all large clans before they decide to bully people who are playing solo.
 
Revenge is like ice cream, sweet and cold.


According to IEDBUM, it took him 2 days to wait and farm the Yog solo in order to be able to summon him.