CrimeCraft: Kingpin is a free-to-play, socially networked game available now for iPhone and Facebook, which expands the boundaries of CrimeCraft’s Sunrise City through intense, non-stop gang warfare. The new game ties the entire CrimeCraft universe together as CrimeCraft: Kingpin allows players to unlock achievements which grant special items in CrimeCraft for the PC.

“CrimeCraft: Kingpin is a great game on its own, but what really makes it special is its seamless integration with its PC counterpart and how it enhances both games,” said Casey Dickinson, Senior Marketing Manager for Vogster. “Our fans have been asking for a way to continue the CrimeCraft experience while away from their desktops, and CrimeCraft: Kingpin gives them just that.”

Just like in the original CrimeCraft, Kingpin is all about building a gang, earning a reputation and killing the competition. To expand their empire, players fight their way across Sunrise City, recruiting new gang members, taking over territory and targeting rivals through grudge matches to expand their empire. By completing missions and taking out threats, players gain experience and reputation on their way to becoming the ‘Kingpin’ of Sunrise City.

CrimeCraft: Kingpin is available now on the iPhone App Store and Facebook. Visit the official website of Crimecraft for more details.

CrimeCraft is a Persistent World Next-gen Shooter (PWNS) that blends a gripping, action-packed shooter experience with the best community and role-playing elements found in massively multi-player games. CrimeCraft is set in a gritty fictional city of the near future, following an ecological disaster of unprecedented scale, where the price of life is far less valuable than one’s reputation. Join thousands of players online as you learn the rules of the street, build your own gang and do whatever it takes to survive amidst the chaos.

Not only would this be the first MMORPG for iPhone, but this online medieval role playing game should be the first game out there to utilize iPhone’s more or less recently added Google Maps’ pseudo-GPS feature!
parallel kingdom iphone

According to its description, Parallel Kingdom places the virtual world on top of the real world using the GPS
inside your phone. You can attack, dance, hug or team up with anyone around you. Set up trade routes, craft items or even create your own kingdom.

You can mine resources, build buildings, craft items, trade goods, meet people, start kingdoms, lead wars, and explore the world. Wherever you are, you can open your phone and play, whether you’re on the bus, walking down the street, or at home. Anywhere in the world, any time of the day. Parallel Kingdom never stops, you play it when you want and where you are.

The game is due to be released later on this year, once the first Android handsets will land on the market. But you can already sign up for the beta — the game’s developers are currently looking for beta testers. Check out the video below for more.

Fantasy Earth Zero boasts a vast game world that puts epic warfare directly in the hands of the players, emphasizing bristling battle systems, loyalty to friends and defending the player’s country against all threats. FEZ combines fast-paced action and RPG
elements in a player vs. player vs. environment (PvPvE) world.

“Imagine a world of perpetual warfare, legions of unique classes, and a Hyper-Active Battle System —Think the best scenes in Gladiator or Braveheart, with the action ratcheted up to 20,” said Thomas Lee, senior director of business and marketing, Gamepot (USA), Inc. “It’s quite unlike any MMORPG available – our 50 vs. 50 PvP system is pure, pulse-pounding excitement. And now, for the first time ever, North American players can step into a world from the creators of so many high-quality  RPGs, completely for free.”

The backstory or Fantasy Earth Zero takes players in to an era of peace that ironically brings about war, which causestrivial disputes of the past to evolve into Full-blown battles, throwing the world of Melpharia into chaos. Kingdoms are created and destroyed over the years while their inhabitants fight for control of powerful crystals spread throughout the land. These crystals are the origins of everything in the world and their power can be used for transformations, healing, and more, making them invaluable.

Fantasy Earth Zerofeatures three distinct classes to choose from, five unique kingdoms vying for a player’s allegiance, immersive quests, a soundtrack by Hitoshi Sakamoto (Final Fantasy Tactics, Final Fantasy 12), 50 vs. 50 PvP and an array of character customization options.

For more information on Fantasy Earth Zero, or to sign up for a chance to get into the beta, please visit: http://fez.gamepotusa.com/

Runes of Magic – Demon Stronghold

A New raid instance is introduced with the new content patch for Runes of Magic.  Demons Stronghold dungeon is available for groups of twelve high level players and by defeating the boss, players will be able to carry off the original weapons of the mighty Demon Lord.

The raid dungeon is available for groups of twelve high level players, and is located in the Naga Acropolis. The path to the Demon Lord leads through dungeons, cells and torture chambers. The first boss opponent is the giant Naoth in the Chamber of Punishment. Only those who can skilfully wield their powers of runecraft will be able to overcome him and penetrate deeper into the stronghold. The way to the throne room leads players past three additional bosses and loyal servants of the demonic ruler, as well as past the birthplaces of new henchmen.

In the final battle with the Demon Lord, players will have to throw all of their abilities into the mix in order to be victorious against the winged demon. Groups have to survive four phases of battle, overcome sworn helpers of the evil lord and fend off flying swords. Only then will the arch villain of the first two chapters of Runes of Magic be vanquished. As a reward, players will be able to carry off the original weapons of the mighty Demon Lord.

The gates of the ‘Demon Stronghold’ will open with the next content update. More information is available on the official website of the online role-playing game at: www.runesofmagic.com

Project: V13 has been under development at Interplay since November 2007 by some of the original Fallout® creators. Masthead joined the project in early 2009 and development continues under Interplay’s direction and control. Project: V13 will utilize the proprietary tools and MMOG technology Masthead developed for its “Earthrise” project.

Commenting on the announcement, Interplay Chairman and Chief Executive Officer Herve Caen said, “Masthead’s technology is impressive and perfect for our Project: V13. Its team is passionate to bring our vision and game play to the market. This MMOG will have many unique features that we will disclose before launch of the public Beta in 2012.”

Masthead Studios President Atanas Atanasov said, “Project: V13 incorporates many creative and technological innovations. We believe it will be a unique experience. Our technology will continue to evolve in order to realize all the extraordinary content and features Interplay has designed.”

Terms of the deal were not disclosed.

Source:  http://www.interplay.com/about/article.php?id=40

Of the many changes being introduced in Dominion, there was none more thoroughly subjected to scrutiny than how ownership of star systems will change hands.

While the basic mechanics have remained the same, the actual flow of how conquest works has been under constant revision for weeks.  This speaks highly of the solid work done on the Infrastructure system and how it will allow us to continue improving this aspect of the game in future releases.

To arrive at this point we have walked the design past all of our designers and discussed the various aspects at great length.  Most importantly, we delayed finalizing this part of the design because we wanted to maximize our interactions with the EVE community. By reading your forum feedback, speaking with the CSM and listening to you at FanFest, it is reasonable to say that this feature of Dominion has had more influence from the players than any other we’ve done.

As I said earlier, there have been numerous iterations on this process.  The whole idea is for the null-sec battlefield to be much more dynamic and force both attackers and defenders to make choices.  To summarize the design at its most basic level, here are the primary goals we set out to achieve:

• To tie sovereignty to an alliance’s infrastructure.
• To create a combat environment where the defender has more tools than just “sitting and waiting”.  At every step of the conflict, the defending force will be able to go on the offensive by taking out the attacker’s structures.
• Ensure that while the process of taking structures is segmented, it does not allow for the steamrolling of star systems (a Russian alliance wakes up to find that Americans have taken it while they slept.)
• To give players multiple goals, so an aggressor can attack for territorial reasons or simply be malicious and disrupt infrastructure.

We have removed starbases from their previous role of being sovereignty structures.  The old game of spamming towers and waiting seven days for them to negate another alliance’s territorial claim are gone.  In Dominion if you want to take someone else’s land, you are going to have to fight tooth and nail for it.

Before we look at the actual path of conquest, there are a few new structures we need to introduce you to and explain their functionality.

Territorial Claim Units (TCUs)

This is your TCU:

When you enter an unclaimed system, you plant your TCU in order to establish a link with the stargates present and claim the system as your own.  Your own alliance logo will be proudly displayed for all to see.  Once your TCU is online, you will be responsible for the monetary upkeep of the system and your TCU will become an invalid target in the local data net.  TCUs are the symbolic representation of your commitment to a star system in EVE.  When your TCU falls, so does your control of the system.

Sovereignty Blockade Units (SBUs)

Depending on your approach to how you live in nul-sec, meet your new best friend / worst enemy.  SBU(s) represent an attacker’s intent to take away what is yours.  They are the battering rams pounding on your doors… erm, stargates.  When a SBU is onlined at a stargate, it disrupts the connection linking your TCU to them.  If this is done at 51% of the gates in a system, your sovereignty control is in jeopardy and you’ve got some work to do (killing these things).

Infrastructure Hubs (I-Hubs)

Infrastructure Hubs are what allow you to develop your sovereign space.  They are the key to making sure you can do everything from anchor Jump Bridges and Cyno Jammers to improving the spawn rates of certain types of anomalies and even affect the appearance of wormholes.  Another blog will go into more detail about the upgrades and how the Hubs work but for now you need to know that the Infrastructure Hub is also one of the key defensive structures of your sovereignty.

New Reinforcement Mechanic

In Dominion, both Outposts and Infrastructure Hubs will have a dual reinforcement timer, one for shields and one for armor.  Owners of the structures will be able to set a preferred time that they wish for them to come out of reinforced mode and then a random variable will be applied that determines the exact time they will exit reinforced.

This mechanic serves two purposes in that we do not want to see station ping pong return and we also want to try to mitigate ‘time zone warfare’.

Source:  http://www.eveonline.com/devblog.asp?a=blog&bid=709

“The Origin” allows players to encounter opponents that are closely bonded to nature and have gathered under the open skies in an old and abandoned Elven city.  The mobs found here include bloodworms and beetles that need to be defeated by the Ents and Elementals.

There are a total of 4 bosses that need to be challenged and defeated in order to have Falynum (The Scared Tree) in finding its proper state of mind.  Falynum will not be an easy victory as it will summon more enemies and even bring back one of the previously defeated bosses.

In addition to ‘The Origin’ Frogster is already working on bringing more instances to the servers after it launches the update on 15 September, these will be added to new zones of ‘Chapter II – The Elven Prophecy’.

NEW YORK, NY, October 26, 2009 –Vogster Entertainment, LLC, an international innovator in video game design and content, is pleased to announce the implementation of their previously announced Unlimited Free Trial Program, new Tiered Subscription model and the first major Content Update for CrimeCraft, its Persistent World Next-gen Shooter (PWNS) for the PC.  Now gamers will have the freedom to play CrimeCraft for free for as long as they like, or unlock the full set of game features and game options with the flexible Standard ($4.99/month) or Premium ($9.99/month) subscriptions.Key details of the free trial and newly minted subscription model are below:

• · Unlimited Free Trial –new CrimeCraft players will be able to experience the majority of game features for free for as long as they want.
• · Seamless Transition – players can seamlessly convert from a free trial to a paying account and switch between subscription levels. Features will be placed “on hold” or unlocked based on the current subscription level.
• · Varied Subscription Options – In addition to playing for free as long as you want, CrimeCraft will introduce a new Standard Subscription for $4.99/month in addition to the current $9.99/month Premium Subscription option. More casual CrimeCraft players can gain access to all the major features the game has to offer through the Standard Subscription, while the Premium Subscription is targeted at the hard core players that want to immerse themselves fully into the larger gang warfare meta-game.

In addition to the freedom of choice regarding subscription options, the first major expansion of in-game content has been released today for CrimeCraft.  Players can now enjoy a new PvE mode that pits them against AI gang bosses across 14 maps; a new PvP loot system; a new NPC gang that offers additional lore and jobs; as well as an in-game newspaper that contains player-generated content and proclaims the victories and beat-downs of the player-controlled Sunrise City gangs.  Also added are city-wide billboards that appear in the common area lobbies and proclaim the “Most Wanted” gangsters, spreading player notoriety and building the reputation of the most lethal player-controlled gangs in CrimeCraft.

CrimeCraft will continue to be available for sale as a comprehensive “all-in-one” package that bundles the client with prepaid premium subscription access and limited edition or exclusive in-game items.  To purchase such a package, please visit local Best Buy or FutureShop retail stores, or go online to BestBuy.com, Direct2Drive.com, or Steam.com.

The Unlimited Free Trail client is available for immediate download at CrimeCraft.com and a number of official mirror sites listed and continually updated there.

About CrimeCraft

CrimeCraft is a Persistent World Next-gen Shooter (PWNS) that blends a gripping, action-packed shooter experience with the best community and role-playing elements found in massively multi-player games. CrimeCraft is set in a gritty fictional city of the near future, following an ecological disaster of unprecedented scale, where the price of life is far less valuable than one’s reputation. Join thousands of players online as you learn the rules of the street, build your own gang and do whatever it takes to survive amidst the chaos.
Earn a reputation.  Build a gang.  Kill the competition. For more information, visit www.crimecraft.com.

About Vogster Entertainment

Established in September 2005, Vogster Entertainment, LLC, is a venture-funded, independent entertainment company that delivers high quality, inspiring and creative content for all major gaming platforms, leveraging opportunities that tie into refreshing themes and brands relevant to gamers.  The international company is headquartered in the New York City metropolitan area and has offices in Eastern Europe, where it employs talented industry professionals with multiple awards and top-selling games to their collective credit. Vogster is currently working on the Persistent World Next-gen Shooter (PWNS) CrimeCraft, one sequel to their acclaimed cartoon-strategy series Robocalypse, and a number of not yet announced titles. For more information, visit www.vogster.com.

The Undying Lord, Takofanes, a necromantic ruler who dominated the earth thousands of years ago is back.

Takofanes’ last encounter with the Champions of Millennium City ended with half our world’s beloved heroes slain. Who now can stand against him?

Hate zombies? Abhor mummies? Detest the dreaded undead? Like to play MMOs for free? You could be the one. You could be the Champion we need!

Click the “Sign Up Now” button below to access our free Blood Moon promotional weekend. Since you are not currently logged in, you will first be prompted to do so. If you do not yet have a free Cryptic account with us, you can simply click the “Create An Account And Sign Up Now” button to make one, which will also grant you access to our free Blood Moon promotional weekend.

The free promotional weekend will run from 10:00 a.m. October 30th until 10:00 a.m. November 2nd (Pacific), but all our subscribers will be able to enjoy the Blood Moon content starting October 27th.

FAIRFAX, Virginia – November 6, 2009 – Mythic Entertainment™, an Electronic Arts Inc. (NASDAQ: ERTS) studio, today announced that the critically-acclaimed MMORPG, Warhammer® Online: Age of Reckoning® (WAR), has replaced its 10-day time-limited free trial with a new, endless free* trial program which is now available for download. The new streaming client for the endless free trial enhances the game’s accessibility and greatly decreases the download time, making it easier than ever for new players to experience the never-ending battles of WAR for themselves.

The new WAR endless free trial replaces the original 10-day time-limited trial program, and gives new and returning players the opportunity to create and play any of the 24 different careers to find their perfect character match for use during extended gameplay if they purchase the game and/or subscribe. The endless free trial limits players to progress through character level 10 as they explore the tier one Empire vs. Chaos zones of Nordland and Norsca. In addition, players can explore the newly added tier one dungeon, Hunter’s Vale, or battle other players in the instanced scenarios Nordenwatch, Khaine’s Embrace and Gates of Ekrund.

Endless free trial players will embark on the recently introduced New User Journey, which features enhanced tutorials and new community elements, such as a “new player” guild, to streamline the transition of new players into WAR and its vibrant community of players.

“With the introduction of the endless free trial and streaming client, we are making it easier than ever for a new player to join the WAR,” said Jeff Hickman, executive producer, Mythic Entertainment. “We’ve worked hard to create a more informative and community driven new user experience, and now we are giving players an unlimited amount of time to explore the early parts of the game at their own pace. We are confident that players new and old will find all the enhancements we’ve made to WAR over the past year worthy of their time and commitment.”

Available now, the new streaming endless trial client is a seamless way for new users to get into the game. After an initial download of just over 1GB, additional content streams in the background as required while playing. All closed 10-day free trial accounts have been converted to open endless free trial accounts and are ready for returning players to resume their journeys across the frontlines of WAR.

New users and returning players can download the Warhammer Online endless free trial by visiting http://www.warhammeronline.com/trial.

Based on the popular tabletop war game from Games Workshop, Warhammer Online: Age of Reckoning features revolutionary Realm vs. Realm™ conflict that will provide players with an engaging battleground for years to come. Available now for PC and Mac®, WAR is rated “T” for Teen by the ESRB. For more information about Warhammer Online: Age of Reckoning or to download the endless free trial, visit http://www.warhammeronline.com/