Square Enix has reported a disappointing set of financial results for the three-month period ended June 30, 2011 Profits shrunk 62 percent year-over-year to just 690 million yen (£5.4 million), while sales were downrmt ercent to 24.5 billion yen (£191.3 million).Square president Yoichi Wada said in a statement: "In a quarter without major title releases, profit and sales were lower compared to the previous year."We are focusing all our efforts on rebuilding the group businesses during the current fiscal year toward generating a substantial earnings recovery from the fiscal year ending March 31, 2013 and beyond."Square published an updated product release schedule as part of its financial results, which said Final Fantasy XIII-2 will launch in Europe in "early 2012". Tom Ivan
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2011年9月6日火曜日
Mass Effect 3's winning femshep in wallpa
BioWare has shared this lovely high-res wallpaper of the female Shepard that fans of the series helped design. If you can recall, BioWare held a series of poles to determine the best default look for the female Shepard. First you chose her look and hair style, then hair colour and this red head is the result. Drawn by BioWare's new concept artist Patryk Olejniczak, the image below is wallpaper size unless you have a monitor the size of an IMAX screen, and you can look out for her mug ormtn cover of the Collector's edition of the game, full details for which can be had over here.Mass Effect 3 is due for release on Xbox 360, PS3 and PC in March next year. Mike Jackson
rmt2011年9月5日月曜日
51 games pulled from sale in Norway follo
Multiple Norwegian retailers have temporarily removed over 50 games from sale following the recent attacks that killed 77 people in a government building and youth camp. According to domestic reports (via Gamasutra), Coop Norway and Platekompaniet voluntarily made the decision to suspend sales of a number of violent games including first person shooter Homefront, Sniper Ghost Warrior, Counter-Strike Source and the Call of Duty series, as well as MMO World of Warcraft.Alleged attacker Anders Behring Breivik mentioned World of Warcraft and of Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 in a 1,500-page manifermtsritten before the attacks. He reportedly said he used the former as cover for being out of contact with friends and family, while he viewed the latter as a potentially effective training tool. Tom Ivan
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Whenever the farm had too many or too few gobballs around, Mimi (who supports acts of Wakfu) would come out and plant seeds everywhere to spawn more of them, while Wolfgang (who supports Statis) would walk around and eat every gobball in his sight. Personally, I thought it was more fun watching Wolfgang eat everything with his huge fork and rmtk, unlike Mimi walking around planting stuff with his huge bug eyes and flower basket.。
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The more I played Wakfu, the more I fell in love with the game's buttery smooth animations that resembled the animated series quite nicely, af which made me feel like I was in a living cartoon.
Overall, I had a lot of fun trying out Wakfu, and most of my enjoyment came from the tutorial areas alone. The quick pacing of combat makes this tactical RPG a lot more enjoyable compared to the others I've played, plus rich visuals prove that 2D will never go out of style, not to mention the impact of players affecting the game world makes Wakfu perfect for some actual role-playing, which you don't see a lot of these days with MMOs.。
2011年9月4日日曜日
Age of Empires Online First Look
Being an old Age of Empires fan myself, I was quite excited to hear that a new Age of Empires Online title was coming out, and better yet for free! I will admit I was a bit skeptical as rmttw well the new game would turn out, but after getting the chance to play around with it a bit in the open beta I am confident where it is headed.。
I have yet to germtthance to test out the multiplayer components but I am curious to see how they play out. I do worry that because of the need to level up in order to gain access to new skill points and unlocks, newer players looking to play more than just the quests early on may be at a huge disadvantage. Still the game is being developed by some of the original creators of Age of Empires. So with any luck we will have a great free to play RTS with some awesome MMO elements mixed in! Be sure to check back in to OnRPG for new updates and a full review!。
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Age of Empires Online combines a progressive MMO setting with a traditional RTS single player and Multiplayer. This is all accomplished with the introduction of the player's home town. At the start of the game you are aske choose a nation (currently only one nation is playable) and name your home town. This town serves as your base of operations as you take up quests offered up by different citizens in your town.。
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Remember Age of Empires? Well if you consider yourself any sort of RTS buff you should. The Age of Empires series in the past has been one of the most essful RTS franchises (yes there have been other popular RTS franchises other then Starcraft). The originals have won countless awards and have solidified themselves in the RTS hall of fame.。
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By Michael Dunaway (Spunkify), OnRPG Forum Manager。
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The quests themselves play out like your typical single player RTS campaign missions. They give you a few objectives and some starting resources and town folk to work with. Everything plays out just like it did in the original AoE titles but with an added layer of MMO sprinkled on top. Whereas the traditional Age of Empires introduced you to new unit types as you progressed. Age of Empires online allows you to complete missions to unlock new items and structures within your home town. On top of this your home town also levels up giving you access to the three skill trees to spend your skill points in. The skills range from opening up new unit types, to allowing your workers to build buildings faster or gather resourquicker. I can definitely see a huge potential for strategy here as players customize their home town to match their personal tactics.
2011年9月2日金曜日
Dungeon Fighter Online Official Launch In
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The idea for the Public Test Server was to open it periodically to a select group of players when we have a lot of really cool new content to test. The more eyes the better. But we also want player feedback so that we can shape new content for the better. We listen to our fans all the time, reading the forums, offering things like the PTS, thrormtwout polls. We want to make the best game for our players that we possibly can.。
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OnRPG: Alright, well let's jump right into the good stuff: What can players expect from the official laurmtnf DFO?。
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Agh, how much of a hint can I pbly give. Just rest assured that Dungeon Fighter Online aims to be every bit as robust and exciting as the Asian incarnations of the game.。
Much of the lag issue we are facing is due directly to difference in the internet infrastructure between the US and Korea. And, yes, we have made tremendous progress toward closing the gap. We are adding to the service several ways for players to optimize their game as well. Dungeon Fighter Online runs on a peer-to-peer network, meaning that the stronger your connection with fellow players, the less network issues you will experience. We've designated half of our servers for the Western side of the US and Canada, and the other half for the Eastern side. To encourage players to use the server that corresponds to their region, we are offering a 5% EXP bump. This empowers our players with the ability to find their most lag-free game.。
OnRPG: What about lag and latency issues? Have these issues been resolved before launch?。
It's a big moment for our team. Dungeon Fighter Online is one of the most popular games in the world and now we're officially bringing all of its fighting action excitement to North American gamers. There is something in DFO for every type of gamer: Anyone who has ever played an arcade fightinge is going to flip out about how cool the combat is, pummeling through dungeons until you get to the boss monster-super classic; RPG fans are going to love choosing a class, leveling up, creating a skill build, equipping the right type of weapons and armor to compliment their unique brand of monster bashing; and PvP players are going to love how many different ways there are to beat up on their friends and strangers alike.。
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The biggeiece of news is our launch of the Female Gunner, the sixth available character class. She has a lot of the same killer skills as her Male counterpart, but with a few new surprises, not the least of which being that she's faster. We also have three new sub-class Awakenings open to high-level players; the Slayer's Soul Reaper, the Fighter's Hellcat and the Gunner's Machinist. And for the hardcore player that absolutely needs monsters as hard as freaking possible, the Hell Mode will, hands down, kick ass. But if you can get through it, there are some amazing rewards, like Epic Items, the most powerful weapons and armor introduced into the game so far, twelve times more powerful than the typical Dungeon Fighting gear. Now, because we know that Dungeon Fighter is a lot more fun when playing with your friends, with our official launch we are expanding the old beta size of the guilds by doubling the guild level cap to 10 and cranking up the membership limit from 50 to 300. Of course, we will be throwing a whole slate of events for the launch.。
We taking severe action against hackers and gold farmers. We take the issue very seriously. We have set up new security systems, some of which you might notice when we launch on June 9th. We have been actively going after users who exploit the game, both technologically and litigiously have been so aggressive about this that we have driven up the price of gold being sold on third party sites. Automatic bans, game blockers, legal action, diligent responses to reported situations by our internal investigations team-all have proven very effective. But there is one thing our players can do to really help us make DFO a safe and friendly environment for all-don't purchase gold from gold farming sites.。
OnRPG: So now dons include "Hell Mode". How much harder will it be compared to a King's Road dungeon run? (I can only imagine, since King's Road is already pretty darn hard!)。
OnRPG: What about PvP? Will there be any new modes or arenas for DFO players to battle in?。
For the official launch, no. We got the Female Gunner, Hell Mode, new Awakenings, Guild expansion, optimized connection updates, a whole host of events. This is a big update. But we are following this up throug the summer with some pretty heavy duty additions that will make long time DFO fans very happy, and blow the minds of brand new fans.。
OnRPG: Nowe's something else about DFO's current state that I'd like to ask: Bots. Gold Farmers. They've been running rampant all over the world of Arad for quite some time. Is your team at Nexon taking any precautious to getting rid of them once and for all?。
OnRPG: During the testing period, a public test server was opened. Will the tserver remain active after the official launch or will it be removed?。
OnRPG: Here's a personal question I'd like to ask: The timed selectable avatars. Itinally nice to be able to look you want, but is there any chance of there being permanent selectable avatars?。
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Already we have One-on-One Play, Team Play for up to four vs. four, Elimination in which your team lines up against another and you step in when the teammate in front of you falls, and then an all out Brawle where up to eight plays can just tear into each other until one is left standing. So as far as modes are concerned, I think we got the basics covered. There might be new modes in the future, but for now, we feel players are really digging the arena. As for new PvP maps, these are very likely on the horizon, but we want to get a lot more content out first. 。
On June 9th 2010, Dungeon Fighter Online will be going "official". Well, that is to say, it will be going into official service. For those who haven't heard of Dungeon Fighter Online before, it's a massive multiplayer online hack n' slash/beat 'em up in the resemblance of classic arcade titsuch as Final Fight, Golden Axe, Streets of Rage and D&D: Shadow over Mystara. With this upcoming launch, you can expect a load of new features that will excite both DFO veterans and newcomers alike.。
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Do I honestly have to explain the difference between boys and girls here? It's the size of their guns. I'll let you decide whose is bigger. A lot of their skills are the same, the common ones: Gatling Gun, Flamethrower, etc. But there are some specific skill differences. She has the Marilyn Rose instead of the Male Gunner's Jack Spike, Topspin Kick instead of the Windmill, and the ever popular Spriggan instead of the Punisher. She's also faster, but sometimess less damage because of it. Though she too comes from Empyrean, she has an entirely different back story. When you create a Female Gunner you'll be able to read her intro comic. She starts locked in a prison cell, and you won't believe what she does to escape.。
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Dungeon Fighter Online: Official Launch Interview
Questions by Michael Sagoe (mikedot), OnRPG Journalist
Answered by Luis Reyes, Associate Producer for Dungeon Fighter Online。
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OnRPG: I noticed that your team at Nexon decided to host a skill reevent. What convinced you guys to give them out for free?。
Of course. For all the reasons we mentioned above, we can't do this all at once. Dungeon Fighter is a unique and highly complex game. By building it in stages, we ensure the quality of the game for everyone. We'd also like to emphasize that DFO is its own service. We are drawing from the catalogue of features and content that already exists, but we creating a new experience, in the order we are releasing content, the speed at which we are doing it, and even in how we are developing original content for the game, such as a new NPC that was recently voted on by our fans. Above all, we are offering a service of the highest quality and have shaped our development and release schedule to ensure that.。
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OnRPG: So is there anything else you'd like to add?。
OnRPG: Hello! First off, I'd just like to say congratulations on your officiaunch for DFO! How do you and your team at Nexon feel about all this?。
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OnRPG: Will there be any new areas or dungeons for our DFO playeo visit during the official launch?。
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First, we wanted to offer players who have committed time and energy to their characters something truly valuable. We're giving away skill resets, which normally sell for NX 25,000 (and if you spend some time with the game, you really will get a sense about how valuable these things are), to all characteho, on June 9thare at level 30. By level 30 you really start getting a feeling for minor changes you'd like to see in your skill build that will mean the difference between knocking a boss monster down in one run and having to drop Life Tokens to take him out. We're hoping that players are going to support the game in the future by buying skill resets. Now, we aren't leaving Femalnners out of this. We have a separate event for them. We want to encourage players to start a Female Gunner on June 9th and level her up fast, because on June 30th, we will be giving all Female Gunners who have reached level 30 a free skill reset.。
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Just that we thank all he players who have so far made DFO such a great success, and we welcome everyone to download the game and player for free today by visiting http://dungeonfighter.nexon.net!。
OnRPG: So what makes the female gunners different from male gunners?。
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As a DFO fan myself, I was more than eager to take this interview, so I spoke with a representative over at Nexon US to get scoop he official launch!。
Dude, everything you have spoken will come to pass. It's as if you have augured the path of DFO. I can't give you a lot of details now, but diehard DFO fans will have plenty to celebrate as we move into the fall. The auction house, the priestesign, tower battles, and much, much more.。
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OnRPG: Another question that I'd like to ask on behalf of all the hard DFO, D&F and Arad Senki fans: Does your team at Nexon have any intentions of having DFO catch up to its foreign counterparts?。
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Pretty darn hard times ten. There are several stages to even getting into the Hell Mode in the first place. You have to go through a quest series to obtain a ling Stone, then you have to find the Seal Gate in the regular dungeon (the harder the mode, the more likely you will find it), then you have to break the seal and let the evil minions out. And they just keep coming at you, with attacks you have never even dreamed of in your worst nightmares. You can only use three Life Tokens as well, so you better haul cases and cases of health potions in with you.。
OnRPG: Well if you can't say for this interview, d you at least drop us a hint as to when we might be getting those features? *wink wink* *nudge nudge*。
Just wait for the launch.。
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OnRPG: Now I'm going to ask something that I'm pretty sure is on the minds of every diehard Dungeon Fighter Online fan (or Dungeon & Fighter fan or Arad Senki fan): When are priests going to get their time to shine? The player run shops are nice, but wouldn't it be nicer if players could auction their items, instead? PvP makes for decent endgame content, but wouldn't itbetter if players could go to war with each other or battle monsters in some crazy old towers instead? Come on, spill it!。
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OnRPG: Well thank you for your time! It has been a pleasure doing this interview with you and I can't wait for the official launch! In fact, I'm going to jump back into DFO and start working on my Blade Master, a!。
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2011年9月1日木曜日
Allods Online Review It's not WoW
Allods is a grinding, story-driven MMORPG. Your main way of levelling in Allods is through the quests, which NPCs will provide for you. Grinding alone will take a while because the quests provide more experience points. I think this levelling system really forces you to do the quests. A lot of players who are used to grinding will find it unacceptable that you are relying on quests to level up. Though I think this works well for Armtl because it emphasizes that the game is story driven. However, relying heavily on quests in Allods may in fact be bad in the long run. Repetitive questing can take a toll on players and can eventually make them quit the game.。
If you started the game with the Imperial faction, you've already experienced what a ship looks like. You eventually get to control your own Astral ship. Like in building real ships, owning one takes time and a lot of money. However the benefits of having a ship really outweighs the cons. You get to travel around and see the beautiful world of Allods. You can also experience ship-to-ship barmtt similar to what you experienced when you started with the Imperials. The Astral Ship experience doesn't stop with just the creation. Astral Ships need to be manned too. Similar to real ships you need to have a navigator, helmsman, engineer, repairmen and of course gunners. I haven't seen how this works in the real player perspective but as far as I can see this can work out especially if you have friends who can man those posts in your ship.。
I cannot deny the similarities that Allods has with World of Warcraft. However, I was very surprised that the game did not follow with a cinematic opening. Once you create your character (belonging to either the League or the Imperial side) you are immediately put into the middle of the action. The game practically puts you right in the middle of the story, which is similar to Dungeons & Dragons Online. You actually get to see how the story developn the League side you actually witness a change in the environment when you are invaded by the enemy. In the Imperial side you are given a taste of what you will be experiencing and what it means to be part of a ship. I was really taken aback with what I saw in the game because you can only experience these things when you're playing a P2P MMORPG.。
Character selection on the other hand reminded me of Neosteam. The Gibberlings were thlod version of Neosteams furry Poms. Elves meanwhile, have wings. Yes, that's right, all elves in Allod have wings (nice going Allods team, another game that exemplifies the "feminine" nature of elves, male or female. Personally though I'm a League summoner so I'm really complaining). The game pushes the archetypical classifications of a lot of the races found in MMORPGs. However I personally don't think you will notice much because the character designs are so good.。
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The job system in Allods is similar to a lot of MMORPGs out there. There are no faction exclusive jobs in Allods. The job class' names may be different but tlasses have a corresponding "alternate" job in the opposite faction.。
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Allods Online Review: It's not WoW
By Vincent Haoson (Vincenthaoson), OnRPG Journalist。
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There are a lot of faction centric features in Allods Online. Most of them concentrate on faction vs. faction warfare. However there is one game system in Allods that doesn't consider a groups fac in segregating players. It's the official alternative for questing, PvE and PvP. It's Goblinball. The objective of the game is to kick the goblin that serves as the ball into the enemy's goal. Similar to soccer your task is to defend your goal while scoring. Goblinball is an enjoyable sport/mini-game to play. It successfully gives players another thing to look forward to aside from the daily grind.。
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There have been a lot of MMOs lately that have taken the WoW interface and used it in their own MMORPG. Developers who have taken this route have had hits and misses which ended in the labelling of their MMORPGs as mere "WoW Clones". Allods Online is a good example of such an MMO. You can see a lot of WoW elements incorporated to its interface and gameplay. However, what separates Allods Online from other half-baked MMORPGs is that it has managed to refine itself into an MMO that can get the attention of even a jaded gaming mt.。
Personally, when I saw the game trailer and heard of the pertinent game features I wanted to jump the gun and play Allods. Now it seems that I wastified on hoping that I would get myself into a great game. I don't think Allods Online will ever topple WoW. However, Allods for sure will provide good competitive encouragement for MMO developers because there's a F2P of this calibre. I cannot say that Allods is a perfect MMO at the moment, because it's just in OBT. The game has a lot of potential and I'd be keeping my eye out for game updates in the future.。
Allods mages are not overpowered. Magic spells can actually miss in Allods. Though the spells still retain the magic attribute, it is not guaranteed that they will always hit. According to one player who I was able to talk to, he mage is a crit type. Anyone and everyone who has played a lot of MMOs would think that eird. However, based on what I experienced with my summoner, I think that's a good way of allocating points.。
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Another unique system in Allods Online is that ther a stat allocation system. Unlike other MMORPGs of this calibre, you can allocate stat points. The levelling system in Allods is similar to a lot of stat based MMORPGs out there. It means that you get stat points whenever your character levels. There is still a job and class locked growth system in Allods but with the stat system in place, you can actually customize and create your own build. I personally think that the Allods game system is a refreshing take on character development. People who are used to mages always hitting and nuking inform the sidelines are forced to rethink their strategy in Allods.。
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