Christmas FREE 2D MMORPG, Dragon Raja video game

Dragon Slayers will be treated to three exciting events this month!

G4Box Inc, a North American publisher and distributor of interactive entertainment media has announced exciting holiday events and details for its popular 2D MMORPG, Dragon Raja. This month, in celebration of the holiday season, Dragon Raja players will be treated to Screen shot, Treasure hunting and Solo PVP events. More details about the game, how to download Dragon Raja and how to participate in the events can be found at the game’s official web site: http://www.newraja.com/.

Dragon Raja’s screen shot events
The Dragon Raja team has taken screen shots of well known attractions in the Dragon Raja world, but they cannot find the names for landmarks so they need Dragon Raja players help! Players are charged with locating the landmarks and providing a name for each landmark. The first three players who send in screen shots of these landmarks along with the best possible name will win!

In addition, G4Box wants to know how players are enjoying Dragon Raja life this holiday season so they are asking players to submit screen shots of guild members, family and friends having fun in Dragon Raja online. G4Box invites players to be creative and submit unique screenshots showing any in-game Items, skills, spells and monsters—whatever they can think of. The three most attractive screen shots will win!

Get those trigger fingers ready to hit the F12 key and enter to win great prizes.

Dragon Raja’s Treasure Hunt
Back by popular demand is the second annual Dragon Raja Treasure Hunt. Pirate Treasure Maps have mysteriously been dropped by Monsters in the Dragon Raja World and all players can take part in the event no matter if their level 30 or 150.
Group up with Friends, Family and Guild members to find a treasure map and embark on a glorious adventure! The event will include 3 different map types which are low level Treasure Maps, Mid level Treasure maps and High level Treasure maps. Each map will take the player on a Journey to many different locations in Dragon Raja. Players should read each map, find and follow the coordinates located on the Treasure Map and use the job skill mining to dig up hidden treasure chests. But watch out for the Beasts who guard their treasure; slay them and the treasure chest will open and provide you with unique items such as rings, saddles and much more.

Dragon Raja’s Solo PVP Tournament
For all those players who think they have elite PK skills Dragon Raja Solo PVP Tournament! For those who have been slowed, poison, stunned or Ganked and still walked away victorious here is your chance to show the entire server who REALLY is the Best of the Best!

This tournament will consist of four level groups which are the following: Low group level 30 - 60, Mid group level 61 - 99, High group level 100 - 110 and Dragon Slayer group level 111 – 150 and a winners and losers bracket.
For more information on these contests including their start dates and the great prizes visit the Dragon Raja website at http://www.newraja.com/. Good luck Dragon Slayers!!

Guild WarsPC video game music to be featured at PLAY! A Video Game Symphony

Music created by Jeremy Soule to be performed by touring orchestra

ArenaNet has announced that music from its Guild Wars® franchise of games will be performed as part of “PLAY! A Video Game Symphony.” This world-wide symphonic tour features music from a number of top videogames, including songs from Guild Wars. The tour kicks off in Fort Worth, Texas, on January 19, 2008.

The “PLAY! A Video Game Symphony” program will be performed by world-class orchestras and choirs in some of the most prestigious venues, including the Bass Performance Hall in Fort Worth and the Benaroya Hall in Seattle, Washington. Game images projected on large screens above the orchestra accompany the scores, highlighting memorable moments from the video games and enhancing the entire experience.

Guild Wars has been praised for its rich soundtracks created by renowned video-game music composer Jeremy Soule and co-composer Julian Soule. The Soule brothers have created music for the entire Guild Wars franchise including the original Guild Wars, as well as the Factions and Nightfall campaigns. The music of Guild Wars is also featured on CD in special edition retail packages for each campaign.

“We always felt the work Jeremy and Julian did on the Guild Wars soundtrack was one of the best features of the game,” said Jeff Strain, co-founder of ArenaNet. “We’re incredibly happy their music has been included in the PLAY! Tour, so that even more people can enjoy the music that millions of Guild Wars players have grown to love.”

“Guild Wars brings a worldwide audience to our world tour, which is an exciting prospect for us,” said Jason Michael Paul, producer and creator of the PLAY! tour. “Guild Wars certainly has one of the most compelling and exciting music scores, which will be a great addition to our concert program.”

The Guild Wars franchise has sold more than 4.5 million units since the release of the original Guild Wars campaign, in 2005, making it one of the most popular online role-playing games of all time.

For more information on the Guild Wars franchise, go to: www.discoverguildwars.com. The award-winning Guild Wars campaigns can be purchased from retailers or downloaded from the PlayNC store at http://eu.plaync.com/eu/store/
For more information on “PLAY! A Video Game Symphony”, including tickets and details on the entire tour, go to
www.play-symphony.com.

Not our Gothic 4 PC video game screenshots say JoWooD Productions

JoWooD Productions would like to issue a statement regarding screenshots recently appearing in press that have been attributed to the company’s highly anticipated RPG title, Gothic 4. The Austrian Publisher denies any connection between the screenshots and the upcoming successor of its famous brand Gothic.

“Screenshots of Gothic 4 have not been released by the developer Spellbound nor Publisher JoWooD Productions. The recently released screenshots did not originate from our new RPG game and do not come close in comparing to the graphical level that Gothic 4 will reach”, explains Johannes Natterer, Head of Marketing at JoWooD Productions. “Gothic 4 will far exceed the aesthetics shown in the mentioned screenshots. At this stage of development we feel that it is too early to release screenshots of the game”.

Visit http://corporate.jowood.com for more information.

How to pick your character in PC video game Aion: The Tower of Eternity MMORPG

NCsoft reveals the detailed character class system behind its eagerly anticipated MMORPG, Aion: The Tower of Eternity.

Massively Multiplayer Online RPG fans can look forward to a wealth of career opportunities in NCsoft’s forthcoming Aion: The Tower of Eternity next year, with gamers able to literally choose their destiny thanks to the game’s two-tiered character class system.

Characters begin their journey by choosing one of four base professions – Warrior, Scout, Mage and Priest. This initial tier of development impacts on everything from a character’s strength, to their combat prowess, to their magical abilities, ultimately shaping the players actions throughout the game. However, higher-level players can tailor their character further still, with each profession offering two advanced classes, bringing the total number of character types available in Aion: The Tower of Eternity up to eight.

While the initial choice of character class will largely depend on each player’s personal style, the ability to develop a character through the advanced class system ensures that players have all the tools they need to create a character that is unique to them.

The Warrior
Bold, brave and possessing immense physical prowess, Warriors excel in close-quarter combat. Strong performers in a wide range of situations, Warriors are relatively easy to master and when fully realised can unleash a spectacular range of physically devastating skills.

Depending on how players prefer to approach combat, Warriors can specialise as either Gladiators, who concentrate on dealing damage through brute force, or Templars, who combine fierce fighting with defensive chants and techniques.

The Scout
The Scout combines great agility with swift attacks. Scout players require a deft and accurate touch to get the most out of this tricky class, however the rewards are great and offer the greatest variety in play style of all the basic classes.

Scouts that specialise in ranged combat develop naturally into Rangers, an advanced class equally adept in the use of blades and traps. For those Scouts who prefer to stay hidden and strike from the shadows, the Assassin class is the perfect choice of advancement.

The Mage
Mages compensate their weakness in physical combat with the ability to launch devastatingly powerful magic attacks. In addition, Mages must learn to divert and evade the enemy so that they’re able to attack from the relative safety of range.

As Mages advance, so their mastery over the elements of water, air, earth and fire increase, their choice of advanced class determining how that mastery is manifest. Spiritmasters can summon and control elemental spirits, while Sorcerers channel elemental power into fearsome magical bolts and missiles.

The Priest
Spiritual warriors, Priests can use healing and self-protection spells to excel in melee combat, and launch powerful ranged magic attacks too. This makes them not only useful support characters in a party of adventurers, but also powerful combatants in their own right.

Priests that specialise in healing and protecting their allies naturally progress to the advanced class of Cleric, the ultimate support class. Alternatively, Priests can become Chanters, pious warriors that boast both healing and ability-boosting powers.

Players will be able to experience all eight character classes for themselves while exploring the incredible world of Atreia when Aion: The Tower of Eternity launches later next year.

MatchBox360 XL3 Microsoft XBox 360 sports seriesSuccess!

MatchBox360 are pleased to announce the overwhelming success of their Xbox 360 eSports tournament series in 2007 as a sell out crowd of over 350 gamers descended upon the Birmingham NEC Toute Suite for the third instalment of XL on the weekend 17-18th November.

Once again, gamers travelled from across the UK and Europe to compete on all the latest Xbox 360 titles. MatchBox360 XL3 featured the first major European tournaments on Halo 3 and Call of Duty 4, alongside the hugely popular Gears of War, FIFA 08 and Pro Evolution Soccer 2008.

MatchBox360 XL continues to set the standard for competitive console tournaments in the UK with more than 80 Xbox 360 consoles hosting tournaments and freeplay, and £6500 in cash prizes being won throughout the XL3 weekend!

“With its growing reputation, XL is now being recognised as one of the premier console eSports tournament in Europe, and we would like to thank everyone who has supported XL over the last 12 months. We aim to build upon the success of our first 3 events, and look forward to providing the European gaming community with bigger and better XL events in 2008.” - Chris Barnes (XL Event Manager)

MatchBox360 would like to thank the following games publishers, sponsors and community websites their invaluable support and generous assistance:

• Electronic Arts
• Activision
• Ubisoft
• Konami
• Microsoft
• XLEAGUE.TV
• Lime Ltd
• Halo3forum
• Console Gaming

MatchBox360 will soon be releasing details of their forthcoming XL events in 2008. For all the latest XL news and information, please visit the website and community forum: http://www.xlgaming.co.uk

Sudden Strike 3 Arms For Victory Ardennes Offensive download

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Fireglow Games Publishing reports on the development of an add-on for Sudden Strike 3: Arms for Victory. The main focus of this add-on is Ardennes Offensive. Two campaigns playable for Germans and Allies will be included, plus a campaign playable for the German and Soviet sides. Multiplayer maps and new features will also be included. Estimated release date is April 2008.

We are also preparing a FREE add-on for all Sudden Strike 3 players. It contains two multiplayer maps and a single mission. We are going to make such additions on a regular basis.



About Sudden Strike 3: Arms for Victory:
Sudden Strike 3: Arms for Victory is the latest instalment in the award-winning, critically acclaimed and hugely popular Sudden Strike series. It features historically authentic models built to scale, fully interactive giant maps and full 3-D state-of-the-art graphics in the popular Sudden Strike style. Only Sudden Strike plays like the 'real thing'. WW2 gaming at its best: on land, at sea and in the air!

Demo for Sudden Strike 3: Arms for Victory (276 Mb, US South)
Demo for Sudden Strike 3: Arms for Victory (276 Mb, US North)




Features:

• Fully interactive landscape (all objects can be destroyed, all buildings and pillboxes can be used as shelter)


• Massive operations on big maps, strategic scale of the maps (front line can be a few kilometres long)


• Thousands of units fighting in real time


• More than 300 tanks, ships, soldiers, guns and planes with original weapons built to scale


• Great sounds, 5.1 supported, nations speak native languages


• New feature - advanced Micro AI-behaviour allows your troops to act exactly as you plan


• Joint naval and ground operations, air raids, artillery strikes etc.


• State-of-the-art technology to render 3D landscape, realistic lines of sight and fire


• Spectacular visual & lighting effects


• Multiplayer mode: up to 8 players, GameSpy supported


• Five campaigns playable for American, British, German, Japanese and Soviet sides

Visit the game website...

FINAL FANTASY & FINAL FANTASY II video games for Sony PSP

Square Enix Ltd., the publisher of Square Enix® interactive entertainment products in Europe and other PAL territories, today announces that FINAL FANTASY and FINAL FANTASY II will both be released in the UK and across all PAL territories on 8th February, 2008 on the PSP (PlayStationPortable) system.

Experience the classic gameplay, captivating storylines and unforgettable characters that gave birth to the FINAL FANTASY phenomenon. Completely re-mastered exclusively for PSP, FINAL FANTASY and FINAL FANTASY II are the definitive versions of the epic games that established the biggest RPG brand in the world.

These new editions feature redrawn graphics and character art, exclusive all-new dungeons, full 16:9 widescreen visuals and an updated camera view that gives players a new perspective on these two timeless classics that defined the RPG genre.

John Yamamoto, president and chief executive officer of Square Enix Ltd. comments, “FINAL FANTASY and FINAL FANTASY II represent the foundations of the Square Enix success story. They are the first two imaginative steps in the long and distinguished history of the FINAL FANTASY franchise. With these beautiful new versions, fans can now experience the origins of FINAL FANTASY wherever they go.”

About FINAL FANTASY

Story

The tale begins when four young warriors, each possessing a crystal, are summoned to restore the world’s harmonious elemental balance. During their voyage, they discover a nefarious entity has created turmoil in the structure of time in order to take control of the world, causing the heroes to travel to places they never imagined possible.

Features

• The ultimate edition of the game that gave birth to a phenomenon.

• The original game in the amazing FINAL FANTASY series that has sold over 80 million copies worldwide now returns in completely re-mastered form, exclusively for PSP.

• Redrawn graphics and enhanced sound capitalise on the PSP’s impressive audiovisual capabilities.

• Featuring an all-new dungeon, the Labyrinth of Time.

• Art Gallery mode allows you to view the stunning artwork of leading illustrator Yoshitaka Amano.

About FINAL FANTASY II

Story

A malevolent emperor has called upon monsters from a demonic realm to take over the world, ending what seemed to be an eternal period of peace. From the destruction rise four young survivors who will take it upon themselves to stop the merciless ruler and avenge the death of their parents.

Features
• Redrawn graphics and enhanced sound capitalise on the PSP’s impressive audiovisual capabilities.

• Featuring two all-new dungeons: Arcane Labyrinth and Arcane Sanctuary.

• Find and use new equipment, battle new enemies and defeat a new boss, all exclusive to the PSP version.

• Art Gallery mode allows you to view the stunning artwork of leading illustrator Yoshitaka Amano.

Dead Wake PC video game brings Zombies to your PC - demo download

Zombies in games...
Dead Wake (www.DeadWakeGame.com) - a survival zombie game for PC - is in production. Dead Wake website offers a short pre-release gameplay demo for the zombie game fans.

Dead Wake (www.DeadWakeGame.com) zombie survival game is in production. The game brings barricades, blood, and weapons to zombie fans. Headshots and physics play a major role when player attempts to survive against the zombie hordes. Gamers are invited to visit the website to sample the short pre-release demo.

Video gamers and zombie fans can grab a copy game's first pre-release demo and experience couple of minutes of gameplay. Dead Wake game brings lots of zombies and barricade building in the genre.

Dead Wake game is developed in an open manner: the players contribute towards to the game design process. In fact, a contest was arranged to even pick a name for the game. Gamers are encouraged to give feedback throughout the game development process. New releases are published once per month, and detailed development information is available at the Dead Wake community forums (www.DeadWakeGame.com/forums).

For additional information on Dead Wake game, visit www.DeadWakeGame.com

Techno demo trailer of Underwater Wars game - watch it now

Biart Company informs that techno demo trailer, showing the new engine for XBox 360 PC is available for viewing for everyone. The development of this technology was started in our company in 2006. Multiplatform engine - biEngine became the foundation for the high-tech game - Underwater Wars.

Underwater Wars - squad based shooter. This game allows feeling oneself as a fighter of the elite top-secret squad of US Navy Seals. One can find more detailed info on the website of the project.

The game has the following look-and-feel features:

- High-end graphic engine

- Multiplayer mode (XBOX Live)

- XBox 360 PC platforms

- DirectX10 (special edition for Windows Vista)

- 12 missions

- Underwater fighting

- Jet Pack

- Special equipment (hydro-accelerators, mini-submarines, surface machinery) and even previously restricted underwater weapon

- Extensive historical background

- Three types of gameplay:

- Surface areas (mountains, cities, coasts, islands, jungles)

- Underwater territories

- Military objects (sunken bases, top-secret stations, docks for submarines' mooring, harbors, ports etc.)

One can download the detailed teaser from www.pbz.ru/uwar_tech.avi.

Official release date is planned for 2009.

Official website of the game: http://www.uwar-game.com

Mad Tracks PC video game trial version downloads top 1.8 million

Load Inc. announced Mad Tracks PC trial version was downloaded by 1.2 million PC enthusiasts and over 630.000 Xbox 360 fans.

Try it NOW download here http://www.loadinc.net/madtracks/index.html

‘Mad Tracks’, the toy car arcade game everyone is praising has passed the 1.8 million download mark of its trial version. The game is still available online at www.loadinc.net and on the Xbox360 Live Arcade.

“This goes to show that mid price casual titles now constitute a grown up market” said Denis Bourdain of Load Inc. “sales have surpassed our expectations both in retail and direct download”.

Mad Tracks PC has been released in early 2006 in Europe and the Xbox 360 Live Arcade version hit marketplace worldwide in June 2007. It’s now turn for America.

“Most people who played this game are telling us their life is better now and that they have more friends” says Thomas Leinekugel, VP project manager at Load Inc. – the information has not been formally verified but we’re pretty confident it’s true.