Developed by Snail Games, Age of Wushu (also named Age of Wulin in Europe) is a F2P 3D martial arts MMORPG, which features brand-new aerial combat, 17 diverse professions, and 5000 equipment upgrades.

Set in Chinese Ming Dynasty, Age of Wushu creates a world where eight ancient factions (ShaoLin, Emei, Scholars, WuDang, TangMen, Beggars’ Sect, Wanderers’ Valley and Royal Guards) fight for the leadership of the continent. As protagonists of their personal adventures, players could choose one of the eight to receive their training and steal knowledge from other factions.

Snail Games has a special care on those players who couldn’t spend too much time playing games. Players will be able to offline train their characters and keep them progressing as an NPC by choosing one of 30 offline activities.

Soul of Guardian is a free browser MMO by WSGame. The game typically does the identical mechanics as Crystal Saga offers.

In a genre with so many new titles released constantly, it is difficult to find a MMORPG that is a real highlight, which fortunately is the case in Soul of Guardian. With the basic elements of style and good taste applied, the game manages to entertain gamers, especially new players with its entirely automatic attacking, mining, walking. You know, it is a no-brain game.

In Soul of Guardian, you enter a world of fantasy and encounter many risks, and should carry out adventures in accordance with the faction you choose. Most importantly, you must follow the mission in order to get meteoric levelup.

Other comments about Soul of Guardian would be unnecessary if you do not play yourself. Who knows a good MMO will no doubt throw it to risk, since the game offers a fastfood, but not a stable.

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The cult strategy series Command & Conquer is now playable in the browser. The conflict between the Global Defense Initiative (GDI) and the Brotherhood of Nod is inflamed again and they are only for the valuable raw material Tiberium.

You may join in Command & Conquer Tiberium Alliances either as the GDI or the Nod and compete for the coveted resource. Establishing an independent basis initially has the highest priority.

By harvesting Tiberium and collecting crystals, you will receive the necessary materials and funds to build more buildings and military installations. During your fighting, you cannot ignore the defense not because your opponents are relentless, but you should raise your reputation. Moreover human players are mixed with another group: The Forgotten.

Therefore, you should quickly establish alliances with other players in order to protect your territory and your base. You will also save raw materials for the construction of new buildings and facilities. The savings can be put into the military buildup, so you attack with your army and destroy their bases. Your empire will grow eventually.

Learn more http://www.popmmo.com/web/command-conquer-tiberium-alliances.html

ClapAlong, one of Chinese online game publishers, has announced today that the newest expansion of Batheo will be updated for all server during May 3 to May 5, 2011.

The update will start with the first server AMBRY on May 3rd and the rest will follow suit in quick succession in the next two days. They are adding new maps and features to the current version. After the update, the veteran players are able to experience new challenges and enjoy more favorable condition for training speed, equipment enhancement, profit gaining, etc.

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

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

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

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

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

Learn more at http://www.mmogamesite.com/news/browser-game-batheo-new-updates-due-in-may-3.html

We just released a new free MMORPG site – Dot MMO – for mmo coverage and reports. This website theme is slightly different from our previus efforts to make gaming site. This site will only focus on MMO Games.

Online games, though provoking possible mixed feelings because of their addictiveness, are highly entertaining and enjoyable. Millions of people play Internet games every day with an easy access of computers and the Internet. We can start with simple free games like Literati, Zuma, and Smallball, all the way to strategy simulations like Warcraft, Age of Mythology and DoTa(Defense of the Ancients)–the choices are incredible! Online games have ushered in a new era for entertainment.

Online games provide people with condolence and relaxation who have to struggle to survive in the dog-eat-dog city jungle. Why do people turn to online games so earnestly? The very big reason is to free themselves, even for just a couple of hours, from their monotonous or hectic daily routines. The excitement games can bring, is what people are thirty for after a long day of dull repetition of work. What’s more, the astonishing choices of online games make it almost impossible for gamers to feel bored or fatigued.

Online games can help people to establish social connects. It is common to see a dorm with boys working hard on their online games as a group or competitors. Those who don’t know how to play are obviously left in isolation. Many may criticize this phenomenon, pointing out that online games are ruining a generation. Yet in fact there’s no need to be so serious. Online games may be addictive to those who are weak-minded. To most reasonable people, games are games. We are to play games and not to be played by them. They can function as a bridge to strength friendship just like a get-together and a trip with friends.

In conclusion, online games, especially mmo games online can be both enjoyable and beneficial as long as we are master of ourselves. Let’s fit in the trend and rock!

World of Warcraft was a big part of my life for nearly six years. I played before any of the expansions came out and continued on into the current expansion, World of Warcraft: Cataclysm. WoW was my first, and really only MMORPG I played significantly. I dabbled in Lord of the Rings Online, Aion and tried the Star Trek Online Beta but nothing ever really struck a cord with me. So in terms of online gaming, Warcraft was it; the end-all be-all.

I was highly anticipating Cataclysm. I even had to defend Blizzard’s choices to many people up until launch and even afterward. Sadly though, after a few months of play and several of my characters reaching level cap I had to come clean with myself: I was completely bored. After all the daily quests, daily dungeons, achievements, and even the raiding, it just felt too much like what came before with no originality. This felt like a speed bump rather than a true expansion, but to what end? Was Blizzard biding their time before they brought out a more fully formed expansion? To be honest though, this boredom wasn’t just from Cataclysm. It actually started before the expansion, when Icecrown Citadel came out – the main raid we had for a full year. Sure Ruby Sanctum came out also, but that always felt like an afterthought, a one boss raid always felt like a cop out. With all this being said I did something I hadn’t done since I first starting playing Warcraft: I unsubscribed with no intent on going back.

In the meantime I started to beta test a new game from Trion Worlds called Rift. I had been through this before, trying out a new game only to decide it wasn’t for me, and I kept anticipating that realization again. After the beta ended I figured that was it for me and Rift. It was fun to toy around with, but would it be something I’d really buy and pay a monthly fee for? Then the day of release came and I found myself buying the digital collector’s edition and jumping back into the world of Telara. The amount I had to learn was definitely daunting. One reason WoW was so nice is because I knew it like the back of my hand, so to step into something so new and be on the ground floor again was both frightening and exciting. I have now become fully invested into this game, purchasing the “Founder’s” subscription for the next six months at a reduced rate.

How did Rift steal me away from WoW when no other game could? How much of it was disappointment with Cataclysm and how much of it was Rift’s successes? The answer is it was both. It was Cataclysm’s failure that made me leave WoW and knock on Rift’s door, but it was Rift’s strengths that made me step inside and make myself at home. I am sure many are wondering, “What strengths are these?” especially those longing for a new an original game to play these days. Here are five reasons, in no particular order, why Rift is better than WoW.

1. The world of Telara.

The story of Rift centers around Regulos the Destroyer who wants to take over Telara, which is a world surrounded by many planes of reality which also make up its existence (Elements such as Earth, Water, Air, Fire, Life and Death). Regulos is using banished gods from these elemental planes to break through to Telara via “Rifts” which are essentially portals for invasions from these different planes to rain down destruction and eventually overtake Telara. It’s up to two factions to put an end to his evil but also to shape Telara in their image. The Guardians and Defiant offer very unique perspectives on the events occurring in Telara, but these are done is such a way by the developers that there is no “bad guy” race. Both have their beliefs and motivations. The Guardians are about faith and belief in their gods and the Defiant believe in only themselves and the science of their machines.

The game looks beautiful, a far cry from what I was used to from WoW which now completely feels antiquated. Every corner you turn presents a new view of this beauty: the sun beaming through trees, over a massive mountain or above the pillars of gorgeous cities that rival anything from the Lord of the Rings movies. While all that is well and good, a lot of games look nice but there is no true substance, no content or heart to keep me coming back for more.

2. The Rifts and “Dynamic Content”

As I stated above, Rifts are rips and tears into the plane of Telara from the other elemental planes. These can occur at any place and any time. This creates “Dynamic Content”, meaning the content is ever-changing and is not predictable. You can be questing in a zone and have a rift open up right above your head. Trust me, I know, as it has happened to me many times. It is then up to you and your fellow players to decide whether to engage it and its enemies in an attempt to seal the rift, or to ignore it. However, let it be known that, if the rifts are ignored, they increase to the point they send out invasion forces and you could easily see a large section of your zone covered in rifts and enemies. This makes for very fun and unique game play as it breaks up the monotony of questing, and you get decent experience points and unique currency which you can spend on various items, like gear for your level range. This world feels alive and with a real purpose to go out and fight for you faction, it doesn’t have a “static” or boring feel.

3. The classes and Soul System

There are “only” four classes in Rift: Warrior, Mage, Rogue and Cleric. Seems pretty simple and this may even seem too trivial for most players, especially from WoW, where you have ten different classes. But the key here is that within each class in Rift you have have eight different specializations, or “Souls” (as they are referred to). WoW has the same thing, but each class only has three specializations to choose from. So lets do the math. WoW has thirty specs you can choose from, Rift has thirty-two (which doesn’t include that each class has a special Player versus Player (PvP) soul you can purchase, bringing the total to thirty-six specs).

For example, if you play a Rogue, it can be your typical assassin who uses stealth and destroys players with daggers, or you can take them the marksman route and use bows and guns along with your pet to make them more like a typical Hunter class. Couple this with being able to have up to four total specs at any time, where as WoW only has two specs available, and you can have countless roles at your fingertips at any time. For someone like myself who likes alts, it is very nice to know I can level only four different characters and have every role and spec available to me in the game. I also wanted the same thing in WoW and of course the only way was to level all ten classes, which obviously is very time consuming.

To me this is where the game really shines, as there are no “correct” ways to spec your character. There are good and better builds but it really depends on your play style. There are no “cookie cutter” builds in this game, unlike WoW where you pretty much have people specced the same way due to limitations of the talent trees. A prime example of all of this is my class of choice, the Cleric, which is very similar to the Druid in WoW in terms of being a hybrid class with the ability to fill all three major roles in the game of healer, damage, and tank. The great thing here is that, unlike in Wow, in theory I don’t have to carry tons of extra gear for me to go from healing to tanking (though you might want some different pieces for more health, etc). When you play the “Justicar” soul for tanking on a cleric, you get a passive talent called “Faith in action” which, “Increases the Cleric’s Attack Power by their Spell Power, their Physical Crit by their Spell Crit, and their Melee Hit by their Spell Focus.” So you see you can have all that spell power and spell crit gear on, and it transfers over to more tank like stats of attack power and physical crit. It’s little things like this that makes Rift feel like its on the cutting edge and WoW is woefully lacking.

4. UI Customization and lack of add-ons.

Anyone that played WoW for any amount of time knows add-ons are nearly essential for game play, even if you limited them to a couple you had to have them. At this point in time, and I hope it stays this way, there are no add-ons being allowed for Rift. Instead Trion Worlds is making their game and UI so customizable that you don’t need add-ons, since it comes all in the initial package.

Let’s look at the user interface (UI) for example: Everything is able to be moved and placed where it’s most comfortable for you. The mini map, the action bars, the casting bars, the character frames, all of it can be removed or re-sized to make the whole UI uniquely yours. Sure you can do the same thing in WoW to a degree, but you would need at least three add-ons I can think of off the top of my head to perform anything even close to this. The result is clean game play with little slow down due to the amount of memory those add-ons take up. Also, if you like your UI setup on one character on that server and want the same one an another, you don’t have to sit there and change it all manually again. Simply select “import” and the character’s UI you want and it instantly changes to match it. Also if you want to send any achievements you get in the game to Twitter you can easily do that with the UI’s interface. How about making a video of in game footage and sending it to YouTube? There is an interface for that also! Video is limited to 10 minutes recording in HD all the way up to 720p. Just more innovations Trion has made where Blizzard seems completely stagnant.

5. Community and improved player base

When you play on a server, or “Shard,” as they are called in Rift, that is your home and your community. Everything you do, everyone you meet and run with will be from there. This really builds a sense of community, much like WoW had before their random dungeon finder was introduced. No longer were people held accountable for their behavior in WoW, they could act out in groups with no repercussion because of cross-server game play. I can’t tell you how many times I ran a random in WoW and got a tank with a horrible attitude simply because they got instant queues, or the Mage I ran into that was wearing strength and agility gear, simply so he could have the item level to do heroics. As of now, there is no “looking for dungeon” mechanic, though it may change in the future. If it does change, I would request it stay server only or have the option to do so. The main thing I enjoy about MMO’s is the social aspect: meeting someone at random for a group quest or what have you and building a friendship that lasts for a long time to come. So far Rift has this in spades and I truly hope they cherish it and don’t water the social aspects down like I feel WoW did.

Although those are five major differences, you also have what I call the little things: Being able to use a mount at early levels, in-game mail being instant to anyone you send it to, and instant travel like teleportation (so no 10 minute flight times). If you quest with someone and a mob drops a quest item, you both can loot it, cutting down questing time immensely. Character customization is amazing, from hair color to types of eyebrows, everything is customizable. I never enjoyed PvP in MMOs before, but I really enjoy it in Rift. It doesn’t seem separate from the rest of the game, since all the abilities you use in Player versus Environment (PvE) are used the same way in PvP. To top it all off, I believe Trion Worlds listens to their player base and actually takes action to give them what they want in Rift. They are updating, patching and hotfixing all the time to make the game players experience better. Just a month into the release we already have a major new patch which introduces a world event and a whole new raid!

Trion has built an MMO I want to be a part of for a long time. It reminds me of what WoW used to be before it became so large and watered down. Nothing can last forever, but I truly hope Rift never forgets its roots and always tries to remain as it is now.



Aeria today announced the addition of its newest title Lord of Ages, a Medieval fantasy real-time strategy (RTS) browser game, to its growing collection of titles. Players can instantly dive into action at http://lordofages.aeriagames.com .

In Lord of Ages, players can build armies, conquer territory, manage resource production, and battle against other players. Aeria Now is the first publisher to receive an updated version of Lord of Ages from developers GameGon Technology Holding Inc. The updates enhance Lord of Ages’ resource management system, hero recruiting abilities, and the in-game chance wheel.

Lord of Ages unique features include:

* Exciting Battle Modes – Train your armies to plunder the wilderness, seize enemy castles or fight dragons as you complete against other players in the Colosseum Tower.
* Claim Your Territory – Build your city in one of 7 diverse territories, inspired by the geography of the Middle Ages. Each region provides certain advantages, depending on your chosen play style.
* Weapon Forging System – Players can define exactly the type of weapon for their needs in Lord of Ages.

Aeria Now is opening its own exclusive server for Lord of Ages only for members of Aeria Games. Lord of Ages, like all games at Aeria Now, is free to play. Players can play Lord of Ages directly through a web browser without downloading a bulky game client by visiting http://lordofages.aeriagames.com .

Bioware, modern masters of the western role-playing game, can seemingly do no wrong. They’re on a winning streak the likes of which the RPG world hasn’t seen since Final Fantasy games were numbered in single digits. From Knights of the Old Republic through Mass Effect and the original Dragon Age, Bioware has reinvigorated and redefined next-generation role-playing with an astonishing blend of story-telling, intricate character development and rapid, action-oriented gameplay.

With two more entries in their role-playing canon due out this year, Dragon Age 2 and Mass Effect 3, Bioware have high expectations from the video gaming community. Can Dragon Age 2 live up to the heights of the first fantastic fantasy fable?

Dragon Age 2 is a sequel in name only. More intricately connected to the game world created in Dragon Age Origins than a Final Fantasy game but not a follow-up to the same character and plotline as is the case in Mass Effect 2. Instead Dragon Age 2 focuses on another aspect of the grand, broken land of Thedas after the event of Dragon Age have concluded.

Players who have completed the original game are able to bring in their game save to influence some of the political allegiances of Thedas as well as some of the returning secondary characters. This provides some additional motivation for fans of the original but isn’t as dramatic as Mass Effect 2 was.

Dragon Age 2 is told as a flashback, a narrative device not to dissimilar to something like Big Trouble in Little China, complete with the embellishments of an unreliable narrator. Varric, one of your Dwarf companions, recounts the tale of Hawke, “The Champion of Kirkwall,” and his/her rise to power. You play the part of Hawke and, within the span of a decade, you will change the world of Thedas forever.
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Far from the mute hero of the first game, Dragon Age 2 features a much more fleshed out main character for you to inhabit and enlists a motley but powerful group of companions to support the player, all of whom are voiced with meticulously wonderful detail.

With thousands of lines of dialogue and hundreds of cut-scenes Dragon Age 2 could become bogged down by expositions if the characters weren’t interesting enough to back it up. Fortunately almost every character is not only voiced exceptionally but also provide excellent counterpoints and companions for Hawke as he rises to power. Simply having some of these characters in your party can mean the difference between life and death, time and time again.

The difference in scale between Dragon Age Origins and the sequel becomes apparent as the player moves through the narrative. Almost the entire game revolves around Hawke’s rise to become the Champion in Kirkwall and the various political and theological problems that he encounters. Far from the continent spanning storyline of the first Dragon Age or the universe spanning plot of Mass Effect, Dragon Age 2 can feel a little restrictive in its approach to telling a fantasy epic.

But this change in scale also lends Dragon Age 2 one of its strongest components, the detail. Kirkwall and the surrounding land has more than enough to keep players enthralled for the 30 plus hours they will spend defending and exploring it. Indeed, by restricting the size of the adventure, Bioware has made the story the focus of the game, rather than the journey.

Like the original, Dragon Age 2 is also influenced by your decisions as you move through the game. A Bioware staple, the decision tree branches with almost every conversation you have with anyone in the Thedas world. Decisions are made easier this time around with the addition of symbols giving an indication of whether you responses will be positive, negative or playful, amongst others. Keeping your nose clean or being a right, royal dickhead is as simple as pie and lets you graft your character in the way you feel right.

You will encounter any number of enemies on your travels throughout Kirkwall and the surrounding dungeons. Whether they be human monsters or monstrous monsters, Dragon Age 2 keeps the enemies varied enough to keep the action fresh and engaging while as allowing players to develop different battle tactics to survive the hoards that threaten within and without.

Combat in Dragon Age 2 has been somewhat simplified to be more accessible and action oriented. That isn’t to say that it’s been dumbed down though; players with advanced skills will be able to tweak and modify the command schemes to astonishing levels and become battlefield gods with enough practice. Aside from controlling Hawke in battle (although players can switch between characters with the press of a button), you can also set up strategies for your remaining companions that will dictate exactly how they perform in battle, something along the lines of Final Fantasy XIII but with more fluidity.

As Hawke and his companions become stronger and more powerful they open up greater abilities that assist in battle. Choosing where each characters strengths lie is crucial to balancing your party throughout the game, too many strength weak mages and your party will suffer, but conversely too many melee heavy warriors and ranged enemies will become impossible. With dozens of options available for each class, multiple replays will be mandatory for any completists looking for the full Dragon Age 2 experience

Dragon Age 2 does suffer some slight graphical issues at times and can be a pain to load, but considering some of the epic battles that players encounter as magic flies about the dozens of participants in some fights, Bioware have done an astonishing job at maintaining exceptional quality for the majority of the time.

As good as Dragon Age 2 is, there is still a lingering thought that Bioware are just teasing role-playing fans with what is yet to come with the almost inevitable sequel. But with fantastic moral elements coupled to an engaging story and breath-taking characters, Dragon Age 2 is still an amazing entry to the Bioware winning streak. One can only imagine what they have in store for us with Mass Effect 3.

Dot MMO confirmed to Online Social Game.com that the founders has reached an agreement with Emotion Games to publish a MMORPG in North America later this year.

The detailed information of this new upcoming MMO is not disclosed, yet the the partnership agreement deal suggests they will share the revenues at 50% rate.

The two online gaming companies specialize in a wide range of services to cover MMO games and publish MMORPG and browser games. The Dot MMO help to report the new browser game Elfender and get this game worldwide popular, while Emotion games is privately founded by an individual, with its focus on developing online multiplayer games.

The combination of Dot MMO and Emotion Games, which will generate 10 jobs and $ 100 Million, will change the situation where MMO is operated.

Alex Lee who uses Dot MMO to achieve his dream by making a new MMORPG website live, according to reports from what video games. With fresh and clear site look, Dot MMO is not for purely commercial purpose, but aiming for bringing the helpful information for players. What is more, players can rate and vote their best MMOs on a daily, weekly, monthly and yearly basis.

“It is clearly a massive multiplayer online game site,” said Alex Lee, a co-founder of Dot MMO,”When you search MMO or MMORPGs, few of the websites can satisfy your needs and almost all games are positively reviewed, and no negative feedback.”

However Dot MMO is just created based on player’s feedback with unbiased reviews.

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World of Tanks is a team-based free MMO action game exclusively focused on the armored warfare in the mid-20th century. Created by the strategy masterminds at Wargaming.net, this is a shooter with a lot of tactical elements to be taken into consideration. Choose your tanks and enter epic battles!

An advanced upgrade system will turn your simple tank into one amazing destruction machine, able to take out all the rivals that stand in your path. Choose your vehicle carefully, from fast and maneuverable tanks with less protection to the heaviest but slower machines. Or go for a compromise between the two, with an all-purpose medium tank. Whichever you choose, make sure it fits your gameplay style.

However, it’s not just the tank that will win the battles. In World of Tanks, besides being a great commander you also need to be a great team player. The combined efforts of every soldier in your team will take you one step closer to victory.

Improve your tank with the experience and credits you earn in battle so that you can research and develop upgrades and mods for your war machine, RPG style. The performance in the battlefield will be completely different with the upgrades. World of Tanks is an authentic game, recreating over 150 tanks produced in Germany, Soviet Union, and the United States with incredible fidelity. Try some legends of the 1930 – 1950 period, including some prototypes that we’re never unleashed in the battlefield.

World of Tanks is a shooter with a high strategy element, where teamwork is key. Crush you enemies and destroy most of the scenario that gets in your way, creating shortcuts for you and your teammates to explore.