Let’s take a look at what’s in store for players of Wicked Interactive’s Priston Tale this summer:

Wicked Interactive, a leading North American online games publisher, is launching a series of summer events for Yedang Online’s popular MMORPG, Priston Tale. Players of Priston Tale can participate in the summer events beginning July 1st by going to the game’s official website.

The summer events will consist of seven unique events during the month of July. Each of the events will begin on each Tuesday in July and will last for two weeks each. Priston Tale players will also receive increased experience rates throughout the month of July.

“We are excited to launch the Priston Tale Summer Events,” said Garvin Yeung, chief executive officer of Wicked Interactive. “We hope that our players will enjoy and take advantage of the free fireworks and other great events we have lined up while they enjoy their summer playing Priston Tale.”

Here’s a list of the Priston Tale Summer Events:

Free Fireworks. The Summer Events will kick off by lighting up the night skies with free fireworks for all players of Priston Tale beginning July 1st to celebrate Canada Day, Independence Day in the United States and the beginning of summer.

“Wanted” : Morif. Once the best alchemist in the known world, Morif is now a wanted criminal. Morif turned his back on humankind in search of adventure but kept the secret of perfect item aging to himself. The nations of Priston viewed this as an act of ridicule and have ordered a warrant for the capture of Morif—dead or alive. Players can hunt down Morif and be rewarded with Sheltom forces and Sheltoms (which are used for upgrading weapons and skills).

Nine and Tail Amulet. Priston Tale players are sent on a quest to help Praya, an assassin from a distant land. They need to find a pair of amulets: the Nine Amulet and the Tail Amulet. When combined, the amulets form the seal of the love Praya once shared with the monster, Ninefox. Generous rewards are offered in exchange for these valuables.

Summer Ball Sports. The monsters are out to play—sports, that is! Hunt monsters from all over Priston to steal their ball. New items will include Beach Balls, Soccer Balls, Volleyballs and more. Players can activate these items to reveal their true worth.

Mini Monsters. Miniature versions of monsters will be appearing at select areas of Priston.

Summer Experience. Experience needed to level up characters will be increased by 50 percent on the weekends beginning July 3rd and again on July 18th. This will be followed by a month-long Summer Experience Event starting again on July 28th and moving into August. Players are invited to take this chance to join the highest ranks of Priston Tale society.

Ice Cream. After all, you can’t truly enjoy summer without ice cream!

Okay, I didn’t really get that last one, but I’m sure Priston Tale fanatics would have a blast this summer.

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Here’s an excerpt from jbking’s comment on MMOtaku’s Top Ten Thursdays: Best MMORPGs in the Philippines:

Did you ever heard (sic) of priston tale??why it is not included?? i think it has the most balanced aspects in a game.. it has graphics, good story line, nice set of characters..

Of course it has graphics, brother. Otherwise, we won’t be able to play the game. Anyway…

Yes, I’ve played PristonTale. I even had the opportunity to play in the closed beta test. I liked the game then because it was fresh, a deviation from the standards imposed by the then reigning MMORPG in the Philippines, Ragnarok Online.

So what happened? Well, PristonTale was quickly overshadowed by another MMORPG, launched in the Philippines by a media giant. To sum it up, my wife and I were lured away from the world of Priston.

I had the opportunity to revisit Priston back in 2006 and I took it. Actually, my reentry into PristonTale was mandatory, thanks to a commission from a local gaming magazine. My assignment was, of course, PristonTale.

Too bad I can’t find my copy of the article. Might I, instead, entice you with a short backgrounder?

The world of Priston is composed of subtle relations between two tribes: the Morion, who are highly dependent on magic and soul, and the Tempskron, who are high dependent on power and technology. There are basically active exchanges and positive relations between them. In the meanwhile, several omens started occuring in almost all parts of the world. It was so threatening that they began to investigate it, and came to discover a prophecy of the ancients. They realized that the content of the prophecy was composed of predictions, and almost coincided with the omens now under way. However, a real and bigger problem was the prediction in the last part of the prophecy that a new evil species would appear. As both tribes suspected these facts and considered a counter-plan, more serious problems, conflicts and collapses occurred, plunging the world of Priston into chaos.

I got that from the PristonTale website of Netplay, the game’s local publisher. Bad copy, if you ask me. So I edited it a bit, removing the ampersands and correcting a few grammatical mistakes. Ahh, but we’re veering from the topic.

Let me just end with a video on PristonTale:

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