In China, the online game was named 圣斗士OL and is already in beta. From the prizes (from PSP to MP3 players) that the Chinese players can get during this beta testing period, we reckon that Saint Seiya Online will attract new fans who have no idea who is Athena or Masami Kurumada.

Image: 圣斗士OL

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Saint Seiya Online, Old Anime Hot In China

Players got to choose from classes such as vampires, fallen angels, elves, fighters and more. Just like World of Warcraft, quests, roleplay and PvP elements are evident in Lianyu Online.

I wonder if the vampires possess money-sucking blood-sucking ability.

Image: Lianyu Online

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LianYu Online, Blood Sucking China MMORPG

Simplified and traditional Chinese interface are available with Cantonese and Chinese voice-over by famous voice actors and actresses. The game also supports USB functionality (you can add gadgets) to give players the authentic experience.

Via: ITYouxi
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The online browser game called Dead Frontier shoots zombies as the stars of the game. Developed by Jagged Blade Games (a one-man games studio), one can just play the game on any browser without the need of downloading additional software.

Dead Frontier combines 3rd person survival horror action with more traditional role-playing elements to create a totally unique MMO experience. Players will need to have their wits about them as they struggle for survival in the decaying, zombie infested city of Fairview. Will you stay in the relative safety of the last remaining human outpost, or attempt to create your own hideout in the depths of the city? The choice is yours.

Dead Frontier plays exclusively in your browser and requires no extra downloads of any kind. What’s more the registration requires only a few seconds so you’ll be playing in no time!

Over 100 of real world weapons are at your dispense to eliminate the zombies. Seems like a Zombie GTA to me.

Image: Jagged Blade Games

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Dead Frontier, Online Zombies MMO

So there’s the reason I post so many screens…and they’re purty. Mainly cause they’re purty.

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Runes of Magic Screens

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After a successful Beta, anyone can now register at www.RunesofMagic.com and join the almost 700,000 players who have already taken advantage of this huge, free game.

From the press release:

- Free to play: no monthly fees, free download
- Extensive dual class system (six primary and secondary classes)
- Versatile spell- and attack-combinations
- Enthralling background story
- More than 1.000 quests and quest series on launch
- No zone boundaries thanks to seamless architecture
- Dungeons: Instanced and tile based as well as persistent
- Individually developable skills and spells
- Armour sets with special bonuses
- Dynamic item system with hundreds of runes for upgrading
- Optional PvP system with arena battles and guild wars
- Ranking system with player-ranking lists
- Multitude of unique mounts
- Epic crafting system with the chance to improve existing items
- Personalization of player houses through individual furnishing
- Reputation system
- Customisable user interface with the option to use Add-Ons
- Map and radar system to find dealers, resources and quests easily
- In-game auction houses for trading items
- Teleport-Runes for instant travel
- Mouse and keyboard controls for movement
- Regular updates with new content
- Guild castles in special zones
- Cross-server fights in three-server-battle in development

Even if you’re not usually into MMOs, the game is free and I figure you have nothing to lose other than a couple of days and about 30 cans of Red Bull.

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Runes of Magic Boasts Almost 700k Players

Well, some pretty shocking news hit the game-iverse yesterday: Richard Garriott, the brains behind the Ultima and Wing Commander series has called it quits with his employer, NCSoft. This is a pretty big deal for many Richard Garriott fans, as he was also the guy behind the futuristic MMO, Richard Garriot’s Tabula Rasa. The man’s name is in the title of the game! And he’s disconnecting himself from it!

That’s crazy talk right there!

In a news letter over at Tabula Rasa’s website, Richard Garriott, AKA General British, wrote an update to his fans explaining his gratitude to everyone, but it’s time for him to start new projects that he apparently would not be able to do while working for NCSoft.

So, what does this mean for gamers? Well, maybe Garriott will get his butt back and gear and make some more Ultima games! The last few were pretty crap-tastic, so there is HOPE he might make things right and end Ultima in a way that would excite tons of fans. But, that probably won’t happening seeing as EA owns the Ultima titles now. It’s a dream, though.

Or maybe he’s going to come up with a completely new and awesome series that his fans will fall in love with again. Let’s just hope it’s not another MMO, because those MMOs are having a tough time against the MMO monopolizer, World of Warcraft. What we need is more original RPGs, dangit!

Only time will tell. But I really hope it’s the Ultima one. I’d die and go to heaven, and then come back to play the game. YES!

[Image courtesy of NCSoft. ]

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Richard Garriott is taking off – leaves NCSoft

According to this article in Adventure Gamers, there might be a future for The Longest Journey/Dreamfall series. As you may or may not remember, Dreamfall left us at a bit of a cliffhanger… I hate cliffhangers. Especially in games.

Because you never know of those bastard like gaming companies will ever put out the next sequel. Bastards.

Bastards.

I have a lot of tension today, can you tell?

Okay, I don’t really. I just like saying “bastards”, because it’s a funny word.

Anywho… Adventure Gamers hint that maybe the next version of The Longest Journey will be an online game. They believe that since Funcom, the company who is responsible for the greatness of the Longest Journey series, are focusing mostly on MMORPGs, such as Anarchy Online and Age of Conan , that the next game might have an MMO presence.

Plus, in Funcom’s third quarter fiscal report, Funcom hints at a new MMORPG set for development:

The World Online, Funcom’s next Massively Multiplayer Online Game (MMO), was approved for entry into the first phase of full production.

I like random pictures. They’re entertaining.

But again, this is all speculation, though I think it would be kind of cool to turn TLJ into a MMO, but then you lose the entire storyline, which I think is what has kept a lot of people hooked to the series. The worlds of Arcadia and Stark, in my opinion, would transfer well into an MMO world, where you can stab other players with ease. I love stabbing other players.

I, myself, like MMOs, but get tired of them quickly, as there is no end in which I can reach. I have problems with long term goals. Maybe that’s why I never passed the first grade.

Hmmm. I should reflect on that.

There have also been rumors, according the Adventure Gamer article that TLJ may be heading the way of an episodic adventure game, much like our pals Sam and Max. In the article, they mention that Ragnar Tornquist, the creator and developer of TLJ, has a blog entry that mentions this very topic. Apparently he likes the idea.

I say, go with that idea, as long as you can make each episode more than 2 hours long (muttermutter)… There’s nothing like getting hooked on something and then having to wait another month, or even two to play the next portion of it.

So, there you have it. TLJ… part 3? It sounds like it is definitely happening, but how will they do it?

What are your thoughts?

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A Future for The Longest Journey franchise?