For most players who are still a student, May is a suffering month, because at this moment they have to get busy preparing for or taking various exams in their schools while eagerly expecting the summer holiday. On the other hand, as for the game companies, May is a critical period for them to promote their games and launch a series of warm-up events. Looking back into the past month, many once classical and hot games announced to roll out new expansions soon one after another, like Dragonica, Aika, Mabinogi and Jade Dynasty, to establish a frenzy of publicity for the upcoming summer holiday, and many new titles also made their appearances.Aion, Guild Wars 2, Tera and Vindictus took frequent moves to greatly arouse players' interest, as well. Now let's take a close look at what happened in the bustling MMO game market in May.
Fists of Fu
As a new member of Outspark's MMOs, parody-themed free-to-play Fists of Fu features an an anime graphics style and beat-em-up gameplay, with both PvE and PvP offerings. Fists of Fu is recruiting tester for its upcoming first closed betatest at the offical site.
Fists of Fu offers gamers the ability to join up with friends in multiplayer Player vs Environment action as they take on the nefarious Monster King and his evil companions. The game also offers the ability to engage in player-killing for rare items or to brawl with pals in insane 4 on 4 fights and earn new ranks, status, and items on specially designed PvP maps.
Gamers can master 30 skills for each class - Fighter, Archer, or Magician - and over 15 additional skills for each transfer class. Players can hone their fighting abilities with different combos for characters and unleash powerful Rage moves to take down enemies.
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LOCO
The first closed beta of LOCO(Land of Chaos Online) will go until June 10th.Did you catch the last chance to enter the CBT successfully? If you are the lucky players to join the CBT, do not forget to share your experience and tactics with us on our LOCO forum.
Razz Gameplay Video
LOCO fills the gap between the RPG, MMO, and 3rd-person shooter genres, combining these three game types in a very unique way. Some features are a bit similar to features of DOTA-style games, but the majority of LOCO is a combination of MMO and 3rd-person shooter elements.
During matches, each player has to earn experience and gold by fighting both enemies and hostile heroes. They are then able to buy temporary items (which only work during the current match) and upgrade heavy weapons, buildings, and strategically important points.
Success takes a high level of tactical skill and perfect teamwork, as LOCO is an extremely fast-paced game. Players will constantly have to readjust their strategies in response to hostile activities, providing them with the same action-oriented gameplay they'd find in the latest 3rd-person shooters.
RaiderZ
"The monsters or quests won't give any equipment or money as reward, and the users will have to find the "Artisan" NPCs to acquire the items." - One of the key features from RaiderZ.
Secret MMO with code name Project H from NeoWiz announced its official title 'RaiderZ' in the early of May, 2010, as well as details on game introduction and key features. Players must be attracted by the first poster of this game below.
Recently, RaiderZ Online released 10 Epic Bosses' information and first gameplay video to showcase the vividly non-targeting battle.
RaiderZ Online - Gameplay Trailer
The game emphasizes monsters battling, and there are Epic monsters, which can be seen as legendary bosses in the game. The interaction between players and bosses will be fantastic. Another distinguishing feature of the game lies in the craft and collecting system. As it's said at the beginning, the game gives no rewards for questing and bosses killings. Players have to make equipments themselves by collecting items around the world. The developer enhances the craft and collecting part of the game by weakening the quests and boss parts.
Super Hero Squad Online
Super Hero Squad Online, the upcoming MMO released by Marvel and Gazillion, is based on the Super Hero Squad intellectual property. In the game, players are able to master the talents of Marvel universe notables including Iron Man, Wolverine, Spider-Man and so on.
"Super Hero Squad Online" offers players the chance to team up with friends as they engage in exhilarating combat, show off their decked-out squad in the game's social spaces, collect thousands of items and explore interactive environments based on classic and new Marvel worlds.
Aika Expansion: Ashes of Betrayal
Ashes of Betrayal is set to launch in June 17th.In this expansion, Aika will add new map region, Darkrane Forest, and an introduction to the new class evolutions, with the spotlight on the Paladin and Warrior. For more details, check here.
Jade Dynasty Expansion
What is coming this year to the Perfect World Entertainment's Jade Dynasty? It is Territory Wars. Alliances will battle for control over the many lands of Jade Dynasty! Take control of various regions to gain valuable resources to help you on your quest for world domination. Keep your wits about you, for you¡¯ll need great strategy to conquer and keep these lands from enemy alliances.
Mabinogi Expansion: Goddess of Light
The next expansion for Mabinogi - Goddess of Light is coming in early June. A major part of this new update is a brand new area called Tara. Details about Tara, you can go to our previous report.
Aion 2.0 - Special Feature
NCsoft has announced that Aion 1.9 and Aion 2.0's launch in Overseas area will be postponed till June and September-October respectively. Korean version Aion 2.0 released Pet System first, players are able to see various kinds of new pet.
TERA
TERA entered the second Focus Group Test in May. Although very few chosen players have chance to participated in the test, we still can get close to TERA via details and world lore released on the official site.
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