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First off, the game textures and models are very similar to what World of Warcraft uses. I dunno if this was intentional on 4Story’s developers but the way the building were done coupled with the foliage and terrain textures just take me back to a human or elvish controlled area in Wow.

I tried creating a Demonkin Summoner which is basically a hunter except that he/she has magical ranged abilities rather the standard ranged physical damage based weapon. The weird thing about the pet system is you first need to “scout” a mob that has a level equal or less than you and then you will be able to summon that creature from thereon, regardless of whether your current pet is dead or alive.

More 4 Story Impressions/ Preview articles when i get to play the game again. Watch out for my Atlantica Online Hands-on soon!

Atlantica Online is another new MMORPG that blends mythical real world elements with high fantasy. Boasting a Mercenenary Advancement System, Town and Territorial System, Multiple Classes and a player driven economic system, Atlantica does look and sound good. Question is: How does it play? Atlantica Online game impressions in a couple of days.

Atlantica Online Backstory:
Atlantians became very prosperous after they created the substance called Oriharukon. Wanting to learn the secrets of this mysterious material, many other civilizations implored the Atlantians to share their knowledge, but they refused, closing their door to outsiders. Anyone that persisted, the Atlantians brutally destroyed.

Eventually, the Atlantians exhausted all the supplies of the four crystals, the raw materials for Oriharukon. Their thirst for the crystals led to the destruction of four great civilizations (the Yellow River, the Indus Valley, Mesopotamia, and Egypt), and set them on a path to conquer the world to find more.

But the arrogance and greed of Atlantians would instead lead to their demise. When they lost control of the magic powers generated by Oriharukon, Atlantis disappeared in the blink of an eye. But, remnants of Oriharukon survived.

You Mission
To follow a treacherous path fated to you as a escendant of Atlantis. To find your ancestral home, which vanished off the face of the Earth long ago. To fulfill your destiny: Save humankind from the disastrous effects of Oriharukon, the source of Atlantis’ destructive power.

You will embark on an epic journey that will take you to mysterious and dangerous locations around the world, as well as through time and human history. You will enter countless battles against creatures of legend and lore, mutated and deadly due to the influence of Oriharukon. But you will have the help of mercenaries you meet along your way, facing enemies together. You will collect clues from the remains of ancient civilizations, which will ultimately lead you to the lost land of Atlantis, and all the secrets kept there.

4Story also looks eerily familiar to that MMORPG made by Blizzard named World of Warcraft. Dont believe me? Check out these screens and compare it to World of Warcraft:

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Is that Stormwind, Elwynn Forest, and the starting area cave for the Orcs and Trolls? Those textures really look familiar! I hope the game plays well, I’ll let you guys know in a couple of days.

Dragon Nest is the new MMORPG by Korean Developer Eyedentity Studios . It is an action based MMORPG with Nexon publishing it in Korea and Shanda publishing it in China. Release date currently TBD. Dragon Nest does look a bit like a mashup of the Mana series from Square, a bit of Final Fantasy Tactics and artwork from my fave Atlus Strategy RPGs rolled into one freakin MMO. Awesome.

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Faced with the final conflict, the heroes of Final Fantasy fight the final battle against their final foes. Finally.

I think Elrond had the best time in the movie LOL.

Watch the full Final Final Fantasy Movie after the jump.

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In an interview at E3 2008, Electronic Arts chief executive John Riccitiello said that EA is working on the next version of Star Wars game Knights of the Old Republic, and it will most certainly have a massively multiplayer online component to it.

“We’ve got two of the most compelling MMOs in the industry in development,” said Riccitiello. The first title, based on the Warhammer property, will launch soon. “And the one that people are dying for us to talk to them about — in partnership with Lucas, coming out of BioWare, which is, I think, quite possibly the most anticipated game, full stop, for the industry at the point when we get closer to telling you about it.”

So, is this the much rumored Knights of the Old Republic Online? “Yes,” he said.

Moving into MMOs is an essential component for any gaming company, and it’s a big part of the reason Vivendi merged with Activision, for that company’s World of Warcraft MMO.

Riccitiello told Portfolio.com that he was interested in owning World of Warcraft, and that he did discuss it, but it wasn’t in the cards. “Because [Vivendi] couldn’t afford control of EA, and I wasn’t giving it up.”

But EA is firmly on that path now, with a KOTOR MMO, which would sidestep the consoles owned by Sony, Microsoft, and Nintendo. “Increasingly, people are going to be talking about direct-to-customer in our business,” said Riccitiello. “I think we’ll be talking about it louder than most.”

Today, two-thirds of the game industry is console systems and dedicated handhelds. “We expect in 2011 for it to be fifty-percent,” Riccitiello said.

MMOs will also be useful as a way to expand into foreign territories.

“China’s a growth market for us,” he said. “We’re launching some mid-session games on a micro-transaction model.” In May of last year, the company announced an equity investment in a leading Chinese online game operator, The9, Ltd. “And there’s a bunch more coming that we haven’t announced. “

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Blade of the Immortal, one of my favorite manga is finally an anime! The anime mostly captures what the manga is about, how it looks and doesnt look anything like other mainstream samurai series.

Tomokazu Seki (Escaflowne’s Van, Gungrave’s Beyond the Grave) will voice the main character Manji — a r?nin swordsman condemned to immortality unless he kills a thousand evil men for all the good men he killed. Rina Satou (Negima!’s Negi, Bamboo Blade’s Satori) will play Manji’s fellow traveler Rin. Hirofumi Nojima (Kagehisa Anotsu), Kazuya Nakai (Taito Magatsu), Masashi Ebara (Sabato Kurui), Katsuyuki Konishi (Eik? Shizuma), Daisuke Namikawa (Araya Kawakami), Mamiko Noto (Makie), Megumi Toyoguchi (Hyakurin), Toshiyuki Morikawa (Giichi), Shinichiro Miki (Shira), and Maaya Sakamoto (Machi) complete the cast.

Koichi Mashimo will direct the animators on Bee Train as he did for the .hack// franchise and Noir. Hiroyuki Kawasaki (The Irresponsible Captain Tylor, Sorcerer Hunters) will oversee the scripts, and Yoshimitsu Yamashita (Murder Princess, Samurai Champloo animation director) will design the characters. K? ?tani (Ayakashi Ayashi, Mobile Suit Gundam Wing) will compose the music. via animenewsnetwork

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