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Screenshots of upcoming fantasy MMORPG Dragon’s Prophet have been released, showing off the Laedis continent of floating islands. According to lore, before the invention of airships, the place was so isolated that only the Osira inhabitants dwelled there, as the Eternal Dragon placed the inhabitants there during the First Dragon War. During the Second Dragon War, the continents “were continuously fractured and Laedis was flung high into the sky.” Thus, it remains there. It all looks rather lovely, and I was able to play some of the MMO during GDC last week. My full report will be posted sometime next week. Dragon’s Prophet will be published by SOE in North America, and Deep Silver and Infernum Productions per regional agreements in other regions.

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Zynga was evaluated rather highly at the start of 2012, painting a picture of free-to-play browser and mobile developers as unstoppable money-making forces. The reality is far from that image, Infernum founder Andreas Weidenhaupt has argued in a new interview. Weidenhaupt has cautioned that such lofty expectations place immeasurable pressure on F2P developers, and has subsequently called for a reality check.

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You know it’s getting close to go time when a multitude of gamescom notices start popping up in your inbox.

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A new publishing company as joined the ever-burgeoning ranks of the free-2-play market. Infernum, has been founded in Berlin by former Frogstar CEO, Andreas Weidenhaupt who said of the company’s goals “The market for high-quality MMO games that are free to play is growing dynamically and we intend to become a major player in the space.”

Infernum’s website states its focus is on “MMO games as well as social and mobile entertainment.”

Thanks, Massively.

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