Tag Archives: Perfect World

EvAv’s posted a new video of F2P FPSMMO Blacklight: Retribution, this time aiming at heavy weapons. Want to up the boom on some punk’s scummy ass? Go heavy, yo. Clip’s posted below the break.

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Runic Games co-founder and CEO Max Schaefer has said the firm chose Perfect World Entertainment as its partner for the Torchlight MMO due to the Chinese company’s experience with the genre.

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If this isn’t the single greatest name an MMO has ever had, we’re not sure what would beat it. “Fantasy Condor Heroes” beats ultra-bland names like Rift and Everquest any day. The new MMO is a cartoonish martial arts-themed MMO based on the martial arts novel Return of the Condor Heroes. So…what’s a Condor Hero?

That’s certainly at the top of our list of questions we’re hoping Perfect World will answer for us as their marketing campaign kicks up. What we do know is that it doesn’t involve being a fantasy condor. Which, honestly, is a bit of a let down.

Perfect World has released a developer video for Blacklight: Retribution, showcasing the shooter’s customization options. There are various ways for the player to customize their super soldier beyond the norm, and the video highlights the bigger aspects to the system. However, as D’toid notes, there are areas of customization in the game not included in the video such as emblems, titles and voice packs. Currently in phase three of the closed beta, the free-to-play Zombie Studios FPS is slated for a release later this year.

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Cryptic’s gone live with a blog post detailing Star Trek Online’s latest major update, Season 5: Call to Ruin.

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Cryptic’s parent company, Chinese online game developer Perfect World, has reported a rise in profits for the quarter of 587.7 million CNY ($92.1 million), which is up from 486.9 million CNY the prior year. The firm also reported an increase in revenues of 708.9 million CNY ($112 million), up from 579.2 million CNY yoy. All figures were in line with company guidance, reports Gamasutra. “While focusing on further enhancing the content of our portfolio is necessary for our healthy long-term growth, this decision did slow our revenues for the third quarter on a sequential basis. But our third quarter results still represent solid year-over-year revenue growth of 22.4%,” said according to chairman and CEO Michael Chi.

Perfect World’s decision to rejig Neverwinter as a free to play MMORPG is okay by the newly-acquired Cryptic, even though the game was almost ready to go.

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Cryptic Games’ parent company Perfect World has announced the free-to-play switch for Star Trek Online will happen on january 17. The switch is slightly later than the expected end of year targeted switch for the MMO, which first launched back in 2010.

Thanks, Videogamer.

Perfect World has announced the closed beta for Blacklight: Retribution will begin on November 10, with a select players invited for day one. More players will be invited as the weeks progress.The game, in development at Zombie Studios, will be free-to-play upon release and will be monetized using microtransactions entirely, instead of offering a subscription service. The full game is expected to be released sometime later in the fall. You can sign up to be a beta participant here. Thanks, Eurogamer.

Perfect World, the company who recently acquired Cryptic, has confirmed the studio intends to turn Star Trek Online into a F2P game by the end of this year.

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Cryptic has opened up on precisely how its acquisition by Perfect World will affect Champions Online and Star Trek Online players.

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Cryptic’s online co-op multiplayer take on the classic Dungeons & Dragons Neverwinter license has been pushed back into 2012.

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Perfect World has completed its acquisition of Champions Online developer Cryptic Studios. The Chinese company has apparently spent $49.8 million on the buyout after Atari announced earlier this year it was to divest from the studio. Atari says it will use to decrease debits among other things. Perfect World also has a majority stake in Torchlight studio Runic Games from May this year.

Thanks, Gamasutra.

Neverwinter was announced after much rumor-mongering last year, and it is slated for a Q4 2011 release on PC.

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Zombie Studios has announced Blacklight Retribution as the name of its free-to-play sequel to Blacklight: Tango Down.

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Atari has sold Star Trek Online and Neverwinter developer Cryptic Studios to Perfect World.

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Travis Baldree, president of Runic Games, has said the Torchlight MMO will be “as close to a single-player as we can get.”

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Not much this week regarding MMOs that we didn’t already cover with separate posts already, but there’s still some stuff passed the break.

Here’s just some of what we have for you this week:

Mythic has detailed City siege changes for Warhammer, shots of the Ascension expansion for Perfect World’s Jade Dynasty popped up, Star Trek Online player progression was discuseed, and the open Beta for Alganon starts next Wednesday.

Find out about all of that and more below.

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It’s that time again. The MMO news round-up post full of links, and other goodies for the online crowd.

This week, loads of games are having annual summer events full of festivities, fireworks and other shenanigans. Some also got level cap increases, are nerfing classes, launching new servers, going bankrupt, and one has even reminded us it’s still in development.

What a week. Hit the page fold for the rest.

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E3 was a very busy week for all involved whether they were at the show or not. Loads of games were unveiled, peripherals, and tons more stuff happened.

MMOs were there too though, and while the majority didn’t make the front page, loads of stuff pertaining to the genre happened or is going to happen.

Find out exactly what after the jump.
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