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Today I stumbled on FURY, Age of the Chosen, which is a PVP centered, action based mmorpg from Auran Games. I’m currently downloading the game client which is quite big, around 2.54GB, so it’ll take me sometime to complete downloading it. In the meantime, here are some screenshots of the game. [...continue reading Age of the Chosen, FURY]

For those who don’t know, backgammon is a board game played by two players. Players move their pieces after each roll of the dice and the player who removes all his pieces first wins.

I’ve played online chess through Yahoo but online backgammon? Nope! A few days back I stumbled on a site which has tons of information about internet backgammon. It’s more like a portal on internet backgammon. It has news, articles, tips and tutorials on how to play backgammon.

Online Backgammon is far from your typical, everyday mmorpg. As stated above, it’s a game between 2 players but what really captured my interest is that you can play for real money and if you are really good then you can join various tournaments sponsored by various online backgammon associations worldwide.

The site is 1on1Backgammon.com and on the main page is a banner linked to a small game client used to play backgammon online. The client is free to download and if you register for an account you’ll be awarded $5 as a Welcome Bonus.

So, if you are interested in becoming a pro backgammon online player (someone who makes money playing online backgammon) then 1on1Backgammon.com is a good site to start learning about the game. It is also a good site for those who just wants to learn how to play backgammon in general, online or offline.

It’s been almost a year since I last logged in into my account in Khan Online Philippines and finally the game I called home for a few years received an update. Well, it’s not the kind of update I was expecting but an update is an update no matter how good or bad it may be.

Khan Online Updates mentioned in KOP’s splash page:

• New Enchantment
• New Skills
• New Mount Customization
• New Items

More details on the update is posted at the boards, forums.khan.com.ph. The things I noticed more from the forum post are the implementation of the Element System like this Knight’s Sword+15 with Ice Attribute and Sword+13 with Lightning Attribute (see photos) and the Knight Skill, Stamina of the Bear, WOOOOHOOOO!

Now if only the developers or the publisher will do something about the rampant use of illegal programs like Speed Hack and Cheat Engine in Khan then players would surely appreciate these new element weapon attributes.

Khan Online is a very well balanced PVP and Party Based MMORPG, well, that was before cheats were involved. I’m surprised that the developers nor the publisher didn’t mention anything about eliminating the use of third-party or illegal programs with Khan Online.

As I’ve mentioned in the beginning of the post, an update, good or bad, is better than none. PARTY ON!

I’m not a very big fan of IGG but I am a big fan of games, particularly online games like mmorpgs, mmos, etc., and I did play Voyage Century Online once which is a really great game.

It seems that they have a few titles on the line like Zu Online, Angels Online, Gods War Online and Wonderland.

Zu Online has just concluded their Alpha Test. Next will be, hopefully, the Open Beta Test and in my experience, characters created during the Beta period are not deleted and get carried over to the commercial release of the game. In my opinion, the Beta period is the best time to get started with a game because it’ll give you an edge over other players, at least for a brief period of time. LOL!

Angels Online is scheduled this December, 2007 and it’s one of those mmorpgs with cute characters like Flyff and Scions of Fate. Gods War Online is scheduled on the second quarter of 2008 and Wonderland is on March 2008.

I might try Zu Online because the graphics look cartoonish and I’m just curious to how it will really look. If I’m not mistaken, that technique is called Cel-Shading where 3D objects or models are rendered to look like a cartoon or hand drawned.

To learn more about these new titles visit their official IGG websites:

• Zu Online
• Angels Online
• Gods War Online
• Wonderland

I’ve been so busy with Second Life that I’ve missed so many things in the local MMORPG scene!

It seems that the trend this past few months was to go Free 2 Play as seen with the release of Ragnarok Online’s free to play Valkyrie Server and Rising Force (RF) Online free to play update. These news may be old to many but they are new to me.

I really need to get back into the MMORPG loop because the last news I heard was the closing of Philippine ROSE Online after it became Free 2 Play. Are we going to see the same thing happen with RF and RO? RF and RO Philippines will not be closing down soon because they still have a fairly large user base. Just look at Khan Online Philippines, it’s still up and running.

I’m not a big fan of RF or RO but I remember saying to myself that the only time I’ll even consider playing these two titles again is when they become Free 2 Play. I guess faith wants me to play these games again. LOL!

If I can get my hands on a CD installer then I might install and play these games again just for the hell of it but if I’m going to download the installer, well, I’m not sure. Like what I’ve said, I’m just not a big fan of RF and RO left a bad taste on me.

Anyway, my guess is that Game Publishers are getting enough returns in their investment to keep this Free 2 Play subscription model because if not then we wouldn’t see titles like RO or RF changing from Pay 2 Play to Free 2 Play.