Aeria Games have just signed an agreement to sell its worldwide PC games business including its subsidiary Aeria Games Europe GmbH to ProSiebenSat.1 Games. Aeria Games have said that they will now be able to focus exclusively on its global mobile games development and publishing business.

“As one of the pioneers in the Western markets for free-to-play PC games, we have successfully built a global publishing business with 50+ million users. The company is extremely proud of our team’s accomplishment and the transaction will give the business the requisite scale for continued growth,” said Lan Hoang, CEO and co-founder of Aeria Games. “With the additional capital, we will invest exclusively in the mobile business with additional game launches. We have already proven ourselves as a strong publisher and developer of mobile games, and we look forward to exponential growth in the mobile business for years to come.”

Aeria will continue to develop mobile games for global launches, such as X-Men: Battle of the Atom, as well as use its expertise in operating and publishing mobile games to work with Asian partners to bring titles to the Western markets and vice versa.

The great news for existing Aeria gamers is that the transaction with ProSiebenSat.1 Games will not impact the Aeria Games player community. The entire Aeria Games brand and platform will be acquired and further expanded by ProSiebenSat.1 Games, and users will continue to enjoy their accounts and all the games that they have been playing.

It’s another era in gaming, it makes me think of the many hours I racked up playing mostly GunZ, good times.

Lifeless is an up and coming Zombie MMO FPS due for beta release at the end of the year. We at RaGEZONE have teamed up with the developers Rigid-Soft to bring you this exclusive video tech demonstration and screenshots from the current pre alpha build. The video showcases several new and interesting factors including harvesting, crafting and fortification. Each new addition is set to rejuvenate the genre and give the fans of zombie based survival the experience they deserve.

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For more information on Lifeless, visit the official website here.

Albion Online is a sandbox MMORPG with a medieval theme. There are two main things that interest me here, all in-game items and buildings are player made and the MMO is cross platform, Linux, Android, Mac, iOS, and Windows players altogether.

Sandbox Interactive recently had a live Q&A to confirm player questions about the Alpha testing and the future of the game.

Regarding the world, will there be different themes such as winter/desert/lava/etc?
-Jantin, Reddit

Yes! Currently the world in Albion Online is under development but we do plan on featuring several different kinds of areas.

Do you use tab targeting or do you have to click to select targets?
-Zarf, Alpha forum

Currently the system is very similar to other top down RPG games where you click your target to attack them, however tab targeting is on our backlog.

Are all spells target-and-heal? or are there also aimed shots?
-Khor, Alpha Forum

Aimed shots such as Skillshots may be a bit of ambitious endeavor for a MMORPG game, they work wonderful in a small scale setting but in a MMORPG setting they can become problematic.

Currently there are no similar skills however we do plan to implement ground based AoE attacks.

How are hit points derived, does every new character have the same amount say 100 hp?
-Zarf, Alpha Forum

Currently a ungeared character got 1000 health points, a lot of gear has health bonuses and some gear has the option to specialize for increased health points.

How is character speed determined ? Being ‘over weight’ slows you down but do you have the same speed between 0% and 99% limit ? Does being in combat lower your speed ?
-Khor, Alpha Forum

Yes up until around 100% carrying weight you move at your ordinary speed, above that your movement speed will be gradually decreased, you can craft backpacks which increase your carrying capacity.

And being in or out of combat will not change your movement speed, however there are spells and attacks that can slow your opponent’s movement speed as well as skills that can boost your own or allies’ movement speed.

Hello I was wondering how you guys will address world population and available resources. Will it just be one big server or different servers with a player cap? If it’s one server will resources re-spawn quicker depending on how many players are online at a given time? I can see this game being played by the thousands at any given time so I am curious on your game plan to absorb that.
-Skytea, Alpha Forum

We will aim for one large world, similar to Eve. Whether we will succeed with that is to been seen Having different servers would be a fall back solution. What would definitely be the case is that we would have different starting zones, such that not everybody starts in the same place. We will find a good balance.

Also, keep in mind that the better the resources are, the more dangerous the zone will become.
Current plans are:
Safe Zones have at most T4.
Zones with strong crime debuff have at most T5.
Zones with weak crime debuff have at most T6.
Fully open zones have up to T7.

Also, it goes without saying that the strongest boss mobs etc will also be in the more dangerous zones.

So tools have durability, but do weapons and armor have it too ? Can it be repaired when its weak, so it can basically last forever? If so, how is equipment eventually removed from the game ? If its not, wont ‘rare’ items eventually become common, as the materials are farmed and the items are crafted, more will be in circulation all the time.
-Khor, Alpha Forum

Everything will break eventually. Only thing that you can repair is player made houses.

Check out the Albion introduction video below.

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Reborn in oak and thorn, Atomic Poison Ivy, fights for an Earth wreathed in toxic forest as the latest Champion addition to Infinite Crisis.

As nuclear fallout withered the old world’s flora, a psychic scream plunged Pamela Isley into darkness. She awoke in a mutated forest, shocked to discover her own transformation. The forest mind spoke to hers, calling itself the Green. Their powerful telepathic link, forged in nuclear fire, gave Ivy renewed purpose. She would use her new from to protect herself, the Green, and to strike fear into a weakened humanity’s heart.

Using exotic powers to protect and entrap, few enemies escape this villain’s grasp. Ivy uses plants to protect from damage and also to control her enemies with roots and walls of brush. Check her out in the video release below.

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Aeria Games has announced the start of Open Beta testing for Aura Kingdom, their new massively multiplayer online role-playing game (MMORPG) with a gorgeous anime art style.

The open beta comes right after several closed testing periods in which thousands of players were able to get a first taste of Aura Kingdom’s rich world and styled gameplay. During the course of Founder’s Beta, Closed Beta, and Stress Test, players collectively created over 170,000 characters and logged nearly 1,000,000 hours in the game, that’s pretty impressive. Now the gates are opening to everyone to help finish testing before Aura Kingdom goes live.

“We’ve seen an incredibly positive response and outpouring of enthusiasm from our community after Aura Kingdom’s Closed Beta,” said Tom Nichols, Vice President of PC Games, Aeria Games. “Now we’re happy to finally announce that players all over the world can experience for themselves this great game from our fan-favorite developer X-Legend.”

Game Masters will be on hand to run in-game events every day throughout Open Beta. These events will range from huge monster and boss spawns, to contests to snap a screenshot of a GM running at superhuman speed. The events offer valuable in-game items and currency as prizes. For new players, there will be welcome sessions during which GMs focus on answering player questions, as well as live tutorials on their Twitch.tv.

Aura Kingdom is free to download, and play. Players can enter Azuria now at the official site.

DeadBreed is a new action MOBA that will be coming to us very soon. It’s based around matches with teams of three vs three, but unlike other MOBA games, there is a much stronger RPG element and character customization in DeadBreed.

There will be elements of crafting finite artifacts and summoning pets to fight beside you. Each game your team will pick an end match sentinel to fight. The boss then appears at the end of the game for you to try and bring down as a team.

Deadbreed, is the first release from the Swedish stealth startup. “I wanted to play a MOBA where I could totally customize how my hero looked and, more importantly played, but I couldn’t find one,” explains Stefan Ljungqvist, developer at the Stockholm based studio.

“Talking to friends, I realized I wasn’t the only one wanting this, so we decided to make it. Also, this was our chance to make a darker themed MOBA for hardcore gamers like ourselves and bring in some additional RPG gameplay features.” The response from Deadbreed’s weeks old Steam Greenlight campaign and community feedback indicate that many gamers seem to agree.

“After a decade of making triple A action console games, it feels good to return to your roots,” continues Stefan, who also has a background as a pen-and-paper RPG and miniatures games designer. “It feels great to make monsters again!”

Go to the official site for more info and beta sign-ups.

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Skara is a new game that features team based hand to hand combat with an FPS style view. It’s currently in alpha testing. Skara, The Blade Remains has released it’s first alpha live action video with full graphics. We get to see two Skara races, the Durno and the Khärn, meet to do battle in the Zem Moorlands Arena. It’s and 8v8 battle which will be one of the team sizes in the free to play game. Featured are some of the unique fighting combinations you will be able to use in game.

My first thoughts when I saw Skara was that it reminds me of Chivalry: Medieval Warfare. Let’s hope they keep up the good work and we can start to see more quality team based, FPS style, hand to hand combat games.

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Webzen have just confirmed that next month players of (C9) will be able to play the new class – The Mystic.The release of the mystic is part of the fourth major expansion to (C9), which started last month.

The Mystics were created as keepers of magic, after the first war between the Gods of good and evil. They are a melee class with a badass hammer to bust out dangerous attacks in all directions. A mixture of stuns and powerful attacks make them a powerful class.

Check out the trailer below, I LOVE the attack animations.

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There can be only one emperor in Tamriel, only the most powerful of individuals can rule over the lands, and only one may wear the emperor’s armour.

“The one who sits on the Ruby Throne cuts an imposing figure, driving enemies to flee in fear and inspiring allies to even greater deeds of conquest. When the emperor strides onto the battlefield, everyone takes notice–and few foes will survive to warn their allies. Below, you’ll see concept art for armor that only the emperor can wear, intricately worked from the strongest materials and valuable beyond measure.”

I can only imagine the fighting and politics that will be raging on to seat a favoured individual, or even yourself as emperor. To see the emperor arrive on the battle field will be quite a sight, to be the emperor will be quite another.

As always I’m excited to hear news about ESO and would love to have a hand in securing a pace as emperor for an ally of mine. How far will you go? Will you fight to win the seat for yourself or friends? Will you fight with or against the emperor?

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It’s a chance to get some of your favourite characters and their alternate launch costumes at a big discount. I’m always in favour of cosmetic micro purchases over pay to win. Marvel Heroes players will be able to secure new champions before they are released. If you know you are going to buy the characters and skins anyway, it will save you a lot of money.

By taking an advance pack you will get the new characters from your pack as they are released, no need to wait! Their website says:

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DOCTOR STRANGE, Sorcerer Supreme ♦ JUGGERNAUT, the Unstoppable Force

MAGNETO, Master of Magnetism ♦ MOON KNIGHT, the Fist of Khonshu

NIGHTCRAWLER, Master Swordsman, Fuzzy Elf ♦ PSYLOCKE, the Psychic Ninja

SILVER SURFER, Herald of Galactus ♦ SUE STORM, the Invisible Woman

STAR-LORD, Leader of the Guardians of the Galaxy ♦ VENOM, the Lethal Protector ..and MORE!

All of these heroes are included in the Marvel Heroes Advance Pack!

The Marvel Heroes Advance Pack is a combination of amazing access and spectacular savings for a limited time only.

As an extra bonus, the Advance Pack Deluxe Edition includes a complimentary Wolverine “Fear Itself” costume and Gambit’s “As Death” Enhanced costume, one month before they are officially released. The Deluxe Edition also includes a free alternate costume for each of 12 heroes, two retcon potions for each hero, and 24 copies of Fortune Card Mark IV, Mark V and Mark VI.

… And, as a limited-time holiday bonus thank you to Marvel Heroes players, order the Deluxe Edition by December 31st plus Avengers Slot and receive a full Ghost Rider hero bundle, including both Ghost Rider costumes, his hero stash tab, and fortune cards. Some of the Advance Pack – Deluxe Edition content even begins shipping this month!“