A new mounted combat 3D MMORPG from IGG.

The first data-disk of dow2 is almost here, this is a thing all the dow 2 fans already well know..
Those who won’t buy the expansion will get a new unit, a big patch and some maps.
Those who will buy the expansion will get:
-Chaos Army
-A new (useless?) single player campaign

At the actual price (30 euro) i am not going to buy this, it s just not enough for me to justify the buying, i am not a big fan of Chaos Marines, plus is still a 3 vs 3 with just the adiction of f4all mode.
In addiction i found the single player campaign (dow 2) terribly boring.
I don t wanna bash THQ or Relic at all, in fact i am glad they make wh40k rts game, but to me Dow 2 is bad designed since the beginning.. so i hope they will bypass Company of Heroes 2 and will start to work on Dow 3 as soon as possible

Link to Official Site

Dawn of War II: Chaos Rising will be going live on the following schedule, due to time zone differences throughout the world.

Australia and New Zealand (Retail & Steam)
08:00 PST, 16:00 GMT 3/10

North America and Korea (Retail & Steam)
21:00 PST 3/10, 05:00 GMT 3/11

Russia/Czech/Poland/China (Retail & Steam)
13:00 PST, 21:00 GMT 3/11

Europe (Retail & Steam)
16:00 PST 3/11, 0:00 GMT 3/12

Become a legendary hero as you lead your troops into battlegrounds that span both land and sea. Lay siege to enemy territory and defend your kingdom.

* Engage in large scale kingdom warfare.
* Control an army of personal soldiers with tactical formations.
* Slaughter your enemies with transforming siege weaponry.
* Dominate land and sea with customizable guild battleships.

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Large Scale Kingdom War

Choose one of three factions and participate, if you desire, in a recurring, full-scale, player vs. player (PvP) battle for control of territory across the entire world map. NPC troops, mounts, ships, and siege engines.

Rule and Conquer Player Cities

Do you fancy yourself a brutal warlord or a savvy politician? Maybe both! Organize a group of players, capture a city, and administer it any way you see fit. Be wary – there are others who will look to wipe you off the map.

Control an Army

As you rise through the ranks of your faction, you earn the respect of your peers. Recruit and customize a variety of NPC soldiers, and build your own personal army. Individual EXP, formations, and specialties.

Dominate By Land and Sea

Organize your very own crew of players and take to the seas in exciting ship battles. Up to eleven players can collaborate aboard the same upgradeable vessel. Raid enemy ships, blockade cities, and more.

The MMF2 (Multimedia Fusion 2) and TGF2 (The Games Factory 2) SWF File Exporter will allow you to create applications compatible with Adobe® Flash® Player…

As of now it has some limitation but it’s amazing that you can build a flashgame using the power and easy ClickTeam’s Gamemaker..

Link to ClickTeam Forum

ClickTeam Official site

Multimedia Fusion 2 is the most flexible, powerful, and full-featured authoring tool available today. Best of all, you can get superior and impressive results with no programming skills or knowledge required. Discover the secret tool used by so many multimedia professionals, game creators, and creative people from all walks of life.

Simply start by creating a frame containing any graphics you desire. Then start inserting and dragging objects. Finally, set their behaviors in the intuitive, grid-style Event Editor and you are on your way to great creations!

But this fast and effective approach does not sacrifice flexibility and power. The objects, called extensions, in Multimedia Fusion 2 allow you create even the most complex and fully functional software as you become more familiar with them.

Multimedia Fusion 2 provides you with everything you need to start creating software of your own imagination and design. From multimedia applications and presentations, to exciting games and stunning screensavers, you can be creating, sharing, and even publishing your work in no time.

WeMade Entertainment is launching the first-ever online Digimon game, Digimon Battle. The massively multiplayer online game will bring the original animated TV Series, Seasons 1 – 4 (“Digimon Adventure,” “Digimon Adventure 02,” “Digimon Tamers,” and “Digimon Frontier”) to life online with real-time battles and an interactive world to explore.

Players will take on the role of special Digimon Tamers, helping to protect the earth from evil Digimon by partnering with good Digimon and exploring the Digital World together. Fans can pre-register for the open beta today, and download the Digimon Battle client and the Frontier’s Starter Kit starting March 10 2010 from the official website:

Developed by Eugen Systems, R.U.S.E is set to refresh the strategy genre, introducing deception techniques that will let you bluff your enemy in order to lead your nation’s army to victory. Camouflage your troops, lure your opponent with decoy units, sabotage his logistics: strategy is intuitive and carefully thought out at the same time.
R.U.S.E. features cutting edge graphics and effects, the outstanding IRISZOOM™ Engine, immersive combat and a simplified interface that allows you to determine your nation’s strategy to defeat your enemies.
R.U.S.E. is scheduled for release during Q1 2010 on Windows-based PC, Xbox 360® system and PlayStation®3 computer entertainment system.

Link to R.U.S.E Public Beta (Steam)

Link to R.U.S.E Official Site

FlashPoint is sold for 7 euro-dollars.. nice solid game but i think with Bad company 2 and mw2 and the others fps on the way this offer (maybe) comes a little too late…

Link to Operation flashPoint Dragon Rising

There are also a couple of  (interesting?) demos, Just cause 2 and Order of War: Challenge Demo.

Link to Just Cause 2 (singleplayer)

Link to Order of War Challenge (multiplayer)

They switched to a Guild Wars like business model, basically buy the client and play for free.

Participating in the online gaming industry is more challenging now than it has ever been and the Free to Play market has changed the game. Partially for the good. Partially for the bad. It has resulted in more choices for gamers, but lessened the quality of so many released products and Micro transactions are now becoming the norm. To evolve with the ever changing market, Alganon has moved to a Subscription Free model.

There is a difference between Free to Play (F2P) and Subscription Free (SF). F2P gives the client away so there is zero barrier of entry. This creates a game world where anyone can just come in and do their thing. The drawback is the lack of controlling troublemakers and defining the general social maturity of a game.

We decided to keep the purchase price to prevent Alganon from being saturated by gamers who have no investment in the game they are playing. Even though we are subscription free most gamers prefer to play with others who are committed to the game to some degree.

Regarding the much-anticipated March 1st hype, we know that you are looking forward to new features and the Dawning world bosses in the patch that many people assumed to be today. This was our initial plan and what we were shooting for. However, we looked in the oven, and it’s not quite finished baking. So there will be a slight delay until everything is complete. The week of March 11th we’ll be releasing a patch that will include The Dawning world bosses (as well as the usual patch fixes/etc). In the meantime the developers are diligently working to complete several new and redesigned features, most noticeably the collection of Dungeon Instances, a fully redesigned Starter experience (including completely unique starter areas – we’re excited about this!), and the Tribute Market System. They are all on track to be part of our Official Launch release on week of April 8th.

Right now we know you are thinking: “What about those of us who pre-paid? If there isn’t a subscription what did I pre-pay for?”

Well we’ve worked out a special for you. All Subscribers are being converted into Citizens and because we want to thank you for your show of support for Alganon, we have worked out a deal where what was paid will be converted to Alganon Tribute, a new in game currency system. Pre-Paid quarterly players will get 839 Tribute, semi-annual will get 1,559 Tribute and annual will get 2,878 Tribute deposited into their accounts after the April launch. We realize these numbers mean little without something to reference them against, so we will release more information on Tribute numbers as it gets closer to the Official Launch.

The Tribute Market System (TMS) will serve as the foundation of Alganons new real-dollar transactional framework. This market will support three categories of purchases: Items, Boons, and Services.

* Items include Pets, Mounts, Equipment, Access Keys, Potions, Boxed Collections, Tokens and specialty items that will be available through the Market.
* Boons are specific to studies and allow the purchase of study-time. This provides the player with options since the study system directly relates to access of advanced game content and systems. A player could purchase a year of studies right away or use the studies system in real-time; boons simply let the player accelerate that time.
* Initial Services offered will be character transfers.

One thing that makes the Tribute Market System unique is Item Maintenance. This way players will never lose certain items they purchase from the market (ones that are not a consumable or have a finite number of charges). This allows players to buy that special mount and use their Tribute to pay Maintenance on the mount to keep it active. If it goes inactive, they can easily reactivate with Tribute instead of having to re-purchase the mount.

You will also get Tribute simply by playing the game. The more days you log in, the more Tribute you’ll have added to your game account. Tribute is account-wide, so the points can be used by any character. In addition, players can purchase Items via a web-browser on MyAlganon or through the game. Any character tied to their account can then claim the items.

This is going to be a big month for us here at QOL as we wrap up the core elements of the game and get ready for the Official Release in April. We couldn’t have done (nor continue to do) this without your faith and support in what we are doing, and we hope for even bigger things to come both with and because of that support.

As always, we want you to thank you for continuing help to spread the word of Alganon.

Sincerely,

The Alganon Team
-Play Alganon

This was a copy and paste from Alganon News.

”Camon Hero will provide you with a gameplay experience like no other MMORPG out! And like all Uforia games, Camon Hero will be completely free to play!

In Camon Hero, you journey through the land of Aria in order to save its citizens from the forces of darkness. But you won’t be alone on this dangerous quest. During your adventure, you will come across mystical cards that grant you the ability to summon creatures and people to assist you in battle!

Camon Hero is based on the ever popular Trading Card Games and you will find terminology and gameplay similarities in Camon Hero. But this time the monsters are real and the action in real-time!

Camon Hero has no fixed classes so you can customize your character’s stats so you can wield both magic and melee weapons or be a purist and focus on magic. Like a good TCG, Camon Hero gives you the options to customize and create your own gameplay style! The knowledge and power to perform skills is also bound to cards so that the possibilities in combat become endless. Deciding what cards to include in your summon hand and managing their Stack Cooldown Times so you can maintain control of the field.

Camon Hero features both PvE field combat and instanced mission based combat! Giant Bosses will test the skills of you, your friends and your decks! And what would a TGC MMORPG be without numerous PvP modes to test your deck out against other Camon Heroes! You’ll wish you could find a card that will summon up more time to enjoy all that Aria has to offer!

Control your army of summons, master your deck, save Aria and become the true Camon Hero! Join your friends this Spring on Camon Hero!” (source:uforia)

Business Tycoon Online is a massively business simulation browser game. You can have your own business empire built.