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Fiesta Online €10k Contest

Gamigo is celebrating twenty million level ups with a competition in Fiesta Online. Taking place on the new global server, players are tasked with leveling a character up to 100 by June 22nd. All characters who successfully level up will be entered into a draw for €5 thousand and a massive fan package. Cash prizes are also available for first and second place runner ups. In addition, €500, 50,000 Talers, and an in-game costume will be awarded for side-contests.

“20 million level-ups and the first global server — if that isn’t a reason to celebrate, I don’t know what is. With this world-class event, we want to thank all Fiesta players around the globe, and also challenge all future players to a tournament.”
-Jens Knauber (Game Director)

Check out more details at the link below.

(Source: Gamigo Press Release)

Arc Client Now Live, Expanding Scope

Perfect World Entertainment has announced that the Arc client is now officially live. Arc is a central platform for all of Perfect World Entertainment’s MMOs designed to consolidate everything into a single system with a universal login, read game news, update clients, meet up with friends, and more. In addition to Perfect World Entertainment titles, players will soon be able to enjoy games from other publishers. PWE hopes to turn Arc into a central hub for the best that free to play has to offer, and has already confirmed that Path of Exile and APB: Reloaded will be making their way to the platform shortly.

Check out Arc at the official website.

(Source: Perfect World Entertainment press release)

MMOrning Shots: Trainride To ROBLOX

Today’s MMOrning Shot comes to us from ROBLOX, showcasing the creation of user Geico480. Alpine Valley, while still in heavy development, features a graphically impressive and functional train system. You would be excused for not believing that this screenshot is from ROBLOX.

Pull into MMOrning Shots station every Monday, Wednesday, and Friday. For now, check out a couple more screenshots from Alpine Valley.

Age of Conan Turns Six

Age of Conan turns six years old, and Funcom is celebrating by launching the Shadows of the Past event and Festival of Bloodshed. Shadows of the Past tasks players with uncovering a plot to bring down King Conan and will take them on a trip down memory lane to where it all began: Tortage island. Festival of Bloodshed introduces a new PvP system where players participate in week-long events each month. The system includes new PvP quests, new events, rewards, and a companion who taunts nearby players based on their number of PvP deaths.

I hope I don’t come across this companion.

(Source: Funcom press release)

MMOrning Shots: There Will Be Blood

Today’s MMOrning Shot comes to us from F.E.A.R Online which launches into beta next Monday, May 26th. Beta keys will be made available soon.

Splatter yourself with MMOrning Shots every Monday, Wednesday, and Friday.

NCSoft Q1 Profits Down 22%

NCSoft has released their finances for the first quarter of 2014, and the results are certainly worth taking a look at. Revenues and profits fell by approximately 20% in the first quarter due to a drop in sales in Lineage 1. The report states that in-game item sales were “scaled back,” and were responsible for much of the loss in profit. Lineage’s sales dropped by nearly half, from $70 million last quarter to $40 million this quarter. Lineage II and Guild Wars 2 saw a drop in revenue, while Aion and Blade & Soul increased by a modest amount.

Blade & Soul continues to perform strongly in China, adding to NCSoft’s royalty revenues. NCSoft did not market as heavily in the first quarter, seeing marketing expenses drop nearly 40%. As for demographics, royalties now make up 25% of the overall income distribution. European revenue dropped heavily, down to just under 3% of NCSoft’s total income. Korea dropped off heavily but still remains at the top with 52% of revenue, and North America increased slightly to 13%.

(Source: NCSoft Financial Documents)

Xsyon Rounds Up Raccoons This Weekend

Xsyon is kicking off a summer of events with a weekend Raccoon Roundup. Set for Saturday and Sunday, players are tasked with taking care of Xsyon’s growing raccoon population. Throughout the summer, Notorious Games will be running events including races, hunts, skill contests, arenas, competitions, and more. Events run on both war (pvp) and peace (pve) servers.

Check out Xsyon for free at the official website.

(Source: Xsyon press release)

MMOrning Shots: Here Comes The Sun

Today’s MMOrning Shot comes to us from Elite: Dangerous, more specifically from the recent fourth alpha phase. Check it out, but not right now because beta access is incredibly expensive.

Don’t spend $150 for access to MMOrning Shots every Monday, Wednesday, and Friday.

Face of Mankind Successfully Greenlit

Following a successful Kickstarter and launch of the open beta, Face of Mankind developer Nexeon Technologies has announced that the sandbox MMO will be coming to Steam. Launch date has not been set and details are sparse at the moment as Nexeon fills out the proper paperwork and navigates all of the legal mumbojumbo. More details will no doubt be coming in the following weeks, but until then you can check out Face of Mankind’s open beta at the official website.

(Source: Steam)

Dungeon Fighter Online Returning In English

It looks like Dungeon Fighter Online may be returning in English. Neople, the developer behind Dungeon Fighter Online, has opened up an alpha test for a global English server. The only way to play at the moment is to sign in with a Facebook account, noting that the server may be down intermittently for maintenance and that the service is in no way affiliated with Nexon America or Nexon Europe. Dungeon Fighter Online was shut down by Nexon last April in North America.

You can dive into the open alpha starting today.

(Source: MMO Culture)

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