Welcome to the 17th century
…where fast combat, multi-character control and battles with NPCs await you.

As you begin your game, you’ll notice that instead of a common character selection screen, Sword has you create your characters in the barracks. First you need to fill in a family name which will be your character’s surname. Then you can create your characters, and pick one of the 5 classes in game:

Fighters are the main melee class and have the ability to use swords, shields, big swords, dual swords, poles, guns and even one sword and one gun at the same time. Musketeers are a ranged class and stand out in using guns and rifles. Wizards are a magic class, which means they are good at doing AOE’s (area of effect damage) and other magic. Then there are the elementalists, a magic class using elemental powers, which is the best class to do AOEs. Finally, there are scouts, the healer class or assassin class depending on how you want to use it. Scouts can heal the party, buff the party, place traps and it can assassinate monsters and/or players with their deadly daggers.

If that isn’t enough you can get UPC (universal player character) cards too, which are like the NPCs in game but then you can use them as characters. Some have their own unique stances and they can be obtained by doing quests. After obtaining the card you go to your barrack and then select the option to create a new character. Now the UPC is listed as being on your team, and they will travel around with you and help your combat against monsters. Every UPC has its own starter level so it’s not like you have to level them all from the start.

But sadly there are no ways to change faces, hair color, body frame, or anything else until you get into the game and start collecting new armor, weapons, hats and other accessories or costumes.

Play with three characters at once
Multi character control.

After the creation of your first character a tutorial will start giving you info on how to start the game, and what to do next. When you get the message that you can now use multi character control. You can create two more characters and start the game and if you want to you can do a battle tutorial against guards, just to get the hang of things.

That’s right in Sword of the New World you can control not only one character but three characters, this is called multi-character control. This might seems pretty confusing but when you play the game you get the hang of it quickly as its fairly easy.

You move by clicking, skills are being done with the keyboard the first character uses the QWERTY row as its skill bar, the second the ASDFG row and the third uses the ZXCVB row. By hitting the F1 – F3 keys, players switch between there avatars, while F4 brings the other characters to the selected party leader. CTRL-A selects the entire group which you will be using a lot, but CTRL-Left clicking orders the team to Assault an area, meaning they’ll cut through anything in their path to reach their objective. And witch CTRL-SHIFT-CLICK they pick up any drops around the click location.

Now about skills, a feature I really like about Sword of the New World. Instead of buying one skill, you can buy stances which are sets of 3-5 skills and its own style of battle, this allows you to develop each character differently. It’s a good system and works good in Sword of the New World.

Quests are varied from kill-quests, gathering-quests or delivery-quests to instanced missions and even NPC battles. Sword of the New World has a good background story and it’s a bit of a pity that it isn’t showed in most of the quests but the ones that have a storyline behind them are pretty fun and interesting.

Combat is very fast paced and when you see a group of monsters and you can send them flying in all directions, in less than 10 seconds. This makes the game exciting as you go adventuring and completing your quests.

PvP
Royalists versus the republicans, Colony wars or do you like to kill in baron-mode?

The PvP in Sword of the New World is good, it’s pretty tactical but also quite gear dependent, you will notice that when the other has better items it’s almost impossible to win, unless you are skilled and have a good tactic.

There are many different PvP aspects in the game: normal 1 versus 1 PvP, Royalists versus the Republicans (both are factions which you can join) or Colony Wars in which you gain a territory with your clan versus others. Or just go make your own PvP room like in a lobby of a shooter or a room based action game. Go to the PvP NPC and create a room, set the type to PvP and wait for others to join you.

There is also an open PvP if you choose to play on a baron server. After reaching family level 6 (which you just gain by leveling up with your characters) you can PvP with others of that family level and higher. There is however a penalty system: you become a murderer if you killed other players, towns will not accept you and NPCs will be scared of you (not that they’re going anywhere, but they won’t sell you anything). So then you will need to visit a different starter town: a very small wreck hidden in a secret location, where you can buy your things and teleport to other locations just like in the regular towns. The penalty can be lifted once you killed enough monsters but while the penalty lasts you’re a target to all players.

Does it look old?
You’ll be surprised.

The first thing you notice when you start the game is that it looks really good, detail is stunning and the 17th century baroque style of the game fits just perfectly. Towns look really amazing and the buildings and architecture are just incredible. Character detail and clothing is excellent and fits perfectly in the style of the game. Not to mention that the game is easy to run, and even lower-end PCs can easily run this game. The only downside of the graphics in my opinion is the glow effect; it can be a bit overwhelming, but you can turn it off.

Sound of the New World
The music in Sword of the New World is great; it’s a mix between classical and trace, with pure classic music in towns. The music is strong positive part of this game, as it’s very enjoyable and never intrusive. The others sounds are good too, there is nothing wrong in the sound department.

Personal Recommendation
Sword of the New World: Granado Espada is a decent game. I really like the graphics because they are amazing and it doesn’t require a high-end PC to run the game. The music is great, I love the atmosphere it portrays. The PVE has a good amount of quests and things to do, but once you run out of those the game can get pretty repetitive. However, once you have reached a good level and got some good equipment you will find other things to do in this game.

The PvP is fun, I really like how it works with three characters, which make the game tactical and really fun. All in short Sword of the New World: Granado Espada is a good MMORPG.

Pros
- Good story
- Great graphics
- Good music
- A good class development system
- Multi character control
- UPC system

Cons
- The grind that is needed to level
- Character customization
- Quest can be a bit hard to follow
- The interface still needs a bit of tweaking
- Combat feels a bit too automated

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The Types of Combat
In Warhammer Online, and indeed most MMOs in general, there are four basic types of “PUG” (Pick Up Group), which is to say- unorganized, combat. What I mean by unorganized is that the players on each side are a random assortment of players that don’t have a set plan in mind and are often very uncoordinated. They either never gain a plan, or they have to just make it up as they go along. The four basic types of PUG combat are:

Large Group, aka “Zerg”

The term zerg refers to a race in the strategy game “Starcraft.” The main tactic for this race was not getting the best units or technologies, but instead the race was all about getting as many units onto the battlefield at one time…whether the units are very effective or not. Therefore, the “zerg” has come to be a term meaning “a very large, unorganized mass of players.” When in a zerg situation, MDPS are at their very weakest. It is difficult for them to cross the field and do anything meaningful before they are gunned down by the large mass of ranged players.

Medium Group
A medium group could be loosely defined as 7-18 players. This size of group will most commonly be encountered in scenarios. MDPS fair surprisingly well in this situation, as long as the player understands some basic principles. “The Flow of Battle,” my original guide, as well as the chapter with the same name, address this situation.

Small Group
Approximately 2-5 players. This is when MDPS are at their strongest. MDPS typically have the damage power to kill most healers and ranged damage (RDPS) classes by themselves, and the offense threats against them are at a minimum in this situation.

Solo
1v1 combat. MDPS are very strong here as well, but don’t fair as well as melee healers like Warrior-Priests and Disciples.

Basic Tips for Any Combat Situation
There are some basic things that will greatly improve your chances of success as a MDPS, no matter your combat situation.
Have a healer friend.
This is listed first for a reason! Cherish them as much as they should cherish you. In a tier 1 game having a healer would mean the difference from a game with 10 kills and 10k damage to a game of 18 kills and 35k damage. I prefer the ranged healers of any type as you can use your snare to peel enemies off them. The ranged healers also further improve your magic resistances with the appropriate buff…which is GREAT to have (always ask for resist buff over strength buff, trust me and tell them politely to use it on themselves!). Don’t underestimate the power of having a melee healer with you though (especially if they have a tank friend to guard them!). Their armor buff is extremely helpful.

Know your enemy.
First, know that your biggest enemy is other melee. You have light or medium armor with only about 25% damage mitigation. A defensive tank gets up to 70% mitigation, an offensive tank 45%ish mitigation. That’s a big difference! Second: know that ranged healers stand no chance against you. Last, know that if you start a fight in melee range against an RDPS, it’s pretty much over for them as well.

Know thyself.
You’re mainly a skirmisher…a caster killer. You’re not built to stay on the front lines like a tank. Get in, get your kill, and get out if you’re going to take hits.

Situational Awareness
This is basically being aware of your surroundings. Very often it is wise to pan your camera around to check if you’re about to be flanked, or what your enemy is about to do. Don’t get too caught up in the frenzy of battle.

Stick Together
Never run strait into the zerg unless all the melee run in together. You will get tab targeted and focused down unless there are other melee (especially a shield tank) to absorb part of the damage for you. Running in all together is very effective, but takes some coordination that most pug groups aren’t willing to display.

Gear and Statistics
For a list of formulas regarding gear and statistics, reference here.
The most important stats on gear, in my personal preference order (I say it this way because it’s bound to be debated), are:

Resists - You’re a caster killer, and they don’t like to see you coming! Resists are very important for your survival. Even the “physical” ranged damage: Shadow Warriors, Engineers, and Squig Herders, are equipped with a number of skills that are based on resists. Do not spend RPs on increasing resists though. All your resists should come through gear and buffs from friends.

Armor - Realistically, armor is soft capped by the type you wear and so increasing it isn’t always possible. Still, you want armor as your biggest enemy is other melee. Having a melee healer (Warrior-Priest or Disciple) in your group that runs the armor buff helps significantly. I would not spend your RPs on increasing armor, increase it through gear or buffs from friends.

Strength - You’re a damage class. Strength improves your damage. Makes sense! But wait Duty, I’m a Witch Hunter and have ranged skills, shouldn’t I stack Ballistic? No. WHs have a very high base Ballistic skill. Mythic gave them this so their stat spread wouldn’t be too crazy. Stack strength as a Witch Hunter just as you would other classes. Strength is where the majority of RPs should be spent.

Toughness - Per point, in my opinion, resists/armor offer a lot more survivability increase, but you can only get so much of those. Toughness is the next best survivability stat. For AoE-focused character builds, I’d recommend stacking toughness equally or in preference with strength. These builds tend to do well in large situations with healers to support the MDPS. Because you will be taking so much damage in these situations, toughness becomes more vital. Toughness is where your secondary RPs should be spent.

Initiative - Lowering your chance to be crit is nice, but still won’t have as much effect as other defensive stats. Dodge chance is nice to have to avoid the crowd control and damage skills of shadow warriors, squig herders, engineers, and witch hunters. A note: the point-blank area of effect root of Shadow Warriors, Squig Herders, and Engineers is considered a ranged skill, and so is dodged, not parried.

Weapon Skill - The armor penetration is not as significant as you might think. First, you’re killing casters, they don’t have a lot of armor (and armor does not work logarithmically like it does in other games…it’s a flat increase, so armor penetration is more useful against high armor targets due to hitting the “penetration cap” on lower armored targets). Melee is your biggest enemy, but you are trying to avoid them, and armor is a natural defense against them that doesn’t eat stat budget (stat budget refers to what stats you spend on your gear…you can only have so many stats and so have to choose). Weapon skill is nice to have, but you get more offensive punch out of strength, and more defensive punch out of toughness, initiative, and armor.

Willpower - Since MDPS don’t heal, 1/2 this stat is worthless. The other half seems beneficial, but you don’t gain enough disrupt chance to warrant stacking over other stats.

Ballistic - Mostly worthless. Helps Witch Hunters some, but Strength will net you a better DPS increase.

Intellect - Mostly worthless.

Tips for Large Group Situations
Zergs aren’t easy for MDPS. In fact I’d say they’re downright painful if you have a bad group or no support. Brawler types tend to fair much much better, but still are at a general disadvantage in this situation. Obviously character builds that emphasize AoE (Area of Effect…skills that hit multiple characters at a time), such as the Marauder’s Monstrosity line, will fair better.

Large group situations tend not to “whittle down” to smaller and smaller groups. There are typically too many players to kill before the ones you just dispatched are already back. Splitting up to take multiple objectives, or players just logging/relocating are the only ways zergs tend to dissipate. Since you’re weak at this type of combat: encourage dissipation. Go somewhere else, fight another battle. Don’t play the zerg game and don’t be a sheep. Even if you have to 1v1 you’re in a much stronger position.

Still, if you feel you must participate in a zerg, you must know that zergs don’t generally get progressively smaller, and so aren’t won by killing all the players. They’re won by pushes. Admittedly, it can be incredibly fun charging the line and routing your enemies even if that’s more a tank’s job then MDPS.

To best win the pushing, you must coordinate melee charges. You can’t send 1-2 melee guys at a time as they get slaughtered. It can be difficult in a PUG to rally players to all charge at the same time…but when you do get enough to make a difference, it’s quite a sight to behold as you rout the enemy and slaughter them from behind. If possible you want to stay behind tanks that are using “Hold the Line.” You’ll recognize it as an animation that sprays behind the tank, and he will hold his shield steadfast in front of him. He gains a 45% chance to dodge and disrupt (that is: avoid any ranged attack) while you gain 15% chance to do the same. However, you can gain the benefit up to 3 times if you stand behind 3 tanks doing it, which gives you a total of 45% to avoid any ranged attack. Hold the Line only lasts a short amount of time…it’s meant to get you to the action (which by that time your enemy will probably be routing unless they have significant amounts of melee players to hide behind).

After you get to the fighting, it’s pretty simple. Assist other players by focusing on 1 guy at a time to kill them faster, and don’t go beyond the front line. The worst thing you can do is pass your tanks, because you’ll get “tab targeted,” which refers to players hitting the “target closest player” button and all focusing on you. You want to let your tanks take the damage…that’s what they’re there for. You try to remain as inconspicuous as possible.

If you have 2 or more ranged healing friends that are dedicated to keeping you alive, you can really rampage and flourish in a large group situation, as long as you are a brawler MDPS (marauder or white lion) that is specialized in AoEs. You can often run in and kill several players at chokepoints when you have such a support corps. Using Monstrosity spec on my Marauder, I’ve managed to kill 13 players near simultaneously while they came up the stairs in a Dark Elf keep. The secret is to choose your spot: a chokepoint where they’re all bunched up (like stairs, a doorway or a bridge), know your AoE combos, and have help to keep you alive. When things go the right way, you’ll net LOTS of kills and have a ton of fun doing so.

The Flow of Battle: Medium Group Situations
Let me start by saying that there is a very key difference in how medium group battles tend to take place from large group battles: they whittle down. What I mean is that as players die, it becomes a progressively smaller group situation. So as medium group battles carry on, MDPS get stronger and stronger.

You must use this to your advantage! I have recommended this approach because I know the power of the tab target. The biggest difference in an organized group against an unorganized one is that the organized guys are all hitting the same target to kill him faster, while unorganized guys are hitting all different ones. Tab Target turns those unorganized guys into organized ones by making sure they all target you: the melee guy who happens to be closest. I’ve recommended this approach so you don’t get into that particularly nasty situation.

Phase 1: The Skirmish
When two armies first meet, the skirmish takes place. This is a period where each side is at full or near full strength. Ranged characters are at their best as they can safely hide behind melee types and blast away. The cardinal rule for MDPS of this stage is to stay alive. Don’t take risks. Your RPDS buddies are at their strongest: so let them do their job! Let them pick away at the enemy forces from a safe distance. Your job is to use that wonderful snare that all MDPS have and help your RDPS friends stay away from the melee players that charge too early.

The more melee players from the enemy side that want to charge over, the better. Kill those foolish melee! They’re your biggest enemy and the more you remove, the better your survival chances are later in the fight. Even if they’re tanks, they’re by far the safest thing to beat on at this stage, and with enough people focusing on them, they’ll die eventually.

Don’t worry, they will come to you. A true master does not chase his enemies, but lets his enemies come to him on his land…his advantage. Let their melee come (and they will), as they’re easy to single out and destroy. If one of them happens to target you, run back into your group so you “overextend” him. This means you make him chase you out of range of his support: where he becomes a very easy target.

Phase 2: Fun Time!
After their melee characters are either dead or otherwise distracted away from you, it’s time for you to make your move. You want to get at the casters at this stage. Try to flank or otherwise reach them without drawing attention. Stealth characters excel at this as they can cross the battlefield without drawing focus to themselves. Brawlers may be tempted to use Charge! but this is unwise. You not only want to save Charge! for retreating or catching a player that tries to escape, but it also brings attention to that fast moving White Lion blazing across the field…something you don’t want.

Once behind the front lines, you should know which classes to kill first. Because the majority of their healing comes from their “big heal,” which is easily pushed back when they take damage, killing ranged healers is often the easiest to do, and often enough required before you can kill anything else (they’ll just keep healing it!).

If you think you can get away with it without them getting heals: kill “Glass Cannons,” which are Sorceresses and Bright Wizards first. They do a TON of damage and can ruin your day if you don’t take care of them. If smart ranged healers are around to prevent you from doing so, you’ll have to kill the healers first.

After the ranged healers and glass cannons are dead or not present, take out “skirmishers,” who are Squig Herders and Shadow Warriors. These classes have a lot of crowd control and can make life very frustrating. Taking them out makes your job easier. Last, take out the “defender RDPS,” which are the engineers and mages of Tzeentch. They are the most difficult of the ranged characters to kill, and typically aren’t your first choice to kill.

So the kill order tends to generally (there are exceptions that experience will teach you) look like this:
Shaman/Archmage
Zealot/Runepriest
Sorceress/Bright Wizard - First if you can get away with it
Squig Herder/Shadow Warrior
Magus/Engineer
Witch Elf/Witch Hunter
Marauder/White Lion
Disciple/Warrior-Priest
All tanks

If you succeed in not attracting attention, you should almost be guaranteed a kill. You’re brutally effective when facing the enemies weakest to you while the enemies strongest against you are distracted elseware.

If you do attract attention, be ready to retreat. Where as stealthy types rely on getting there unnoticed and are good at it, brawler types tend to excel at getting out if needed. Your detaunt (that is: the skill that reduces the damage players around you deal to you), followed by Charge! if you have it, will get you out of many situations. The whole reason I personally love brawler MDPS is their 50% AoE detaunt. It’s completely underestimated by new players. It has saved me from many many sticky situations.

Understand a key component to this stage: you don’t want to overextend. There is still enough DPS on the field to be a threat to you if you stray from your support. No one can heal or kill the enemies attacking you if you’re out of range. With few exceptions, you don’t want to chase enemies back too far.

Phase 3: Small Group
At some point in the battle, one side will most likely establish itself as the clear victors and will just “mop up the rest.” At this point you are generally free to overextend some (never too much though), chase down enemies, and revel in the glory of killing your enemies.

However, sometimes the sides are fairly even with only about 2-6 players left on each side. This is a time you will want to keep special considerations in mind.

First, there generally isn’t enough DPS still out there to kill you before you can make it back to your support. *Some* overextending and chasing is warranted if it furthers the cause of winning the battle.

Second, you want to focus fire. Take a look who others are killing and help them. Help other DPS classes before you help tanks. If you see a Witch Elf bashing on a Runepriest, and a Black Orc hitting an Archmage, go help the Witch Elf as your combined DPS is pretty staggering.

Third, help your ranged guys by using your snare against their melee pursuers. Keep them safe: your best weapon is the guy beside you (for proof of this, calculate your current weapon vs getting the best weapon in the game for your class…figure out the gain. Will you gain double the damage or healing, double the hit points, and double the utility skills that you get from having a friend?).

Solo Battles
Solo battles are truly beyond the scope of this guide, as they are a much more exact science then groups. They depend on your class and what class you are facing more then anything, and tend to become exact blow-for-blow, counter-for-counter fights.

There are some key advantages and tips MDPS players have in solo situations though. Knowledge of which classes you can defeat and which generally defeat you is paramount. In general the melee healers, which are Warrior-Priests and Disciples, tend to be the strongest solo classes, and most of the time you’ll want to avoid engaging them. Tanks also tend to be fairly tough, but most of the time will not finish you off before you can escape them if the battle goes poorly, as your escape moves tend to trump their pursuit moves.

Knowing which classes you can engage and which you can not is very important because MDPS, over any other class, have the power of selecting their engagements. Stealth and runspeed buffs (Charge!) give you that power. You’re very hard to escape and you can escape very easily.

It’s always beneficial to get the first blow in as well. You have a major advantage, especially against ranged characters, if you can reach them before they know you’re coming. Lastly, bring friends. Two or more can always accomplish more then one solo player.

Closing
This concludes the basic training for MDPS in RvR. It may sound like a lot more work then it is, but with some practice you can become a successful player. The key is to be patient and fight on your terms…not the enemy’s. Don’t go chasing kills when they’ll come right to you. And bring friends!

The backround fiction behind Lineage II is your typical Fantasy, three large kingdoms with ego problems and delusions of grandeur trip over their own feet to usurp power from one another. Gobs and gobs of internal strife complicate matters across the board, allowing the chance for all players to overthrow a few rulers and claim their own peice of the world.

You won’t be throwing anyone over in Lineage without a decent character, and Lineage II has plenty of options in that department. Five differnt fantasy races are available: Humans (Ok so there not fantasy, who cares!), Orcs, Elves, Dark Elves, and Dwarves. Newbie classes consist of little more than your basic warrior/mage. But you’ll be able to pick more focused occupations later on. Each race and class combination has plenty of hairstyles and equipment textures which means the chance to dress up, or in more perverted cases, dress down, a female dark elf to your hearts content.

Doing battle with the games randomly spawned monsters nets you experience and spell points. There used to buy new skills and occupations, you start with a limited selection of skills. and new skills become available when you get addidtion professions (3 so far ^^, Starting, 2nd, and Final). Sadly, Dwarf characters draw the short stick when it comes to spellcasting (aka, they can’t), but they do make up for it with their amazing ability to craft items. This yeilds some of the games better items, so the Dwarf community rules Lineages econemy with an iron pudgy fist.

Ruling and controlling is the name of the game in Lineage II, with much of the action being centered on player conflict. Not so fast, though, unprovoked attacks bring karma penalties, and too much negative karma will turn you into a bright cherry red target. Other players will then have an open license to finish you. Death brings experience loss(something very costly at high levels), along with a quick boot to the nearest town and the possible loss of a few precious items. Tread lightly, vicious Pkers (Player-Killers).

If you’re looking for better gear, there are plenty of NPC quests to undertake. One noteworthy mission rewards Level 35+ players with a dragon egg, which hatches into a cuddly dragonling pet, and later incubated into a mountable two legged “Strider”, and eventually, after much effort (owning a castle *laugh*) a badass flying wyrven.

Violence and NPC quests are just the tip of the iceberg and at its core, Lineage II is all about seige warfare.Setting seige on a castle results in a free-for-all, winner-takes-everything battle that anyone and everyone and can jump in on. Being lord of a castle grants you control over the local shopkeepers and castle defenses. Also considering, the longer you hold a castle, the harder it is to take. Fortunately, you can forge alliances and create many sub clans to help secure your holdings.

Note: Lineage II has new downloadable expansions approximately every six months, right now we are into Chronicle 1.

Newbie Tips:

1. Do map quest right away, the map is the most valueable quest (not money wise) you’ll always be lost without it, even if your pro.
2. Always get weapon first! Never armor, Weapon first, armor last.
3. Keep a few healing potions, they can be the reason you usually live when running, unless you dont mind losing valuable exp.
4. Chat commands, ! shout, “(name) whisper, @ clan chat, # party chat, Theres also regular chat, thats nothing.
5. Never and I mean Never, Hit someone unless you fully understand the consequences even if they hit you, even if red, its best you run until higher level.

Also when finished this times, i will collecting more articles for mmorpg games to player,Thanks for everyone!

“What you can say really quite clearly and not get into too much argument about it is that the 360 is much easier to develop for, it’s easier to get the performance out of it that it can deliver, and the rasterizer, the GPU side is generally faster than what the PS3 has,” Carmack told Eurogamer at QuakeCon.

“You could design a game where the PS3 would be the superior platform, but you’d have to go out of your way to do it. If you’re doing a game like people just want to do games now, the 360’s the better platform.”

The debate about the relative strengths of Microsoft and Sony’s competing next-generation platforms has raged since well before either hit the market, but Carmack is arguably among the best-placed to judge the hardware given his extensive study of both architectures and his driving role in the design of the id Tech 5 engine.

Asked about their relative strengths, Carmack explained that while the 360 is easier, the PS3 does have untapped potential. “If you were doing a whole lot of simulation, you can in theory get more performance out of the Cell processor than out of the two other dual-thread processors on the 360, but that’s a big ‘in theory’,” he acknowledged.

“But,” he added later, “the fact that Blu-ray won the format wars on there is a huge feather in Sony’s cap, and then we wind up with cases like what we’re seeing right now where having all the extra space on the Blu-ray may be a useful thing for us above the fact that the hardware’s not quite as good in terms of what it can do with the processing.”

One thing he did want to emphasise about the systems, however, is that they’re “both really good”. “That’s why any time that people make comments one way or the other about the consoles, it’s easy to leave aside of the fact that it’s the best that it’s ever been in any generation in terms of support capabilities and all that.”

Carmack’s company, id Software, is currently developing Rage for PS3, 360 and PC, although yesterday design lead Tim Willits told Eurogamer “360 is our primary target”. “We’re developing on the PC, but we have 360 controllers on all the PCs.” He also couldn’t confirm whether the PS3 version would support keyboard and mouse although - as we share Carmack’s view that keyboard/mouse is where it’s at for FPS control, we hope to see id’s mind made up favourably soon!

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When Age of Conan stormed into retail stores as what we believe to be the most pre-ordered original PC game in history, it instantly became the best selling PC game of May. The pace at which Age of Conan sold made it one of the fastest selling PC games of all times, and Funcom and Eidos are therefore very satisfied to see the positive sales trend continue. As all countries report sales differently, it is not possible to get a complete overview of the exact box sales at the time of writing, but Age of Conan remains the top selling PC game in most all released markets. This includes being the #1 overall PC game in June in the Nordic countries, Oceania, Germany, France and Spain, as well a top three contender in all other markets where the game is out. No substantial sales data for June is yet available from the US market, but Age of Conan was the #1 PC game in the latest official NPD update.

a�?That Age of Conan remains #1 in retail stores several weeks after release is of incredible importance to us, and proves that the game has a large potential beyond the early adopters,a�? said Morten Larssen, VP of Sales & Marketing in Funcom. a�?With more than 700.000 accounts created so far we have a fantastic platform to build from, and we will continue our marketing spend to further drive numbers in the months to come. It also means that Funcom can dedicate significant development resources on evolving the game even further, naturally giving us a great hope for the future of Age of Conan.a�?

a�?We are incredibly pleased to see Age of Conan turning into an MMO phenomenon,a�? said Gaute Godager, Game Director on Age of Conan. a�?As an MMO company we know that a good start is just the beginning for a virtual world. All we care about now is to make Age of Conan into an even better game, and we have extensive plans to ensure that Age of Conan remains a top MMO alternative for many years to come.a�?

Tertiary institutions and specialist educators are currently teaching their games courses using more traditional peer-to-peer game engines which are unsuited in learning about how true MMOGa�?s and Virtual Worlds are created. The new resources that will be made available to educators by BigWorld will make it possible for teachers and lecturers to offer students the opportunity to learn on world-class middleware technology that enables hundreds of thousands of players to interact simultaneously, rather than using engines that are restricted by the number of players.

John De Margheriti commented a�?We have many months of hard work ahead with educational partners to get this initiative off the ground. The industry as a whole needs to make it easier for motivated young talent to gain experience in using todaya�?s industry standard middleware technology. These games are much more complex to develop for and this is a pro-active approach to prevent an industry shortage of experienced MMOG developers, particularly game programmers and game designersa�?.

a�?I am pleased to have the opportunity to work with leading game educators to provide them with the resources to create MMOGs and Virtual Worlds. The technology that will be made available will greatly enhance educatora�?s and studenta�?s understanding of what commercial grade MMOG engines are about and also provide students with greater job prospects in this online agea�? said Adam Shaw.

BigWorld hopes that these specialist modules in MMOG game development will help to shape the way forward for todaya�?s leading educators. Recently released statistics from DFC Intelligence show that a�?the total overall number of online gamers in the twenty leading online game countries is expected to increase 51% from 2006 to 2012a�? and that a�?worldwide online game revenue is expected to increase from $4.5 billion in 2006 to $13.1 billion in 2012, a 192% increase. According to mmogdata.voig.com, active MMO Player subscriptions have grown from about 10,000 as of April 1997 to approximately 47.67 million as of April 2008, and the number of active MMO Player subscriptions has increased by 63.07% per year on average since January 2003, and increased by 83.77% between April 2007 and April 2008 thus emphasizing the growing trend for demand for these types of games.

The agreement shows Funcom and 1C Companya�?s full dedication to the growing Eastern European market, and is another important step in ensuring long-term success for Age of Conan through-out numerous languages and regions.

a�?1C Company is a clear leader in the Russian speaking regions, and we are confident we have found the perfect partner,a�? said Trond Arne Aas, CEO of Funcom. a�?We have already shipped a substantial amount of English boxes into Russia, Ukraine and Belarus, but we know that the real key to success is achieved through localized servers and services. Together with 1C Company we will do our uttermost to make Age of Conan a success for many years to come.a�?

a�?We are happy working together with Funcom on bringing Age of Conan to Russia. The game has already gained success here, reaching top places in many retail charts. With an already established fan base in Russia Ia�?m sure it will become even bigger after the localized version appears on the market,a�? said Nikolay Baryshnikov, International Sales Director of 1C Company. a�?Age of Conan is a great mix of action, RPG elements and adventure. I believe that the game has potential to become a big hit in Russia.a�?

Age of Conan launched this spring, and instantly became one of the fastest selling PC Games of all times, topping the charts in more than 17 countries. The unique mix of real-time action combat, incredible graphics and mature MMO content turned it into a massive success. Russian gamers will get access to the same version, and all updates and additions to the game will be released in Russian at the same time as other languages. The final release date for the Russian version is still to be set, but the game will come out during Q4 2008.

Russian will be the sixth language Age of Conan becomes available in, and launch in additional languages and territories is actively pursued by Funcom. For more information or to order Age of Conan a�� either in English, German, French or Spanish a�� visit the official website at www.ageofconan.com where you also can access the respective community websites.

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