Fury Preview Event Opening

Starting today, July 27, 2007, Fury's Worldwide Free Preview Event begins!

The servers will be open for 60 hours and up to 200,000 log-in accounts will be issued on a first come first served basis. Last I checked, there were still accounts available, but you'd better hurry!

Head to www.unleashthefury.com/PreviewEvent for your free key and download instructions. If you're already a Closed Beta tester you can use your existing account to sign in.

Fury fuses RPG and FPS gameplay to make a fast playing MMORPG.

FINAL FANTASY XI FAN FESTIVAL 2007

Square Enix, Inc has announced Final Fantasy XI Fan Festival 2007!

This event is a celebration that commemorates Final Fantasy XI fans around the world. It will take place in the Hilton Hotel in Anaheim, CA. from November 15 - 17.

Attendees will be given the opportunity to be the first to play Wings of the Goddess, the highly anticipated fourth expansion to Final Fantasy XI. Wings of the Goddess will appear on PS2, Xbox 360 and PC, providing new content that will reshape the world of Vana'diel.

Lucky attendees will also participate in contests, panel sessions and live quests! Attendance for the event is limited to 1,500 and pre-registration costs only $85 for a full three days of admission, goodies and an exclusive in-game item.

To register, or for more info, check out: http://www.ffxifestival.com/.

Six New MMOs from Korea

Game&Game has announced service for SIX new MMO Games.

Game&Game is the global service platform for the Korean Software Industry Promotion Agency, also called “KIPA”. Game&Game is designed to help pave the way for Korean MMOs in the global market. They are currently hosting five online titles ( Cronous, Darkness and Light, Lunia, Bomb ‘n Dash, and Record of Lunia). The success of the current five titles has led KIPA to choosing six new ones to introduce to the world, including:

• Pi Story (Anime MMORPG)
• Red Stone (Western-style MMORPG)
• Twelve Sky(Oriental-style MMOPRG)
• Fiesta Online (Anime-style MMORPG)
• ­MicMac Online (Anime-style MMORPG)
• ­Kicks Online (Soccer MMO game)

Service for the games is to begin in September. Find out more about these titles here:
http://www.gamengame.com/gng/index.php

7/27/07 Issue at Just-RPG!

We've just posted our latest issue here at Just-RPG. This week we have an interview with the producer of Knight Online along with a few exclusive screens from the game! We're also doing a hiring call in search of new contributors here at Just-RPG, so make sure to apply!

http://www.just-rpg.com

• Knight Online Interview
• Knight Online Exclusive Screens
• Just-RPG Looking for Staff
• And More!!!

Record of Lunia War Site and Beta Launched!

Allm Corp, developers of the highly anticipated Record of Lunia War, have announced the launch of the game's official Web site along with the opening of the game's beta!

A North American server for the game has been established, providing more stable service and connecting players in North America and Europe. The new site reflects the open Beta, with user support, player guides, tutorials for beginners and account registration.

Record of Lunia War has also been selected as an official competitive game at Game&Game World Championship 2007 (http://gngwc.com/). Record of Lunia War is described as an action arcade MMORPG.

Check out the new official site here: http://global.lunia.com/

Heavenly Sword Demo Coming...

Sony has recently announced that a demo of Ninja Theory's upcoming action title, Heavenly Sword, will be available for download on Thursday, July 26 on the PlayStation Network.

The demo will be the same that was shown at Sony's Gamer Day earlier in the year, and promises to give players a taste of the gorgeous visuals and intense combat.

Mobile Gothic 3 Announced

JoWooD has announced the upcoming release of Gothic 3: The Beginning!

Gothic 3: The Beginning is new mobile phone RPG developed by HandyGames and set for release on Q1 2008. It will allow gamers to visit various locations in Khorinis and Tirith, chat with many NPCs, battle hundreds of enemies and master long banned magic attacks.

From my experience, mobile versions of RPGs tend to turn out on the stinky side (like Elder Scrolls Travels: Shadowkey). I'm curious to see how Gothic 3: The Beginning ends up, but I can't say I have high expectations.

7/25/07 Daily Links

Here's a few quick links that I gathered from a few of my favorite RPG sites.

AllRPG's Final Fantasy Review - A very un-impressed take on the classic RPG that's recently been ported to the PSP.

Persona 3 Review on AllRPG - Despite a recent delay, AllRPG has managed to review the upcoming Persona 3. They have positive things to say about the anticipated game.

Soul Nomad Preview on RPGLand - A hands on look at one of NISA's upcoming titles.

Final Fantasy II Released for PSP

Square Enix has just announced the release of their remastered Final Fantasy II on PSP.

This remastered version celebrates the 20th anniversary of Final Fantasy with updated character art, updated graphics, new dungeons, an enhanced soundtrack and more!

Final Fantasy II is now available on store shelves across North America for $29.99.

Persona 3 Re-Scheduled

After discovering an error with the game's artbook mere days before the schedules release, Atlus was forced to delay the highly anticipated Persona 3. Today they announced the new release date of August 14, 2007.

This is the absolute soonest that they can get the game ready because they are not willing to comprimise the deluxe collector's edition package that they have created for the game.

K2 Network Launches New Site!

K2 Network has recently launches GamersFirst, a Web site dedicated to K2's MMO titles.

This will serve as the best destination for gamers to access the latest information, download games, find screenshots and more for games like MU Online, Sword of the New World and Red Stone.

"There are more than 10 million users worldwide who enjoy K2 Network games," said Joshua Hong, CEO and co-founder of K2 Network. "We wanted to create one destination where all the communities from our different games could go to find out everything that we have going on."

Check out the site here:

http://www.gamersfirst.net/

EVE CCG at GenCon!!!

CCP has announced that their CCG, EVE: The Second Genesis, will be celebrating the release of their first expansion at Gen Con Indy and giving away $25,000 in tournament prizes!

The game's new expansion, titled The Exiled, will allow players to build even larger, more fearsome fleets of ships with less fear of an early round loss. The expansion also features the addition of character and racial affinities, which promise to make deck customization easier than ever!

The $25,000 prize pool makes EVE one of the largest CCG payouts at Gen Con, and more than doubles last years prizes. CCP has opened up the tournament to all Gen Con attendees, allowing both n00bs and experienced players to get in on the action.

EVE: The Second Genesis first debuted at Gen Con in 2006. After the event, CCP will be sponsoring tournaments at hobby stores all across the globe where players can compete to win cash prizes.

For more information, visit www.gencon.com/2007/indy

Persona 3 to Experience Delay

Atlus has just announced that Persona 3 will experience a slight shipping delay.

The original shipping date for Persona 3 was July 24th, but due to an unforeseen error, the game's release will be slightly later. There was an unfortunate error in the Persona 3 art book that was to be included with the game, so Atlus is taking the time to have the book totally redone in order to give gamers the highest quality product possible.

Atlus has yet to make an annoucement for the new release date.

Tabula Rasa Character Contest

The team behind Richard Garriot's upcoming MMORPG, Tabula Rasa, have announced their signature character contest!

Take a look at the image to the left. Who is he? Where does this mystery man comes from? His name and backstory are up for the Tabula Rasa fans to decide!

All entries must be a maximum of 1000 words and should be in .txt, .doc or a .rtf format. Six finalists will be selected, and the top two will be flown to Austin for the Tabula Rasa pre-launch party!

Visit the site below for more information and to submit your entry! Good luck!!!

http://www.playtr.com/community/contests.html