For those of you who don’t remember because it’s been so long since I’ve posted anything on this, or those who didn’t know in the first place, I’m working on a MMO project called Amalos – A Minecraft MMO.

Yesterday we rolled out a revamp to our project’s website, and with it, several details about one of the dungeons people will experience at level cap.

We still haven’t finalized details on what level ranges dungeons will be in, or what even the level cap will be, but all the other important details are there about this dungeon.

Here’s a brief description of the dungeon:

The Crystallum Palace is the home of the elemental lord of Water, Oshun, guarded by his faithful second, Ymgarde the Ice Giant.

It is said to be the coldest place known to humans, that your very breath freezes in your lungs.

As the elemental lords wage war on the mortals of Amalos, Heroes answer their call to battle by invading the homelands of the elementals, attacking the lords themselves.

Entering the dungeon is easy enough, as you just head either East out of Val’garn City or West out of Morgin City.

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There’s just something about the cuteness factor of Ragnarok that made me want to come back. It was probably about 10 years ago that I first played the original Ragnarok Online, my first experience with an MMO.

A super-deformed sprite of the original Raganarok Online, fighting the same creature type pictured in the background of the RO2 screenshot above.

I’ve gone back and played the original game many times through the years, and even picked up the game for Nintendo DS a couple years back, but never really got back into it after having experienced the updated graphics and gameplay of World of Warcraft.

But now, the long-awaited and once-scrapped sequel is finally in open beta, and I was keen to get back into the game. But just as I was about to download the client, an unexpected announcement from the game administrators seemed to thwart my attempts:

“…It’s with our deepest apologies that we announce we will not be able to provide the RO2 game service to players outside of our optimized countries – Malaysia, Singapore, Thailand and Vietnam – due to our license agreement with the game’s developer, Gravity Co., Ltd.” — RO2 Administrator, AsiaSoft (source)

This announcement sent huge shockwaves throughout the RO2 community. Many players on the official forums have expressed disappointment and even anger, saying that they feel like they’ve been strung along for years, only to be told at the last second that they wouldn’t be allowed to play the game. But we also have not yet heard any clarification on the topic from the admins — is this a temporary thing? Or maybe just for the beta period? Will the full game eventually be released worldwide? I’d assume yes, but like I said, we’ve not heard that officially.

Regardless, I suppose the game servers have only intermittently received the message that only players in certain areas should be allowed access — I and many others located outside of those areas have still been able to sign up, download and patch the client, and play the game since after that announcement was made. I’m unsure whether that will continue, but I’m happy that I can at least review and share a few screenshots from what I’ve seen so far.

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It didn’t take long for images and screenshots of the recently announced The Elder Scrolls Online to be leaked onto the internet.

Game Informer, which is featuring the game in its June issue, has had its images scanned onto the web and has now been appearing on various gaming sites. Along with images, details are also now appearing about some of the game’s features and potential release date.

Below you can find the images;as well as the full list of leaked information.

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Frogster Interactive, the European publiser for TERA, unleashed a horde of new media for the upcoming action-oriented MMORPG. The above trailer is what many of us have been waiting for, a sexy cinematic piece showcasing various classes battling it out.

The second trailer, below the cut, showcases in-game combat. Combat of the raiding nature complete with a very unusual boss. I think we can consider that a unique model. Frogster completes the En Masse Entertainment, the North American publisher, coup with a new gallery of screenshots.

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