Gamersnewsbits.com

4Story, www.global.4story.com, a popular free-to-play MMORPG developed and published by Zemi Interactive, announced X1.5 Upgrade Chance Event will be commenced today. With active participation of previous 1.5X upgrade event, 4Story GM team has prepared something extra for all MMORPG fans. Every month, there will be 10 hours of surprising 1.5X upgrade event initiated. This surprising 1.5X upgrade event will be 1 hour at a time and only 10 times a month at random hour.

“It will not be easy to make projection from users. We advise you not to stress yourselves out by checking every daily event hours, but instead believe in your luck!” said, the Chief marketing manager of Zemi Interactive, Daniel Choi.

4Story also has a free game cash event on going and introduced one step registration in its new welcoming page. You can get more information on the new contents and the events at the 4Story global website (www.global.4story.com).

A New Revolution to All CroNisians

At last, the long wait is over. The Neo Union War system will be updated on February 9, 2010. The Union War will never be the same as before after this grand update. This grand update is followed by two special events to celebrate the opening of the Neo Union War system.

Many had anticipated the January 21, 2010 Neo Union War update. There were many outcries amongst the fan of CroNous when Lizard Interactive had reluctantly announced the postponing of the new update on January 21, 2010 due to lack of testing. Some have even doubted if there ever will be a new update. However, to everyone’s amazement, the update came sooner than expected. Lizard Interactive is positive that Neo Union War update will go live on February 9, 2010.

It’s one on one on one: the Defending Union against the two Besieging Union, and one Besieging Union against the other. There are no allies in this new Union war system. Each Union, consisting of 5 guilds, will fight for supremacy using Siege Weapons like Catapult and Ballista.

 March for the West or East Gate and destroy the Internal Gate to summon the West and East Guard Tower. Destroy either the West or East Guard Tower to derive at the next destination: the Statue of Bernai King. Destroy the statue to win the Will of the King item. Then, carry the Will of the King item to the Altar of Fire and perform the 30 second Will of the King ceremony. But beware! The Will of the King item can be very hazardous as it will slow you down drastically upon acquisition.

 Every time a player participates in the Neo Union War, Honor Points and Winning Points will accumulate. With enough Honor Points, players will be allowed to purchase special items, such as ArkKnights with its great appearance, from special shops using Honor Points.\

For the winner of the Neo Union War, the Union will be granted a castle to rule with the power of taxation. The Union Master will be granted an imperial crown until the next Union War. The Union to achieve a 4 week consecutive win will also be awarded 40,000 NeoFun points, an equivalent value of 4,000 dollars.

 The grand update will be followed by two events: Love Love Valentine and Age of the Sage event. In the Love Love Valentine event, players will hunt and gather 3 ingredients of biscuit sticks, chocolate and gift box; visit Kayla, the mix master and combine with 50% success rate; and send it as a gift as the item will not be self-openable. In the Age of the Sage event, players will be rewarded 5,000 NeoFun points, which is of equivalent value of 50 dollars, for creating a fan site. Also, after the update, Master Enchant Stones(3% Enchant Stone(M), 5% Enchant Stone(M), 3% Holy Stone(M), 5% Holy Stone(M)) will be available from Ytudana.

The update is expected to last for several hours as there will be mega loads of files to update. There has never been and there will never be a grander update than this Neo Union War update in the history of CroNous.

Playcomet today announced that their most popular browser-based Strategy game- TransForce rolled out its long anticipated integration of Facebook Connect ( http://apps.facebook.com/transforce/ ) at the name of “World of BotCraft, which is also the virgin social game published by the Playcomet team. The move allows Facebook users to sign in the facebook account to play TransForce directly while enabling current TransForce players to connect their account with the social network

TransForce is a free online browser strategy game where players choose the Decepticons and the Autobots and fight in the vast universe space. TransForce is closely bounded up with the Marvel comic book series and also the Film Transformers.

Once Facebook Connect has been activated, players will be able to publish their comments, and share game strategy. Players can also quickly invite their Facebook friends to play TransForce and earn the ingame items or Matrix, a virtual currency in TransForce.

“World of BotCraft is the newest version of TransForce, embodying our team’s strengths and knowledge.” Said Newing,the project manager,” the game is no longer the Traditional Application, but with much fun applied and being applied. For example, the newly added “The Wanted System”, “Bounty Hunt System” and the Legendary Heroes. We will continue developing the new features in 2010”

Apart from the traditional gaming features like PVP, PVE, Tribal War, the folks at the TransForce team bring World of Warcraft’s features possible in the World of BotCraft. In WOB,you can also challenge the Instances, Explore the wildlands around and beyond. What is matchless in the web browser gaming world is that WOB delivers hero levelup,equipment Upgrade and Enforcement,as well as assumes a new aspect by raising the Tactics into the role-playing level.

This is an important move for both companies. For Playcomet, it means a lot more exposure on Facebook, as their tens of thousands of existing users link their accounts and publish information to promote the game. For Facebook, it represents a big new partner for Facebook Connect, bring the Facebook users more choices to play the game.

For more about TransForce: World of BotCraft, please visit the official website http://tf.playcomet.com

Starting Tomorrow, February 2, Players Will Have Access to Tons of Special Events– With Bonus Items And Premium Items Available For Purchase at a Huge Discount!

G4BOX Inc. announced today an exciting line-up of events in honor of Valentine’s Day and the Chinese New Year for its popular action-MMORPG, Metin2. Players can participate in all the “sweet” fun by downloading the game for free at: http://metin2.z8games.com.

Event Line-up

Event 1: Lunar New Year (Feb. 2-15)

New Year Cakes are extremely potent and can fully restore HP, MP, or Stamina! Players will visit the “Old Lady” where she will give her secret recipe, so they can gather up ingredients and whip up their own love cake for that special someone. All of the needed materials can be acquired through monsters.

Event 2: Lunar Greeting (Feb. 6-8)

To mark the year of the Golden Tiger, Metin2 is giving all of its players Lucky Red Pockets to celebrate the Lunar New Year. Red Pockets are traditionally given out during celebrations such as the Chinese New Year. The color red is chosen for its lucky properties and the pocket usually contains money or gifts. Players can get their Red Pocket by talking to the Old Lady. All players need to do is right-click the Red Pocket given by the Old Lady and enjoy the Lunar New Year!

Event 3: 20% off on all Couple Items (Feb. 12-19)

There is nothing sweeter than dressing up and showing your love on Valentine’s Day. All items in the Couple’s Shop will be 20% off! Players shouldn’t miss this chance to acquire their favorite couple items at a discount price.

Event 4: Show Your Love! (Feb. 12-18)

What’s better than presenting chocolate or red roses to the person you love? Players can just simply kill monsters and they will drop Valentine’s Day chocolates or red roses full of love!

Event 5: Share Your Love with GMs (Feb. 22-24)

Once Valentine’s Day is over — and players are left with roses and chocolates in their inventory — for a little added fun they can give GM’s the extra roses and chocolates as gifts! Time and gifts will be announced. Each country can get only 50 gifts per day.

10 Roses/Chocolates= gift #1

20 Roses/Chocolates= gift #2

Event 6: Purifier of souls Sage Basil (Feb.26-Mar.12)

Only those purified souls are able to come back to Metin2. Sage Basil will only bless souls that passed between August 1st and December 31st, 2009. With his powers slowly returning to him, he will begin his purification soon. Players won’t want to miss this opportunity to find out if their lost soul will be among the ones to receive his blessing!

“Our extensive series of New Year and Valentine’s events brings Metin2 to another level of fun,” said Howard He, Chief Executive Officer of G4BOX. “2010 has started off as a great new year for the Metin community and now we are kicking off a full month of events, specials and fun for an action-packed February.”

Visit http://metin2.z8games.com for full details and rules.

Metin2 is a Free To Play massively multi -player role-playing game for the PC. Metin2 features amazing 3D graphics, a unique dynamic fighting system a strong story line and a King mode where players can be elected king (giving their nation bonuses on the battle field) and much, much more.

‘Metin’ are unknown meteors that started falling from the sky many years ago, changing the lives, land, wildlife and the people on the planet. Players of Metin2 assume the role of a brave hero and band together with other players to find out the secret of ‘Metin’ and use it to rule or defend their Kingdom. But players be warned! Players are not the only heroes seeking the power of ‘Metin’; enemy Kingdom’s seek out this power as well. There are four classes of characters for players to choose from, with each class containing two specializations that are unlocked as players’ level up.

To follow all the latest Metin2 news, please visit

http://www.facebook.com/metin2.us, http://www.youtube.com/metin2,

http://twitter.com/metin2_us and http://www.myspace.com/metin2_us.

Now part of the Z8Games library of free MMOs. http://www.z8games.com

For more information about G4Box visit www.G4BOX.com. For more information about the Z8Games lineup of games please visit www.z8games.com.

The Gauntlet, IGG’s brand new Freesky Online (http://fo.igg.com) server, will soon be up with tons of new content at the end of the month. The Gauntlet will offer FO players a much fairer battlefield to explore and challenge them while narrowing the gap between advanced players and those lagging behind.

The newly updated world of The Gauntlet is filled with magic and excitement. Players who never purchase items in the Item Mall will find it easier to compete than previously. The number of advanced items sold in the Item Mall will be extremely limited, so the gap between the most powerful and weakest players won’t be as wide. To survive in PVP, players will need to rely on ability and teamwork more than ever. With more competitive PVP, more players can enjoy that side of the game, even if they never thought they could keep up in the past.

The Gauntlet retains the classical gameplay features of other servers, but also adds a brand new operation model to the game that helps weaker players advance. On the new server, the number of times Treasure Boxes open for free has been increased, and the limited number of items sold in the Item Mall will cost much less than the ones on other servers. In addition, players can choose from 2 stunning architecture types. These changes enable FO players to pay less while leveling rapidly, making The Gauntlet a more balanced battlefield that will attract non-consumer players who want to join in the fun.

Please visit http://fo.igg.com for more information about The Gauntlet.

With the debut of their new title, Lords Online, progressing smoothly, officials at IGG are announcing the opening of their official Lords Online game page on Facebook, the massive social networking community of more than 250 million users.

To allow players to log directly into Lords Online, an APP plug was added to the Facebook interface on January 15th. All players need to start their very own kingdom is a Facebook account.

The Facebook initiative is just one of many planned by the Lords Online team, which is looking to cooperate with other popular websites in the very near future, and welcome even more players to join the fun and add to the growing community of gamers who already enjoy Lords Online.

Visit http://apps.facebook.com/lords_online/ to add the Lords Online page into your Facebook applications.

Popular Free-To-Play MMO Kicks Off New Adventures and Events for Side-scrolling Gamers

THQ Inc. and THQ*ICE LLC, the recently launched joint venture between THQ and ICE Entertainment focusing on free-to-play online games, today launched Dekard, the brand new game server for the critically acclaimed, free-to-play MMO Dragonica™ Online (http://dragonica.thqice.com). THQ*ICE welcomes players of all free-to-play MMO games to experience the best 3D side-scrolling game of the year in the new server.

Dekard provides Dragonica Online players a fresh start to begin their journeys anew with friends. To commemorate the launch of the new server there will be several special in-game events including experience boosts, gifts, races and new missions. In addition, new users that register during the launch of the new server will be automatically entered into the Dragonica Online Water Series Game Card Sweepstakes for a chance to win a $2,500 Best Buy gift card and limited edition Dragonica Online Water Series Game Cards loaded with ICE Cash.

THQ*ICE also announced today the launch of a new Dragonica Online high-level dungeon – the Van Cliff Mansion! Vampirism is plaguing the land and a sense of dark magic is seeping from an old, elegant mansion. That mansion belongs to Count Van Cliff, and Dragonica Online needs adventurers courageous enough to travel through pitch-black prisons, treacherous libraries, and poisonous botanical gardens to reach Count Van Cliff himself. If you survive the journey and the showdown with the Count, lavish jewelry and untold riches are there for your looting pleasure!

Developed by Barunson Interactive, Dragonica Online is set in a world of dragons and magic and takes adventurers across the windswept land of El Grego to the far reaches of the world. Gorgeous visuals complement lightning fast combat while 3D side-scrolling battlegrounds let you get the upper hand on opponents. Dragonica Online is the only free-to-play fantasy action massively multiplayer game to merge innovative 3D side scrolling gameplay, arcade combat and a hilarious, yet devastating, skill system into a single MMO. Combining intense action with quirky humor, Dragonica Online breathes 3D fun into the traditional side-scrolling gameplay.

Dragonica Online is rated E10+ for Everyone over the age of 10. Register to play at http://dragonica/thqice.com, follow us on Twitter at http://twitter.com/dragonicathqice and join us on Facebook at http://facebook.com/dragonicaonline.

For more information on THQ*ICE please visit: www.thqice.com. For more information about THQ please visit: www.thq.com.

Play Dragonica Online for a Chance to Win More Than $2,500 in Gift Card Prizes

THQ Inc. and THQ*ICE LLC, the recently launched joint venture between THQ and ICE Entertainment focusing on free-to-play online games, today announced the start of the Dragonica Online Water Series Game Card Sweepstakes giving players a chance to win a $2,500 Best Buy gift card and limited edition Dragonica Online Water Series Game Cards loaded with ICE Cash.

To enter simply register for a free THQ*ICE Passport account, download the official game client and log into Dragonica Online. Existing players will be automatically entered when they log in to the game during the month of January.

Sweepstakes Prizes Include:

· Grand Prize (1 awarded): $2,500 Best Buy gift card

· First Prize (5 awarded): $25 limited edition Dragonica Online Water Series Game Card

· Second Prize (10 awarded): $10 limited edition Dragonica Online Water Series Game Card

The Dragonica Online Water Series Game Card Sweepstakes runs through January 31, 2010. THQ*ICE will randomly select 16 lucky winners including one grand prize winner, five first prize winners and ten second prize winners. For the official list of rules, please visit: http://passport.thqice.com/ui_web/official_rules.html.

THQ*ICE has also announced today it is extending its rewards program for Dragonica Online players who purchase collectible Water Series Game Cards. The Water Series Game Cards, sold exclusively at Best Buy retail stores, are available in $25 and $10 values. Players who redeem a $25 Water Series Game Card will receive bonus in-game items including an Armor of Vries Set, a Water Series Wreath, and a Holiday Reindeer Randolph Pet Egg. Players who redeem a $10 Water Series Game Card will receive an in-game Water Series Wreath. These bonus items are for a limited time only and will be changed to new bonus items next month.

Developed by Barunson Interactive, Dragonica Online is set in a world of dragons and magic and takes adventurers across the windswept land of El Grego to the far reaches of the world. Gorgeous visuals complement lightning fast combat while 3D battlegrounds let you get the upper hand on opponents. Dragonica Online is the only fantasy action massively multiplayer game that merges innovative 3D side scrolling gameplay, arcade combat and a comical, yet devastating, skill system into a single MMO. Combining vibrant graphics and expansive player freedom, Dragonica Online breathes new life into the traditional side-scrolling MMO.

Dragonica Online is rated E10+ for Everyone over the age of 10. Register to play at http://dragonica/thqice.com, follow us on Twitter at http://twitter.com/dragonicathqice and join us on Facebook at http://facebook.com/dragonicaonline.

For more information on THQ*ICE please visit: www.thqice.com. For more information about THQ please visit: www.thq.com.

Jagged Blade Games today revealed plans to give Dead Frontier (www.deadfrontier.com), the #1 free-to-play Zombie MMORPG on the internet, a brand new 3D overhaul. This update is expected to bring the game (which is currently 2D) to a new height of visual quality and interactivity. Rolled into this dramatic update will be a wide array of other improvements that will significantly enhance the overall game play experience.

“We’re not just taking what we have and simply improving the visuals, we’re also adding a ton of new features that are going to make the game far more enjoyable for everyone,” said Lead Developer, Neil Yates. “A ton of new enemies, new areas, improved AI, better multiplayer and better missions are just a few of the planned additions.”

This overhaul is expected to be complete sometime in Summer 2010. In order to keep the wait as painless as possible Jagged Blade Games are planning to release periodic demos of the new 3D client every few weeks starting in February 2010.

About Dead Frontier

Dead Frontier combines 3rd person survival horror action with more traditional role-playing elements to create a totally unique MMO experience. Players will need to have their wits about them as they struggle for survival in the decaying, zombie infested city of Fairview. Will you stay in the relative safety of the last remaining human outpost, or attempt to create your own hideout in the depths of the city? The choice is yours.

Dead Frontier plays exclusively in your browser and requires no extra downloads of any kind. What’s more the registration requires only a few seconds so you’ll be playing in no time!

Begin your survival horror experience now by visiting: www.deadfrontier.com