A unique hybrid MMO game that combines elements from multiple genres such as old school sidescroller Beat ‘Em Ups, RPGs and collectible card games, Discarded Online is now enjoying its fourth week of open beta, which went live a little less than a month ago courtesy of GameDozer, the company that’s also currently offering Battalion, an online multiplayer turn-based tactical wargame, for free.
The game is played via web browser and employs a clean image that’s suitable for youngsters. It contains no blood, gore or any offensive content, and the violence is represented by cartoon animations.
Online web-based games with collectible card elements is an undeniable growing trend due to their ability to generate micro-transaction revenue for game developers. One of the latest titles to continue this trend is The Continuum, an online collectible wargame that combines turn-based wargaming, collectible card game elements and RPG elements into one deep game. The Continuum requires no download as it’s programmed entirely in Flash and will be free to play. However, players will have the option to purchase packs of new random units. The game is undergoing closed testing and will be entering public beta soon. Registrations are now open.
Targeted mainly at younger audiences, Wizard101 hopes to attract many players from untapped demographics with its family-friendly approach to MMOs. Their “Ultimate Secure Chat” makes sure conversations are kept clean and pre-generated character names allows players to choose from thousands of combinations so players aren’t creating names unsuited for the atmosphere of Wizard101. The game can best be described as a cross between a traditional MMORPG and a typical virtual world. Wizard101 also offers minigames and a collectible card game on top of your standard MMO elements.
Urban Rivals is a wildly popular online multiplayer collectible card game with characters based on pop-culture stereotypes released back in early 2006. While Urban Rivals is free to play, some card packs require credits to obtain, which have to be purchased. Recently, a new clan was introduced to the game called the Piranas, a card deck series based on pirate characters with 6 new characters: Katan, Hawkins, Spycee, Mayhem, Smokey and Rhed.
Freaky Creatures is a hybrid between an action figure toy-line with collectible card game elements and a persistent online multiplayer game that’s being developed by Abandon Interactive Entertainment. Players wanting to get into the game will be required to purchase a starter pack that includes a USB device which contains the game installation, two unique Freaky Creatures figures and their virtual counterparts, 50 parts, 20 powers and 4 objects, all of which are randomly generated and used to customize your creatures and their lairs, as well as special in-game cards that provide various abilities and advantages.
Magi-Nation, the popular Pokemon-esque CCG (Collectible Card Game) that spawned several hand-held games and a television series now has a MMORPG available for open beta registration. You can register and play the game here.
The MMORTS, Saga, has recently made a free version of their client available which has restrictions compared to the $19.95 retail version. The game has no monthly fees, but instead has collectible cards which provide players with various in-game advantages.
Among the changes in the patch are new quests and countless balance tweaks and adjustments.
BEIJING, ATLANTA ,Mar. 10, 2008 — CDC Games, a business unit of CDC Corporation (NASDAQ: CHINA) and pioneer of the .free-to-play, pay for merchandise. model for online games in China, announced today it has licensed .Digimon RPG. and .Digimon RPG2,. the massively multiplayer online role playing games (MMORPG) based on a Japanese television animated series, for distribution in North America and The People.s Republic of China from SK Telecom, a leading mobile telecommunications operator in South Korea.
Digimon RPG is based on a series of very popular Japanese animated television shows called, .Digimon Adventure,. .Digimon Adventure 02,. .Digimon Tamers,. and .Digimon Frontier.. Digimon RPG2 (currently the tentative name with an official name to be decided prior to launch date) is a 3D MMORPG version based on the next series of the TV shows listed above for Digimon RPG, as well as a popular series of shows called .Digimon Savers..
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