Archive for the ‘MMO’ Category
Dungeon Fighter Online’s latest update sees higher player levels, new fighting areas
Dungeon Fighter Online (2D-X‘ favorite beat ‘em up of 2009) is receiving a big league content update in “Threshold of Power,” which will be available tomorrow January 27. This major addition ups the level cap to Level 50, and offers players hundreds of new items, dozens of new quests, several new skills for each character [...]
Review: FreeStyle Street Basketball (PC)
JCE’s FreeStyle Street Basketball is one of those titles that you simply have to dive into to truly understand why I blew way too many hours of my holiday break glued to a PC. When I told my bud Terry Lewis, editor-in-chief of The Other View, that I was playing a cell-shaded, anime-styled MMO b-ball game, [...]
Mini Fighter Emerges From Closed Beta With New Gameplay Tweaks
It’s been a while since we’ve heard any news about CJ Internet’s MMO action-fighter, Mini Fighter, but things have changed since we’ve interviewed the company back in August. The closed beta has ended, and the game is now open to the public, with a few new tweaks to make the game tighter. Based on feedback [...]
Best 2D Beat ‘Em Up 2009: Dungeon Fighter Online
There aren’t that many 2D, sprite-based beat ‘em ups released nowadays, but Nexon America proved that the genre is still a terrifically viable with Dungeon Fighter Online. A mash up of the traditional fist-to-face brawler with MMO and fantasy elements, Dungeon Fighter Online allows you to select one of five character archetypes (Gunner, Priest, Mage, [...]
Review: Dungeon Fighter Online (PC)
Dungeon Fighter Online has been in open beta or a number of weeks now, which has given MMO fans the chance to thoroughly sample the gameplay – – and I’ve been amongst them. Unlike other reviewable games that are more or less fixed when presented to the public, Dungeon Fighter Online‘s MMO roots opens the [...]
Virtual Vox Pop: Would You Pay For Items In A Free-To-Play Game?
Virtual Vox Pop is a weekly open mic in which we ask you, the reader, to sound off on a particular topic. This week, it’s pay for virtual items in free-to-pay video games. On October 31st, Techcrunch‘s Michael Arrington proved himself the scariest beast this Halloween season as he accused Zynga (the masterminds behind the [...]
Dungeon Fighter Online Beta Now Open To The Public
It’s time to grab your weapon and spells and take to the battlefield. Today, Nexon America officially opened the Dungeon Fighter Online beta testing to all gamers after months of anticipation. This Neople-created MMO brawler combines the 2D scrapping elements of beat ‘em ups with the fantasy elements inherent to massively multi-player online titles. Gamers [...]
Interview: Richard Moon, Lead Producer for Mini Fighter
Who would’ve guessed that 2009 would be the year of the MMO with fisticuffs leanings? Dungeon Fighter Online has been getting plenty of press both here and abroad, but CJ Internet’s Mini Fighter looks to deliver its own spin on hard-hitting, multi-player martial arts action. I spoke with Richard Moon, lead producer for Mini Fighter, [...]
Interview: Herb Yang, Managing Producer for Dungeon Fighter Online
I haven’t played a MMO since the early days of City of Heroes. I was unemployed, having been recently laid off after a year’s stint at the now-defunct Sync magazine, and looking for a way to relax between mad rushes to find freelance work. In retrospect, spending $15 a month on a video game wasn’t [...]
Mini Fighter Adds Punches and Kicks to the MMO Genre
You may have seen preview ads for Mini Fighter here and on other gaming sites, but now the Korean, 2D, side-scrolling fighter MM0 (mouthful!) is headed to closed beta, stateside, on July 23. If you haven’t been following its development here’s a swift primer. Mini Fighter is a side-scrolling fighter with cutesy, super-deformed characters. Unlike [...]
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