Game Entertainment Europe successfully launches the Open Beta Client for the European world of Martial HeroesThe open beta client of Martial Heroes Europe has been successfully launched. It is a totally improved new client for a world which is exclusively available for European gamers. Game Entertainment Europe already welcomed 130.000 new registries’. The new world is called “Pandora”. Together with Pandora a totally improved portal for Martial Heroes has been launched, www.martialheroes.eu.What is new about the Pandora world of Martial Heroes:Pandora- The Pandora client has been translated into proper English.- All quests have been rewritten in proper English.- Pandora has in game support in many European languages (e.g. German, Dutch, French, English and Polish) by more than 50 game master helpers (GMH) who are present in the game.- To buy in game items gamers can use game credits called Gamers Oxygen or GO’s which can be bought in the Martial Heroes Market.- A lot of new Pandora events are scheduled.What are the features of the new portal:The Martial Heroes portal- The portal of Martial Heroes is available in English, French, German and Dutch.- It is possible to have direct contact with the GMH to ask game related questions. These questions are automatically posted and answered at the forums.- Gamers can make a profile at the forum section and gamers receive a personal url which refers to their profile.- Player rankings are listed.About Martial HeroesMartial Heroes features a world rich in oriental heritage, martial arts and age-old legendry and offers a perfect blend between oriental medievalism and stunning fantasy. A gamer chooses the role that fits him or her best. By playing quests and using items such as swords and horses, the gamer grows into his role.On your journey through the world of Martial Heroes you travel into areas totally different from locations you have seen before. There are mystical terrains where the night rules supreme, or lands that can only be reached through secret passages. While you progress through Martial Heroes and your character reaches new levels, many more elements will become available. This ensures richness in new experiences for players of Martial Heroes, never before encountered in any game. Of course real success comes from playing the game together. Martial Heroes offers the possibility to form a Guild. There is an unlimited number of levels that will keep the game provocative for every hardcore gamer.

About Game Entertainment Europe

Game Entertainment Europe offers very attractive online community games to gamers in Europe. To offer the best game experience, the games are localised for the European countries. Game Entertainment Europe organises game mastering, user and community support as well as in-game events. The company’s head office is based in Amsterdam and the company opened an office in Korea. More information can be found on www.ge-eu.com. Game Entertainment is also participating in a chain of European game cafes, WZZRD. On the 19^th and 20^th of May the Dutch finals of the Electronic Sport World Cup (ESWC) will take place at WZZRD Enschede.More information can be found on (www.wzzrd.nl).

More and more Chinese game companies develop 3D games after World of Warcraft’s launching in China. More and more WOW copies come out in Chinese MMORPG’s market too. Today we are going to introduce a wow-like 3D MMORPG, called Secret Online.

Basic

“Secret Online” is a 3D MMORPG developed by Ferry Network. It is set in ancient China during the Qin Dynasty. The Qin Dynasty marks a significant period in the Chinese history. It is not only full of ancient mystery, it is also the one and only dynasty that is deeply involved in technology, martial arts and intriguing sociology and politics. These are the main reasons why the game developers for “Secret Online” chose this theme. Secret Online allows players to be fully immersed into the fighting experiences with the excellent Hr3D game engine. Ferry has provided a flexible system for players to choose their unique items. What’s more, with over 200 scenes released during open beta, players can look forward to a never ending series of interesting mob kills and quests completions. It is widely reported by the Chinese games media such as 17173.com, Popsoft and China Computer World that Secret Online is expected to become the “Chinese WoW”. 

Synopsis

During the last years of Qin Dynasty, a worldwide war dominated the once peaceful world, people hated and killed one another and these resentment news reached the ears of the Heavens. An evil race had risen in power to evoke the once forbidden black magic demon Chi You. Among all seven temples necessary to seal the demon, this evil guild had broken three of them. The Xuan Yuan God race decided to shoulder the ultimate responsibility of protecting mankind. They have waged wars against the evil guild and fought together with mankind. However, the evil guild became stronger. The Xuan Yuan god race is cornered to a difficult position. In the era of chaos, will the evil guild succeed in its domination plans? Will they be stopped by the Xuan Yuan race? Can mankind stop his own extinction? The thousands of users will join them online in Secret Online, and decide the outcome of the future. It will be the legend of all times… 
Secret Online provides the mysteries, myths and legends that the name suggests. Come online and experience these extraordinary challenges which the developers of Secret Online have created for you! No man is too strong to level up, no evil is too powerful to overcome, and perhaps, just perhaps, no God is too impossible to rule. Discover the secret yourself.

Contents and Features

Real-time unlimited fight attack
The game emphasizes on the defending and attacking techniques. They will truly enjoy the fighting sequences.

Unique Strengthen War System
Every character has a Unique Strengthen War System, enabling them to display heir fighting skills to the maximum.

Magic stove system
There are a lot of treasured gems waiting for the players to explore and collect, and some of which will grant unimaginable power to its owner. Bless the one who find the rare gems!

More than 200 maps available
The maps ranges from desert plateau, jungle covered island to the waterfront. There are insidious fierce monsters, rural wild men, dangerous underground caves, hidden treasures, etc installed for the players in the game. Players can not only engage in PK battles, they can also be a collector of valuable minerals.

Variety of missions System
NPCs in Secret Online would carry quests of their own, and players are sometimes required to assist the NPCs to solve these quests. All the missions are derived from the famous characters in the traditional Chinese myths. Completing the missions can bring the players money, gifts, experiences or reputation points.

A long and deep story background
With thousands of plots placed in Secret Online, and the many historical figures that now come before the player, the player can expect that closing one completed quest door will almost immediately open up another window of mysterious and ever-changing fantasy world discoveries.

Short review by fmmorpg.com

Our test team played this game for quite a while and feel that this game is a good copy of WOW. But there are also some bugs they need to fix such as lag problem, most serious problem we have encountered in this game; this game can not be supported in Windows Vista; hard to level after you reach level 20; Boss is too strong for a 20-member group to hunt; hard to get better equipment; item box is too small so that you need to do a stupid quest to enlarge your item box etc…

For more details,such as professions, skills monsters, maps etc, please check their English official website:http://tj.ferrygame.com/english/EnglishIndex.aspx You will find out more information related to this game. We don’t think you can play this game until 2008.

In previous articles, we have introduced Phoenix Dancing to you. The latest news is that, we’ve got this game name changed to Phoenix Dynasty Online, which will be released in North America within 1 month.

This game will be under operation of Ingle Games, which has a lot of experience in operating English games in global market.

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Most of players will compare it to a game called  Conquer Online. Comparing to CO, PDO got these features that CO doesn’t have:

1. Mounts system.

2. Reputation system.

3. Wuxing system.

4. 5 Elements system.

5. Suit Equipment.

6. Quests (A lot more compared to CO)

Please keep an eye on this game, as far as we know, currently we all in lack of great 2D games. If you are facinating with 2D games, if you are expecting a mysterious KongFu game, if you want to learn more about the 5 elements system in Chinese culture, if you want to see Engputer[PM] again, do join us!

Official website: http://pdo.enjoymmo.com (be up soon)