Recently, a lot of gaming friends are talking about the games coming from gPotato. Beside Allords, Aika has attracted our editors’ interests too. Here is a piece of news that Aika is finally to be released!

Sunnyvale, CA—January 26^th, 2010 Gala-Net, Inc., a leading free-to-play online game publisher, has announced today its first Closed Beta Test (CBT) for Aika Online in the North American market. The first CBT will run from February 3^rd through February 9^th and will allow players to play all 5 nations, all 6 classes, and levels 1 through 30.

Aika Online is an epic fantasy MMORPG developed by JoyImpact, creators of Neo Steam: The Shattered Continent.  Five nations vie against one another for control of Arcan, waging war on a scale never before seen in an MMORPG.  Nations hurl themselves against one another in massive castle sieges, relic thefts, and customized battlegrounds.  Each nation is ruled by a player, the Lord Marshal, whose supreme power is supported by a regime of guilds.  Preeminence is an uncertain throne, however, as nations may ally together to usurp the ruling kingdom and guilds may conspire to overthrow the ruling council.  Players take a pivotal role in this drama as they choose one of six classes, each of which undergoes multiple evolutions, and are assisted by their Pran—an intelligent, sassy fairy familiar which supports them in all their endeavors.  Aika’s gameplay innovations have not gone unnoticed.  The Korea Game Industry Agency (KoGIA) awarded Aika the prestigious 2009 Best of Show: Prime Minister’s Award, Player’s Choice: Best Online Game, and Best Game Design & Scenario.

“Aika Online represents many tremendous advancements for PvP-centric MMORPGs.  The game engine has been custom designed to support 2,000 simultaneous players in a single, real-time battlefield—a remarkable technical achievement.  Players choose to become a citizen of one of five nations, where they can siege each others’ capitol fortresses, raid rival nations’ enchanted relics, and compete in a variety of warfare scenarios.  Not only must players manage these tactical objectives, but they must also remain vigilant of greater strategic goals.  Players determine multinational alliances, the workings of their nations’ economies, and the governance of their citizens.  Beneath these innovative elements, Aika contains the core features of a premier MMORPG: dungeon instances with multiple difficulty settings, raids, a comprehensive crafting system, and an immersive storyline with over 1,000 quests.  We look forward to debuting Aika’s deep and unique world to Western players!” – Patrick Paik, Marketing Manager, Gala-Net, Inc.

Users can sign up for the Closed Beta at http://aika.gpotato.com.

About Gala-Net

Founded in 2004, Gala-Net, Inc. together with its European subsidiary, Gala Networks Europe, is a leader in the thriving free-to-play online gaming industry in the western market.  Headquartered in Sunnyvale, Calif., Gala-Net’s diverse service portfolio includes Flyff, Rappelz, Luna Online, Tales Runner, Allods Online, Aika Online, and Heroes of Gaia.  Through the gPotato Game Portal (http://www.gpotato.com), gamers can play any of Gala-Net’s games for free, as well as buy in-game currency and virtual items for any of its games.

Ingle Games announced today that it will start the second round of Closed Beta Test for its new-concept mythic MMORPG, Magic World Online (MWO) on April 6, 2008. The goal of this round of Closed Beta is to perform thorough stress test on the game servers, which can host up to 3000 peak con-current players per server group. The publisher decides to offer open registrations and invite everyone to join CB2. More excitingly, all CB2 testers’ accounts and characters will be preserved from this moment on, and there will be no more server wipes.

Meanwhile, Ingle Games announced that the recent MWO CB1 test was a tremendous success due to the help of over 800 devoted players. The game servers were was running smoothly, and the developers have fixed all of the major bugs in the game.

The CB1 testers were thrilled about some of the unique features of Magic World Online, such as the in-game Video Chat System and the Robot System. The Video Chat System allows you to see who you are playing with, and gives you more chance to make new friends in the magic world. The Robot System allows you to free your hands from the boring mouse clicking, and provides you a more relaxing game-playing environment: you can eat dinner, go to bathroom, chat, etc, while your character is non-stop leveling in game. While botting is a big problem and illegal in most MMORPGs, Ingle Game has found an innovative way to solve this problem and provide fair and better game-play for all players. Now botting won’t be your sin, but your genuine pleasure!There are many other interesting features awaiting you and your friends in MWO: an in-game GPS auto-navigation system that saves you the trouble of walking around the vast map?Raising a loyal mount that can enhance your character? Building a moving guild castle as a home for you and your friends? Dreaming of some incredible growing weapon that feeds on the soul of other innocent weapons? Ever wanting to own a house with classy furniture and a beautiful maid? You can have anything within your imagination come true in MWO.

The game client is now available for download at the official website http://mwo.enjoymmo.com. The registration will be opened on or around April 4, 2008. The client is large so it may take a few hours to finish the download, but it might be very worthwhile.So, maybe it’s time to try something new and let it shake up your old understanding of MMORPGs?  Join us in the Magic World today!