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MMObility: More mobile news and new titles
Another week, another batch of news for the mobile set. The mobile market, especially for tablets and smartphones, can be slow with the news. It's not that there isn't anything coming in; it just doesn't flow like a geyser like, say, browser-based MMOs do. When it does pop up, though, it tends to be some really good stuff. The mobile market is still so young, but it is growing up fast. The tech is becoming cheaper, faster and easier to come by. It's to the point that when I see a new piece of exciting mobile technology or read an announcement about a new game that pushes all of the mobile platform's boundaries, I can only think of the next wave. It's a sickness. This time I have some unusual up-and-comers and some that have not been released yet. Whatever you prefer, some of them will make your jaw drop. Click past the cut and let's get to it!
Congratulations to the winner of our Kingdom Conquest contest!
Last week we brought you a contest courtesy of SEGA that offered two pretty great prizes: an 8GB iPod Touch, and the chance to check out a game you might not have before. Yes, according to those who took a look at it, Kingdom Conquest is indeed a prize and proof that good things come in small packages. As promised, we've got the best entries lined up below for you, but first comes the winning screenshot! Several players with no access to an iOS devise used game screenshots from the site per our suggestion, so while we got a few duplicates, the eye of the beholder saw something different in each case. Our winner Vin says of the above image: "One of my friends actually has the game on his iPod. I've watched him play it a couple times, and I can honestly say that it looks like a really good MMO. I love the idea of being able to play with other players as well as building a city, but I really like the aspect of getting monsters in the dungeons, which is why I chose this screenshot! It's like bringing a PC game to a portable system!" Congratulations to our winner! Follow along after the jump to see what else our readers had to say about Kingdom Conquest.
Win an iPod Touch from Massively and Kingdom Conquest!
iOS games are making a big impression on MMO gamers, with one of the newest contenders coming from SEGA. Kingdom Conquest is a free-to-play fantasy game for the iPhone, iPad, and iPod Touch, a game that SEGA would love to see you play. It's been growing steadily since the mid-November launch, fixing bugs and adding more worlds to accommodate the growing number of players (the game began with only a few and is now up to 11). SEGA will be helping one lucky Massively reader enjoy the game even more with a special Kingdom Conquest-branded 8GB iPod Touch. How do you get your hands on such a prize? It's simple: give Kingdom Conquest a whirl and show us what you've been doing in the game! Send a Kingdom Conquest screenshot with a couple of sentences letting us know what's going on in it to rubi@massively.com by 11:59 p.m. on EST January 3rd. On January 4th we'll post them all in an image gallery for an extensive look at Kingdom Conquest and choose the owner of the best one to receive the iPod Touch. Don't have access to an iOS device? No problem, just enter by using one of the screenshots from the Kingdom Conquest launch day blog. There are several to choose from, so pick the one that interests you the most and let us know what caught your eye! Check out our contest rules, and best of luck!
SEGA's Kingdom Conquest hits iPhone and iPod Touch
Game studios have been eying Apple's pocket prodigies as a platform for MMOs for some time now, so it's no surprise that SEGA has stepped up to deliver its own hybrid strategy/RPG MMO in hopes of gaining a foothold on this market. It's called Kingdom Conquest and should feel familiar enough to both the MMO dungeon crawling crowd and the Facebook strategy app fans. Kingdom Conquest is split into two modes that work in synergy with each other. In the kingdom building mode, players will construct a city from the ground up, form alliances with other players, build armies and wage war to control territory. This is augmented by the action mode, in which anywhere from one to four players may group to tackle dungeons, which not rewards them with not only armor and weapons but items to use in their cities. While it bills itself as a free-to-play title (and it is certainly free to download), Kingdom Conquest makes no bones about its reliance on microtransactions. Players looking to create an edge for their city and alliance can spend real money on buffs and shorter building queues to boost their progress ahead. If you want to check it out, it's one quick trip to the iTunes App store away!
