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TQ Digital announces Edge of Night expansion for Eudemons
TQ Digital has announced the upcoming expansion to its free-to-play MMORPG Eudemons, titled Edge of Night, and boy is it going to suck. We mean that in the most literal sense, as the new update will add Vampires to the game's ranks. The Vampire will be the fourth class to join Eudemons' world of Cronus, standing shoulder-to-shoulder with the Warrior, Mage, and Paladin (somehow we think the Vampire may have some contention with the latter). Details on this new class are virtually nonexistent at this point, but TQ Digital promises a slew of information leading up to the release of the new update. Of course, there's really only one truly pressing question regarding the matter: Will the Vampires sparkle? We sure hope not. Players thirsty for new information on the new class can sink their fangs into some Vampire-related lore and artwork while they wait for more news on the official site.
Eudemons Online expansion coming
"The demon has risen. Do you have what it takes to stand against the abyss?" Eudemons Online, the free-to-play fantasy MMO from NetDragon, has announced that they are expanding with "Demon Rising" this winter. The announcement comes with a trailer and a new chapter in the story.The Eudemons Online story tells of a demon empire bent on the destruction of the human race, and their defeat at the hands of the humans led by Agress the Great. The humans got one year to celebrate the fall of the demon empire, but now the demons are back. The people of Cronus are fairly unhappy about this: "What are they coming back for? How did they make it? Shouldn't they have been exterminated by Agress the Great and his invincible army?" Maybe they should have, yes, but they weren't and this is where you come in. Cronus is plagued with locusts, floods, hurricanes, and those demons, and they need your help cleaning it all up. Demon Rising is set to arrive this winter.
Chinese MMO publishers hit the market
China's relationship with MMOs goes much deeper than just RMT scams. In his latest editorial on the Chinese game business for Gamasutra, Shang Koo gives an appraisal of the public offerings of NetDragon and Giant Interactive, two of the premier Chinese game publishers to emerge from the recent gaming boom in the East. Giant Interactive, which is set to premier on the New York Stock Exchange starting this Wednesday, is the publisher responsible for Zhengtu Online, the second-most popular game on the continent since it was released last year. NetDragon, which itself is set to appear on the Hong Kong stock exchange this Friday, developed Eudemons Online and is working with Ubisoft on the upcoming Heroes of Might and Magic.Koo looks at the ways that game sales are affected by the differences in the developer/publisher relationship in China, and forecasts gloomy days ahead for companies trying to license their titles in the enormous Chinese game market, which today is largely dominated by home-grown titles.
