San Diego, U.S.A. — On the eve of October 19, at its annual fan event, SOE Live, Sony Online Entertainment (SOE), announced a new licensing and publishing partnership with Runewaker Entertainment to bring the fantasy massively multiplayer online game (MMO) Dragon’s Prophet to North America. Developed by Runewaker Entertainment, Dragon’s Prophet transports players to the dragon-filled, beautiful world of Auratia, where they can capture, train and ride dragons.

“As one of the most imaginative and high-quality MMOs in development, Dragon’s Prophet is an incredible addition to our portfolio. It is an exceptional reflection of our mission to develop and support next generation MMOs,” said John Smedley, President, Sony Online Entertainment. “Dragons are some of the most legendary, fearsome and majestic creatures. With thousands of years of story and more dragons in the game than any other MMO, we’re excited to unleash this IP so people can play and interact with dragons like never before.”

Dragon’s Prophet features an action-based combat system that gives players more realistic battle action gameplay. Set in a realm where dragons roam the land, sea and air, the game lets players align and battle with a variety of dragons as they work to restore order to the land from the evil Black Dragon that has escaped his eternal prison, unleashed his fire and is more dangerous than ever.

“As evidenced at this week’s SOE Live event, SOE has a close, transparent relationship with its players. We wanted to create a similar high quality, meaningful experience for the North American players of Dragon’s Prophet,” said John Tang, CEO, Runewaker Entertainment. “SOE is a leader in the online gaming space and know that Dragon’s Prophet will benefit from SOE’s experience in delivering some of the most iconic, innovative online worlds in the industry.”

Key features for Dragon’s Prophet include:

• Dragons Everywhere: In a world shaped by dragon-kind, more than 300 unique dragons roam the lands. You can fight, capture, train and ride them in order to utilize and build upon their unique skills and abilities to aid your cause.
• Action-Based Combat System: Dragon’s Prophet uses an auto-target and combo system to give players more realistic battle action gameplay. This system gives players a higher degree of control with a wider range of tactical options than traditional MMOs.
• Beautiful Immersive World: Players are transported to a breathtaking world filled with amazingly detailed landscapes. Mysteries, challenges and creatures await as players fight for their survival and that of the world of Auratia.
• Extensive Housing System: Let your imagination and expectations run wild. Players are given complete control to construct and grow their town into unique cities and ultimately an empire.
• Frontier System: Guild leaders rejoice! With this large-scale construction system, players have the ability to build their ultimate kingdom.  By empowering your citizens and constructing a powerful military, true leaders will be able to create and sustain their very own empire.

Headquartered in Taiwan, Runewaker Entertainment is best known for developing the successful free-to-play MMO role-playing game (MMORPG) Runes of Magic. Through the partnership, SOE will publish and digitally distribute Dragon’s Prophet to North American PC gamers as a Free To Play. Upon launch, players will be able to download and play the game for free from SOE or any of its digital partners.

Beta will begin in the next few months. To sign up for beta and for more information on the game, visit www.dragonsprophetthegame.com.

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San Diego, U.S.A. — Heroes and Villains will soon have a place to call home as Sony Online Entertainment (SOE), announced Home Turf, its sixth downloadable content (DLC) pack for DC Universe Online (DCUO). Available in early 2013 for download on the PC and PlayStation 3 computer entertainment system, Home Turf will introduce customizable housing for the first time to the popular massively multiplayer online (MMO) game, providing players with a base of operations, and all-new customizable backdrops for super-charged combat.

“Home Turf is going to be our biggest DLC Pack to date, and add a completely new dimension to the game,” said Larry Liberty, executive producer of DCUO. “The level of depth that we’re adding to the new housing system will really let DCUO players live out their heroic or villainous fantasies like never before.”

Players will be able to tailor their hideouts and lairs with a variety of themes and hundreds of unique furnishing items, as well as enjoy conveniences and amenities – like those found in the Hall of Doom or Watchtower – in their own unique custom environment. Additionally, lairs will double as battlegrounds where players can challenge each other in one-on-one PvP matches.

Along with player housing, Home Turf offers players new missions and boss fights at four iconic locations: Stryker’s Island, Arkham Asylum, Steelworks and Ace Chemicals. Each location will offer players 10 missions to complete for ‘Marks of Triumph,’ which they can use to upgrade their lair and unlock its full potential and benefits.

“A secret lair or hideout is essential to any hero or villain, but it’s more than just a place to hang their capes. It helps complete their identity and gives them a place to train, recharge, store weapons and plan their attack strategy,” said Jens Andersen, creative director of DCUO. “However, no hero or villain’s lair is safe from invasions by their enemies, and for that reason, we have introduced a new combat dimension to player housing. We will be sharing more details soon and cannot wait to hear what our players think.”

DCUO’s Home Turf DLC pack will be a free download for the game’s Legendary members and will be available for purchase to Free and Premium players via the PlayStation Network, the in-game Marketplace, or for PC players via the DCUniverseOnline.com website.

DCUO is licensed by Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment on behalf of DC Entertainment. For more information about DCUO, visit www.DCUniverseOnline.com.

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Daegu, South Korea — On October 11, Ran Online, the campus-based 3D MMORPG officially released the 7th class Assassin. The new class shows prominent skills and abilities, especially for PvP. For example, Assassin can hide themselves from the opponents or enemies (Cloaking), teleport to the specific location close by the enemies (Distortion) and transform into panther for faster movement (Dash).

Since the release of Art works and Screen Shots of the Assassin, all the users are highly intrigued by this new class. Min Communications (Mincoms) is expecting that core PvP battles of Ran Online such as Tyranny, Club Battle will be much more enhanced by the Assassin.

Plus, Mincoms unveiled the trailer of Assassin along with the official update. The trailer includes background story, special features and the unique abilities of Assassin.

Also, users can participate in various events prepared to celebrate the new class update. Ninja costume, EXP Boost, Pet Skills and other various items can easily be earned. If a user creates a character of Assassin and reaches a specific level, Game Money will also be provided as well.

For more details about the 7th new class Assassin, visit its official global site of Ran World and/or official Facebook. Min Communications will keep updating their contents to satisfy every Ran Online users in the world.

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