I was checking out the gaming portal website of e-Games Philippines to see if they have any new MMORPG that I could possibly play but unfortunately they don’t but they do have one very…
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Recently, I downloaded and installed a Free-To-Play MMO Flight Combat Simulation Game titled Heroes in the Sky. I came to know about it from one of gamigo’s e-mail newsletter where I was subscribed in. I signed-up for it because the game looked interesting and I’ve always wanted to play a Flight Combat Simulation Game again.
(Heroes in the SKy, Free-To-Play MMO Flight Combat Simulation Game)
It took me about 3 hours to download the game and just a few minutes to install it but it had to update itself to the latest version and that took another hour at least. When that was done, I clicked on the Start button to start the game but when the game loaded, the black game screen displayed a weird looking error message mostly made of ASCII characters.
Clicking on the Ok button of the error message will close the error message window but it will also make the game stop responding. The only way to get out of that predicament was to manually end the process.
After trying a few more times, I got frustrated and decided to uninstall the game. Don’t get me wrong, I uninstalled the game because I was thinking of re-installing it again to see if that fixes the weird looking error message that makes the game to stop responding. Unfortunately, I had to re-download the entire game again because I deleted the copy I downloaded earlier (to save or free-up space).
(Weird Looking Error Message)
For the second time, I download and re-installed Heroes in the Sky but this time I had a better idea of how to fix the weird looking error message. By the way, the weird looking error message wasn’t the only problem I encountered with Heroes in the Sky, the game was also triggering my anti-virus program. Every time I run Heroes in the Sky my anti-virus program will pop-up a message asking me to either block it or allow it to continue running.
(Heroes in the Sky)
Solving the anti-virus program problem was easy. You can either allow Heroes in the Sky to run or you can disable your anti-virus program when you want to play Heroes in the Sky. Some anti-virus programs even has a filter where you can add Heroes in the Sky in the list of allowed programs.
The next problem is the weird looking error message that stops Heroes in the Sky from running. I was able to fix this problem by simply running Heroes in the Sky as an Administrator. I am using Windows 7 and, sometimes, some programs require you to run them as an Administrator for them to work properly. So, if your operating system is Windows 7 or even Vista and you are having the same error then try running Heroes in the Sky as an Administrator.
By letting my anti-virus program run Heroes in the Sky and by running the game as an Administrator, I was able to play Heroes in the Sky without any more problems. The game loaded and run successfully.
Below is a video of My First Time Through Heroes in the Sky Training Mission. I kinda crashed a few times in that video.
I played for a few hours and was able to reach Level 7. The game is actually fun and easy to play. The controls are easy to learn and it didn’t take me very long to get used to flying the plane. I’m sure many of you won’t have a hard time learning how to play Heroes in the Sky.
To learn more about Heroes in the Sky, CLICK HERE!
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Square Enix VP Hiromichi Tanaka was asked at the recent Final Fantasy XI Fan Festival, if they eventually plan on moving on from Final Fantasy XI, and developing a whole new Final Fantasy MMO? their answer was:
“As you might already know, members from the current Final Fantasy XI [PC, PS2, Xbox 360] team are working on a next generation MMO, but it still hasn’t been decided whether that’s going to be a game in the Final Fantasy series, a continuation, or a totally new game. We are working on it, but it hasn’t been decided that far yet.” — From Gamasutra, via Kotaku
Six million people in over 30 countries play the 3D social networking website Habbo Hotel each month. Habbo users can create their own characters, decorate their own rooms and play a number of games, paying with Habbo Credits, which they have to buy with real money. It’s always been reported that “in Habbo, as in many other virtual worlds, scamming for other people’s personal information such as user names has been problematic for quite a while.”
Last week a Dutch teenager was arrested by police for stealing virtual furniture from rooms in Habbo Hotel. The 17-year-old is accused of stealing €4,000 ($5,936 / £2,875) worth of virtual furniture, bought with real money. Five 15-year-olds have also been questioned by police, who were contacted by the website’s owners. The six teenagers are suspected of moving the stolen furniture into their own Habbo rooms.
A representative from the Amsterdam police department said: “We are trying to bring charges of theft. It is a little difficult and new. There has not yet been a judgment in a case like this. The furniture may not be physical objects but because it represents a certain value we think theft is involved.”
A spokesman for Sulake, the company that operates Habbo Hotel, said: “The accused lured victims into handing over their Habbo passwords by creating fake Habbo websites. We have had much of this scamming going on in many countries but this is the first case where the police have taken legal action. It is a theft because the furniture is paid for with real money. But the only way to be a thief in Habbo is to get people’s usernames and passwords and then log in and take the furniture. We got involved because of an increasing number of sites which are pretending to be Habbo. People might then try and log in and get their details stolen.”
Let’s hope this is the first of many cases where scammers get busted and jailed, so that this crime of virtual property theft can be outcast or at least prosecuted more easily in worldwide courts of law.
The following “Habbo Hotel Safety Movie” was made by Habbo’s who got scammed and wanted to warn others how to prevent it from happening.
A simpler way to put it would be: Don’t ever give anyone your password! Or private information for that matter, and only trust the official website you typed out into your browser window.
The latest World of Warcraft Patch 2.3.0 has been released for download by Blizzard. This is the most recent patch for World of Warcraft updating the popular MMORPG from version 2.2.3 to version 2.3. This includes a new 10-person raid Zul’Aman picking up where Karazhan leaves off, guild banks, faster leveling, and more as described here…
The Gods of Zul’Aman
The stronghold of Zul’Aman has stood for millennia as the Amani trolls’ seat of power and bastion of the fearless, cunning warlord Zul’jin.
Zul’jin has spent several years plotting behind Zul’Aman’s walls. Furious at the Horde for allowing his hated enemies, the blood elves, to join its ranks, he eagerly embraced a scheme that the witch doctor Malacrass recently proposed: to seal the power of the animal gods within the bodies of the Amani’s strongest warriors.
Now Zul’Aman’s army grows more powerful by the day, hungry to exact vengeance in the name of its fearless leader, Zul’jin.
Guild Banks Introduced
The Guild Bank is a shared repository for an entire guild and will be accessible through Guild Vault objects near existing banks. The Guild Bank will allow players with the appropriate permissions to store items and money for use by the rest of the guild. Permissions to withdraw and deposit money and items are controlled by the guild leader through the guild controls menu. The Guild Bank is divided up into separate tabs so that the guild leader may restrict access or group items into distinct categories.
- Up to 6 purchasable tabs each containing 98 item slots
- Permissions to view/deposit/withdraw per tab
- You may use your Guild Bank withdraw limits to pay for item repairs
(now enabled on all merchants)
- Transaction logs of the last 25 actions within each tab, as well as
money activity.
Dustwallow Marsh
Dustwallow Marsh has seen many improvements with the addition of over 50 new quests and a new neutral goblin town called Mudsprocket located in the southern part of the zone. There is also a small quest hub featuring a crashed goblin zeppelin, to the east of Tabetha’s hut.
You can read the other details of Patch 2.3.0 below.
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Sign up for the free Fury trial here and you’ll receive a key via email that will give you 10-days worth of free access to the Massive Multiplayer Online Role-Playing Game (MMORPG) for the PC.
The Player Versus Player (PvP) bloodbath Fury is now running live throughout Europe, North America and Australia. You get to play Fury for free, because developer Auran has made some recent improvements since its Beta testing.
The improvements include:
* Massive performance increases (many players are reporting double frame rates, especially in Low Spec renderer).
* New game maps, with more to come next week.
* New Bloodbath Training Ground with 4 bots and 3 other human players in a FFA (great for perfecting your skills before the challenge of taking on higher level opponents.
* Changes to the Ranking system (Rank is now determined by your skill in battle not trials completed or time played).
* Pre-made groups and pick-up groups are now separated in the Matchmaker queue.
* Lower ranked players (i.e. new players and beginners) receive an Offense and Defense bonus (making it more likely for them to hit their target).
* Major improvements to the Database which improve loading times and mail/vendor response times during peak periods.
* Lots and lots of minor bug fixes, crash fixes and optimizations (with more still to come).
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You know, as much as we love the Wii, there are other games and systems out there. We understand that not everyone feels the same way we do, so we felt obligated to inform you of our new Joystiq network blog: Massively. The blog is geared towards fans of MMOs (or massively-multiplayer online games), and not game-specific.
LucasArts and BioWare today announced that they have entered into an agreement to create an interactive entertainment product. Us gamers call this thing a “game” and you’re out of luck if you were hoping for some details, because none were given, except that it will be “Ground-Breaking” and “will push the boundaries of the gaming market by utilizing the strengths of both companies to deliver an innovative, high-quality experience.” In other words Bioware will be developing and Lucasarts publishing and likely (our guess) providing them with an IP (Intellectual Property) they own.
“LucasArts has a deep commitment to developing compelling stories and characters for the unique medium of interactive entertainment, and we have been searching for a developer that shares this value. We found this in BioWare,” said Jim Ward, president of LucasArts. “Through our previous collaborations, we know that BioWare has an impressive ability to blend gripping stories with technological advancements, and we believe that our upcoming product will deliver an experience that will span the traditional boundaries of video game entertainment.”
“BioWare’s mission is to deliver the best story and character-driven games in the world, delivering powerful emotional experiences to our fans.” said Ray Muzyka, chief executive officer, BioWare Corp. Added Greg Zeschuk, president of BioWare Corp., “The collaboration with LucasArts allows us to combine our passion for creating high quality and innovative experiences with those of a company dedicated to bringing only the finest games to market.
Bet you didn’t expect to hear a new game announcement so soon after the take-over of Bioware by Electronic Arts. I wonder what Lucasarts franchise they might use, maybe a Star Wars MMOG (Massive Multiplayer Online Game) or Monkey Island adventure-RPG?
Halloween is nearly upon us and the Halloween spirit is in full force . . . both in the real world as well as the virtual world!
While Blizzard and Sony Online Entertainment have been bringing the seasonal fun to their MMO’s recently, NCSoft is just now getting in on the act. Here’s a list of what in-game changes you can see exclusively for this Halloween in the games: City of Heroes, Guild Wars, Lineage II and Tabula Rasa.
* City of Heroes — The festivities have already begun in Paragon City! As of October 22, jovial heroes and villains can access “Classical Costumes,” allowing them to briefly dress up as popular NPC baddies. New Halloween-themed monsters and badges will also be available for the next week.
* Guild Wars — From Friday, October 26 until midtarget=”_blank”night on October 31, two Guild Wars cities (the Tyrian port of Lion’s Arch and the Elonian port of Kamadan) will be home to the Mad King Thorn. This otherworldly royalty will run mini-games, tell jokes, and hand out prizes like candy.
* Lineage II — Again beginning tomorrow, October 26, the “Trick or Transmutation” event will kick off in Lineage. Players will be tasked with hunting down various Alchemist’s Chests that will offer extremely rare items, including some never before seen in Lineage II until now.
* Tabula Rasa — While the full game is not yet in release, Tabula Rasa’s head start for those who have pre-ordered will be in full swing during Halloween. Special missions will be offered culminating in receiving one of nine special Halloween masks. — Via 1-Up