Link: http://www.projectblackout.net

Project Blackout, the fast-paced massively multiplayer online first-person shooter from SG Interactive, is going old school with the launch of "Machu Picchu," a brand new map for deathmatch modes. The maze-like map based on the actual Incan ruins forces players to fight for the tactically advantageous high ground. To celebrate the launch of "Machu Picchu," Project Blackout players will receive an extra 30 percent EXP points until Wednesday, Feb. 8, at 8 p.m. ET / 5 p.m. PT.

In the game, the mercenary corporation Aegis Inc. is developing a new missile in the Machu Picchu ruins of the Peruvian highlands. Reconnaissance from rival mercenary faction, The Corps, tries to intervene in order to stop the missile production. Gamers can choose to take arms for Aegis Inc. or The Corps in a bloody deathmatch over the weapons of mass destruction.

Project Blackout is a free-to-play online FPS that pits players against players in a wide variety of game modes, with fast-paced action, precision shooting, and twitch response times. The dazzling 3D graphics, stereo sound, and camera effects add to the realistic gaming experience.

To join the epic battle between Aegis Inc. and The Corps, register to play for free at http://www.projectblackout.net. For the latest updates on Project Blackout, fans also can "Like" the game on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/ProjectBlackout.

Link: http://rosh.ignitedgames.com/center/account/launcher_v2.asp

The fight for the fate of Asmara continues as free-to-play Rosh Online: The Return of Karos sees its first major content update. Brave warriors can now grow even stronger as the game's level cap increases from 55 to 65, opening two new maps - Lupinel Chapel Catacomb and the first two floors of Sentryheil Tower - to experienced combatants in Ignited Games' combat-action massively multiplayer online role-playing game (MMORPG).

Seasoned veterans seeking even greater challenges will find daunting quests and nightmarish boss monsters in the new maps. Lupinel Chapel Catacomb is open to players who reach level 56, while the first two floors of Sentryheil Tower are only accessible to players at level 61 and above. To aid these brave combatants, Ignited Games added a variety of new options for enchanting items and also expanded the game's premium item shop with a host of new gear - such as a traditional Chinese outfit, in celebration of the new Lunar year.

In Rosh Online: The Return of Karos, players fight their way through quests, guild clashes, large-scale PvP action and castle sieges to bring peace to the fantasy world of Asmara. In addition to the traditional experience-point-based leveling system, Rosh Online features the Fletta system, which can be used to increase stats, give buffs, buy resources and enchant items. Furthermore, open world PvP adds a morality system to the game, providing an even deeper level of customization for online gamers.

Interested players can download the game for free at the official web page. They also can join the Rosh Online community for more information and gain sneak peeks into the game on the official Facebook page.

Link: http://www.lotro.com

New Expansion to The Lord of the Rings Online(tm) Launching Fall 2012

Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment unveiled today The Lord of the Rings Online(tm): Riders of Rohan(tm), the latest expansion to the award-winning free-to-play massively multiplayer online roleplaying game (MMORPG) developed by Turbine. Riders of Rohan expands the online world of Middle-earth where players join forces to ride into the Plains of Rohan. Riders of Rohan launches in the Fall of 2012 with an increased level cap, the vast plains of Rohan including iconic locations such as Amon Hen and Fangorn Forest, the new Mounted Combat system and much more!

"2011 was another banner year for The Lord of the Rings Online with consistent growth for the game, a successful unification of our European and North American services and the success of Rise of Isengard, our best selling expansion to date." said Kate Paiz, Executive Producer of The Lord of the Rings Online. "This is going to be another outstanding year as we celebrate our fifth anniversary and introduce a wealth of new content throughout the year, ending with our arrival in Rohan. One of our largest expansions ever, Rohan is expected to be twice the size of the recent Rise of Isengard expansion and includes the most new game systems and technology we've introduced since 2008's Mines of Moria."

NEW FEATURES:

Ø Experience the Riders of Rohan - Join with the Rohirrim and ride across the sprawling Plains of Rohan; witness the breaking of the Fellowship at Amon Hen; forge alliances with the Ents of Fangorn; and aid Éomer, adopted son of Théoden, as he seeks to protect his homeland from the growing Shadow.

Ø Introducing Mounted Combat - Ride into Combat atop your loyal War-steed as you defend the people of Rohan from the forces of Isengard and Mordor. Customize your War-steed's armor and level its skills over time to aid you in mounted defense of King Theoden's lands. Mount your steed and gather your fellows to fight against Warbands, contingents of roving warg riders that have been scouted all over the Plains of Rohan! It falls to you to head off and defeat this new threat before they over take the land.

Ø Advance to level 85 - Continue your legend in the next chapter of The Lord of the Rings Online. Experience new adventures in the epic story, and gain new skills and deeds as you face new challenges on your journey to 85!

The Lord of the Rings Online is the ultimate adventure. This award-winning massively multiplayer online role-playing game delivers an interactive experience brimming with life and filled with the familiar people, places and monsters from the most famous fantasy of all time. From the picturesque surroundings of the Shire to Moria, the most fearsome underground realm ever imagined, players can experience the world of Middle-earth for free! For more information, visit www.lotro.com.

Link: http://www.elswordonline.com/

Ringing in the New Year with brand new content, massively multiplayer online (MMO) game Elsword is now offering players fresh arenas where they can put their melee skills to the test. Breathing new life into familiar territories, the expanded manga-themed worlds will feature new landscapes and dungeons to explore, as well as imposing, new adversaries to battle.

Located in the worlds of Elder, Bethma and Altera, these all new dungeons feature never before seen bosses and enemies. The secret dungeons are designed to match a player's skill level, so both beginners and more advanced gamers will find a challenge. For the most enthusiastic and seasoned players, this update also includes "Hell Mode," offering the most extreme dungeon grinds yet!

In Elsword, gamers can choose from five specialized and customizable characters as they explore immersive maps and battle to complete dynamic quests. As players progress through the game, they can evolve their fighting styles by upgrading to new job classes and watch as their chosen character matures and gains more fierce abilities and combos. With intuitive and straightforward controls, Elsword offers players of all skill levels the chance to defeat enemies and deal damage, either on a solo mission or cooperatively in a party of up to four players. For those who welcome a challenge, Elsword also delivers action-packed player-versus-player (PvP) combat.

To play Elsword and experience the latest features, please visit here.
For Elsword information and assets, including a brand new video, please head here.

About Kill3rCombo
Based in Orange County, California, Kill3rCombo is a joint venture of Level Up! Games and KOG Studios with a mission to deliver multiplayer online action games to the North American market. Level Up! Games is the first and biggest online game publisher in both Brazil and the Philippines. KOG Studios is a leading game developer located in Deagu, South Korea creating popular titles including Grand Chase and Fighters Club. Kill3rCombo, which was founded in 2010, combines the development expertise of KOG Studios with the publishing prowess of Level Up! Games to introduce North American audiences to Elsword, a free-to-play massively multiplayer online game.

Starting the New Year with new items and events for two of its free-to-play online games, SG Interactive is focused on giving back to its fans. Grand Chase: Chaos is bringing back the spooky Nightmare Circus event, challenging players with the infernal dungeon, where the promise of magnificent rewards awaits only the most daring adventurers. Trickster Online is rewarding gamers with spoils from the all-new Card Master Raccoon character boxes. Players new and old are invited to register for free to try out the plethora of new content available now in both games.

Rufus' pursuit of the source of the mysterious blue flame has led him straight into depths of the dreaded Nightmare Circus. Through Tuesday, Jan. 31 anyone can venture into the Nightmare Circus dungeon to battle for character rewards, such as:
• Epic and Relic Gold Mithril Bars for reinforcing items
• The coveted Infernal Carnival dungeon crest
• A wide variety of set effects for bonuses to experience, gold and damage
Grand Chase: Chaos is a side-scrolling action MMORPG game allowing up to six characters to engage in thrilling fights with each other. Gamers choose to fight monsters in dungeons or against each other in combat - the player-versus-player mode provides two types of battle, team battle and survival. Each type supports tag match and item mode.

Online gamers can now do battle with Grand Chase: Chaos' Queen of Darkness, Kaze'aze and save the world by visiting the game's website at http://grandchase.gamerage.com. For the latest updates on Grand Chase: Chaos, fans also can "Like" the game on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/NAGrandChase.

New rewards await gamers in Trickster Online as well. SG Interactive is releasing a new character box, premium goods that contain a random in-game item, each month. January kicks off with the Card Master Raccoon Box. Dedicated adventurers, who collect all six items in each of the three levels of Raccoon Boxes, will receive the ultra-rare and coveted Card Master Raccoon Halo. Until Friday, Feb. 9, any gamer can find the New Year Box, which contains various items such as the rare vanity item, the Speech Balloon Head.

The new Card Master Raccoon items will help Trickster Online players unravel the mystery of bourgeois billionaire Don Cavalier, founder and former leader of the Megalo Company - the world's biggest and best game company. Before he died, he hid his fortune in Caballa Island, a desert island in the middle of the Pacific Ocean. Gamers and adventurers must dig for the lost treasure in the form of magical card.

To join the epic adventure to find Don Cavalier's treasure, players canregister for free at http://trickster.gamerage.com. For the latest updates on Trickster Online, fans also can "Like" the game on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/TricksterOnline.

About SG Interactive
Headquartered in Southern California, SG Interactive (formerly Ntreev USA) is a publisher of high-quality online games. Founded in 2006 and acquired by noted game developer SmileGate in 2010, SG Interactive is dedicated to providing players with free online games, a welcoming virtual community and outstanding customer support. Offering a diverse and expanding selection of titles which currently includes anime action brawler Grand Chase: Chaos, casual golf game Pangya United, MMORPG Trickster Online, and multiplayer first-person shooters Project Blackout and Crossfire Europe, SG Interactive hopes to continue bringing smiles to players all over the world as they prepare for the launch of their new online gaming portal this year.

Luvinia Online, the brand new free-to-play fantasy MMORPG from Outspark, today unleashed an exciting new region of the mysterious world of Savejela that is sure to leave players gasping as they embark on 130 new quests, battle 20 new breeds of monsters, collect rare materials, and craft nearly a dozen new weapons and armor.

“What defines Luvinia is the sheer majesty of its landscape with vast destinations to explore, extensive training, and rich crafting systems. Friends can quest together for hours and never tire of the adventure,” said Philip Yun, CEO of Outspark “In Zendo Hunting Season, developer Shanda Games delivers epic entertainment for the mid-level player and gives new players much to look forward to.”

Although access to the new map begins at Level 40+, from January 18 through January 25 at 2pm PT, Luvinia Game Masters will be teleporting lower-level players from Geneway College to Zendo for action-packed in-game tours. Space is limited so be sure to gather early.

To celebrate the wonder that is Luvinia, Outspark is running an exciting SHARE THE LUV promotion where players refer friends to win valuable Planar Essence that unlocks secret passages and makes special items permanent like the awesome new Desert Panther Mount. Friends get an extra boost too with a helpful new user pack that includes a Turtle mount, riding skills and choice of chic costumes.

For the free Luvinia game download, details on Zendo events, and to join the SHARE THE LUV promotion, visit http://luvinia.outspark.com. Stay up-to-date on all the latest news including exclusive sneak peeks of the February surprise by following Luvinia on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/outsparkluvinia and on Twitter at http://www.twitter.com/#/luviniagame . It’s going to be huge - stay tuned!

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About Outspark
Founded in 2007, Outspark publishes free-to-play Massively Multiplayer Online games (MMOs) with deep social features for the rapidly growing online games market. It has quickly become a global leader in the space, paving the way for a new era of digital entertainment. Outspark’s online portal and social community has attracted over nine million registered players, and continues to grow with engaging social features and a metrics-driven approach that enhances the user experience. Headquartered in San Francisco, California, Outspark offers a variety of next-generation client and social web MMOs, with an ever-evolving portfolio of new games and content. For more information, please visit www.outspark.com.

Link: http://www.ddo.com

Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment and Wizards of the Coast unveiled today Dungeons & Dragons Online®: Menace of the Underdark(tm), the first expansion to the award-winning free-to-play massively multiplayer online roleplaying game (MMORPG) developed by Turbine. Menace of the Underdark launches in the Summer of 2012 expanding for the first time into the beloved Forgotten Realms setting and the vast subterranean world of the Underdark, an increased level cap, the new Druid class and much more!

"2011 was a year of growth for Dungeons & Dragons Online as we celebrated our fifth anniversary and completed a successful launch of the game in Europe," said Fernando Paiz, Executive Producer of Dungeons & Dragons Online. "2012 is going to be our biggest year yet with a wealth of new content throughout the year including the launch of our first expansion pack. We are very excited to expand into the Forgotten Realms setting with a whole new storyline, level cap increase and the new Druid class!"

NEW FEATURES:

> Journey to the Forgotten Realms- Experience the classic fantasy and adventure of D & D's most imaginative and renowned setting. Arrive in the village of Eveningstar and adventure through the surrounding King's Forest wilderness area where the citizens of the nation of Cormyr must unite to face a new threat to the Realms.

> Brave the caverns of the Underdark- Come face to face with the Underdark Drow and Lolth, their Queen and goddess, as you explore this vast and twisted, subterranean world. Infiltrate the Drow stronghold of Shindylryn - the city of portals - where Lolth's forces work to further her schemes.

> Attain Epic levels to 25! Forge your Epic Destiny and create a unique Epic hero with powerful character customization options as you advance beyond level 20 to epic level 25.

> Play the Druid Class- Play as the all new shape-shifting Druid class! Wield nature's magic or transform into a powerful animal form with this classic D & D class.

Dungeons & Dragons Online®(DDO) is a free-to-play MMORPG featuring the industry's best combat system, a massive world with state-of-the-art graphics and gameplay, and a rich set of features that until now could only be found in premium subscription-based MMOs. DDO offers an innovative pricing model that allows players to download and play for free, purchasing adventure packs, items, and account services a la carte from the new DDO Store, or to subscribe to get unlimited access to all of the game's content. Players can download and play DDO Unlimited for free by visiting http://www.ddo.com.

Link: http://www.ageofconan.com

Funcom is excited to announce the successful launch of ‘House of Crom', a free update for Funcom’s massively multiplayer online game ‘Age of Conan: Unchained’. This massive content update is available to both Premium players and those enjoying the free-to-play offering, giving everyone the opportunity to explore the ancient halls of The House of Crom, a location that stretches over two huge in-game dungeons.

“We are very excited to see such a great reaction from the players,” says Game Director Craig Morrison. “'The House of Crom' adds a large number of new encounters and content for our veteran players. With a truly epic location, and amazing atmosphere thanks to the phenomenal lighting advances possible with the DreamWorld engine, we genuinely feel that there are few that can match ‘Age of Conan: Unchained’ when it comes to this type of content update.”

Reception from the player-base to the content update has been extremely positive. In the update, players are embarking on exciting adventures to explore what remains of the temple created by the ancient Atlanteans. Here they must discover for themselves the true nature of the evil curses that beset the ancient race thousands of years ago. House of Crom comprises two vast dungeons, one social, and one instanced. The social dungeon supports multiple groups at the same time, allowing players to experience an open and shared MMO experience that harks back to the early days of MMO exploration, where players must co-operate in order to succeed. These areas are the largest indoor dungeons yet created for the game, and provide a fantastically epic, and massive, backdrop to the player's latest adventures.

Launching in May 2008 ‘Age of Conan: Hyborian Adventures’ quickly became a smash hit in retail, shipping over 1.4 million copies around the world. Soon after going free-to-play last year, ‘Age of Conan: Unchained’ hit the impressive milestone of over two million players having experienced the online world of Hyboria. The game is now available in English, French, and German, and is also operating in Korea.

To download the client and play the game for free, please visit the official website.