[EYE] Unreal Engine 3 Licensed For 3rd Game

Eyedentity Games, the developer of Dragon Nest and Dungeon Striker, has licensed the Unreal Engine 3 for their third title, confirmed to be in development in April. Despite the blowout success that Dragon Nest is worldwide and the high quality of both Dragon Nest and Dungeon Striker, Eyedentity has said that this new game will be their best title yet. That has me realllllllllly excited to see what this turns out to be.

The three lead developers at Eyedentity for this game are all from Nexon and previously worked on games such as Vindictus and Mabinogi. Eyedentity is currently in the process of acquiring new employees for the project.

[DN SEA] Academic Coming To The Global Service!

Shanda Games hinted at it recently and it has now been announced that the Academic class will arrive in the Global service of one of the most successful free-to-play games in the world, Dragon Nest SEA. The update will take place on April 24, 2012.

Players interested in the Global service of Dragon Nest see http://dn.cherrycredits.com/.

First launching in South Korea on March 4, 2010, Eyedentity Games-developed Dragon Nest has achieved over 700,000 concurrent users in China and has won several game awards across Asia. Just over 2 years since its worldwide premier the game has achieved over 100 million registered users and become the third most profitable online game in South Korea behind only Dungeon Fighter Online (Nexon) and MapleStory (Nexon) by achieving a cumulative profit of 100 billion KRW. This over multiple services as the game has broken a global service record with localized services for South Korea (Nexon), China (Shanda), Japan (NHN), Thailand (AsiaSoft), North America and Oceania (Nexon), South-East-Asia (doubling as a ‘Global’ service) (Shanda) and Russia (mail.ru) and has been licensed for publishing in Indonesia (KREON).

Eyedentity Games has unveiled its second game which is being published by NHN in South Korea. I am hopeful that this game, Dungeon Striker, will quickly makes its way to North America.

[DN] Dragon Nest SEA (Global): Saint’s Haven Arrives On Oct. 18

Shanda Games, the publisher of the South East Asian service of Dragon Nest which doubles as the Global service, has announced that the new region of Saint Haven will be arriving on October 18.

The game’s level cap will be risen to 32 and Saint Haven will be accessible to players at the current level cap of 24 or higher. New skills can of course be unlocked as you level up towards the new cap.

The North American service of Dragon Nest published by Nexon America received its Saint’s Haven update in late September. The details of the patches may not be the same but for a preview of the full content that will likely come with this update to the SEA service click on the banner below:

[DN] [VINEU] Dragon Nest Officially Launched By Nexon America + Vindictus Europe Open Beta Begins!

Dragon Nest Officially Launched

The North American service of the fast paced action dungeon crawling MMORPG Dragon Nest has been officially launched.

With this launch comes some fun new events and lots of new content including the highly anticipated region of Saint’s Haven.

Event: Cache and Carry

Date: September 28 – October 2, 2011 Pacific

Details: With new dungeons to conquer, you’re about to have your hands full with a lot of new loot! To help you carry all that stuff, any characters created during this event period will receive 10 bonus inventory slots absolutely free!

Note: Inventory slots will be awarded during the October 5 maintenance.

Event: Buried Treasure

Date: October 2, 2011, 12:01 AM – 11:59 PM Pacific

Details: Make sure you don’t lose out when you try to use your new treasure with the fifteen free 7-day Item Protection Jellies. Craft, enhance, and get some of those elusive item achievements without worrying about breaking your precious goodies!

Note: Item Protection Jellies will be awarded during the October 5 maintenance.

Event: Power Play Weekend

Date: October 1 – 2, 2011

Details: Hit ‘em hard and hit ‘em fast in the first weekend of Dragon Nest’s official “live” service! Just log in with any character and get 300 extra PWR points to use in new dungeons, in PvP or anywhere in Altera to score extra EXP and loot!

[DN] Dragon Nest America Launches Officially on September 28

Good news everyone! Nexon America will launch the official service of Dragon Nest’s North American servers next Wednesday, September 28. Nexon will also perform some big new updates which include a new central town (Saint’s Haven), 10 new danger-filled dungeons, a level cap increase to 32 and over 500 new quests. New skills will be unlocked for all subclasses.

Players will also be able to enjoy a series of celebratory in-game events starting next Wednesday, September 28th. Bonus empowerment points, which award additional EXP, cash item giveaways and more are planned to celebrate the launch.

I haven’t been playing Dragon Nest America or Dragon Nest SEA recently because of my busy schedule. I plan to play in the future though, hopefully becoming active again once September is finally over.

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[DN] Dragon Nest SEA (Global) Open Beta Begins On August 16!

The Dragon Nest SEA (Global) open beta is finally here. The servers will be opened on August 16, 2011 at the following times:
2:00PM GMT +8 – Singapore, Malaysia
6:00AM GMT
7:00AM BST (GMT +1) – United Kingdom, Western Europe
2:00AM EDT (GMT -4) – Eastern North America

Dragon SEA will serve as the Global service of Dragon Nest and will be available to everyone who is playing from outside of the United States, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, South Korea, Japan, China, Taiwan, Hong Kong and Thailand.

The closed beta client may be patched to the open beta client by simply launching the client. It will patch automatically. If for any reason the patch fails, you have already uninstalled your closed beta client or you never had the closed beta client installed, you may download the open beta client at http://dn.cherrycredits.com/download.php. The open beta game system requirements can be viewed at http://dn.cherrycredits.com/beginners_guide.php#system-requirements.

Open Beta Updates
Guild System:
Forge your own community with the Guild System and take down formidable enemies in the dungeons. Start off with a basic guild of 20 members and recruit more as your guild level increases!

Trading House:
Calling all budding entrepreneur! Trade and sell your gears and precious items in the Trading House and soon you will be on the road to riches! You never know what bargains you can get in the Trading House.

Affinity System:
Build up your friendship with NPCs in town to receive exclusive rewards and discounts when you patronize their services! Psst, it’s not a bad idea to start befriending your friendly neighborhood Blacksmith and Merchant!

Cash Shop:
Accessorize and customize yourself in Lagendia’s latest fashion gears!
* More inventory bags and storage space; a must have for aspiring adventurers.
* Trade rare and epic gears with the Stamp Seals!
* Discounted beginner packages for a limited time period only!

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