Moyu (MOYU,
www.moyu.com.my)
iG-Interactive Sdn Bhd (IGI) in partnership with game developer TQ Digital
Entertainment (China), has launched Moyu
(http://www.moyu.com.my)
for public open beta on April 22nd, 2007, for
the Malaysian and Singaporean market. Moyu was recently voted the
best ‘Free To Play MMORPG’ for 2006 by QQ.com (the most popular instant
messenger service and lifestyle portal in China)
Already a seismic hit among fantasy massive multiplayer online role-playing game
(MMORPG) enthusiast, Moyu records 350,000 concurrent online gamers in
China alone, the Malaysia release is expected to be equally successful if not
more.
As one of the most exhilarating titles to come to Malaysia, Moyu
gamers will immerse themselves in a fantasy-based virtual world and choose one
of the 3 heroic game characters, the Warrior, the Mage and the Paladin. Moyu gamers will enjoy months of fun and exciting game-play commanding their
heroes and pets to adventure the vast land of Atlantis and challenging monsters
and real players with the power of sword and magic.
In Moyu, your pets are actually evolving demons. Being able to summon
up to 3 demons concurrently, they protect you from harms way through convergence
and attack your enemies viciously when they are not. The pet system provides a
lot of demons for you to choose, from strength to magical possessing demons.
Some can self-destruct in sacrifice while others possess enemies’ spirit to
impair them.
Unlike teenage gamers, many working adults find they have little time for online
games; nevertheless they enjoy them as much. Moyu introduces a
perfectly designed "Offline Training" system, a first in MMORPGs. As the name
depicts, Offline Training allows you to train and level-up your heroes and
demons even when your computer is switched off. God's Blessing, a special
in-game virtual item gives you monthly offline training and includes 11 other
blessed benefits.
Its stratospheric success is a team-work of tightly knitted common online game
components which includes an excellent legion and competition system; effective
trade system; player mentoring; rewarding and other various systems guarantee
Moyu to be highly interactive and full of fun.
Concurrently with the launch of Moyu, iG-Interactive is giving away a
total cash prize money of RM20,000 for the top ranking pet demons in 20 selected
categories. Winners will be decided within a 3 month competition period. More
details will be available on our website.
Moyu CD starter packs are available at your local cyber-café,
game-shop, news-stand early April, 2007 nationwide.
Yi-Online (www.yi-online.com,
www.tb2.com.my)
Yi-Online is based on the Young and Dangerous, 1996 Hong Kong movie about a
group of teddy-boys, lead by its main character Chan Hou Nam, and their
adventures in a fictional triad society. It was immensely popular in South East
Asia and spun 9 sequels and spin-offs. Actors Ekin Cheng and Jordan Chan also
became major stars in their own right.
Yi-Online gamers first choose their game characters based on their respective
zodiac. Each zodiac is special in its own way and it affects the future game
play of your character. After a series of beginner's game introduction, the game
character's role may evolve as a civilian, policemen or triad member. Each role
play has its unique game character advancement structure, allowing Yi-Online
gamers to experience a realistic, modern lifestyle game play. For example, a
gamer may choose the path of a policeman by first becoming a rookie and then
advancing its character to join the armed forces unit or criminal investigations
division.
Hero records a first by being the largest and most sophisticated MMORPG to be
fully developed in Java allowing it to be distributed to other OS and devices
faster in the future. Set behind Chinese knight-errant era, Hero incorporate
scores of RPG and turn-based game play features, with improvements to
functionality, performance enhancements and user interface changes as compared
to many online games in the market that turn out to be tasteless monster
slaughter-mania dependent leveling systems.