4/11/08 Issue at Just-RPG!

This week's issue is filled with screens from some exciting upcoming games. Check 'em out at the link below!

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• New Summon Night: Twin Age Screenshots
• New Drone Tactics Screenshots
• New The Chronicles of Spellborn Beta Screenshots
• New Metin 2 Screenshots & Trailers
• New Lineage II: Hellbound Screenshots & Dev. Diary
• New Requiem: Bloodymare Screenshots
• And More!!!

New Spellborn Dev Journal

The Spellborn team has posted an all-new developer journal for your reading pleasure.

This latest diary discusses the progress in the creation of the newest world in Spellborn. This world is located in Ringfell and is known as Shorath Mesa.

Read the diary here.

New Chronicles of Spellborn Dev Journal

An all-new Chronicles of Spellborn Dev Journal is now available for your reading pleasure. This particular journal is with the game's lead level designer and discusses some of the combat testing that is taking place.

Read the journal right here: http://www.tcos.com/sbforum/viewtopic.php?t=12764

Spellborn - Heroes and Villains revealed

The Chronicles of Spellborn team has posted a preview revealing some of the game's heroes and villains. It also details some of the game world's backstory and mythology.

Read the preview here:

Spellborn in Europe

The Chronicles of Spellborn’s European publisher, Frogster Germany, has recently announced plans to release the MMORPG on Q1 2008.

This release date will allow Spellborn International to additional QA testing and incorporating more content.

Frogster Studios has also licensed The Chronicles of Spellborn in the Japanese market in one of the largest closings for a single product in Japanese PC game history. Frogster will receive a percentage of future subscription revenues and a non-recoupable advance license fee of more than $1 million USD.

Spellborn International also recently completed a major step in development by performing stress-tests to check server and network stability. During the stress tests the game was able to accommodate more than 500 characters in a single zone.

High House Art Preview

The Chronicles of Spellborn team has posted a preview about the new High House models and hand-painted textures that their art designer has been working on. The brief preview is complete with a few images. Read their preview here.

For those not familiar with The Chronicles of Spellborn, there are five different High Houses players can join , similar to political factions. Membership with a High House is permanent, and players can pledge their allegiance only once. Each house will have its own unique personality, set of quests, unique building design and special armor.

Chronicles of Spellborn Q&A

The Chronicles of Spellborn team have put together a little combat Q&A to help gamers understand the game's unique combat system.

Chronicles of Spellborn features a combat system totally different than the traditional MMORPG model. Players have more direct control over combat, so rather than combat formulas determining your "hit" an "dodge" percentage, players instead actively maneuver their character to target and dodge attacks. Spellborn also features a combo system that allows gamers to link together devastating attacks!

Read all about it right here!