By Alexander Villafania
INQUIRER.net
MANILA, Philippines – Level Up! Philippines has launched Grand Chase, a side-scrolling, arcade-style, online fighting game that can be played by up to six players on three-versus-three mode, an executive said.
The action, similar to the popular Nintendo fighting game Super Smash Bros, is set to compete with other similar fighting games published by rivals, including Gunbound from Mobius, GetAmped from Amped Games and the locally developed game Bangu-Bang from VITAS.
In an interview, Level-Up! Marketing Manager for Casual Games Carlo Ople said the closed beta test of Grand Chase will start in October.
The open beta test will start in November, immediately followed by its commercial launch in November.
Ople also said the game will be free-to-play.
There are five character types in the Grand Chase game with each one having at least three jobs. Players can customize their characters’ weapons, attire and other accessories based on the level-up achievements.
Grand Chase is largely set in a fantasy world called Bermesiah, where the five characters set out to find an evil queen named KazeAaze who caused a war between two kingdoms, Kanavan and Serdin.
The game is developed by Korean firm KOG.
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Digest
Cool casual game. I think local publishers have more success if they focus in online casual games rather than bringing mmo’s that are just pure grinding or any mmo that doesn’t have the par with wow, gw, war, coh/cov, lotr and the rest of the best of int’l mmo’s.
Dagget
Um, how is Gunbound similar to Smash Bros. and those other games?
sad_ako :(
I used to play GC SEA right at the start closed beta. It was cool but already bot-laden during closed beta, heck there were already bots roaming around ingame even before there were people in their forums… GetAmped IMO is a social game with fighting elements since most of the game revolves mainly on meeting new people and dressing up in custom avatars. Kinda like an online cosplay convention, cuz the fighting part is kinda too simple. Bangubang sucked at first but i’m glad the gm’s are keeping their promise that they’re always improving the game like now that they’ve greatly improved the graphics and added more stuff.
camilogomez
Hey guys this is a new game we just finished, its a space survival style shooter where you command a Mecha able to transform into a fighter jet. You need to defend your space station against waves of oncoming foes. Its called Project Cloudwitch.
Gameplay: You control de Mecha with your mouse combined with the WASD keys.
You can try it in your web browser (with a plugin).
http://www.c2estudio.com/webPlayers/Beta/Robot/CloudWitchWeb.html
If you have any comments we would would love to hear them.
camilo
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