By Alexander Villafania
INQUIRER.NET
MAKATI CITY, Philippines — Game distribution firm IP E-Games announced that it will become the local distributor of online game NosTale.
The company will also become the payment gateway for Philippine players, utilizing its top-up cards.
Korean company Entwell Co., Ltd. developed NosTale, which stands for The Tale of the Nomads of Silver Spirit.
Despite its cartoonish, kid-friendly design, NosTale is considered a massively-multiplayer online game instead of a casual game.
In an interview, Sonny Carlos, IP E-Games Product Manager for NosTale, said the game’s server will be hosted in Korea while E-Games will provide a payment service for players in the country.
Carlos said the game will target a younger generation of players.
“We wanted to introduce something different in our MMORPG line up, so we decided on NosTale,” Carlos said.
NosTale features many of the same features found in MMORPGs including quests, party systems, item shops and chat.
The online game is a story-driven adventure divided into four Acts. Players start out as an ordinary Adventurer. Later, they can be a Swordsman, Archer and Sorcerer they reach a certain level.
Once a class has been reached, players can then select a “specialist card” to give their character new and unique skills.
Another unique feature is the Mini Land, which is the player’s own “home” where items can be stored. The Mini Lands can also be adorned with other objects, such as a house, lamp posts, trees and others.
E-Games has activated a local website for NosTale players.
NosTale international publisher Servex Co. Ltd. has also appointed E-Games as its global server distributor in the Philippines.
November 17th, 2008 at 3:10 pm
ay naku looks like parang GE dating ng roll-out nito, pamatay usok … wala na bang matino kayo ipapasok
November 16th, 2008 at 11:35 am
I dont think Nostale will do well here sa Pinas.Parang ni rush ng e-games to. I guess they see emil chronicles and fiesta as a threat to their games.