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MMORPG: WonderKing: Media Preview Report

MMORPG writes: "WonderKing is at the very basic level, a 2-D side scrolling game. It's fun, compelling and challenging, with its many vertical platform levels that require jumping and double-jumps to reach. That was the first thing I noted when following the Dev in game for the media tour, lots and lots of jumping, in town and in the world. For a game currently in closed beta and a smallish game world, it made good use of vertical space."

MMOHut: MMO Crafting

MMOHut, "Almost every major MMORPG has to have something at least vaguely resembling a crafting mechanic and an economy. It’s generally supported by an auction house, and because of WoW, we generally see the economy protected through a soul-binding system, in which powerful items bond to their users and must be trashed once they’re no longer useful to the player. It’s a fairly solid system, and it works for most cookie-cutter MMORPGs… but isn’t it a little boring?..."

MMOHut: Nexon Buys Ndoors Interactive

MMOHut, "Fresh news out of Korea! Nexon, a privately held developer and publisher of free to play MMOs & MMORPGs, has announced the acquisition of 67% of Ndoors Interactive, a rival developer. Nexon is best known for their side-scrolling hit MapleStory but also publish a range of titles including the MMOFPS Combat Arms, the arcade style Dungeon Fighter Online..."

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MMORPG: WonderKing Battlefields PvP Preview

Last time MMORPG visited Ndoors Interactive's free-to-play 2D sidescrolling MMO, WonderKing, was back in January when the game was still in beta testing and heading into launch. Fast forward three months later and the developers are on the precipice of adding PvP to the game in the form of "Battlefields."