The third add-on for Bounty Bay Online  ‘Beyond the Horizon’ is just a few weeks away and we have learned some new details on the content that continues to be included to the add-on. We have already reported on the six new cities,  new continent and five new character classes, that will be available on November 25th so it is just icing on the cake that Bounty Bay will be adding merchant fleet alliances.  This system will certainly add some new angles to the political structure of the in-game community.  The Merchant Alliances will not replace guilds, it will actually be addition to guilds. 

Official Merchant Alliance System Details:

The simplest linking of individual players is when they join a fleet which is linked to a guild of their choice. Guilds and fleets are in turn always members of particular merchant alliances, of which there are five to choose from. The Islamic, Western Mediterranean, Iberian, English Channel, or Netherlands Merchant Alliance. Individual players can either join an alliance directly, or become a member by joining a fleet or a guild, or found one of these themselves, since they are always linked to a particular merchant alliance. The higher the level of a guild, the more fleets can affiliate with it and the stronger the alliance becomes to which the guilds and fleets belong. All five merchant alliances have their own home city and are supported by the neighbouring harbour towns which are starting points for numerous daily quests with special rewards.

To get registered for Bounty Bay Online and get prepared for the Beyond Horizons Add-on go to http://bth.bountybayonline.com.

A new Player vs Player Brawl Tournament is being held in Myth War II this month.  While taking a humorous play on a Sean Connery movie, there will be no rogue submarines in “Red November” as the title was given to symbolize the red color of the bloodshed the event will bring: Corny, but it works I guess.  If you like to PK, or if you want to try your shot at getting the “King of PVP” title then this is your event.

Visit the Myth War II forum at http://forum.mw2.igg.com to register for this special event. A complete list of participants and a detailed event schedule will be available on the official site. Get your name on the list before
it’s too late.

Official Event Details:

The tournament consists of single-round elimination solo PVP. As it progresses, each competitor’s match status will be updated on the official site. Champions will be awarded a Deity Beast, plus tons of gold and EXP.
The Myth War II team also has a 3-day publicity blitz planned for winners both in-game and on the official site.
For details, check out an overview at http://mw2.igg.com/news/news.php?aid=864 on the official Myth War II site. 

Final Closed Beta Stage For Karos Online

The new free to play mmorpg from NHN is entering its 3rd and last stage of Closed Beta testing on the 27th and 28th of November.  Karos has been doing very well in its initial testing stages and has added loads of new content and fixes based specifically on user feedback.  If you have missed the first two beta stages, the final one has alot of new content planned as Karos is prepared for its open beta.

"Karos Online will complete its closed beta phase by the end of this month," said Heejin Jeong, Senior Overseas Sales Manager at NHN Corporation. "We're planning a third weekend event for the last weekend in November that will differ quite a lot from what players have been able to experience in the game so far. I won't give too much away just yet, but if you've been wondering just how powerful characters in Karos Online can get, you won't want to miss the last closed beta weekend!" For all up-to-date information about the game, including beta tester registration, please visit www.karosgame.com.

Additionally, NHN Corporation has also confirmed that the first beta event for the Turkish version of Karos Online, called Son Destan, will run from the 27th to the 29th of November. More details about Son Destan are available on the game's official website at www.karosgame.com/tr.

Karos Online is scheduled to release in English in Q4 2009. German and Turkish versions will follow in 2010.