Bluehole Studio released details on the 3rd Closed Beta Test (CBT) of its Massively Multiplayer Role-Playing Game, TERA. Bluehole Studio spent 3 years and 32 billion Won (US$ 24 million) and a few prison sentances (on appeal) when developing TERA that matches with console game graphic quality and ground-breaking non-targeting gameplay system.

With its somewhat proprietary technology, TERA built an enormous scale of the Seamless World that includes cities, fields, NPCs and monsters. TERA features powerful action and strategic teamplay based on non-targeting battle system.

In this CBT, TERA will offer a part of six tribes, eight classes, and 88 characters. New content update for the CBT includes new maps, 68 techniques, a party invite bulletin, instance dungeons, and medal system.

Also, in the CBT, TERA features some additional movements such as swim, jump, climb as well as in-game voice chat via Hangame, Quick Menu, and equipment items.

Total of 20,000 users will be joining the 3rd CBT.

For more information on TERA, visit http://www.tera-online.com

ijji.com Gets NeoSteam For Portal

The Steam Punk Themed MMO 'NeoSteam' is getting to shine in all of its glory at mega publisher NHN's ijji.com gaming portal.  Developed by Hanbitsoft/Joyimpact and officially published by Atlus Games, ijji.com willoffer the game to its ever expanding player base which will bring loads of potential to thecore community.

The game is now available for download here at mmofury and you can register for your ijji account on the official home page at http://ijji.com.  We have been big fans of the game since it first saw open beta in 2008, but since then the game has only gotten better with a huge amount of new content and game systems.

If you haven't checked it out yet, I strongly advise you head over and take a look.

In Runes of Magic, winter is slowly coming to an end. The residents of the massive online world are looking forward to the start of spring. Citizens of Taborea will now be able to celebrate the changing of the seasons with the ‘Masked Ball’ fancy dress party.

Ancient legend tells us that the Barbarians of Candara survived cruel winters in Taborea and worked hard to survive the harsh realities of the cold. When the weather finally changed, they would celebrate the prospect of a rich harvest for the year. The ‘Masked Ball’ will continue this age old tradition as barbarians will dress up to welcome in the spring in full party mode.

Frogster is going to invite the player community of Runes of Magic to take part in these celebrations. Daily quests and a game world decorated for spring awaits adventurers of all levels. Rewards include ornamental masks, transformation potions and all sorts of goodies including cakes and fruits that will restore life. The ‘Masked Ball’ will launch with the next update patch which will be deployed across the servers in March. Further information can be found on the official website: www.runesofmagic.com