The
Solium Infernum
Interview on Tacticular Cancer chats with some folks at Cryptic Comet about
Solium Infernum, their upcoming strategy game set in Hell, the
surprisingly popular game locale. In this case you aren't an avenging angel,
space marine, or other misplaced interloper, however, you are a denizen
yourself, looking to climb (or is it descend?) your career ladder: "Solium
Infernum is a grand strategy game set in the Infernal Pit a.k.a Hell. The basic
premise is that the Infernal Throne (Solium Infernum is the Latin term) sits
empty and you play an Archfiend vying for it. You do this by amassing the most
Prestige Points by the time the Infernal Conclave convenes to select the next
ruler of Hell. You can gain prestige points in a number of different ways. The
most obvious way is to claim strategic points on the board called Places of
Power that dot the landscape of Hell. But you can also get points by performing
unholy rituals, demanding tribute from and insulting your opponents and
eventually claiming Vendetta or Blood Feud and sending your legions out to
punish the other pretenders to the throne."
Urban Legions is
now live, offering a web-based superhero-themed role-playing game. Details on
the game and how it operates are on
this
information page, but if you are interested in checking it to, you can do so
for free, as explained here: "The general public is able to play up to 20 turns
free per day, and may purchase additional turns via subscription or by blocks of
turns. A public forum for help and discussion of the game is also available via
the Urban Legions website. To experience Urban Legions yourself, go to
UrbanLegions.net and sign up for your free account today."
The
official Kingdom Under Fire II Website
is live, so accept no unofficial substitutes for this home to Blueside's
upcoming multiplatform sequel that will add some manner of MMO gameplay to the
action/real-time strategy gameplay of the Kingdom Under Fire series (thanks
Gamer's Hell). The site
offers screenshots, wallpapers, concept art, and some game information,
including this bullet list of game features:
• A true Action RTS
inheritor of the world acclaimed Kingdom Under Fire series, which continues a
saga of Bersian heroes on Kingdom Under Fire universe.
• Massively Multiplayer Online game where thousands of gamers can co-play and
write their own epic poetry of war.
• Much empowered real-time strategy game system with highly intense action and
intuitive control while succeeding all the great merits of previous versions.
• Unprecedentedly massive scale of castle siege mode to deliver realistic
mediaeval battle onto your nose.
• Deeper and richer campaign mode than that of "Kingdom Under Fire: The
Crusaders"
• Competition and War among 3 factions over the domination of Bersia
continent; Human Alliance, Dark Legion and a new mystery force.
Happy Boxing Day. Happy first day of Kwanzaa. Happy St. Stephen's Day. Happy
Wren Day. Happy Proclamation Day. Happy Day of Goodwill. Happy Junkanoo. Happy
Carrie Purta Day. And to those in the Solomon Islands, happy Thanksgiving; you
can go ahead and carve the baby (King Solomon joke).
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