MMORPG 'Parallel Kingdom' Set for October 31 Release
posted by Blake Patterson on October 9th, 2008 6:35 PM EDT in Massive Multiplayer (MMO), Upcoming Games, iPhone games, iPod touch games
PerBlue recently updated their Parallel Kingdom Age of Exploration website, providing updated screenshots as well as a release date: October 31.
A recent blog post by PerBlue CEO Justin Beck tells the latest:
Today we have some exciting news. On October 31st, 2008 the Parallel Kingdom Age of Exploration will be released! This is the first of many ages to come. This age will be a free beta that will run on any iPhone, iPod Touch, or Android Handset device. Parallel Kingdom uses location-based features to place the virtual world over the real world, where you can kill creatures, collect gold, and destroy your friends. We hope you enjoy this age, and look forward to many ages to come.
Parallel Kingdom is a massively multiplayer online role-playing game (MMORPG)–or as PerBlue describes it, a mobile multiplayer trans-reality game (MMTRG)–that overlays the real world with a location-based game world, allowing the most humble neighborhood street to host the mightiest of towered citadels that must be breached for loot. It holds the promise of turning the daily commute into a bold adventure and we expect it to be a hot download when it appears in the App Store.
More screenshots can be seen at the Parallel Kingdom website.
Stay tuned for more information on this title as well as a full review once it makes its debut in the App Store.
how does this work on ipod touches without a agps reciever
esp. without wifi
@mek: It uses cell tower + WiFi triangulation, like the Maps app does.
This is going to be amazing, after a couple of months because a lot of people are going to jump into this and people are going to be battling just about everywhere you go. I hope they spread this across as many platforms as they can because this could be the next big thing. They could do this in all games, imagine playing a game like GunBound (courtesy http://gunbound.ijji.com/) with the people near you instead of waiting around trying to get into lobbies.
I think this kind of game has some serious potential but I think this one looks really stupid. Just my opinion though.
Part of me hopes it succeeds, but another part of me can't help but enjoy visions of how it could all go comically awry.
This could be bad for me. I have a tendency to get threatened to be banned from online games for bad mouthing people. I'm not a bad sport, honestly, I just think it's funny.
The whole location based thing could make this really interesting, though.
"It uses cell tower + WiFi triangulation, like the Maps app does."
That function NEVER works for me. I try to use it on Google Maps, and always get a message telling me it can't do it. Is it because I am in the UK?
..must..not..play such games.. They tend to take too much time.
Yes its one of the MMTRG's family very great game like iTycoon, Wifi Army and Vitruve Project…
more info http://www.mmtrg.com & fr
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@Barry: Um. Yes.
graphics look so-so, but it sounds like it will be very fun!!!!!!
Just found out today it won't be available outside the US. Due to "legal reasons."
Ya I am so hyped for this game does any one know when this game will be available in Canada can someone please help thx so much
Among the great number of Massive Online Multiplayer Games I prefer those with intuitive navigation, a comprehensive user interface, and a unique graphical player guide!!!