A few months back I wrote about Age of Wushu Dynasty (AoWD), an upcoming MMO that plans to bring a martial art aesthetic to mobile. The game seems to be coming along well, and Snail Games has just announced that the game will go in closed Beta in November. Based on the PC MMO title Age of Wushu, AoWD is an open world MMO featuring traditional martial arts tropes and themes. The game’s focus on martial arts rather than a generic fantasy world and heroes sounds very interesting to me; I’m tired of Elves, sorry. Instead of having the same classes as most other MMOs, in AoWD you get to pick which of the four competing martial arts school to join. From there, you develop your own Kungfu skill set and collect weapons. The game has a single player mode and online multiplayer features with both PvP and team co-op modes.

The game’s visuals are excellent, as you can see from the trailer above, and the combat system uses animations modeled on renowned Kungfu masters (not Kung fu Panda, unfortunately). The fighting system is based on Skill Sets, unique combinations of attacks, feints, blocks, and powerful ‘Rage’ attacks. Add to that skills like ranged poison attacks, and fast stuns, and you get an idea of how the fights should play out. I’m curious to see how this game will turn out, and I hope it ends up being good because I’d like to play an MMO that’s removed from all the fantasy tropes. If you are interested in the Beta, go to the game’s website to subscribe to the newsletter, although I have no idea how many testers they are actually going to need.