Great MMORPGs on the Horizon

It’s a great time to be an MMO gamer. Why you ask? Because there are
a boat load of awesome upcoming MMORPGs. OutSpark
announced a few weeks ago that their action MMORPG
Divine
Souls will be entering closed beta on July 14. Unlike Outspark’s
other games, Divine Souls has cool realistic graphics and intense
combat. Their other game’s are largely anime inspired, think Fiesta
Online and Secret of the Solsitce. Outspark also should be
releasing Erebus: Travia
Reborn, soon. Outspark isn’t the only MMOPRG publisher with some
good upcoming games. OGPlanet announced Zone 4: Fight
District on July 9, which is a fast paced fighting MMO that looks a
bit like Lost
Saga. Netmarble will be
releasing Uncharted
Waters online and GameHi is working on a
cool kart racing MMO called Transpee. There are no set
release dates on either of these games unfortunately, so I’m not going
to talk too much about them.

The most exciting new
MMORPG without a doubt is Vindictus from Nexon.
Nexon actually announced a definitive release date for the game as
well. It should be releasing sometime in fall, 2010. Those who want to
try it out early can apply for the closed beta on the official Vindictus
site though. I sort of hate closed betas, because characters get
wiped. I’ll likely wait till open beta to jump into it. I think a lot
of people are excited about Vindictus because it looks really
different. The gameplay, especially its combat system, is supposed to
be much different than traditional MMOs. It’s all action oriented and
involves skill. MMORPG Players
will actually need to aim attacks and dodge enemies. Nexon is also an
incredibly high quality developer, so my expectations are high. I really
enjoyed both MapleStory and Mabinogi,
so I’m sure Vindictus will be fun. Another reason I’m excited about
Vindictus is because Nexon isn’t known for “bloody” games. Vindictus
will be reated M for mature, so I’m curious if Nexon call pull it off.

Obviously Vindictus is the most anticipated free to play game, but
there are a bunch of other titles coming out soon that I look forward
to trying. Games like Luvinia Online from
Outspark and MKZ Online from GamersFirst.
I want to try MKZ mostly because it’s an FPS game and I’m a total
sucker for MMOFPS games
for some reason. I don’t know why, but I find myself playing these
kinds of games all the time.

I look forward to playing Vindictus the most. But MKZ Online looks
neat too. I guess I’ll be able to play them eventually!