AdventureQuest Worlds Adds Ads As Character Death Penalty

Artix Entertainment, a small, independent game development studio that creates hit F2P (Free-to-Play) download-free browser games played by over 130 million people, announced today that players of the popular AdventureQuest Worlds MMORPG are being punished for dying in-game by being forced to see an advertisement for nine seconds before being allowed to return to life. Previously, AdventureQuest Worlds players who died in-game would be faced with a grayed out screen showing their character on the ground and a nine second countdown before they could return back to life. With this new change, when a player dies, Death makes a personal … Continue reading AdventureQuest Worlds Adds Ads As Character Death Penalty

Artix Contest Winner To Become MMO NPC

Artix Entertainment, the indie game development studio that delivers download-free browser-based RPGs to 130 million users, is holding a unique contest for players to enter for a chance to be immortalized in the popular new MMORPG HeroSmash as NPCs. Winners will have their characters put permanently in-game as quest givers, shop keepers, trainers, spies, etc. HeroSmash is a new MMORPG that Artix Entertainment released into the Beta phase on April 28th, 2011. In the game, Super Villains and Heroes battle against each other for control of strategic locations and items within Super City. Players can choose to become evil Super … Continue reading Artix Contest Winner To Become MMO NPC

HeroSmash MMO Gets 500,000 Beta Testers

Artix Entertainment, the indie game development studio that delivers download-free browser-based RPGs to 130 million users, released HeroSmash into its Beta phase last week. The Beta release is open to all players. Just one week into the release, there are already over half a million registered Beta testers. HeroSmash is a new MMORPG where Super Villains and Heroes battle against each other for control of strategic locations and items within Super City. Players can choose to become evil Super Villains or good Heroes and fight to ensure their side’s victory. "Now that HeroSmash is in its Beta phase, everyone can … Continue reading HeroSmash MMO Gets 500,000 Beta Testers