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New free-to-play inline skating MMORPG from gPotato – Street Gears

Friday, March 6th, 2009

In a refreshing change from the quickly becoming overpopulated Chinese Mythology free-to-play MMORPG space, the gPotato.eu team is proud to announce the official opening and release of the newest title in their stables: Street Gears.

Street Gears is a free-to-play inline skating MMORPG where players can take on the persona of a hard core inline skater fond of freedom and pure action sport.  Hailing from Park Town, skaters of any level can ride freely across the city and engage in a wide variety of challenges including speed based races on a number of tracks, team tournaments, and naturally, busting out fresh moves rakes in big points.  Over 50,000 open-beta testers have put the title through it’s paces, with a number of changes and upgrades being made to the game.

To celebrate the release, Street Gears is now packed with even more trickery and polyurethane shredding goodness.  A new race mode, additional quests, and an additional streetgears_screenshot_01new license, the Pro II, have been added, as well as the new Enberton track, which seeks to put players’ reflexes to the ultimate test.  Street Gears players are now also able to create a second character, including the newly introduced rider named Rush, an ex-soldier who’s a heart core inline skater at heart.  Additionally, players may now enjoy Street Gears via any USB pad device, as gPotato has upgraded the controller support features.

And it’s not just all about the new games features that have been introduced, as Street Gears has a number of in-game activities currently running and upcoming.  The Asian Love Festival which kicked off on February 12th, is accented with a number of multicolored lanterns decorating the gamescape.  A week long team tournament that culminates on the 12th of March will offer the winners a chance to have their team logo displayed on the X-Games stadium half-pipe, along with a host of other outstanding prizes.

If you’ve had enough of this winter, perhaps it’s time to grab your inlines and make your way to the Park Town skate park.  Surely, a nice 720 frontside would put a smile on anyone’s face.  Head on over to Street Gears at gPotato.eu for more fast and furious, free-to-play fun.

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gPotato serves up free-to-play cart racing MMO Tales Runner

Friday, October 17th, 2008

Gala-Net Inc. has recently announced that the beta doors are open on the North American version of it’s new cart racing title: Tales Runner.  Developed by Rhaon Entertainment, players can sign up and download the game client at Gala-Net’s gpotato.com portal.

Originally inspired by Nintendo’s Mario Kart, Tales Runner is a free-to-play cart racer MMO focuses on a number of unique features and distinguishes itself from the crowd with a unique community interaction experience.  Racing events are not arbitrary, as Tales Runner places players in teams, encouraging community interaction, cooperation, and good sportsmanship.

Additional differentiators include:

  • The Item Alchemy: This crafting system allows players to collect special cards at the end of each race. Combining these cards creates the most powerful and unique weapons in the game.
  • The Tales Runner Leveling System: Tales Runner features a unique, rewarding leveling system. Each time a player reaches a new level they are rewarded with in-game currency as well as access to new racing rooms.
  • Customization: With 4 starting characters to choose from, 4 more to be released, and hundreds of different items, accessories and outfits
  • Tales Land Park: A central “Town” where players can hang out, show off their gear, and exchange tips with each other. There are also mini games within the park that rewards players with items and in-game currency.
  • Unique Racing Modes: There are several race modes available to players; 8 Player Mode, Team Mode, Relay Race, 30 Player Mode, and the crowd favorite, Survival Mode, where players must race toward their screen rather than away. Each Survival Mode course features a Boss Monster that eliminates players from the race with the slightest touch

A runaway hit in it’s home Korean market as well as in Japan and Taiwan, Tales Runner features reoccurring characters that take part in races based on a selection of maps inspired by fairy tales ranging from The Frog Prince to Momotaro, a Japanese favorite.  Supporting up to 30 players in individual and team modes, players will face obstacles, ski slopws and even monsters in their races.

And as with any good MMO, Gala-Net Inc. plans on rolling out a number of new content additions via in-game ‘Chapters’ through out the year.  These content updates are slated to include a number of new maps, items (for sale of course) and features.    Updates will also include a function similar to an achievment system along with alchemy, couple, fortune and family features.

When asked about the microtransactions present within Tales Racer and if they will present a playing advantage, Rhaon Entertainment producer Alan Hardie says,

…We don’t want to favor our cash users by giving them an advantage over the others. We consider all of them to be valuable, and we want to treat each one fairly.
There will be some things that can only be purchased with gPotatoes, but they are mainly of a cosmetic nature. Some provide various stats or bonuses, but we will offset this advantage by providing similar ones anyone can obtain…

Tales Runner is now open for beta testing in the North American market via Gala-Net Inc’s portal gPotato.  To sign up and download the client, visit Tales Runner at talesrunner.gpotato.com.

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