(Press Release) Sony Online Entertainment and Asiasoft partner to bring DC Universe Online to Eight Asian Countries

Here is the latest Press Release from Asiasoft and it's about DC Universe Online.

SAN DIEGO – July 9, 2013 – Sony Online Entertainment LLC (SOE) today announced a new partnership with Asiasoft Corporation Public Company Limited (Asiasoft), a leading online games operator in southeast Asia, to bring the award-winning massively multiplayer game DC Universe™ Online to major Asian countries: Thailand, Singapore, Malaysia, Vietnam, Indonesia, Myanmar, Cambodia, and the Philippines.

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The international partnership grants Asiasoft exclusive PC publishing rights for DC Universe Online in multiple Asian territories and ensures dedicated servers, local customer support and payment gateways will be provided for the game. Utilizing a free-to-play model, DC Universe Online players are granted basic access to the game free of charge so they can choose to play in a way that suits them best. DC Universe Online will be available on the PC in Asia later this year.

“Batman, Superman, Wonder Woman and the entire roster of DC Entertainment heroes and villains are among the most recognizable icons in the world. By bringing DC Universe Online to southeast Asia, more people than ever will be able to gear-up and fight alongside their favorite characters,” said Louis Figueroa, Senior Vice President, Business Development, Sony Online Entertainment. “Asiasoft will provide high quality player support ensuring the DCUO community continues to thrive throughout Asia and beyond.”

DCUO is licensed by Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment on behalf of DC Entertainment. For more information about DCUO, visit http://www.DCUniverseOnline.com.

About DC Universe Online

Lex Luthor has traveled back through time with news of a dire future: While the heroes and villains spent years battling amongst themselves, Brainiac has been feeding on their powers, building strength to return to Earth and destroy humanity. To change the future, Lex has come back to set off a device that bestows super powers to thousands of every-day citizens and give humanity a fighting chance. Can Brainiac be stopped, or is this another nefarious Lex Luthor plot?

For the first time, players and fans will be able to enter the DC Universe as an active force for good or evil. A massively multiplayer experience, DC Universe Online delivers unparalleled high-energy, physics-powered combat that brings the player’s extraordinary powers to life.

DC Universe Online was created in the artistic vision of legendary comic book artist Jim Lee, and set within a world created by famous DC writers including Geoff Johns and Marv Wolfman.

Rated T for Teen with Mild Blood, Mild Language, Mild Suggestive Themes and Violence, DC Universe Online is available for the PC and the PlayStation®3 computer entertainment system. DCUO Legendary access is available for a $14.99 monthly fee.

About Sony Online Entertainment LLC

Sony Online Entertainment LLC (SOE) is a recognized worldwide leader in massively multiplayer online games. Best known for its blockbuster hits and franchises, including EverQuest®, EverQuest® II, Champions of Norrath®, PlanetSide®, Free Realms®, Star Wars®: Clone Wars Adventures™, DC Universe™ Online, and the recently launched PlanetSide®2, SOE creates, develops and provides compelling online entertainment for a variety of platforms. SOE is building on its proven legacy and pioneering the future of online worlds through creative development and inspired gameplay design for audiences of all ages. To learn more, visit http://www.soe.com.

SOE, the SOE logo, EverQuest, Champions of Norrath, PlanetSide, and Free Realms are registered trademarks of Sony Online Entertainment LLC. All other trademarks and trade names are properties of their respective owners.

About Asiasoft Corporation Public Company Limited

Asiasoft Corporation Public Company Limited (Asiasoft) is a leading online game operator in Southeast Asia, dominating market share in Thailand, Singapore and Malaysia and convening Vietnam, Indonesia and the Philippines. The company’s affiliates are involved in international investment for online games publishing and development, as well as game portal services (http://www.playpark.com) including others IT related business. Currently, Asiasoft has 43 enjoyable and interactive online games from all over the world, with more than 70 million registered IDs in South East Asia region.

About Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment

Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment, a division of Warner Bros. Home Entertainment Inc., is a premier worldwide publisher, developer, licensor and distributor of entertainment content for the interactive space across all current and future platforms, including console, handheld and PC-based gaming for both internal and third party game titles.

About DC Entertainment

DC Entertainment, home to iconic brands DC Comics (Superman, Batman, Green Lantern, Wonder Woman, The Flash), Vertigo (Sandman, Fables) and MAD, is the creative division charged with strategically integrating its content across Warner Bros. Entertainment and Time Warner. DC Entertainment works in concert with many key Warner Bros. divisions to unleash its stories and characters across all media, including but not limited to film, television, consumer products, home entertainment and interactive games. Publishing thousands of comic books, graphic novels and magazines each year, DC Entertainment is the largest English-language publisher of comics in the world. In January 2012, DC Entertainment, in collaboration with Warner Bros. and Time Warner divisions, launched We Can Be Heroes—a giving campaign featuring the iconic Justice League super heroes—to raise awareness and funds to fight the hunger crisis in the Horn of Africa.

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Rocket Launchers Planetside 2

Rocket Launchers are now available in Planetside 2. This is just one of the latest updates from Sony Online Entertainment's massively multiplayer online first-person-shooting game. You want Rocket Launchers to blast your enemies away then you got them. Also, the addition of Rocket Launchers in Planetside 2 will definitely add new tactics and strategies to the game.

What Makes Rocket Launchers Different?

Rocket Launchers in Planetside 2 are different from other weapon types in the game because of the fact that each one is different. For example, in one type of Rocket Launcher, you can control the direction or path of the rocket. After shooting the Rocket Launcher, you'll immediately switch to the rocket's camera view and guide it accordingly to your target.

Sounds cool right? Yes, it's definitely cool but the movement of the rocket is very limited. It won't do 180 degree turns and it has a very short range. It's also a one shot reload weapon with at least 5 seconds of reload time. So, spamming rockets is out of the question. LOL!

Another type of Rocket Launcher has the ability to lock-on its target making all shots or rockets fired hit. This one is somewhat better than the other type of Rocket Launcher because it's more accurate and more destructive. Unfortunately, locking on to your target takes a couple of seconds and that can leave you wide open.

Damage Dealt

Rocket Launchers deal decent damage to vehicles. You can take out a Sunderer with full health easily with Rocket Launchers. Take note, Sunderers are very heavily armored. It takes a barrage of shots to take one Sunderer down. With Rocket Launchers, Sunderers are now somewhat more vulnerable but you'll still have to get close enough to shoot one and that is not an easy task.

Are Rocket Launchers OP?

Rocket Launchers are indeed powerful but they also have their drawbacks. For example, Guided Rockets are countered by simply shooting them down while Locked Rockets are countered with Flares and other forms of countermeasures.

Rocket Launchers also have limited range which means, long distances can make them pretty useless. Your Rocket Launchers usefulness relies on how close you can get to your target and, in Planetside 2, getting close enough to fire-off a few shots is very, very difficult. You can end up dead from trying.

Start Blasting Away

Rocket Launchers are really awesome. If used properly then Rocket Launchers can really do a lot of damage. In fact, they can even turn the tide of battles. Of course, having a powerful weapon doesn't always guarantee victory specially if you don't know how to use it.

Anyway, for your thoughts, views, opinions and comments, please don't hesitate to share them below.

To learn more about Planetside 2 and to play it for FREE, click here!

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Wizardry Online, Open Beta Is Here

Wizardry Online is the MMO version of the classic Wizardry dungeon crawler RPG series. It died a decade ago in the US but it is still very popular in Japan where it continued to get new releases. They even have an online multiplayer version of the game called Wizardry Online.

(Wizardry Online Open Beta)

Fortunately, Sony Online Entertainment took Wizardry Online from Japan and opened up an English server. Currently, Wizardry Online is in Open Beta and, to play the game, simply create a new Station ID, download the game's launcher and install it. After installing the launcher, run it and it will download and install the rest of the game.

In Wizardry Online, you will get to create your character from five races. These races are Human, Elf, Porkul, Dwarf and Gnome. You will also get to choose from four character classes and these are Fighter, Priest, Mage and Thief. From there, you will get to choose or customize your character further like choosing your character's hair, face, etc.

Bonus points for your character's attributes are randomly assigned.

Characters in Wizardry Online have that anime-look and feel because this game is basically just a port of a Japanese game. If you are not into anime-looking characters then you might not enjoy playing Wizardry Online.

One of Wizardry Online's controversial feature is Permadeath. Yes, your character can die permanently in this game. It sounds hardcore, right? Well, not entirely because your soul lives on and, because all your characters share the same soul, you can continue your adventure as a new character.

Unlike other dungeon based multiplayer online RPGs, the dungeons in Wizardry Online are not instanced. That means, you'll have to share all the dungeons with other players.

Another feature that is considered hardcore by other gamers is the fact that PvP or player-versus-player is active everywhere. That means, any player can kill any player any time and any where. Of course, there are consequences in killing and stealing from other players but are those consequences bad enough to deter players from killing each other?

Anyway, if you are a fan of the old Wizardry RPG series then why not give Wizardry Online a try. It's Free-To-Play and it will only take you a few minutes to a couple of hours to install the game.

To learn more about Wizardry Online and to play it for FREE, click here!

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