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 The latest content patch for Ragnarok Online, Port Malaya, is already available. This expansion brings new quests, added dungeons, the best equipment yet, and an expanded MVP monster cast.

“Port Malaya is the largest town expansion update, both in sheer size and in features, providing both high level activities and challenges and is deservedly the most talked about expansion town update Ragnarok has ever had!” Said Jason “Heimdallr” Koerperich, Ragnarok Online Producer at Gravity Interactive. “We are happy to provide this update so far ahead of our community’s expectations as a wonderful surprise to our loyal players!”

Welcome to the Port Town of Malaya, where the water’s always warm and the monsters are always dangerous. Enjoy dozens of new quests, including an entire suite of daily tasks to perform aimed at level 100+ characters. Join up with fellow adventurers to plumb new dungeons, testing the strongest characters and honing their boss hunting skills to a fine edge.

Delve deep into these raids to discover the hidden story of Malaya. Acquire powerful new equipment, including the new Tattoos, which will grant your character new permanent buffs! Use these newfound powers to tackle the most challenging enemies yet, including rare MVP Monsters, which will challenge More >

The Pride of Taern is a new game with a retro look that will attract a lot of folks who wax nostalgic about the 90s. We've given The Pride of Taern a look and have a first preview for you. Check it out!

To help us remember just how "OMGAMAZE" the 1990s were, is The Pride of Taern: an isometric MMORPG with the tagline "I can't believe it's not Black Isle." This Polish creation is dripping in so much nostalgia, antiquated design, and end-of-the-millennium funk, that it will have everybody misty-eyed, wearing their cap sideways, and forever remember the glorious, heady days of the best decade "evur."

Read more of Adam Tingle's The Pride of Taern: Dripping with Nostalgia.

Hi-Rez must be pretty amped this morning. Download data has been made available for free-to-play shooter Tribes: Ascend, and the numbers look very, very good. Since launching last month, the game has seen over 1.2 million downloads. 110,000 of those downloads came from the game’s built-in referral system.

Todd Harris, COO of Hi-Rez, noted in early May that Tribes had around 800,000 registered accounts. He also noted that the team has plans to land a few thousand more players by localizing the game for various regions. At the moment, Tribes: Ascend is available only in English.

Of course, the game is free-to-play, so these download figures don’t really give us much to go on in terms of revenue generated. We’ll have to wait for Hi-Rez to compile and release that information. In the meantime, we can safely assume the game is doing well, since the company is pushing for a global launch.

Have you picked up Tribes: Ascend? What do you think?

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Webzen has announced that the world championship tournament for C9, Continent of the Ninth Seal, will begin at the same time as the final closed beta test. The events will run from May 17th through May 31st.

Meanwhile, during the final closed beta test, a new character ‘Berserker’ will be revealed. As an advanced class of the fighter, the ‘Berserker’ has the most powerful physical attack power using its two handed sword. Users who participated in the Tournament Registration Test last April will be able to continuously play where they left off without creating a new character or enjoy the newly revealed ‘Berserker’.

Find out more about Continent of the Ninth Seal.