Can't wait for The Chronicles of Spellborn to hit the U.S. MMORPG scene? The publisher of the game, Frogster Interactive, has revealed that it might be heading to North America much sooner than expected. Check out the full article for more details.

Ready for another update on Frogster Interactive's Bounty Bay Online? We just got wind that the updated client version which features Storm Island has been already made available.

With this news, it's definitely something that players can enjoy. Find out more after the jump!

The Chronicles of Spellborn development team is making their fans know that they are at the Game Developers Conference 08 in San Francisco. However, their presence there is also tied with business.

Accordingly, Spellborn NV will be hunting for a company that will be publishing the game in North America. More on this after the jump!

Since people tend to be attracted to free stuff, why not offer a game client for free? That's precisely what Frogster Interactive is doing with its Bounty Bay Online game client: switching the business model around and giving Bounty Bay Online players an easy way to get the game.
But what about players who've paid for the client already? Never fear, Frogster Interactive has a solution for them as well.

Find out what it is after the jump!

With the upcoming arrival of the Storm Island add-on, the folks behind Bounty Bay Online have released an overview of the new sub-skills included in the add-on.

These skills will let players further customize their characters to correspond to their individual playing styles. The add-on also includes new areas, monsters, armor, weapons, and more. Details at the full article.

The developers over at Spellborn NV in cooperation with Frogster Interactive have posted a new development diary to update everyone on the progress of their upcoming MMORPG The Chronicles of Spellborn. This week, they gave us hints on how they're balancing the game's job classes and how they're working out a level playing field for the PvP aspect.

The full details follow at the full article!

Welcome to Storm Island, Bounty Bay Online's first, substantial and free add-on from Frogster Interactive. What you can expect from this isle somewhere close to the North American coast is a newly added area that is home to a bountiful array of flora and fauna, as well as an increased maximum level cap (from 100 to 120).

Storm Island is just as mysterious and cryptic as the fog shrouding it, with magic treasures and knowledge of a long lost civilization just waiting to be discovered. Of course, with new adventures to have, it is but fitting that you get new abilities to aid you in your quest. That's why here in Storm Island, yours will be enhanced with 21 new special abilities, such as fishing, muscle power, alchemy, and more.

Do check out the screenshots to get a glimpse of what's in store for you in Storm Island.

 

Frogster Interactive Pictures' Bounty Bay Online now has an in-game black market where players can get new gear and armor upgrades as well as advanced quests for higher level characters.

The black market is a special location which can be found on a secret ship. It offers various gear that players can purchase with the vouchers they can pick up in their adventures. The developers picked a perfect time to introduce this new store since players can most likely pick up more of the vouchers through the advanced level quests.

The new quests can be obtained by visiting the three new NPCs from the Hunter's Alliance. They can be found at Lisbon, Algiers, and Sri Lanka so players won't have to go far to obtain the new missions. Both updates seem pretty solid and should satisfy some of the long term players who started playing this game since the Beta.

This game is already out in the UK and can be purchased for £19.99 (around US$ 41). The pack includes the game and a free month of game time. If you decide to continue playing, expect to pay £6.99 (around US$ 15) monthly.

Spellborn NV Community Manager Pierre-Yves Deslandes (aka Mirage) for the upcoming title The Chronicles of Spellborn posted an article over at the MMO game's official website addressing the fans regarding delays and in-game developments.

First off, Deslandes confirmed that the new release window for Spellborn is now slated for a Q1 2008 release. The community manager also added that their game publisher, Frogster Interactive, has just signed a deal that will bring The Chronicles of Spellborn in Japan.

This is certainly good news as this ushers in more gamers with different playing styles compared to those in the West. Anyway, Deslandes shared that the game recently underwent a series of internal stress tests to check if it will have any lags or server crashed during the times when so much players populate a specific region. The official said:

We simulated more than 500 players in real gaming conditions in one single zone (Hawk's Landing/Hawksmouth) without any crashes or other downtime. This might not look so extraordinary at first glance, but trust me, for a game with heavy action-based combat and such AI; this is one heck of a feat for an MMO.

That's about it for now and it seems that The Chronicles of Spellborn is shaping up to be an exciting and excellent MMO. Check regularly here at QJ.NET for more updates.

Although the game - still in beta - has yet to be officially released anywhere, Spellborn Interactive Ltd. has already taken on a European partner for distribution of its greatly anticipated MMORPG, The Chronicles of Spellborn. Frogster Interactive Pictures AG, a Berlin-based publisher of computer games, will have exclusive marketing and distribution rights of the game for Germany, Austria, Switzerland and France.

Dirk Weyel, Frogster Interactive CMO, issued the following statement:  “In the last months, we have been involved intensively with a lot of MMOGs and are most pleased that we now have a project with such a huge potential in our pipeline as ‘The Chronicles of Spellborn.' The development team works highly professional and shares our vision of a long term co-operation regarding marketing and operation of a MMOG. For this, we’ll support the launch of TCoS with the yet largest marketing campaign in Frogster history.”

Barry Hoffman, Spellborn's Marketing Manager added:  “We are very proud to achieve our publishing goals by signing the publishing contract for ‘The Chronicles of Spellborn’ with Frogster. Their regional presence and extensive knowledge of the local markets ensures the high quality of store availability and support that we aim to achieve with TCoS.”

Spellborn assured the gaming community that its planned release date of October 2006 remains unchanged.