Allods Online is Russia fantasy MMORPG.

Allods Online North American Closed Beta Begins
Moscow, Russia & Sunnyvale, CA — November 10th, 2009 — Astrum Nival, a leading Russian game developer, and Gala-Net, Inc., a major free-to-play online game publisher, announced today that the first North American closed beta test for Allods Online has begun.

Allods Online is a massively multiplayer online role-playing game, set in the fantasy space opera universe of Sarnaut.

It is the fourth opus of the Rage of Mages series which started in the mid-90s, conquering the minds of millions of gamers around the world, and covers over 12 years of storyline in the making.

You can choose to enter the deep storyline, puzzling out relationships between the two factions at war, races and characters, and plumbing the depths of the mysteries at work in this unique setting. Or you can focus on developing your character, maximising his abilities, crafting, getting very rare items and enchanting them via the runes system to become the best in both duels and space Astral battle ship confrontations.

Throughout the game, you will discover and fight your way in dungeons, castles and temples as a raid or as a group.

At high level, you can build your own Astral space ship and take off to explore the Astral with your party, looking for adventures, raids or if you want, become a pirate and board other ships to steal their loot. You will also discover many unique encounters such as Astral demons, ship versus ship battles, boarding other ships or even just annoying them during your journeys in the Astral.

The guild system greatly increases your opportunities and enhances your game experience in co-operative game play through specific raid encounters, some even being contested.

Whether you enjoy solo questing and discovering a world with lots of player versus environment content, or bashing other players with the player versus player mechanisms (and of course the ship versus ship in the Astral space), Allods Online is a lot of fun for all kinds of players. You can always stand aside all battles and just meet your friends in game and chitchat about whatever you like.
It is all up to you.

Allods Online no subscription fees and you can play as long as you wish. All you need is a gPotato.eu account.

Allods Online features high quality gameplay for any kind of player

* Build and Control Your Own Astral Battleship: The new dimension of co-operative game play
* Two Warring Factions: The League and the Empire
* Character Progression: Customise your own path with your Talent and Skill trees
* Huge World to Explore: Colossal areas, League and Imperial archipelagos, contested territories and neutral allods in the deep Astral
* Content For All: Solo, Group, Guild and Raid
* Choose from one of 6 different playable Races and 28 distinct Classes
* Diverse gameplay for all types of players: Player versus Player, Player versus Environment, Role Play and of course Ship versus Ship in the Astral
* Deep background story and lore over 10,000 years of in-game history
* Character customisation and advanced personalisation to inspire creativity
* 6 unique pet classes
* Up to 40 levels filled with thousands of quests and hundreds of unique creatures
* Complete Guild system and mechanisms
* Crafting / Enchantment, via the Runes system / Alchemy / Herbalism / Mining / Disassembling / Tailoring / Blacksmithing / Leatherworking
* Group party instances to have fun with your friends
* Raid party instances to enjoy the adventure with your guild
* Groups of up to 6 and Raid parties up to 24 (4 groups of 6 players)
* In game mail to send messages and/or items to friends
* In game auction system for trade between players
* PvP rankings and Reputation via the Combat Glory and Victory point systems
* Customise your ship as if it was your floating home


http://en.allods.gpotato.eu/

Users can sign up for the Closed Beta at http://allods.gpotato.com

http://www.allodsonline.ru/

Allods Online has been acknowledged as the Best Game 2009, and was also awarded as the Audience Choice Award at the 7th Russian Game Development Conference (KRI-2009).

Allods Online was recognized as the Best Game 2009 by the KRI-2009 Awards Jury, which  consisted of representatives from developers and the leading publishing houses in Russia and the CIS. The highly favorable assessment by this group of experts was supported by a vote of the attendees; in addition to the conference's most prestigious honor, Allods Online also won the Audience Choice Award.

About Nival Group

Nival Group was established by Sergey Orlovskiy in 1996 and since then has become a leading player in the Russian interactive entertainment market with more than 300 employees. The group includes Nival Interactive, Nival Network and a minority stake in Astrum Nival. Each company is creating compelling products for a unique segment of this fast-growing marketplace.

Nival Interactive is a leading international game developer of strategy and role-playing games for PC and other platforms with offices in Moscow (Russia), Yekaterinburg (Russia) and Hallandale (Florida). Over the past decade Nival Interactive has developed more than 15 high quality and internationally successful games, including Heroes of Might & Magic V, Blitzkrieg, Silent Storm, Etherlords and Allods (Rage of Mages, Evil Islands) series.

Nival Network is a leading developer, publisher and operator of free to play online games in Russia and the former USSR countries, and of a leading Russian online gaming and social networking portal,http://ZZima.com. The company's portfolio includes such diverse titles as MMORPGs Dragonica, Shaiya: Light and Darkness, Cabal Online, Eudemons and Conquer Online, multiplayer racer Level-R, browser-based strategy game Khan Wars and music title RockFree. Established in September 2008, Nival Network also owns development studios in Moscow (Russia) and Minsk (Belarus).

Astrum Nival is the leading publisher and operator of free-to-play, client-based online games in Russia and is part of the largest Russian game holding company, Astrum Online Entertainment. Nival Group owns a minority stake in Astrum Nival. Headquartered in Moscow, Astrum Nival owns two development studios in Moscow and Voronezh, Russia. Astrum Nival is also the Russian operator of several hit games, including Perfect World™, Granado Espada™, Pirate King Online™ (known in Russia as Piratia™), and Slapshot. Currently, the company is working on its internally-developed title – Allods Online™ – which is slated to be the most ambitious and highly anticipated MMO game on Russian market.

Games:

Allods Online
Allods Online is a free-to-play massively multiplayer online role-playing game recently launched by Astrum Nival, a Russian online game developer and operator. Allods Online is based on the popular Allods series of games by Nival Interactive. Featuring eight playable character classes, six races, and an expansive and compelling game world, Allods Online is set to win the hearts of gamers worldwide. The title's unique setting features mystical islands called Allods, floating in the living substance known as the Astral. With fierce player-versus-player and player-versus-environment combat on the Allods and epic battles between Astral ships, Allods Online offers a traditional fantasy MMORPG experience with a new science fiction twist.

Status: open beta-test

Dragonica

Dragonica is a world first, a 3D side-scrolling free to play MMORPG where you explore the world from left to right. Filled with modern pop culture references and parodies, the game boasts a solid action-like combat system, and appeals to a broad range of users.

Status: close beta-test

Shaiya: Light and Darkness

Shaiya: Light and Darkness is a free to play MMORPG with enormous PvP-battles that involve up to 1,500 players on each side. Guild wars, arena duels, smuggling, and exploring dungeons – the game offers huge scope for players to prove themselves in a variety of battles.

Status: close beta-test

Heroes of Might and Magic V: Hammers of Fate

Take part into a thrilling new adventure in the world of Ashan with the Hammers of Fate expansion. Discover uncharted territories and experience new ways of playing Heroes of Might & Magic V.

Release Date: November 14, 2006

Blitzkrieg

Blitzkrieg — A WWII RTS. Unprecedented realism and accuracy blend to form immersive 3D battlegrounds where brute force takes a backseat to strategy and wits.

Release Date: June 04, 2003

Silent Storm

Silent Storm is a true 3D game combining turn-based tactical combats and role-playing set against the background of the WWII. Equip your squad with over 75 authentic WWII weapons ranging from commando daggers to hand-held rocket launchers, including experimental and rare models.

Release Date: October 31, 2003

Rage of Mages II

Rage of Mages II is a PC game that merges the best elements of role-playing and real-time strategy. Recruit stalwart allies, gather powerful weapons, and wield awesome magic as you complete important quests and train your character.

Release Date: June 18, 1999

RockFree

RockFree is a free to play browser-based game in which music lovers from all over the world compete in guitar duels. This is an online paradise for fans of Van Halen, Black Sabbath, Rush, Warrant, KISS, Iggy Pop and many other famous rock groups and performers.

Status: preproduction

Level-R

Level-R offers the chance to experience the thrills of high-speed with a variety of made-up and licensed cars. Thousands of players can race through the streets of Tokyo, on a racetrack in Germany, an off-road course in of Hungary and many others - all on the same server.

Status: open beta-test

Heroes of Might and Magic V

Next part of the legendary strategy in the magic world favored by millions of gamers. The best series traditions combined with the new ideas and technologies will let you dissolve in the charming atmosphere of the regenerated universe...

Release Date: May 19, 2006

Etherlords II

Etherlords II takes you back to the World of the Lords and into a whole new realm of fantastic possibilities. An exciting mix of role-play and tactical turn-based combat in the best traditions of fantasy trading card games

Release Date: August 28, 2003

Hammer & Sickle

Hammer & Sickle is a tactical RPG based on the Silent Storm universe. The story unveils in the British-American sector of the occupied Germany in spring of 1949. As a Soviet undercover agent, you'll find yourself in the middle of the tough confrontation of special services – in the hell of secret war.

Release Date: December 06, 2005

Rage of Mages

What does the world of Rage of Mages hold in store for you? From the beginning you will be plunged into a world of danger, excitement and dark adventure.

Release Date: October 13, 1998

CABAL Online

CABAL Online is an action-oriented free to play MMORPG that has launched in 55 countries around the world and has attracted more than 20 million users. It features a world in which magic coexists with technology, and nations clash in large-scale RvR-battles.

Status: preproduction

Heroes of Might and Magic V: Tribes of the East

Heroes of Might and Magic® V: Tribes of the East chronicles the final chapter in the epic struggle that began with the interrupted wedding of Queen Isabel. Players will follow the steps of the Necrolord Arantir...

Release Date: October 16, 2007

Blitzkrieg II


Blitzkrieg II comes with tremendous focus on new strategic opportunities, global war and gritty realism of WWII battles.

Release Date: September 28, 2005

Silent Storm: Sentinels

Silent Storm: Sentinels is an expansion to the highly acclaimed turn-based tactical game Silent Storm, fully-rendered in breath-taking 3D with totally destructible environments, non-linear campaigns and RPG elements.

Release Date: September 12, 2004

Evil Islands

Evil Islands — A strategic role-playing game set in a magnificent 3D fantasy world. Make thrilling choices between diplomacy and war, magic and weapons, friends and foes.

Release Date: October 26, 2000

Etherlords

Etherlords — A bold and exciting new gaming style blending the best of turn based strategy and trading card game play. "The most exciting turn-based strategy game on PC". - C&VG.

Release Date: November 08, 2001

About ASTRUM ONLINE ENTERTAINMENT

Astrum Online Entertainment, the leader of the interactive entertainment market of Eastern Europe, is a holding company, which incorporates Nival Online, IT Territory, Time Zero, Nikita Online and DJ Games.

Creation of Astrum Online allowed all the participants to formalize a united strategy in regards to their activities and also utilize their combined experience and infrastructure in order to perfect their businesses.

By consolidating the human and technical resources of all the companies which form the holding, Astrum Online can successfully compete on the international game market providing its users with high quality game products, 24/7 technical support for both its own online games and the localized titles, and an easy-to-use billing system.

Astrum Online owns popular game sites in Russian – Playit.ru and Woh.ru – and in German – Astrumo.

In the third quarter of 2008 the companies which form Astrum Online occupied around 60% of the Russian online entertainment market expressed in monetary terms. This figure continues to grow.

The main strategy of Astrum Online is expanding into new geographic markets. In autumn 2008 the Holding company entered the German and Chinese game markets with a successful launch of the localized German and Chinese versions of its hit MMORPG “Legend: Legacy of the Dragons”. In January 2009 Astrum Online entered the Turkish market with the localized version of the same title; “Legend: Legacy of the Dragons” is now available in Turkish as well. By the end of 2009 AOE is planning to enter game markets of France, Italy and Spain.

In the long term, Astrum Online is focused at MMO games which utilize the free-to-play business model. This allows the Holding company to remain a highly profitable business increasing its share both in local and global game markets. Astrum Online currently operates more than 30 MMO games, including such popular titles as “Legend: Legacy of the Dragons”, “Sphere”, “Territory”, “Three Kingdoms”, and “Perfect World”. In 2009 AOE is planning to launch its new MMORPG, “Allods Online”, which will continue the legendary game series with more than 10 years of history.

The total number of people playing games operated by Astrum Online exceeded 17 million players in Q2 2009. A considerable part of them are active users of the Internet game sites owned by the holding company.

About Gala-Net

Founded in 2004, Gala-Net, Inc. together with its European subsidiary, Gala Networks Europe, Gala-Net is a leader in the thriving free-to-play online games
in the western market. Headquartered in Sunnyvale, Calif., Gala-Net's diverse service portfolio includes Flyff, Rappelz, Tales Runner, Luna, Aika, and Allods
Online. Through the gPotato Game Portal (http://www.gpotato.com), gamers can play any of Gala-Net's games for free, as well as buy in-game currency and virtual items for any of its games.

Official Nival Online Screenshot

Official Nival Online Site(Russian) :http://www.allodsonline.ru/

Official Developer Site: http://www.astrumonline.ru/

Allods Online Trailer