The new Outspark.com portal is now available, giving members of the Outspark community powerful new tools to express yourself and connect with your friends.
Visit Outspark.com now to create your profile and start building your friends lists! Be sure to check out the Outspark Blog to learn how to get the most out of the new Outspark portal.
Have any feedback on the new Outspark.com? Let us know what you think in the Outspark Portal Feedback thread in the Outspark forums.
From now until the end of CBT, Counter-strike: Source servers have been made to prepare you for Blackshot!
Opening first is the Reg server. Play all the classic maps - including ones used in gaming leagues and tournaments.
Second to open will be the GunGame 4 server. This is more of a casual server where the games are quick and it’s more-so a frenzied fight.
The GunGame server will be unlocked soon. When opened to the public this will be a permanent server.
See the Blackshot CS:S site here!
The server information will be available there, as well as the map lists and any quick announcements that may be needed.
If anyone has any questions or issues dealing with the server (hacking, server stability, etc), please let me know and I’ll deal with it as soon as I’m available. (ie, not at a work emergency or in college classes).
I’ll pop in from time to time. If the server is full too often, I will raise the player capacity up or open the gungame early. If nobody is in there when you come, you’ll be able to engage combat with auto-joining/auto-vacating bots. Careful, though: the bot difficulty is set to “pwn”.
The Shadow Odyssey is an all-in-one compilation of Everquest II, and will be sold in stores and for Digital Download at USD $39.99. It is expected to be released on November 18, 2008.
Please note these details are WIP (work in progress). Visit Outspark.com to stay up-to-date.
Cap Raise to Level 89
3 New Maps
New Kingdom Quest
Town Warp Gate
Wedding Feature
Quest Overhaul
Added Character Skills to each class
Guild member cap increase
Monarchy System
Bugfixes
Warm up for the competitive edge on the Counter-Strike: Source game servers for Outspark’s (www.outspark.com) new FPS game, Blackshot!
Depending on the amount of concurrent users, there will be one or two servers.
Play the GunGame-modded for some fast, quake-like action! Or, if you’re feeling more tactical, play the Reg server. All of the standard maps will be in rotation, starting off with de_dust2.
Plenty of GunGame maps will be available!
Come back in a few days to witness the launch of the promo website!
The newest addition to the Outspark family is Blackshot, a fresh tactical FPS.
“We’re thrilled to add an innovative, free-to-play FPS game to our lineup,” says Susan Choe, Outspark CEO.
“[It] offers fast-paced action for casual gamers interested in a quick shootout, while hardcore players will love innovative features like the game’s player-versus-environment mode.”
Blackshot will be released later this summer. You can sign up for the beta at www.playblackshot.com.
Project Powder, a snowboard sim, is the newest addition to the Outspark Free to Play library. It will be entering Closed Beta Test phase 1 soon, so make sure you sign up at http://projectpowder.outspark.com/ today!
There will also be prizes for contestants of the CBT including free Sparkcash, as well as a cool CBT hooded sweatshirt only given to users who achieve level 5 in the first test phase.
The event was a great success, and there was a high turnout. Ten lucky winners got a random Dragon mount, and five lucky winners received a 2X Exp Card. Each of the prizes are currently unreleased, as a bonus.
Pi Story, a 2D MMORPG developed by NCONY Enterprise, is the newest addition to the fast-growing Outspark library.
Pi Story is a 2D side-scrolling game featuring elegant artwork and a strong story where players band together in search of quests, boss hunting, and collecting Pi to bring peace to the divided universe.
Pi Story - Shakia’s Throne (Click to enlarge)
Some features in Pi Story include: Classes, where you are either a Fighter or a Cleric; Crafting, where you can cook, make potions, and collect herbs (more things to come); a party (4 or 8-player teams) where you group up and do missions together and guild system (up to 100 members). There are also personal blogs and player-owned houses.
The newest game to hit Outspark, Bread ‘n Butter, is now entering its second beta phase.
New features include:
* Lowered prices on mini games
* Additional mini games and decorations
* More free mini games and decorations (go to the store and buy it for free!)
* Guestbook implemented, so you can view other bakery owners’ info and post comments!
Also, you can view the top bakers, part of the dynamic project.
Outspark’s second game, Secret of the Solstice, will soon be available in Open Beta… and in preparation for the release we’ve launched a completely new web site with a beautiful, easy-to-navigate design. We hope you like it as much as we do!
For those not familiar with the game, Secret of the Solstice is a multiplayer online role-playing title set in the beautiful land of Xen. With hundreds of gorgeous environments, fanciful creatures, plenty of quests and a classic feel, Secret of the Solstice invites players to create a character and explore its richly-detailed world.
As with other Outspark games, community is a core element in Secret of the Solstice. Our crew of friendly game masters will be operating dynamic in-game events like monster battles, games and contests, but with a twist: participants contribute to the evolution of the game storyline! Your success in battle will directly affect the future of Xen, so join the adventure today!
A note to Closed Beta Testers: make sure you remove / uninstall the CBT client before you install the new Beta client.
New Premium Items!
New items will be available in the Fiesta store next week, including the black tuxedo, black dress, warrior outfit and shark house (check ‘em out at the right!). Want to get some new goodies for your Fiesta character? Click below to visit the Fiesta Store and learn more about SparkCash, which is used to buy premium items in Oustpark games.
December: Beauty Shop, New Level Cap Even more options for character customization on the way!
Next month Fiesta will receive its biggest content update yet, which includes the much-anticipated Beauty Shop! Players will be able to change their character hair styles, colors and even faces. We’re also increasing the game’s level cap to 79 from 59, adding new quests for characters between level 60 and 79 and much more. More information will be released very soon.
Outspark has staff from Blizzard, Dreamworks, Electronic Arts, Starz! Media, Webzen, Yahoo! and other huge companies, and GameDaily BIZ talks to CEO of Outspark, Susan Choe and gets the low-down on this quickly-expanding free-online-gaming company.
Kezz on the forums announced that the CBT is finally arriving on Wednesday the 20th at 10:00am PDT (noon CDT)! All invitations should be sent out by the end of tomorrow.
If you didn’t get an invitation, well, then you didn’t make the CBT. Kezz mentioned a possibility of sending more invitations, depending on capacity. If you don’t happen to make it, you will just have to wait for the Open Beta Testing, which will be promptly after the CBT. No need to worry!
Guntrix also posted a sneak preview of the Mage and Cleric classes.
“Clerics can heal and use buff magics to aid friends and themselves. Also, Clerics have pretty powerful magic attack skills to destroy enemies.”
“Mages have ability to deal higher damage on opponents with their magical attack skills. Their physical strengh and defense might be weaker than other classes but mages play crucial role in group battles with powerful magic skills.”
Guntrix and Dschang Unveil New Game Portal - OUTSPARK! This website is currently running a Closed Beta test for an MMORPG called Fiesta Online. Be sure to check out both the site and watch the trailer of the upcoming game!
Public Announcement From GuntrixWhat is Fiesta? Fiesta is a new, 3D cartoon style MMORPG for casual gamers! You will enjoy Fiesta’s engaging online game community, simple gameplay and rich graphics!
The message is as follows:“Hello everyone,We finally launched our beta web site for our new game.
dschang and I got together at Outspark and we are leading our GM team.
Check out our new site at OUTSPARK.
We are now recruitig closed beta testers so why don’t you all sign up today? lol
Just kidding. I just wanted to let you know about our new game and projects as I have promised before.
Check out our new game’s trailer at our site,
and I hope I see some of you at our new forum, too.
Taka care guys,
From your old friends,
Guntrix & dschang”
You can find my profile as user # 33 - the first non-staff member of Outspark!
http://www.outspark.com/user/33/
And so you know, the new game is called “Fiesta Online”. It’s the official north american localization of Shine Online / Bright Kingdom, by Aragon Networks.
Here are the estimated system requirements for Fiesta CBT (Closed Beta Testing). Expect it to be these or very close to these.
=====Minimum Requirements=====
OS: Windows2000, WindowsXP
CPU: Intel Pentium 3 (1.0GHz) or equivalent
Memory: 512MB RAM and at least 1.5GB HDD Space
Graphics: Onboard 3D Accelerator with 64MB memory using DirectX version 9.0c
Internet Connection: Speed of 64kbps or better
=====Recommended=====
OS: Windows2000, WindowsXP
CPU: Intel Pentium 4 or equivalent
Memory: 1.5BB RAM and at least 3GB HDD Space
Graphics: nVIDIA GeForce FX (or equivalent/better) using DirectX version 9.0c
Internet Connection: ADSL (256kbps) or better
Don’t expect to see Mac in there for sure; I talked with some of the staff about these requirements and they have not verified that Mac OS will support Fiesta.
That’s all I can say for now! See you at Outspark!
