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Göteborg, Sweden - June 11, 2010 - First Planet Company,
developer and publisher of the largest real money Massively
Multiplayer Online Game, announced today the newest version is
available for download. This update brings back one of the game's
most loved features, Mindforce.
Scientists on Planet Calypso have unlocked the mental and
physical depths of the human mind, and discovered ways of
stimulating inactive parts of the brain. By adding external Mind
Essence energy to boost these powers, new abilities have emerged
with a force unlike anything ever experienced. In the darker ages,
Mankind would have referred to it as magic but in the era of
science it has been given the name Mindforce. Devices can enhance
and fuel Mindforce with the energy and these devices are small
enough to be implanted in the head. Mindforce is said to be the
tool of the future and is considered by many as the next step in
human evolution.
The MindForce powers are unlocked by inserting the right Power
Chip into an implant. MindForce Power Chips belong to one of
several different categories, some cause damage, some heal, while
others are defensive and protect players from harm. Some of the
different chip categories available are:
Damage Chips inflict different kinds of electric, combustive or
cryogenic damage on the target.
- Heal Chips are used to heal avatars.
- Synchronization Chips increase a player's concentration period
allowing them to resist interruption.
- Translocation Chips allow avatars to travel great distances in
no time using teleportation technology.
- Regeneration Chips allow the MindForce user to heal and
resurrect dead avatars.
The Power Chips have different potency levels, indicating how
effective they are.
Other Update Features:
General Visual and UI
- Estate UI has received a graphics upgrade.
- Centered ammo icon in the Dashboard UI.
- Fixed issue with other avatars, that has not yet been rendered,
that appears to shot in a direction other than the real one.
Mindforce Visual and UI
- Updated Synthetic and Light Mind Essence icons.
- Enhanced visual effects when inserting chips with the implant
inserter.
- Disabled flickering light when switching Mindforce chips.
- Disabled light effect when having wormhole chip equipped but
not activated.
- A wormhole is now opened after the yellow ball effect.
- The rings in the effect visualizing the wormhole now looks the
same on both sides (origin and destination).
- Improved animation when using resurrect chip.
- Improved correlation of chip effect and avatar movement when
using a strike chip.
- In the auction, moved some misplaced Mindforce skill implants,
to the Mindforce category.
- Added message "Awaiting response", due to that the Friend UI is
blocked, when waiting for friend to respond to the wormhole
request.
- The digit in the tool tip showing Mindforce synchronization is
expanded to show 2 decimals.
First Planet Company is the developer and publisher of Planet
Calypso, the largest real economy Massively Multiplayer Online Game
in the world. Players have the ability to participate in a unique
virtual world where they have no monthly costs. Its innovative real
money economy uses a virtual currency which has a fixed exchange
rate with the US dollar. This allows players to deposit and
withdraw real funds for their adventures on Calypso or in the real
world. It is also the first MMORPG to use CryTek's stunning
CryENGINE 2 for amazing graphics and physics. Planet Calypso is the
oldest planet in the Entropia Universe and is free to download.
Planet Calypso is a free download available at the game's
website,
www.planetcalypso.com.
About First Planet Company
First Planet Company AB is a subsidiary of the MindArk Group.
First Planet Company AB develops and markets Planet Calypso, a
Massively Multiplayer Online Role Playing Game (MMORPG) based on
the Entropia Platform, and is part of the Entropia Universe. Set in
a distant future, the planet Calypso is home to an expanding human
colony struggling with the natural and economic elements involved
in establishing their new civilization.
For more information on First Planet Company (FPC) and Planet
Calypso please contact us at the numbers above or go to our website
at
http://www.planetcalypso.com
Copyright © 2010 First Planet Company. All Rights
Reserved.
For further information, please contact:
First Planet Company:
Frank Campbell
+46 31 607 362
fc@mindark.com
First Planet Company Media:
David Tractenberg
(310) 453-2050 x111
david@tractionpr.com
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