Today the Cavern was offically opened, allowing for explorers and visitors to enter D’ni. Various hoods and area’s were holding parties to celebrate the opening.
The DRC also placed a new Linking Book in the various hood which Links to the new garden Age of Eder Tsogahl.
GameTap is now offering Visitor Accounts for Uru Live, this means people can try the game out for free, however with some limitations in place. Visitor accounts will have access to Relto, The Cleft, The Nexus, Gahreesen (the small area from the Link in point to the KI dispenser) and a Neighborhood. Players will also be able to create one avatar with limited customization options.
The GameTap trial will also include 5 preselected games, 4 games of your choice and the current week’s GameTap TV program.
GAMETAP LAUNCHES “MYST ONLINE: URU LIVE” AND USHERS IN ALL-NEW MASSIVELY
MULTIPLAYER ONLINE GAMING EXPERIENCE
Online installment of legendary Myst franchise melds mystery,
exploration, and community in a world filled with new Ages and puzzles
ATLANTA – February 14, 2007 -GameTap, the first-of-its-kind broadband
entertainment network from Turner Broadcasting System, Inc. (TBS, Inc.),
today announced that “Myst Online: Uru Live” will officially open its
doors tomorrow on Thursday, February 15. Published by GameTap and
developed by Cyan Worlds, “Myst Online: Uru Live” is the most recent
addition to the GameTap Originals label. This latest installment of the
best-selling Myst franchise introduces all-new Ages and puzzles while
fusing the social concepts of a traditional massively multiplayer online
game with mystery and problem-solving facets. Consumers can now visit
www.gametap.com/mystonline to take advantage of a free trial offer and
enjoy “Myst Online: Uru Live”.
“‘Myst Online: Uru Live’ is the most ambitious Myst experience we’ve
ever created,” says Rand Miller, CEO of Cyan Worlds and co-creator of
Myst. “By developing an interactive, online world driven by intrigue and
exploration instead of violence, massively multiplayer online gamers now
have a choice unlike any of the other options.”
For the first time ever in the Myst universe, a player’s choices,
actions, and experiences will help drive the ongoing storyline which
expands and adapts on a continual basis. This new adventure-driven take
on the massively multiplayer online game genre features the ongoing
release of new content, including all-new Ages and puzzles. As players
act and react to their surroundings and each other, a new Myst story
will be told.
Keeping with tradition, “Myst Online: Uru Live” combines all of the
classic adventure and puzzle-solving elements and visually-stunning
worlds that made Myst the top-selling franchise of its time and among
the most critically-acclaimed games of the 20th century.
“Myst Online: Uru Live” includes elements unique to the Myst franchise,
including books used to teleport, exploration through wondrous,
immersive new Ages; and mind-challenging puzzles to solve either as a
group or alone. The title also includes all of the key social features
like text and voice chat that make today’s massively multiplayer online
games so popular.
“The evolving storyline of ‘Myst Online: Uru Live’ makes it an ideal
addition to our GameTap Originals line-up of episodic games,” said
Ricardo Sanchez, GameTap’s vice president of content. “Also, thanks to
our extensive catalog of more than 800 games, subscribers who might not
have experienced the previous Myst titles are able to do so very easily
and at no extra cost.
“Myst Online: Uru Live” was created exclusively for GameTap and is
available to GameTap subscribers in the United States and Canada. It
will also be available via direct download to consumers and in select
countries around the world. Expanding beyond computer borders as well,
“Myst Online: Uru Live” will be available for Mac users later this
spring. To sign up for the Mac beta program or to view the list of
international countries Myst Online is currently available in, please
visit www.gametap.com/mystonline.
To register for GameTap and experience “Myst Online: Uru Live”, visit
www.gametap.com where you can sign up for
just 99 cents for the first month.
About Cyan Worlds, Inc
Cyan Worlds, Inc., located in Spokane, WA, is best know for Myst and
Riven, which received numerous awards, critical acclaim and broad
popularity, Cyan has been designing and building immersive interactive
worlds since 1987. They currently employ over 40 designers, programmers
and artists. For more information about Cyan Worlds, visit
www.cyanworlds.com.
About GameTap
GameTap is the leader in digital game distribution and broadband
entertainment. Launched by Turner Broadcasting in 2005, it now delivers
more than 800 authentic versions of the greatest console, computer and
arcade games on demand, including original and exclusive episodic
properties. In addition to games for every age and interest, GameTap
offers more than 600 original entertainment programs, popular video
streams and thriving virtual communities to broadband-connected PCs.
Continually updated with new games, programs and features, GameTap is a
downloadable application that supports navigation and game play using
keyboard and mouse, as well as most USB peripherals. www.gametap.com
About Turner
Turner Broadcasting System, Inc. (TBS, Inc.), a Time Warner company, is
a major producer of news and entertainment products around the world and
the leading provider of programming for the basic cable industry.
Michael Engberg showed up in the Guild of Greeters Hood today to annouce that the DRC forums have been put back online. They are not linked to from the DRC site itself and the url has changed slightly.
A group of explorers lead by Tweek staged the sit-in today in Ae’Gura which sparked the appearence of Cate Alexander.
Due to the Nexus cap on the city the sit-in was moved to the Beginners Bevin and Cate Alexander stormed off.
Later Michael Engberg turned up in the Beginners Bevin to let people know that the sit-in put his attempts to get the forums back, back a bit.