Sony Online Entertainment is also offering eligible former players the opportunity to come back to Star Wars Galaxies for free between February 1 and March 1. With the balance of power in the galaxy at stake, anyone who can tote a blaster or lend support is needed on the front lines! Eligible player accounts will be automatically reactivated – players can simply log in to rejoin the action! For those who choose to re-subscribe before the free period ends, a special in-game painting will be given as a reward.

o New Gameplay:

• Cities will display Imperial or Rebel banners and faction-specific NPCs, quests, terminals and pylons depending on which faction is in control
• Added support for Factional Mercenaries. Neutral players can align themselves with either faction to participate in city conflicts and earn rewards
• Mayors of player cities are able to set their city’s factional alignment from the management terminal
• Fight battles within newly implemented Planetary Regions to determine which faction controls a planet

• Defend cities by manning barricades and building defensive turrets
• Assault enemy cities and take out defense structures and key enemy personnel with the might of AT-AT or Hailfire missile attacks

• Contribute to the battle with profession-specific quests that let players bolster defending or invading forces
• Improve and repair defensive structures, revive fallen soldiers, heal fatigue, entertain demoralized troops, slice terminals, scout and sabotage patrol points, and more

• Battle-specific quests such as manning barricades, building turrets and treating wounded soldiers, now grant tokens that can be cashed in for new rewards, including: faction-specific clothing including capes, cloaks and battle-scarred armor; Entertainer glow sticks; bombing-run binoculars; an upgraded personal shield generator and multiple new weapons

Battle of the 3's 

Ntreev is hosting a new gaming tournament for Grand Chase which starts today.  The 64 teams of 3 will compete in a bracket sytle tournament with the winner taking home a $200.00 Amazon gift card.  If you love to battle it out for loot, here is your chance.  

You Think You Can Brawl - kicks off its registration today, January 27th at 5 PM PDT. To see all of the tournament rules and regulations, players can visit http://grandchase.ntreev.net.

Following the success of the first ever Grand Chase World Tournament in South Korea, the "You Think You Can Brawl" tournament is moving back to the 3v3 team format and using all of the same rules and restrictions from the World Tournament. Open to all active competitors in the North American Grand Chase Community, it's now time to see how teams fare under the same exciting format as the GWC.

"We know our players look forward to this type of fast-action tournament play, and we are excited to introduce this new "You Think You Can Brawl" Tournament to the Grand Chase community," said Chris Lee, CEO at Ntreev USA. "This tournament is very extensive with 34 teams involved so players can look forward to some tough competition."

The tournament will consist of 64 teams of 3, with no level restrictions, whose team captain registers their team on a first-come, first-served basis on the official tournament registration thread.

All participant's accounts must have been registered before December 1, 2009 and be in good standing. The first four rounds will be played in the familiar single elimination format. Teams will play one series of best two out of three in the semi-final round, and in the final round the two finalist teams will play one series of best of three out of five.

Winners can look forward to outstanding prizes including a $200 Amazon.com Gift card for each member of the winning team, as well as 30 days Black Champ armor. The second place team will each get 20,000 points and 15 days Black Champ and the 3rd place team will score 10,000 points and 15 days White Champ per team member.

About Grand Chase (official)

Grand Chase is an online action brawler set in a medieval fantasy world. It follows the story of a few brave young knights who join a group of nobles known as the "Grand Chase" to defeat an evil usurper to the throne, a villainess known as Kaze'aze. Grand Chase combines traditional side-scrolling dungeon crawling with intense, skill-based player vs. player (PvP) matches. Visit http://grandchase.ntreev.net for more information.

Kung Foo!Opens Second Testing Phase

Perfect World's newest MMORPG 'Kung Foo!" is set to launch its closed beta 2 testing today and the GM's have put together a fun event to go along with the festivities.  Not completely unlike the MMO 'Fiesta' graphically, Kung Foo! takes a light hearted approach to gameplay with things like pig mounts and elvis costumes.

A quick look at the so-called "Infomercial" shows the humor of the production team behind the game, and considering this is from the same publishers as Perfect World International you can be sure they will keep the updates coming after launch.

If you want to get your hands on $50.00 worth of Game Currency (Zen), there is a find the GM event that allows players to search for an admin-at-large using screenshot tips.. First player to find them by messaging them and stating the location wins.

To see more on the game or to get registered to play in the closed beta, head over to the official site at http://foo.perfectworld.com/