The death penalties of an MMORPG have always been a hot topic and Artix Entertainment's new death penalty change for AdventureQuest Worlds (AQW) should bring about some interesting conversations. AQW players will now find a new surprise waiting for them the next time their character takes a dirt nap with a 9-second in-game advertisement. The ad will feature a brief message from Death himself, who will make a personal appearance when a player dies to deliver a witty line and a short static advertisement for an Artix Entertainment-related item.
The previous death penalty left players with a grayed out screen of their dead character that counted down from 9 before returning them to life. The time hasn't changed, but instead of the gray screen players now get a visit from Death with a short advertisement. You didn't think the afterlife was all kittens and roses did you?
Paying members will still have the option to turn off the ads if they choose. See the official press release after the break for more.
Artixs MMORPG AdventureQuest Worlds Introduces a Fate Worse Than Death: Die In-game and Youre Punished by Watching Boring Ads
Artix Entertainment punishes players who die by forcing them to endure a 9-second advertisement before returning to life.
LAND O'LAKES, FLORIDA - July 5, 2011 Artix Entertainment, a small, independent game development studio that creates hit F2P (Free-to-Play) download-free browser games played by over 130 million people, announced today that players of the popular AdventureQuest Worlds MMORPG are being punished for dying in-game by being forced to see an advertisement for nine seconds before being allowed to return to life.
Previously, AdventureQuest Worlds players who died in-game would be faced with a grayed out screen showing their character on the ground and a nine second countdown before they could return back to life. With this new change, when a player dies, Death makes a personal appearance on the players screen and says a witty line while showing a static ad of an Artix Entertainment-related game or item.
"For years our players scoffed at how there was no real punishment for dying in AQWorlds," said Adam Bohn, CEO/Founder of Artix Entertainment, LLC. "So we added a fate worse than death... ads!"
Currently three Artix ads are being shown. One advertises the AdventureQuest Worlds Anything-Goes Battle On Battle Card Game available in U.S. Toys R Us stores and HeroMart.com. Another ad advertises how to earn free AdventureCoins (in-game micro-currency). The third one advertises the benefits of becoming a Member.
One of the benefits of becoming a Member in AdventureQuest Worlds is the ability to turn off these Death Ads!
For more information about AdventureQuest Worlds, please visit www.AQ.com
Other Games from Artix Entertainment
Artix Entertainment offers many RPG and MMO titles, ranging from the fantasy realms of AdventureQuest, DragonFable, and the MMORPG AdventureQuest Worlds to the sci-fi galaxies of MechQuest, WarpForce, and EpicDuel, and the all new superhero MMORPG HeroSmash. Artix has enjoyed a high success rate in the past eight years with over 130 million accounts created for their games.
For more information about our games, please visit:
AdventureQuest Worlds at www.aq.com
DragonFable at www.dragonfable.com
EpicDuel at www.epicduel.com
HeroSmash at www.herosmash.com
MechQuest at www.mechquest.com
AdventureQuest at www.battleon.com
Artix Entertainment games at http://portal.battleon.com
and HeroMart at www.HeroMart.com
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About Artix Entertainment
Artix Entertainment LLC, is a privately held, game development and publishing studio that specializes in creating online, browser-based, anime-style, role-playing Flash games with a distinctive visual style and high-quality game play. Artix has developed a range of games with storylines that are based in the fantasy, sci-fi, and adventure genre. Content within the games is updated on a weekly basis creating a compelling experience which keeps users coming back frequently for new content and story lines. Artix core offerings are three online RPG games: AdventureQuest, DragonFable, and MechQuest, and three MMORPGs: AdventureQuest Worlds, EpicDuel, and HeroSmash. Players can visit www.artix.com for more information.
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