Gates of Andaron may have launched only three months ago, but the new 3D fantasy MMO should look familiar to fans of the free-to-play genre. No, it's not a copycat (although comparisons to World of Warcraft could always be made), but is, in fact, the North American version of 4Story. Gameforge has brought Zemi Interactive's global game to a Western audience with a simple name change, in an attempt to recruit more players to join the war between the nations of Valorian and Derion.
Massively: What's been going on with Gates of Andaron lately? Quite a lot, actually. A new press release from Gameforge has the details, and they include a third warring faction, a new mentoring system, and browser-based gameplay.
MMOHut, "Blizzard's World of Warcraft was released on November 23, 2004 and now has over 12 million paying members world wide. It's no surprise that other studios have been eager to capitalize on WoW's success. This frenzy has lead to a series of MMORPG releases that are popularly referred to as 'WoW clones.' It is a growing MMO segment that encompassing both pay-to-play and free to play games. Some of these titles have succeeded while others have barely gotten off the ground. Some games deny being WoW clones while others..."
The team over at The Gates of Andaron have sent along these two new screenshots from their most recent game update.
