October 30th, 2008 by Rival Saga

October 30, 2008 - Players of Rival Saga who are using the Adobe Flash Player 10 Beta can now enjoy the game.

Thanks to several bug reports, the Rival Saga team was able to correct the problem regarding Flash player version incompatibility, allowing the game to be played on more Flash player versions, including the Flash Player 10 Beta, which is the latest version released by Adobe just a month ago.

To know more about Rival Saga or to create your own account, please visit http://www.rivalsaga.com/account/register.

October 22nd, 2008 by Rival Saga

October 22, 2008 – The Rival Saga team has officially launched the open Beta version of Rival Saga, a web-based Flash Role-Playing Game featuring state-of-the-art vector graphics and a fantasy-themed plot.

The Beta version promises to be a treat for all Rival Saga fans and other gamers worldwide, offering an array of exciting new features spearheaded by the introduction of two new player classes – Berserker, the game’s heavy melee fighter, and Marauder, the sly assassin.

The game’s new version also comes with actual armor display, allowing players to actually see their chosen armor pieces on their character. Rival Saga players also now have the option to distribute three free character attribute points per level, as well as the chance to enjoy the game’s gradually unfolding plot while completing new quests and discovering new items.

Most importantly, Rival Saga now offers two types of game accounts – Saga Master, the premium account, and Saga Adventurer, the free account. While players can continue playing the game for free, they will be given access to special and exclusive content and features if they sign up for the Saga Master account, such as the ability to create up to four characters from all ten different player classes and access to rare items which they can stash in their 80-slot inventory.

Rival Saga became open for Alpha testing in May, 2008 and is set to be officially released in 2009.

To become one of Rival Saga’s beta testers, please click here.

August 27th, 2008 by Rival Saga

August 27, 2008 – Members of the Rival Saga community now have more ways to have fun as the Rival Saga team launched a new game portal today – Rival Saga Mini Games.

The new game portal features hundreds of Flash mini-games, with new ones being added everyday, for Rival Saga fans to play and enjoy, including popular racing games, action games, strategy games and puzzle games.

The site also allows Rival Saga fans from all over the world to submit their own Flash mini-games by simply creating an account, as well as share their comments and ideas on the site forum.

To learn more about the new game portal, create your own account or start playing mini-games, please visit http://minigame.rivalsaga.com.

August 11th, 2008 by Rival Saga

Major Updates Unveiled

August 8, 2008 – Rival Saga, the first web-based Flash Role-Playing Game by the Rival Saga company, consistently continues surging onward as major updates accompany the release of its newest version.

Rival Saga Build 0.4.0a provides players all over the world with the first glimpse of its introductory sequence, along with glimpses of Saralisen and the Overlord – two of the main characters in the game.

Aside from this, players now have the option to create more than one character, which could very well be from Rival Saga’s newest player class – Wizard, the game’s Arcane Artist who can defeat enemies with powerful spells. The Wizard is also equipped with his own special spell, the ‘Fire Pillar’ which allows him to destroy his enemies with the power of fire.

Other Rival Saga Build 0.4.0a updates include:

• Loading of ‘Create Character’ only when creating a new character
• A Flash version checking feature (You will now need to upgrade your Flash version if your current flash version is not compatible with Rival Saga.)
• More balanced class skills and spells
• Ranks for class skills and spells
• New skill and spell ranks for the Knight and the Archer
• Improved spells/skills tooltip (It now shows damage inflicted.)
• Generation of head icon from the movie clip
• Fixed ‘Starter Tutorial’ display bug
• Fixed ‘Battle Mode’ button
• Fixed Wizard combat bug
• Fixed Quest bugs (You should no longer see duplicated quest marks and the quest icon will now disappear once you’ve already accepted the quest.)
• Fixed Map bug (so you don’t get stuck easily in the World Map panel).

To know more about the details of the game or to sign up for free, please visit http://game.rivalsaga.com.

July 21st, 2008 by Rival Saga

July 21, 2008 – More improvements await Rival Saga players all over the world as the Rival Saga Team released Build 0.3.0a today.

The newest version of the game features better memory usage and the addition of the Hilsh Dungeon to the World Map, along with the following other updates:

• Enemies will now be reused to improve the loading speed for each battle
• Improved sliding effect for menu
• Updated mini-game “Rampaging Creek”
• “Standby” animation for all enemies
• Improved loading of character equipment
• Changed game positions of Philomena and her sister
• The Sorceress now has a name – introducing Melissa!

Aside from these, the Rival Saga Team has also come up with effective solutions to the following reported bugs:

• Duplicate NPC bug
• Bug which caused the game to crash when changing weapon after losing in battle
• Bug which caused the player character to disappear after finishing spy quest
• Bug which prevented the “Play” button in the mini-game window from closing
• Bug which prevented display of World Map
• Bug which caused the NPC to be initialized again when reused
• Layer bug which caused NPCs to be on top of the dialogue box during conversations
• Bug which caused the game to crash whenever player loses or flees from battle

Rival Saga is a new web-based Flash Role-Playing Game which centers on a plot of fantasy and adventure, allowing the player to encounter various monsters in different, mysterious lands. To know more about the details of the game or to start playing for free, please visit http://game.rivalsaga.com.