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Those remarkably un-froglike people at Frogster have sent over their latest story trailer for “action” MMO TERA, and by gum it looks pretty, as you can see below. I’ve also added in the most recent in-game footage for good measure, as TERA lands in Europe on 3rd May, and beta sign-ups are now taking place on the site. I suspect it will be hard pressed against the popular choice of Guild Wars 2, but it’s got a lot going for it with genuine in-game collisions, dodging and hit-detection making it quite unlike other MMOs. I’m intrigued to take a look.(more…)

#tera If you're wondering why the graphics update for Land of Dragonrunes never came out, you only have the brutal hands of Tera spokesman and MMA legend Bas Rutten to blame. Well, that and the fact that the game doesn't technically exist. More »

#tera After a brief pause to terrorize a poor actor in his kitchen set, Tera spokes-maniac Bas Rutten takes the message of action MMO combat on the road. More »

Bluehole's Tera is almost out in North America, set to launch on May 1. From what's been shown so far, its standout feature is combat. Playing as an axe-wielding Berserker class, the style of experience is more like God of War than World of Warcraft, which should be a nice change of pace for MMO fans tired of the restrictive traditional MMO fighting...

#tera My newly-created Priest character descended towards the mystical island upon his majestic flying steed amidst a squadron of legendary heroes. They spoke of the adventures to come, but I wasn't paying attention; I was focused on the glaring texture seam in the sky behind them. More »

If you'd rather avoid playing yet another human-like race in an MMO that only stands out because of horns or eye makeup, Tera's Popori race could be a good choice. Choosing a Popori character lets you play as either a panda, kitten, rabbit or other fuzzy creatures, all of which appear in pudgy humanoid form...

#tera Last week Tera's mixed martial arts master spokesman pitched the game's action-oriented combat to a room full of guild leaders from other massively multiplayer online games. This week he breaks into a player's house. Oh those MMO-FOs. More »

Tera's style of play differs from what you may be used to in MMOs like World of Warcraft and Star Wars: The Old Republic. It feels more like an action game than an MMO, which you can read about in our previous coverage of the closed beta test. With a North American release date of May 1, you'll be able to see for yourself soon...

#tera Who wants to see if Tera's promise of action-driven massively multiplayer online role-playing combat rings true this weekend? I've got the beta keys, but you're going to have to work for them. Might want to stretch first. More »

#tera Tera is an upcoming massively multiplayer online role-playing game that emphasizes action-packed combat mechanics over traditional MMO click battles. Bas Rutten is a legendary mixed martial arts fighter with a penchant for kicking his opponents in the liver until they fall down. Put them together and you get a room full of mildly terrified guild leaders. More »

Many play MMOs for an opportunity to team up with friends, hone your skills and utilize odd class combinations to clear difficult content your way. Tera may give some of the best opportunities to experiment with combat...

We've talked pretty extensively about Tera's action-combat, which doesn't let you target enemies the way a traditional MMO does. But within the wide umbrella of "action-combat" there is room for plenty of nuance, evident in each of Tera's playable classes...

Creating a character you can identify with an important step for any MMO. You could be looking at the same face (or back of the head) for tens of thousands of hours. If you end up with a character that's not easy on the eyes, or in some way unsatisfactory, it can make your time in the world uneasy....

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If you want a chance to play Bluehole and En Masse's upcoming action-MMO, pre-ordering Tera will grant you access to upcoming rounds of closed beta testing. The beta tests will run throughout February, March and April, leading to Tera's launch in North America on May 1. You'll also get to participate in a Head Start program that allows you to play over the pre-launch weekend, ideally giving you a chance to get out of the starting areas before they're overrun with new players...

MMO Tera is a bit less massive after the publisher have stated they’ll be blocking IPs from Asia, Africa, Russia and The Middle East from connecting to the North America servers. The ironically named En Masse said in an FAQ: “While we appreciate that there are players in these regions who would enjoy playing on En Masse servers, it’s unfortunate that the vast majority of Internet traffic we see from these regions are from cyber-criminals relating to account theft, gold-farming and other hacking behavior.” Blimey.(more…)

Bluehole Studio's upcoming MMO Tera could find itself missing its launch in May if NCsoft has anything to say about it. The publisher filed a trade secrets and unfair competition lawsuit against the Tera developer, which it alleges is made up of former NCsoft employees "who quit to go into business ...

Tera was recently declared one of IGN's top 10 PC games of 2012. Though we haven't played it yet for extended periods of time, what we've seen at events has been very impressive. This isn't the standard World of Warcraft or The Old Republic style of play, it really does play like an action game. You...

#tera After a couple years of teasing screenshots and videos, En Masse Entertainment is finally ready to unleash its massively multiplayer online action role-playing game Tera on a lovely day in May. More »

#tera If you're an MMO fan and you haven't heard of TERA yet, then you're missing out. A beautiful and fluid MMORPG that features real time combat, it's the kind of game that even hardened MMO vets like me have been waiting for. More »

Listen up, kids. There's a very cool MMO on the way called Tera, which uses a responsive, action-based combat system. It's super gorgeous, a lot of fun, and it's finally entering a beta testing phase. The tests, like other recent MMOs, will initially be focused sessions (rather than an on-going beta) and in order to gain access to it, you've got to sign up at the Tera test site...

TERA is an “action MMO” with a relatively complex political system, which allows players to gain control of resources through democracy or violent monster-bashing. It’s an accepted but little spoken truth that our own Nick Clegg only elevated himself to the position he fails to enjoy today by grinding rats for hours on end. Forget all that though and ask yourself one simple question: do you want the chance to join TERA’s upcoming closed beta? Applications are now open and anyone registering before 11:30 CET, 13th January will have a chance to be one of the first 1,000 entrants. That’s 10:30 in Blightlyland by my reckoning. More passes will be given out as the beta progresses. Europeans, sign up here. Americans here. Video below.

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#tera While players can still climb to the top of the pack through battle in upcoming fantasy MMO Tera the game's political system makes for a much more impressive rise to power. More »

TERA‘s action-combat and overall ludicrous prettiness has caught my attention on occasional, but the way it ties guild quests to an overall political system is really quite something, as you can see in the video below, via PCG. You can rise to power through either a popular vote of actual players, or through the PvP battlegrounds, and once you are in power you can make life easier for people (or not) via your control of various resources such as shops and teleports. To perform actions with these your guild will need to be perform particularly high-end quests, fighting monsters and so forth. It all looks rather satisfying, at least within the constraints of traditional MMO systems. (Eve Online it ain’t.)(more…)

A couple of days ago a friend asked me “what ever happened to that TERA game? It looked pretty.” It certainly did look pretty, and I can see why he lost track of it, because I had too. It wasn’t actually the prettiness that they were touting way back when we first looked at it in February last year, but more the “action combat”. There’s a bit of that illustrated in the second trailer, below, but I’m still not enormously convinced it’s a world away from other MMOs, and this blighter is going to be up against Guild Wars 2, which I don’t envy for it.

Anyway, it is still coming out, in Spring 2012.(more…)

#tera During Gamescom 2011 in Germany, the Frogster folks gave press a peek at what a standard dungeon run looks like in the action-packed MMO Tera. Now see for yourself! More »

Not being able to lock attack focus on a specific target takes a while to get used to in an MMO. Tera's combat system truly plays like an action game. If you don't want to get hit, then dodge. If you aren't in range for your weapon to make physical contact with a target, it's not going to do any dam...

En Masse's upcoming action MMO, Tera, will now ship in Spring 2012, the publisher said today. Tera was originally scheduled for release this fall, but the delay will give the team more time to polish the final game...

Much-delayed “action MMO” TERA has finally got a Euro release slot, roughly speaking. It’s going to hit in Spring 2012. Frogster’s Daniel Ullrich explained: “By launching TERA in Spring 2012 we ensure that the game will not only live up to expectations, but surpass them. We’ll be unveiling various features at Gamescom and rest assured these are just the tip of the iceberg in terms of what players can expect when TERA is released early next year”.

I’m not entirely sure what my expectations for this game are, but if they are surpassed then it’ll be time for a cup of tea. Hey, why not see if you can formulate expectations of your own by watching the game footage that I’ve posted below?(more…)

Preview the Valley of Titans and the champions of the realm!