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Australian developer Auran has announced it has entered into voluntary administration and let all staff members go, just a day after announcing that massively multiplayer online game Fury would change to a free-to-play rather than subscription based business model.
A statement from company CEO Tony Hilliam said that "The Directors of Auran Developments, the company that employs all the Auran staff, have today called in a Voluntary Administrator (like Chapter 11 in the US). All the staff were dismissed today."
"Despite earlier reports," he continued, "staff will be paid for all their work to date, their annual leave entitlements, redundancy payments and long service leave." The news follows last week's reports that the company was forced to downsize its 60 man team following the slow start for Fury and new outsourcing to Asia.
At the time, Hilliam said that after a ramp up from 30 to 70 staff members to complete Fury and its Battlestar Galactica XBLA game it had made some cutbacks to "focus on a smaller, more agile core team of Fury developers."
This was reiterated in the most recent report as well, saying that with the launch of its latest content
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European gamers who, after joining the Fury Challenge, couldn't get enough of this PvP-centric game will be pleased to find out that Fury will be launched in Europe on October 26. To prepare for the occasion, Auran Games are working on a small patch for the MMORPG which will go live later in the week.
For those who haven't heard of Fury, this MMORPG sports a unique combat system that allows players to use almost all of their abilities instantly. In addition to this, most spells don't need to "channel" allowing magic users to run around and dodge incoming attacks while casting. Playing the game online is free though more hardcore gamers who want to be able to connect to the servers without having to wait may opt to avail of the Immortal subscription plan.
So far Fury already has a pretty solid community supporting the game, so players won't have to search for opponents to play against. If this MMORPG becomes even more popular, we might be seeing Auran Games working on a sequel.
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A common problem with many nascent massively multiplayer online games is convincing enough testers to put up with a not-yet-finished product long enough to accurately check maximum server loads. However, that shouldn't be a problem for Australia-based developer Auran, as today marks the beginning of the Fury Challenge, a $2 million prize tournament for the fantasy MMOG. Beginning today, interested players can sign up for Fury's open beta and begin competing in the first weekend-long tourney. The second weekend competition begins October 5, and those who preorder the game will be able to partake in a midweek practice session running from September 31 to October 4. Players can compete as many times as they want in Fury's seven different tournament ladders, but only their top 10 performances will be logged for prize considerations. A sampling of the prizes at stake include Dell XPS computers, Nvidia GeForce 8600 graphics cards, Logitech peripherals, and GameStop gift cards ranging from $ 10 to $ 500 dollars. A full rundown on the tournament, as well as beta registration, Fury client download, and a full list of prizes, is available at the Fury Challenge Web site. Fury defies conventio
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Auran Games today announced that the prize pool for “Fury Challenge” has now officially topped $2 million dollars. The Open Beta event has been extended to run over 4 weekends from September 14 to October 7, and will provide players from all over the world the chance to test their skills playing “FURY”, the 100% Player versus Player MMO which will be released in October.
“We want to put players on notice that FURY is serious fun and we have set our goal at nothing less than being the Number one PvP game in the world,” said Tony Hilliam, Auran CEO and Executive Producer on FURY. “By putting together over $2M in prizes for our Open Beta event, I think we’ve started to show that we’re already a contender for the title.” “In a market where the big names and big publishers get most of the attention, we figured we had to do something a bit different to be noticed,” said Brian Cooke, Auran Director of Marketing. “Fury is a competitive game, and so putting together this amazing prize pool for our players should start to turn a few heads in our direction. From there, we’re confident our game will keep them excited.”
“During Fury Challenge we’re capping player Ranks at an easily obtainable leve
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Akella Online has signed an agreement with leading Australian game developer, Auran to distribute the highly anticipated MMOPvP game Fury across Russia (and CIS). Built on the Unreal Engine 3, Fury is being acclaimed as the ultimate PvP experience, combining the best elements of the MMORPG and FPS genres. A unique matchmaking system ensures that battles are fair and evenly contested. Each game type has different goals as well as a time limit to ensure that players can achieve meaningful results with just a small investment of time. Fury’s unique incarnation system also allows players to bypass the rigid class system of traditional MMORPGs. Players can mix and match any combination of over 400 abilities available in the game to create multiple and diverse versions of their Avatars; switching them around at will between Warzone battles. Announced for release in October 2007, Fury is shaping up to be a leading competitive PvP title with its bold blend of Avatar progression, combat, pacing and game types. Set in a mythical alternate universe with a distinct Eurasian style where players fight not only for themselves, but for the survival and success of their realm (server). Fury is free-to
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Gamecock Media Group announces the release dates for the first two titles to be published under its banner. Fury, the killer PvP MMO developed down under by Auran, will be available for PC on October 9. Renegade Kid’s first project, Dementium: The Ward, a FPS survival horror frightfest, will be available for the Nintendo DS™ on the very special (and appropriate) date of October 31. You can view the press release after the jump. GAMECOCK MEDIA GROUP ANNOUNCES SHIP DATES FOR AURAN’S FURY AND RENEGADE KID’S DEMENTIUM: THE WARD
Newly Founded Publisher’s First Games To Release In October Cockpit, Austin, Texas – August 14, 2007 – Gamecock Media Group today announced the release dates for the first two titles to be published under its banner. Fury, the killer PvP MMO developed down under by Auran, will be available for PC on October 9. Renegade Kid’s first project, Dementium: The Ward, a FPS survival horror frightfest, will be available for the Nintendo DS™ on the very special (and appropriate) date of October 31. Both titles can be pre-ordered now at www.gamecocklove.com. “It’s been a blast getting Gamecock off the ground, but it’s even more exciting to have our first two games coming out t
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Fury is Australian developer Auran's free-to-play persistent online action RPG that hopes to turn the world of MMO PvP on its ear while at the same time fostering renewed interest in the pizza delivery profession. Being distributed in the states by the always fun to say Gamecock, no news has been forthcoming about the possibility of a European release of the game until now. Codemasters Online has entered into a distributorship partnership with Auran to bring Fury to all of the good little European girls and boys this October. Codemasters Online VP and GM David Solari gushes. "We believe this unique and groundbreaking product will appeal to MMO and action shooter gamers alike. It's going to drive forward the online persistent market with Fury's new style of free to play, instant online action."
We'll see how that works out for them once Fury is unleashed this fall. For now enjoy the furious press release, after the jump.
Codemasters Online and Auran set to Unleash the Fury throughout Europe!Codemasters Online and Auran announce European wide distribution deal for Fury.
Tuesday, 7th August (2pm GMT) - Codemasters Online have today announced an exciting distribution partnership with Austr
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Weapons in the game are broken into four major categories. They are one-handed weapons & shields, two-handed weapons, long weapons, and dual wielding. Additionally, there are focus items which allow for the use of moderate to advanced magics and allow a caster to fight unarmed. Each weapon category has three to four distinct styles. The styles are: - One-Handed Weapons: Sword & Shield, Axe & Shield, Mace & Shield
- Two-Handed Weapons: Light Two-Handed Swords (Katana), Heavy Two-Handed Swords
- (Glaive), Two-Handed Axes, Two-Handed Maces
- Long Weapons: Polearms, Spears, Staffs
- Dual Wield: Dual Blades, Twin Axes, Twin Maces
Each weapon style has multiple models that range from your basic soldiers version right up to your special lost sword of the kings. via fury-sanctuary
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