Free-to-play martial arts MMO 9Dragons is relaunching in North America on September 20 as part of the GamesCampus portal. In preparation, former publisher GamersFirst is closing the game's servers today, September 15. Players who wish to keep their existing accounts having until midnight PDT to request that their information be transferred to GamesCampus.

The 9Dragons relaunch next week will bring with it the new region of Tibet, which will include additional quests and content for each faction, numerous weapons and an Occupation War. In addition, GamesCampus will also re-open the Storm vs. Storm PvP system.

Good news for 9Dragons fans around the world as today marks the release day of 9Dragons' huge new expansion, "Tibet." Within this new expansion, players will be able to venture into the world of Tibet, where players will be introduced to a benevolent rural people with a clear disgust for violence. Unfortunately, these people also happen to be situated right in the middle of a territorial war between the White Clans, the Black Clans and the Deviant Clans.

With this new map also comes the highly anticipated level cap increase to 200, in addition to a plethora of more quests and a ton of new mobs to beat on. As well, while Tibet expands in stages, a new dungeon will be unsealed and several new game mechanics will be introduced, including "day and night" combat buffs that trigger depending on the time of day. As well, PvPers will also see a new "capture the flag" style addition called formation, where players will be looking to capture formations that give neat buffs depending on how many formations you hold.

Finally, killing monsters in Tibet will be different from earlier monsters in 9Dragons, as players will need to deal with the new "Special damage" that is being introduced. You see, in addition to doing physical and magical damage, monsters now do "Yin, Yang, Body and Soul" damage that players will need to adapt to and, if you get experienced enough, perhaps it will be a system you can exploit for significant advantages!

All of this and more can be checked out at the 9Dragons website!

Japanese Invade Ancient China as Team PvP Event Launched in 9Dragons MMORPG

Los Angeles, CA (March 19, 2008) – Acclaim Games announces the latest content releases for 9Dragons with the new Liaodong map and Storm vs. Storm PvP event. Players of the free to play martial arts MMORPG must defeat Japanese invaders in the beautiful and challenging new Liaodong map. In the new Storm vs. Storm event, they can team up with other players to take control of the manors, and then fight to defend their territory against other teams. These amazing new game updates will give players all new and exciting challenges to test their martial arts skills!

The Liaodong area expansion represents a new direction for 9Dragons – a journey into history and the age-old Sino-Japanese conflict. Players must come to the aid of the villagers who must deal with the "invaders from the east" and vanquish their mystical Samurai monsters, such as the legendary Oni and the magical Phantom.