Tera has been stealing sleep from Jeff, and is trying to lure Garnett into its clutches as well. They discuss the new MMORPG's action combat that arguably favors a controller over keyboard with "Indie" Jeff and Christian. Like the zombies in the game, The Walking Dead comes back for another week, and not to be outdone, there are more zombie good times with Brainsss. The new Assassin's Creed 3 trailer's in-game action left everyone stoked for the prospects of being in the thick of the American Revolution. And there's time for a few more things before Finishing Moves wraps it all up.

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It seems now that every new MMORPG claims to be more action-oriented. Apparently, sometime between the MMO heyday and now, audiences have decided they want more Ninja Gaiden in their loot-gathering, and each new entry in the genre promises to be the one to deliver. TERA is the latest to take on the challenge, billing itself as a "true action" MMO. In a hands-on demo at PAX East 2012, I was surprised to find that boast mostly accurate.

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Bluehole Studio's upcoming action-based MMO TERA is gearing up for its May 1 launch, and publisher En Masse Entertainment has revealed that those who pre-order the game will be granted access to its closed-beta testing period and "Head Start" early-access program. Details about the bonus items included in the game's "Collector's" and "Limited Collector's" editions were also shared.

Read more: Closed-beta schedule and pre-order incentives »

Certain corners of the globe are maligned in MMORPGs as havens for hackers, phishers, gold farmers and other unsavoury elements, and En Masse Entertainment not only agrees, it's taking action. The North American publisher of Tera plans to outright block great swathes of the world by IP, not letting them play with more reputable countries.

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A May launch was announced for MMORPG Tera earlier this month, but NCsoft is hoping to stop that outright. The publisher alleges that NCsoft employees who went on to found developer Bluehole Studio built the game upon "looted" ideas, and, having fought a similar battle in South Korea, wants to block its release in North America.

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The upcoming "action MMO title" The Exiled Realm of Arborea (commonly referred to as TERA) has finally been given a release date. The Bluehole Studio-developed title will launch in North America on May 1, 2012, courtesy of publisher En Masse Entertainment.

TERA's European launch will follow on May 3 from publisher Frogster Interactive Pictures. The game will be available in standard and collector's edition flavors at retail and online.

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Publisher En Masse Entertainment announced today that the action MMO Tera is scheduled for release in spring 2012. Though the game was tentatively slated for the tail end of this year, the push back to next year seems to be to give time for an extra layer of polish.

"Adding time to our schedule will help us ensure we exceed people's expectations for Tera," said publishing VP Chris Lee in a press release. "The game's action combat and depth has generated a lot of interest, and we are committed to making sure every aspect of the game lives up to our standard of quality."

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At last year's GDC I got my first look at Tera, an interesting massively multiplayer online role playing game (MMORPG) being brought to the west from South Korea. It looked like many similar such high-fantasy themed games, until I was handed an Xbox controller to play it. Unlike the games it resembles, Tera approaches combat differently, with players moving around, attacking, blocking, and dodging like they would in an action game. Back then the controller got that point across, but it was too early to see much beyond hacking and slashing a few monsters.

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Shacknews receives a slew of new screenshots and trailers for upcoming games everyday. The most anticipated titles receive their own post, because we know you're eager to see that content. For the rest, we have the Daily Filter, a place to feature all of the media we add to our enormous database on a daily basis.

Today's Filter features EverQuest II: Destiny of Velious, Bulletstorm, Lord of Arcana, Rift, EVE Online, TERA, Test Drive Unlimited 2, Killzone 3, Magicka, and Champions Online. Read more »

Sony Online Entertainment will be releasing Magic: The Gathering - Tactics on January 18th for the PC. The game is free-to-play, but will be supported by microtransactions allowing players to "build more powerful spellbooks by purchasing booster packs and taking on additional campaign chapters through the game's integrated story."

A PlayStation 3 version of the game is also planned for release later this year. For more information and a bunch of gameplay footage, please direct your attention to the following developer walkthrough video below. Read more »

Shacknews receives a slew of new screenshots and trailers for upcoming games everyday. The most anticipated titles receive their own post, because we know you're eager to see that content. For the rest, we have the Daily Filter, a place to feature all of the media we add to our enormous database on a daily basis.

Today's Filter features new media for Beyond Good & Evil HD, No More Heroes: Heroes' Paradise, Strategic Command World War I: The Great War 1914-1918, Rango The Video Game, Ship Simulator Extremes, and Magic: The Gathering - Tactics. Read more »

Shacknews receives a slew of new screenshots and trailers for upcoming games everyday. The most anticipated titles receive their own post, because we know you're eager to see that content. For the rest, we have the Daily Filter, a place to feature all of the media we add to our enormous database on a daily basis.

Today's Filter marks the last installment before the holiday. Featured today is new media for Red Dead Redemption, Diablo 3, ModNation Racers, Serious Sam HD, Test Drive Unlimited 2, Trapped Dead, Lord of Arcana, Dead Rising 2: Case West, Lara Croft and the Guardian of Light, Yakuza 4, and Magic: The Gathering - Tactics. Read more »

Shacknews receives a slew of new screenshots and trailers for upcoming games everyday. The most anticipated titles receive their own post, because we know you're eager to see that content. For the rest, we have the Daily Filter, a place to feature all of the media we add to our enormous database on a daily basis.

Another short Filter as the year winds down, but we've got new videos from Homefront, Tera, and Assassin's Creed Brotherhood, and Explodemon. Also, some screenshots from Tera as a bonus! Read more »

Shacknews receives a slew of new screenshots and trailers for upcoming games everyday. The most anticipated titles receive their own post, because we know you're eager to see that content. For the rest, we have the Daily Filter, a place to feature all of the media we add to our enormous database on a daily basis.

Today's Filter is short but it includes a new trailer for the upcoming Silicon Knights title X-Men: Destiny, so you can't really complain. Also added is new media for Bloodline Champions, Magic: The Gathering - Tactics, and Star Wars: The Old Republic. Read more »

Shacknews receives a slew of new screenshots and trailers for upcoming games everyday. The most anticipated titles receive their own post, because we know you're eager to see that content. For the rest, we have the Daily Filter, a place to feature all of the media we add to our enormous database on a daily basis.

The first Filter of the week features new media for Vindictus, Splatterhouse, Tera, Apache: Air Assault, Raving Rabbids Travel in Time, EVE Online, Golden Sun: Dark Dawn, and DC Universe Online. Read more »