Kick the goblin in the upcoming Allods Online
by Eliot Lefebvre 
Oct 16th 2009 at 8:00PM
Filed under: Betas, Fantasy, Sci-fi, Events, in-game, New titles, Free-to-play
After a long day of grinding, there's nothing quite like the appeal of getting a chance to kick back... or perhaps to kick a hapless goblin across a playing field. Allods Online, the upcoming fantasy space opera from Russian developer Astrum Nival, has released some details regarding the sport of Goblinoball -- the national pasttime of the orcish race, and one of the game's forms of informal PvP. By way of introducing the players to the sport, they explain a great deal of the game's orcish lore, explaining the direct and warlike nature of the race and their inherent belief that only those strong enough to defend themselves are entitled to any rights.
Goblinoball in the game's storyline has evolved as a way for orcs to settle their differences without necessarily killing one another, taking advantage of the plentiful and weak goblins of their homeland out of a sense of autocratic glee. The game is based in no small part off football (or soccer to the American audience), right down to the culture of screaming and violent fans, which suits the orcs perfectly. If the description of the event sounds fun to you -- or if you just like kicking around defenseless short things -- the game's closed beta is still accepting registrations. If you'd prefer avoiding the beta, however, you can rest assured that the game will be free-to-play and quite accessible after launch.
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
noamraz05 said on 8:08PM 10-16-2009
It looks pretty cool.
Thanks for the info.
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Infexion said on 10:06PM 10-16-2009
Looks exactly like the WoW female Orcs in the background.
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Steve said on 12:14AM 10-17-2009
I just randomly found out that this game is set in the Rage of Mages (Allods) universe. Rage of Mages was probably the first true RPG I played and I have many fond memories of it.
Sounds like this game has a pretty unique spin on the whole fantasy theme. Interested to see where this goes.
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PCR said on 7:10AM 10-17-2009
I just LOVE the three little wolf-like creatures you play as one character. So cute.
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Sethisto said on 5:42PM 10-18-2009
And I thought Aion looked like WoW.. This is like copy paste in space.
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