Snail Games Resurrects Dark and Light; The Sandbox MMORPG Is Now Powered by UE4

Once upon a time, a promising MMORPG called Nighttime and Light was appear. The game boasted a slew of innovative features, including a huge 40 square kilometers seamless game world.

Unfortunately, programmer NPCube and publisher Farlan Entertainment didn't really have the resources and technology to pull information technology off. When Dark and Light finally released in 2006, it received exceedingly negative reviews from the press and the public because of countless bugs and glitches, just more importantly information technology failed in keeping its lofty promises.

Still, it was not the stop. In 2008, Snail Games acquired the rights and slowly started reworking the whole game. Later on a brief teaser in 2022, Dark and Light unexpectedly resurfaced just a few days agone at the ChinaJoy convention.

The game is now powered by Epic's Unreal Engine 4, but that'southward only the tip of the iceberg. Here's an excerpt from the press release:

The game'due south lore and setup has also been significantly updated with multiple universes, 3 races, and a rivalry between the dark and low-cal all setting a new tone for the game.

In addition to the improvements in visual fidelity and changes to the fictional game world, Dark and Light now boasts a more magical fantasy element with the inclusion of sorcerers and aliens, which necktie into the central disharmonize of the game. Players will exist able to explore a faux world that non but feels real and believable but likewise feels imaginative and new.

Over the by 12 years, the enthusiasm of the developers at Snail Games to evangelize an amazing virtual world with complete freedom has never wavered. With the standing improvements to our game engine and the unremitting effort of our development squad, the side by side phenomenal Sandbox MMO – Dark and Low-cal will soon be launched in 2022.

You tin check this image to have a look at the graphics improvements over the years.