Steampunk and Fantasy Collide in Snail Game's Upcoming MMO Black Gold

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The term "Black Gold" originally referred to the usefulness and value of oil. Now Black Gold refers to an MMO which intricately blends magic with the world of Steampunk technology. The result is a stunningly beautiful MMORPG where players can forge a path through magic -granting themselves access to transformative abilities in combat- or choose the path of technology gaining access to all things steampunk, like a giant steam-powered mechanized battle suit. Yes please.

Black Gold which is being imported from the East by Snail Games, is powered by the Flexi Engine which is the same engine used in Age of Wushu and will include over 3000 dynamic events, PvE, PvP, and even the ability to change the game world itself.

Snail Games plans on unveiling more info about the game at this year's E3 which MMOBomb will be attending, but for now you can watch the announcement trailer above.

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Michael Dunaway
Michael Dunaway, News Editor

Michael Dunaway has been part of the MMOBomb team for years and has covered practically every major Free-to-Play MMO title since 2009.

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Discussion (38)

HellcatM 11 years ago
It depends on the combat. If its twitch combat I'll try it, if not then I'll pass.
Shawn 11 years ago
Yeah, okay I Think the description of this game is completely wrong. "Now Black Gold refers to an MMO which intricately blends magic with the world of Steampunk technology" it looks more like Fantasy, and standard MMO mixed with some Steampunk features, so we can call this unique.

Sorry, but this one is a pass, even as a huge steampunk fan, well I should rather say I'm a REAL steampunk fan, not this mishmash of stuff thrown together to make it different.
all games r shit, play wow 11 years ago
ll tes gam r shitte pler wold o wrcft
Caiozet 11 years ago
I can feel the gaming oceans being divided as i watch this video...
ugurano 11 years ago
oh nice the homepage chinese.... fail
Bob 11 years ago
Age of Wushu looked amazing in the trailers and staged gameplay footage.
But turned out to be just another game with a bad interface and crappy controls.

Do you really expect something different?
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Psymike3d 11 years ago
Nothing new, moving on...
chefmadness 11 years ago
Looks totally awesome! Magic & i can control a mec suit in an mmogpg! I will keep my on on this one!
Rockmeo 11 years ago
and here it comes , the new era of the generic clones mmo and mmorpg with a free battle mode . :D .. so lame
Zac 11 years ago
HECK YES!!!! :D :D :D :D :D :D THIS LOOKS AWESOME! :D

(chuck a dragon mount into a game that can actually fly and looks amazing and you have me sold!)
Extasist 11 years ago
looks mutch better then Age of Wushu even tho they use the same engine, we will wait for gameplay videos to see if game is any good.
justsaying 11 years ago
I like the wonderful trend of non-gender locked stuff coming out. However Snail has a lot to build up to since Age of Wushu felt like a bust to me. If this is another Mini-sub style game where any of my f2p abilities is locked, count me out.
Triggwolf 11 years ago
Looks like it could be fun. I am interested in how the combat system works.
Gamer X 11 years ago
looks kinda interesting but I will wait for more information to see if it worth looking for
ChrisHateZ 11 years ago
Looks pretty epic, but i wont hype about it untill i see some actual gameplay of it.
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dElema 11 years ago
it looks awesome cant wait
boring 11 years ago
looks boring, next.....
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Agez 11 years ago
So age of wushu but in the future?
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Jellopy 11 years ago
Looks quite good already but with the seemingly high production quality and snail games track record it is safe to assume there will be a payed model and severely limited free model if it gains any hype at all.
Vault Hunter 11 years ago
Holy damn, i love Steampunk stuff, im definitely turning to this game as i got annoyed waiting for city of steam
BrandNewDaddy 11 years ago
Thanks but I think I will stick to Defiance, this just seems to be another game that will wash out due to gold hunters, and a crappy in-game shop system
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Nexeoes 11 years ago
Looks sweet keep us updated.
jonathansty 11 years ago
Mounted! On a horse lol
But looks interesting only hope that it will also have EU servers.
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