Turf Battles, often referred to as TB, is a massively multiplayer online role-playing game (MMORPG). It is IMAZIC's first released game first introduced in 2002. Turf Battles takes place within the world of Fomalhaut, years after a major war. Originally published under HyperEngines LLC, The open beta was announced around September 2005. Due to many technical issues, the game ultimately failed, and Hyper Engines LLC closed its operations mid-2008. However, due to popular player support, the title was picked up for the American audience by Aeria Games and Entertainment. Aeria Games and Entertainment announced Turf Battles on December 9, 2008. After three Closed Betas, Turf Battles has gone into a final Beta Stress Test, which moved into an Open Beta. On June 18, 2010, Aeria Games closed down the Turf Battles servers citing "over a year of continued issues (old and new). (Aeria Games) have been working with the developer through these difficulties, but the efforts of both teams have not been able to completely eradicate the problems facing Turf Battles. Fewer and fewer people have been logging in." In around 2014, Eonic Games, "a MMORPG development company whose aim is to revive the Turf Battles MMORPG", re-re-released the title as a complete rebuild based on the original HyperEngine LLC system, including the Island PK system. The new release proceeded out of open beta and is currently undergoing what they call, "Seasons", by testing out new improvements, items, nerf, etc. and implementing what was well received into the game; seasons last 3 months at a time and undergo roughly 1-month break in between seasons. Gameplay Starting a character or a play session As with other MMORPGs, players control a character avatar within a game world, exploring the landscape, fighting monsters, completing quests and interacting with NPCs or other players. In common with many other MMORPGs, Turf Battles does not require the player to pay for a subscription, but in-game items can be purchased with real-world money. To enter the game, the player must select a realm (or server). Each realm acts as an individual copy of the game world. Servers are both Player versus player (PvP), where open combat among players is common, and Player versus environment (PvE), where the focus is on defeating monsters and completing quests. On a server, a player may create characters belonging to either of two races: Human or Nephilim. Each server has several channels,