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7-Eleven has teamed up with MMO company Nexon to get Slurpee lovers into their games. The company has set up a special promotiton called “Where You Play for Free” with the chain of convenience stores until Dec. 31, 2008. This includes four Nexon-branded 22-oz. Slurpee cups, each featuring different images from Nexon’s games: MapleStory, Mabinogi, Combat Arms and Sugar Rush.

7-Eleven customers also receive a collectible Nexon game DVD with the purchase of a 22-oz. or larger-size Slurpee that contains the four Nexon games. Each Nexon-themed Slurpee cup has an exclusive game code that is redeemable for customized 7-Eleven and Slurpee-branded in-game virtual items in the four games. The game code also provides 7-Eleven customers access to participate in the closed beta stage of Sugar Rush, which is scheduled to launch in early 2009.

Find out more by checking out slurpee.nexon.net

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I love rooting for the underdog, and MMO company Nexon certainly qualifies. The company announced that its online action game, Combat Arms, is experience robust registrations clocking over one million registered users since its open beta launch in July. Combat Arms was commercially launched on October 1 with the “Black Market,” an in-game item shop that allows users to spend real-world cash money on character customizations.

To commemorate this milestone, Nexon will unveil two patches including a new map and game mode that will offer a variety of game play options. The new map, “Waverider,” which is set in a European hilltop town, will be the game’s largest map. Waverider will feature new weapons, two supply cases, special event gear and a new male mercenary for Halloween. In addition, Nexon will also introduce a new hide-and-seek game mode, “Bounty Hunter,” which enables one player to randomly become the “bounty,” who will be the target hunted by other players. The longer the bounty stays alive, the more in-game currency that player will earn.

Combat Arms is available free for at combatarms.nexon.net.

Nexon America free-to-play online, multiplayer first-person shooter game, Combat Arms, launches today. This is a first for Nexon, who is best known for creating and running 2D MMORPG and online strategy games. The official launch marks the debut of the “Black Market,” an in-game cash item shop where gamers now have access to new female and male mercenaries, customized items and “fresh start” options to help fulfill missions.

Combat Arms is available free for download at combatarms.nexon.net. Gamers can also experience Combat Arms at the E for All consumer show on Oct. 3-5 at the Los Angeles Convention Center.