Kritika – Closed Beta 1 announced

Revealed back in 2011 (link), there hasn’t been news about Kritika, developed by Lunia Online’s creator, Korean studio All-M. But earlier today, it was announced that Kritika will be entering its very first Korean Closed Beta for a short period,…

PLA (CN) – The official Chinese army game

First announced back in September last year (link), the game has finally gotten an official name, PLA, which apparently stands for “Passion Leads Army”. Developed by Giant Interactive together with the Chinese military, it is no doubt a simple twist…

Guild Wars 2 – Beta Weekend thoughts

[Game website] The Beta Weekend event will be ending in less than 12 hours, but I think I have seen enough for now. As the first public beta with many, many more players, there are obviously various technical hiccups, though…

MAZE: The Treasure Hunters – China server trailer debuts

This game was actually revealed a couple of years ago to be in development over at G*Star (I think it was 2010), but since then nothing much was heard about it. This is MAZE: The Treasure Hunters, currently in development…

Queen’s Blade Online – Spokesperson confirmed

As with most Korean games, there is usually a spokesperson if budget allows. They can range from actress to actors, singers to athletes and most recently, politicians. Well, the most common is still models, and developer Liveplex (Dragona fame) confirmed…

Torchlight II – Pre-order and access Neverwinter CBT

[Pre-order here] A major investor in Runic Games and the owner of Cryptic Studios, Perfect World Entertainment is now cross-promoting Neverwinter and Torchlight II. By pre-ordering Torchlight II, gamers will have guaranteed access to Neverwinter’s Closed Beta phase. However, note…

War of the Immortals – Lost Omen update announced

[Press release] Perfect World Entertainment Inc. today announced Lost Omen, the first expansion to the widely popular free-to-play MMORPG, War of the Immortals , available to download for free on May 10, 2012. Lost Omen takes the Atlantean war between…

Survarium (RU) – From the creators of S.T.A.L.K.E.R

It is my very first time posting about a Russian (RU) online game, and it is special because I personally played S.T.A.L.K.E.R and this small blog apparently has many visitors from Russia as well. Ok, Survarium is not technically a…

TERA Japan – Blood graces new trailer

Talk about irony. In a week where TERA Europe removed the blood option 1 week from launch (link) and only to reinstate the effect after furious gamers hit out (link), TERA Japan released a new trailer showing a small, yet…

Guild Wars 2 – Beta Weekend installation quick guide

So, I read that a couple of folks are finding it hard to locate the English client download for Guild Wars 2’s Beta Weekend. I did a small guide below and hopefully you will find it useful starting from the…

World Zero (CN) – A brief guide to world creation

Last month, I first posted about Shanda Game’s upcoming MMORPG, World Zero (link). Having touched on the kind-of-unique world creation system, I thought I would talk more about it. World Zero takes place in a Chinese martial arts setting, which…

ASTA: The War of Tears and Winds – Latest game videos

It has been quite some time since anything was posted about this game since Gamescom 2011. First revealed at G*Star 2010, ASTA is a MMORPG which is eastern fantasy in design. Developed by Polygon Studios (under MMO giant NHN) using…

TERA Europe – Where is the blood and guild emblem ?

Thanks to reader Ales86 for sending this in. European publisher Frogster apparently removed the blood effect from TERA Europe, a decision just weeks away from the game’s official launch. Frogster apparently need to do so to hit the 12+ game…

Blade & Soul – My thoughts on the kitty cat mania

I don’t normally air my views on certain topics as a separate post, but there will still be exceptions from time to time. NCsoft, to the surprise of many, revealed the Summoner class to much fanfare, but I can guarantee…