Come 16th January 2013, it will be the 2nd content update for Aion 4.0. This will include the 2nd new class announced, the Bard, which is the class almost everyone is most curious about. The class is looking awesome…
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ArcheAge – Korean gamers spending heavily on game items
According to Korean virtual item trading website ItemBay, ArcheAge debuted at No.9 in less than 7 days of launch. Specializing in helping players sell and buy game items, ItemBay noted that 4,000,000 Korean Won (3,770.80 USD) worth of items were…
Asta: The War of Tears and Winds – Closed Beta 1 date announced
First announced back in 2009, this CryEngine 3-developed title is finally ready to enter Closed Beta 1, which will be held from 23rd January onwards. Touted as the “Asian WoW”, the aesthetics are 100% full of Asian design flair, with…
ArcheAge – Nvidia graphics card spotted with game artwork
As part of the continuing marketing partnership between graphics giant Nvidia and XLGAMES, ArcheAge’s artwork began to appear on the box covers for GeForce GTX 660 Ti. Non-reference card vendors, such as Gigabyte and Zotac, are part of the campaign…
ArcheAge – P2P subscription model confirmed
XLGAMES finally announced the business model for ArcheAge Korea earlier today, which is the anticipated P2P subscription model. The time cards will go on sale on 11th January 2013, and below are the prices and types available. 90 days of…
ArcheAge – China player claims world first to construct trading ship
According to the Chinese media, a female China player recently became the first player in ArcheAge Korea to successfully construct the first trading ship. Currently in Open Beta, ArcheAge currently hosts tons of foreign players despite the apparent IP block…
Record of Lodoss War Online – Classic JRPG teased for MMO debut
With its last game coming on the SEGA Dreamcast system back in the year 2000, it has been a long 13 years since. Record of Lodoss War, a classic Japanese RPG introduced in the late 1980s, will apparently be heading…
ArcheAge – Stellar numbers for Open Beta launch and P2P model teased
According to foreign reports, ArcheAge Korea has seen a CCU (con-current users) of over 100,000 since Open Beta began 2 days ago. With over 20 servers, the queue list to enter the game ranges from 500 to around 2,300. In…
TERA Korea – F2P announcement revitalizes game servers
According to foreign reports, the population of TERA Korea has grown 3 times since the Free-to-Play announcement, with the current “experience server” seeing a queue in the hundreds. Yesterday, yet another new “experience server” was added to cope with the…
Kingdom Under Fire II – New graphic card specs revealed
This news is over a month old, and I apologize since I do pride myself on getting the latest news… Sometimes being a 1-man team is tough~! The much-delayed MMO-RTS hybrid, Kingdom Under Fire II, released a new trailer back…
Yulgang 2 – Yet another sequel prepares for Open Beta service
It seems like sequel-heaven is happening in Korea, as Yulgang 2 is the latest to get closer towards Open Beta after Ragnarok Online 2 and Cabal 2. Starting from today, Yulgang 2 will enter the Pre-Open Beta phase, lasting 3…
MapleStory: Unlimited – Xenon’s arrival imminent
MapleStory Korea is going through its annual Winter update, and part 3 of 4 will be arriving on 3rd January 2013. The new Xenon job will be introduced, and this is the first ever hybrid character in MapleStory’s history, featuring…
ArcheAge – Korean media confirms 3 different servers for the West
Today, XLGAMES announced the server opening time for ArcheAge Korea’s Open Beta phase, which will be on 2nd January at 8:00am (Korean time). The client has apparently been downloaded over 250,000 times thus far. Along with the news, the Korean…
Mabinogi II: Arena – New name revealed for development team
After all the big announcements and tons of videos from G*Star 2012, news for Mabinogi II: Arena has gone pretty thin. The game is back in development, and the team has finally got its own name, N Square (direct translation).…