With the Korean Closed Beta for Black Desert starting in less than 10 days, developer PearlAbyss recently revealed the system requirements. Highlighted by the developer, the game will get more optimized down the road, with system requirements being lowered in…
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Asta: The War of Tears and Winds – Open Beta finally announced
First revealed back in 2010, Asta: The War of Tears and Winds will finally enter Open Beta in Korea on 16th October, just a little over a week from now. Powered by CryEngine 3, it will launch with a level…
World in Audition – Latest entry in Auditon series enters Open Beta
Also known as Audition 3, World in Audition will be heading towards Open Beta today in Korea. The developer highlighted having twice the amount of songs compared to Closed Beta, with over 1,000 costumes. The latest K-Pop songs will be…
Black Desert – Closed Beta signup begins with limited slots available
Closed Beta signup for the Korean server of Black Desert started a couple of hours ago, with apparently only 5,000 slots available for this very first phase. As usual, interested players will need a Korean mobile number for verification. …
Core Masters – New promo trailer as Open Beta remains unscheduled
Announced last year, Core Masters is 1 of the new MOBA titles which is still under development after 1 Closed Beta phase. There should be nothing to worry about, since the publisher is industry bigwig Neowiz Games. Contrary to…
Priston Tale – 2 new classes being tested for classic online title
Man, the memories I had with Priston Tale before my high level account was hacked… Back to topic, the Korean test server for Priston Tale just added 2 new classes for testing, being the Assassin and Shaman. The English server…
Bless – New developer videos from Korea Games Conference 2013
Perhaps not wanting to lose the spotlight to Black Desert, developer Neowiz Bless released several new videos showcasing the development process and technologies used for Bless. Powered by Unreal Engine 3, Bless took the gaming scene by storm with its…
Black Desert – Game demo videos from live media event
As mentioned in my previous post, Korean developer PearlAbyss held a live media conference earlier today to showcase their first online title, Black Desert, announcing the Closed Beta date as well. The Korean media are out in full force on…
Black Desert – Closed Beta date confirmed at live media event
Currently holding a media event in Korea, developer Pearl Abyss announced that Black Desert will enter Closed Beta on 17th October to 23rd October, with application beginning on 1st October. For this first public client, 4 classes will be available…
Dragon Ball Online – Korea and Taiwan servers shutting down
Once the darling of gaming media around the world, both the original Korea and Taiwan servers for Dragon Ball Online will be closing, marking the end of the MMORPG based on the ever-popular Japanese manga. The Korea server will shut…
Kingdom Under Fire II – New trailer shows massive 16 players co-op mode
This is not PvP, but rather 16 players playing on the same map with their armies going against hordes of aggressive monsters, including gigantic bosses. Man, even if developer Blueside assured everyone that graphics card from 4 years ago can…
Bluehole Studio – TERA developer begins employee recruitment drive
It seems like TERA is doing very well after going Free-to-Play in almost all regions, with developer Bluehole Studio holding a recruitment drive next month for all departments. This comes hot on the heels of the previous campaign, which was…
Nexon – Official report reveals number of account privacy leaks
A few days back, the Korea Communications Commission revealed that Nexon had 1.32 million reported cases of account leaks from 2011 to 2012, out of the total estimated 6.34 million known cases including those from major telecoms and IT companies.…
World of Warcraft – Korea server begins selling experience boost potion
Added yesterday, the Korea server for World of Warcraft has added a new experience boost potion in its cash item shop. Costing around USD 0.93, the potion will boost experience gained by 100% for 1 hour. World of Warcraft Korea…