Blade & Soul – A producer’s tale

You have seen him at various game conventions around the world, featured in a Blade & Soul video and his pictures popping out on online gaming websites from time to time. Meet the game’s producer, Mr James Bae. This industry…

[TGC 2011] Blade & Soul – Community Q&A

The developers for NCsoft’s Blade & Soul are in Shanghai, China for Tencent Games Carnival, and in a really awesome gesture, held an online Q&A with the fans. Of course, not all questions were answered, but some really interesting info…

[TGC 2011] Blade & Soul – Brief interview

Well, I am a little bit disappointed as no new information about Blade & Soul was leaked over at Tencent Games Carnival 2011, but nevertheless the official announcement of the Chinese server still thrilled me for months. Over at the…

[TGC 2011] ArcheAge, Blade & Soul set for 2012

Let me get one thing clear first, there isn’t any surprise announcement over at Tencent Games Carnival for either ArcheAge or Blade & Soul except both games will enter beta in 2012. Yes, bummer. But a couple of trailers were…

Blade & Soul – Official gaming laptop

It is not  uncommon in Korea and Japan for online games to endorse hardware products, but I thought I would post something about this since Blade & Soul is involved. The latest Samsung Series 7 laptop is chosen as NCsoft’s…

[G*Star 2011] Lineage Eternal– Official trailer

Ah yes, the official trailer for Lineage Eternal: Twilight Resistance is here! Perhaps the most talked-about title so far for G*Star 2011, NCsoft certainly snatched the spotlight away from all of its rival game companies. More information on the game…

[G*Star 2011] Lineage Eternal – More details

Yes yes, it has been a busy morning since all my sources are flooded with Lineage Eternal’s news. While most of them are repeated,I managed to chance upon an interview taken by Japanese gaming website, 4Gamer.net, with the game’s lead…

[G*Star 2011] NCsoft patents Lineage Eternal tech

If you are somewhat a tech geek like myself, you would have known that Apple patented the “swipe to unlock” technology not long ago. In what I view as a similar move, NCsoft confirmed that they have patented the “Drag…

[TGC 2011] Blade & Soul – The various game merchandise

As posted earlier (link), Tencent Games will be officially revealing Blade & Soul China at Tencent Games Carnival. Staying true to Asian practices of having game merchandises compared to the Western market, here are some of them attendees can expect…

[G*Star 2011] Lineage Eternal – NCsoft’s latest masterpiece revealed

In a really unexpected move, NCsoft announced the 3rd title for the Lineage series, Lineage Eternal, at a pre-G*Star 2011 press conference earlier today. And yes, Lineage Eternal will be a new title, not an update to Lineage II. According…

[TGC 2011] Blade & Soul – Official reveal imminent

China’s biggest online gaming company, Tencent Games, will be holding its very own event, Tencent Games Carnival, come 19 November. Among the 2 most anticipated titles in the country other than ArcheAge China (link) would be Blade & Soul. The…

Blade & Soul – Japan server officially confirmed by NCsoft executive

According to an official press release made public earlier today, the CEO of NCsoft Japan and Global Marketing Director of NCsoft Korea, Mr Kim Taek Hun (below), confirmed that Blade & Soul Japan is currently in the works. This comes…

Blade & Soul – 6th class confirmed

Speaking earlier today at a media conference in NCsoft’s very own Research and Development Center, Blade & Soul’s producer James Bae officially confirmed that the 6th class will be the Summoner, first teased back in one of the previous G*Star…

Blade & Soul – Closed Beta footage

So, despite me not getting into Closed Beta 2 for NCsoft’s upcoming mega martial arts MMO, Blade & Soul, it hasn’t really stopped me from scouring the Korean forums and websites for game footage. I struck gold after going through…