According to an employee feedback on Glassdoor.com via Kotaku, Blizzard Entertainment is portrayed as sort of an “evil corporation” which is filled with politics and are “forced” to crunch without overtime pay. Of course, the following is just from 1…
Aion – First ever private MMORPG server arrest made in Japan
Aion: The Tower of Eternity, otherwise known as The Tower of Aion in Japan, got into the news recently as police made its first arrest for operating a private MMORPG server. Police is intending to prosecute this Free-to-Play illegal server’s…
Core Masters – Yet another new MOBA from Korea
After the announcement of Steal Fighter a few days back, the Korean online gaming industry officially introduced yet another arena-based action game to the masses, Core Masters. There are English subtitles in the debut trailer, with the main modes featuring…
Warface – Korean publisher revealed for CryEngine 3 online shooter
Today, the Korean server for Warface was officially revealed, with MMO kingpin Nexon as the publisher. Warface has been active in Russia for a few months now, with the China server still in beta phase and the North American server…
The War Z – Gameplay footage shows tactical zombie shooting
The War Z, is an upcoming online zombie shooter MMO, scheduled for Closed Beta in the coming weeks. While most zombie shooters involves players emptying hundreds of bullets into zombie hordes, death should be the norm if this case happens…
ArcheAge – Closed Beta 5 highlights trailer impresses
f you have been reading up on ArcheAge over the past few months, I am sure you will know the game is offering many features players longed in a MMO, such as player-built towns, crafting ships as a guild effort,…
TERA – Servers merging into 3 with no F2P in sight
In a wave where online games are switching to Free to Play mode, there are still 3 defiant games which insist on monthly fees will lead to success eventually. I am of course talking about Final Fantasy XIV, TERA and…
Swordsman Online – New forum chat reveals slayable NPCs
A few days back, the development team from Perfect World’s long awaited martial arts MMO, Swordsman Online (笑傲江湖 Online) were guests in the forum of gaming website, 17173.com. As expected, some questions were asked and new details were given generously.…
Final Fantasy XIV – Doubts about the new flashy trailer
While I am holding much positives for Final Fantasy XIV’s rebirth coming in a couple of months, I am not sure what Square Enix is doing now is to the best of the game’s interests. You see, with quite a…
Dungeon Striker – Gangnam Style invades Closed Beta 2
It seems that there is no stopping to the Gangnam Style virus from spreading among online games in South Korea. Dungeon Striker, from Dragon Net developer Eyedentity Games, introduced an actual Gangnam Style dance emote into the game’s CBT2 phase,…
Gotham City Imposters – Comical shooter finally goes Free-to-Play
When I first tested Gotham City Imposters‘ beta phase nearly a year ago, I was expecting it to be quite an amazing online shooter. While not playing much, it was definitely on my to-download list given its wacky parody (and…
City of Heroes – NCsoft closes down developer Paragon Studios
[Source] Given NCsoft’s recent less-than-stellar financial report, I am not really surprised Paragon Studios, developer of City of Heroes (and Villans), is the major victim in the ongoing business restructuring program. Well, NCsoft’s titles have basically hit various regions, just…