Lime Odyssey – Korean server revives under new publisher

After going down since March this year, there hasn’t been news on Lime Odyssey for over 8 months. Earlier today, it was revealed that Lime Odyssey Korea will finally be revived, with the publisher being Daum Communications, 1 of the…

Dungeon Hero – Japan server begins Closed Beta signup

Japanese MMO portal, GameHeart, announced that signups for Closed Beta 1 will begin later today. Back in Korea, Dungeon Hero will be entering Alpha test 2 today as well. Developed by Eyasoft, of Luna Online and Legend of Edda fame,…

Wargaming – Developer sets up direct presence in Southeast Asia

[Press Release] Wargaming, the award-winning online video game developer and publisher, is pleased to report steadfast growth across Southeast Asia as well as announce its direct presence in the region. Guided in its first steps into the regional market by…

RIFT China – Protesters claiming unpaid wages

While RIFT celebrates its mega expansion in North America, the game is not doing too well in Asia, first Korea and now China. According to today’s local news, the 3rd party group which translated the game claimed publisher Shanda Games…

RIFT Korea – 49 levels of free gameplay to save title

RIFT Korea, in a supposed desperate attempt to save sliding player numbers, has announced that the game’s first 49 levels will Free-to-Play for everyone, with no content restriction starting from 20th November. It seems that the campaign held 4 months…

GameFuse – ChangYou’s new online games portal

China MMO developer and publisher, ChangYou, has been rather quiet over the past few months. After announcing its financial earnings in China for 3Q 2012, which propelled the company to the no.3 spot in the country, the Western subsidiary announced…

Counter-Strike Online 2 – Here comes the ladies and new game mode

Counter-Strike Online 2, published by Nexon in Korea, will be going into Closed Beta 2 on 16th November, just 2 days away. In the new client, both Counter-Terrorists and Terrorists will have a new female character added, Mila and Lisa.…

The Secret World – Big Trouble in the Big Apple update video

Otherwise known as Issue 4 of the updates for The Secret World, Big Trouble in the Big Apple has been touted for a couple of months thus far, with the game’s first raid being added, along with some pretty big…

Aion 4.0 – NCsoft reveals Bard preview trailer

The 2nd of 3 new classes to be announced after Shooting Star, the Bard (or Troubadour, Minstrel) is a support class which packs some tough attack and crowd-control spells as well, which can be seen in the latest development video…

Neverwinter – The races and classes of the game

[English website] I was informed that in my previous post about Neverwinter China, the image posted was one not seen by the English community thus far. below are a couple of screens from the teaser China website, detailing the races,…

Mabinogi II: Arena – Sword & shield combat video released

Mabinogi II: Arena caused lots of chatting in the gaming community since revealed last week, with both negative and positive sentiments clashing worldwide. No matter the feeling, Mabinogi II: Arena is the actual sequel of Mabinogi and Mabinogi Heroes. In…

Cabal II: The Neoforce Era – New slides reveals basic game content

Cabal II: The Neoforce Era will be going into Open Beta in Korea tomorrow, and earlier today some slides from developer ESTsoft revealed some of the game content which will be implemented, including field maps and instanced dungeons.   According to…

[G*Star 2012] Visitors vote for best booth and games – The results

Over at G*Star this past week, visitors had the chance to vote for their best experiences in several categories in an official event by the G*Star organizers. From booths to games, these votes will tend to see which did the…

Mabinogi II: Arena – Nexon claims global release in new report

Nexon released a new document earlier today with regards to its games lineup for Korea, in tandem with the recent 3Q financial report. The information is in Japanese, as Nexon is stock listed in the Tokyo Stock Exchange. As you…