WildStar – Pre-order packages revealed and launch date confirmed

[Pre-order] Carbine Studios, a subsidiary of Korean giant NCsoft, recently announced the pre-order campaign which will start on 19th March 2014, with the prices at USD 60 for the standard edition and USD 75 for the digital deluxe edition, with…

Kingdom Under Fire II – Thailand server to enter Closed Beta this week

[Game website] Blueside, the developer of ‘Kingdom Under Fire II’ which has the main feature of grand size troop battles, announced there will be a Closed Beta phase held in Thailand, the biggest market in SEA. The Closed Beta phase…

Black Desert – Closed Beta 2 recruitment date announced

While it is not the exact date for Closed Beta 2, the recruitment drive will apparently begin on 4th April 2014, with the actual Closed Beta 2 phase to begin in the same month (unconfirmed). There will be tons of new…

Guild Wars 2 – China server finally enters limited test phase

Earlier yesterday (China time), Guild Wars 2 finally entered its first test phase for users with an activation key. As mentioned earlier by publisher, KongZhong, the game will be using the same Buy-to-Play (B2P) model, which is somewhat a first…

Shikihime Garden – New anime-style browser card game launches

[Game website] Shikihime Garden is an original browser-based game of gardening and deck-building embedded with RPG elements where players must foster lovely Shikihime (characters with magic abilities), take care of beautiful gardens and collect a variety of cards through numerous battles.…

Star Citizen – Over $40 million in crowd funding achieved

[Source] With the product still in development, Star Citizen has achieved an astonishing USD $40 million in crowd funds, mostly through its own website rather than Kickstarter or IndieGoGo. Founder Chris Roberts has a lengthy message to the community, which…

World of Warcraft: Warlords of Draenor – Still no release date set

[Source] On the preorder page for Warlords of Draenor, the upcoming expansion for World of Warcraft, it is currently written that the game is “expected to release on or before 12/20/2014”. Having been announced last year, Blizzard is still unable…

Angry Birds – Rovio teasing new Angry Birds game via trailer

Rovio recently teased the next game in the Angry Birds franchise, and mentioned that it will be the “most epic soft launch ever”. From the looks, it seems the Angry Birds will be heading towards a medieval theme next, something…

Blade & Soul – Launch dates revealed for Japan server and new anime trailer

NCsoft Japan held a private “Premier Show” event for Blade & Soul earlier, and announced several new details. First, the “Limited Trial” will start from 13th May to 15th May, followed by the “Open Trail” from 16th to 19th May,…

Yulgang 2 – Assassin class launch date officially announced

[Game website] Coming 18th  March, the first English server of Yulgang 2 under Cubizone will welcome the start of commercial launch phase, along with the brand new, long awaited class, Assassin. This will be the 5th playable class in the…

Barbarian Brawl – 20-man PvP arena game now on Steam Greenlight

[Steam Greenlight] A new game just popped up on my radar, and it is a 3rd-person PvP arena game known as Barbarian Brawl. Developed for Windows and Mac, it is essentially 20-man free-for-all game, with different types of weapons and…

LINEZETA Frontier – Premium version of hit mecha puzzle game now up

[Press release] LINEZETA is a Puzzle RPG game application with various unique designs of mechanics, called Zeta Mobiles. LINEZETA has reached 7th in Free Application Rank, 5th in Game Category Rank, 3rd in RPG Category Rank, and 1st in Puzzle Category Rank from…

ArcheAge – TERA alum joins Trion Worlds as new Community Manager

[Source] The former community lead for En Masse Entertainment’s TERA, Evan “Scapes” Berman, has now been handed the position of Community Manager for the upcoming ArcheAge. An industry veteran with experience in handling big online games, he will also be…

Rise of Mana – New game in popular RPG series lands on Japan iTunes

Posted just last week, the latest game in the popular Mana RPG series has landed on the iTunes in Japan. Still published by Square Enix, Rise of Mana will launch for Android on a later date. Interested folks can create…