There is not much news today, so I thought I would post some information about upcoming updates for Mabinogi Heroes, otherwise known as Vindictus in the English market. In the upcoming 2 chapters which will be added by this year,…
Monster Hunter Frontier – Korean server closing
First posted as a rumor a few days ago, it has now been confirmed that Monster Hunter Frontier’s Korean server will be closing on 31st August later this year. The cash shop will also be closed earlier on 2nd June…
Ghost Recon Online – More details released
(Source) Ubisoft announced Tom Clancy’s Ghost Recon Online yesterday, a new free-to-play entry in the popular military action series being developed at the company’s Singapore studio. The title, which is accepting applications for a planned closed beta launch this summer,…
Rumor – XL Games working on Civilization Online
Following the announcement made a few days ago, rumors are rampant within the Korean gaming industry on which of 2K Games’ title will be developed as an online game. Various Korean media outlets have been reporting that a well-placed industry…
Age of Conan – Going Free to Play
Almost 10 months ago, I posted that Age of Conan will be going Free to Play in Korea. Players soon got worried if the English servers will go down the same route, with a staff assuring them that business models…
Avalon Taiwan – Shameless marketing
This is not a post about important gaming news, but more of a ranting post for me. Despite my love for the Asian MMO industry, there are still certain tactics which really irk me. Introducing Avalon Taiwan, a new DOTA-inspired…
Kingdom Under Fire Online – New identity revealed
First known as Kingdom Under Fire Online: Avalanche, the game has now cut off the sub header and simply known as Kingdom Under Fire Online. Developed by Korean studio Dragonfly, Kingdom Under Fire Online will be a DOTA-styled game, full…
Ghost Recon Online – Signup for beta
(Source) Tom Clancy’s Ghost Recon series is going online! The classic franchise by Ubisoft is now brought online as a Free to Play MMOFPS. Since 2001, 9 games in the series were introduced to the gaming world. Despite having multi-player…
Dragon Ball Online (TW) – Official Closed beta starts 27th May
Dragon Ball Online Taiwan, which I covered in my previous posts, will enter its 1st official Closed Beta phase on 27th May which is in a few days’ time. New features will be the ability for characters to change into…
Dragona Taiwan – Closed Beta hits 13,000 players
I thought I should post this as the staff over at Dragona Taiwan‘s publisher provided me with a Closed Beta account without much hesitation. The game had been in the news as of late, with the number of Closed Beta…
CJ Games adds 5th online shooter for 2011
Korea’s biggest entertainment company, CJ Entertainment & Media, has officially revealed the poster for its 5th online shooter this year, Shadow Company. Developed by Doobic Game Studios, creators of Combat Arms, Shadow Company incorporated the Unreal 3 Engine in making…
Lineage II – Call of Destiny arriving
Lineage II was just updated with the Goddess of Destruction update recently in Korea, but the game’s revamp isn’t going to stop there. Continuing from the first update, the 2nd update in the mega expansion is apparently titled “Call of…
XL Games and Take-Two works on new MMORPG
XL Games, the Korean MMO developer founded by Lineage creator Jake Song, has announced an official partnership with Take-Two Interactive to work on a new MMORPG. The actual work will be done with one of Take-Two’s development studio, 2K Games.…
Gamepot Japan brewing Wizardry Online
Any of you older gamers played Wizardry back in the days? I have not, but I was told that the game’s popularity was on par with that of Dungeons and Dragons’ as single player RPGs in the 1980s. The last…