Skyforge – Obsidian Entertainment to take part in developing new MMORPG

Announced back in 2012 by the team behind Allods Online, Skyforge will now be a cooperative effort between Russian publisher/ developer Mail.ru and North America’s Obsidian Entertainment.   Almost everything is still in Russian now, but I am expecting the…

Special Force 2 – Teaser site now up for Europe server

[Game website] Following the announcement of the North America server, the teaser site for Special Force 2 Europe has gone live. The game was first revealed back in January, when the contract was officially signed with Korean developer Dragonfly.  …

TinyKeep – New dungeon crawler now seeking funds on Kickstarter

[Kickstarter page] First off, online play is part of the stretch goals, so TinyKeep is not really a MMORPG just yet. A new project which just appeared on the crowd funding platform, TinyKeep is sort of similar to Korea’s Dungeon Striker, both…

Navy Field 2 – Nexon Europe launches new naval MMORTS

[Register now] Getting tired of all the online shooters and MMORPGs coming out these few months? Nexon Europe has just launched a new naval MMORTS, Navy Field 2, which is sort of a fresh breath of air.   Supporting up…

Total War: Arena – Game franchise spawns RTS and MOBA hybrid

[Game website] I guess most folks would have heard of the Total War series, or probably played a couple of the game as well. The developer, Creative Assembly, today announced Total War: Arena, a Free-to-Play title with both the traditional…

ArcheAge – Russian publisher confirms first Western server

[Game website] The first official confirmation happened on the last day of 2012, and now Russian publisher Mail.ru has confirmed ArcheAge Russia. Well, nothing else to say here, happy for the Russian gamers since this is indeed a huge title…

Dragon Nest Europe – Closed Beta confirmed for February

[Game website] After a seemingly quiet period since Dragon Nest Europe began its Alpha phase, it was announced last week that the game will finally enter Closed Beta on 27th February 2013. The reason given was that Dragon Nest was…

Special Force 2 – European publisher announced

If I remember correctly, there hasn’t been any English server for Special Force II thus far, and European publisher Gameforge is set to be the first to launch one. Earlier today, it was announced that Gameforge will be servicing Special…

TERA – Europe server confirms F2P mode as well

[Game website] Merely minutes after En Masse announced the North America server going Free-to-Play, the European server under Gameforge has just announced the same conversion as well in February. You can find out the different tiers of the game here,…

Lineage II – New Europe server suffers mass account bans

SA significant amount of players on the new Europe server, Naia, have found themselves being banned from entering the game, with a thread in the official forums gathering the victims. While initially denying the mistake, the C0mmunity Manager has quickly…

Dragon Nest Europe – Alpha Test phase begins

Announced nearly half 6 months ago, Dragon Nest Europe has since entered its Alpha Test phase last week. Published by eFusion, the deal happened after Shanda Games bought over the European publisher to expand its global business. The Alpha Test…

Dragon’s Prophet – European publisher officially announced

I was never a supporter of fragmented servers for different regions, and still will be. No matter, Taiwan developer Runewaker (of Runes of Magic fame) announced that the Europe publisher for Dragon’s Prophet will be Infernum Productions AG. Infernum is…

Blade & Soul – Europe trailer debuts online

Not really sure why the other gaming websites are surprised, but Blade & Soul for the West was never in doubt, particularly Europe since it was teased last month at Gamescom. NCsoft just revealed the European trailer (PEGI rating), and…

The Secret World – Poor performance blamed on Guild Wars 2 and pandas

[Source] A Funcom report released today puts The Secret World Sales at “over 200,000” as the company adjusts expectations down by $35 million US Dollars. In the report, Funcom once again cites poor US reviews as a contributing factor in…