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League of Legends – Riot Games allegedly banning private casting
As Season 3 for League of Legends is arriving, there are several new changes to the game rules itself. But those changes were apparently extended to private casting (giving personal comments LIVE while matches are running), with popular caster Wombat…
The Magic Sword Online – Clans of the game revealed
The Magic Sword Online was revealed over the weekend at Tencent Games Carnival 2012, with several famous personality from the Chinese film industry acting as the game’s consultants. While little information was shown, I managed to source out some confirmed…
The Legend of Tibet – Journey to a mysterious realm
NetEase is China’s 2nd biggest online gaming company, and also the proxy publisher for Blizzard’s games such as Starcraft 2 and World of Warcraft. However, Diablo 3 has yet to be launched in China, with several hurdles on the way.…
Dragon Nest – Desert Dragon arrival marks new era
Today marks the day Nexon steps down as Dragon Nest Korea’s publisher, with the new publisher being Actoz Soft. Together with Dragon Nest’s developer, Eyedentity Games, both are subsidiary companies of China’s Shanda Games after acquisition. Actoz Soft is intending…
Devilian – Hack & slash MMO inspired by Diablo II
In development for over 3 years now, Devilian is developed by Korean studio Ginno Games, and the hack & slash title will be published by NHN through its Hangame portal. During the press conference, representatives from Ginno did not hesitate…
Cabal II: The Neoforce Era – PvP content is king
Cabal II has been very quiet since going into Open Beta a couple of weeks back, and Korean website ThisIsGame.com has published a new interview with developer ESTsoft to have some questions answered, including what the future holds. Note that…
300 Heroes – Manga, Disney and more reports for war
As I teased on my Facebook page a couple of days back, I was playing in the Alpha phase of a new China-developed MOBA, where manga characters such as Luffy, Usopp, Ultraman, Saber and even Disney ones such as Wall-E…
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…
FIFA Online 2 – Korean server shutting down in March
While Neowiz had a wonderful G*Star 2012, with Bless garnering a legion of fans, things are not so rosy business-wise. After getting into a messy court fight with developer Smilegate over the closure of online shooter CrossFire, the company was…
Carbon Project A – New action MMO looking slightly familiar
This is Carbon Project A, a new action MMO in development by GalaxyGate, more famous for games such as Rosh Online and Karos Online. Well, the previous works don’t seem too impressive, but the has been showcased to interested parties…
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…
Phantasy Star Online 2 – PS Vita version launch date announced
SEGA today announced that the PlayStation Vita version for Phantasy Star Online 2 will be available on 28th February 2013 in Japan. The game may also be downloaded for free, and will share the same server as those playing on the PC…
MapleStory – Winter update teases 2 new classes
For China, Perfect World is my favorite company, while from South Korea, Nexon is 2nd to none. The reason is simple – both developers update their games with actual content (not just cash junk) year after year without fail. Winter…