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…
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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.…
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…
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…
Cabal II: The Neoforce Era – Open Beta announced
While the non-wipe Pre-Open Beta is currently going on in Korea just for today, 1600 till 2200 Korean time, developer ESTsoft also announced that Cabal II: The Neoforce Era will officially begin Open Beta on 14th November, which is just…
[G*Star 2012] Wild Buster – Brief look at the game demo
Revealed in March this year, developer Star Ducks Studio finally put out a game demo for Wild Buster over at G*Star 2012, although it is limited to only the B2B hall. A sci-fi isometric MMORPG, similar to Torhclight II and Diablo…
[G*Star 2012] F.E.A.R: Origin Online – Meaty trailer shows off PvE and PvP
F.E.A.R: Origin Online, developed by Inplay Interactive, will be going into Closed Beta come 22nd November and a demo was playable over at G*Star 2012. A co-op effort with IP owner, Warner Brothers, the game has a mix of PvE…
Project PK – New Marvel online game set for Asia
Just a couple of hours ago, Disney Interactive officially signed a contract with Korean developer, Smilegate, for the development of a MOBA title based on Marvel characters. If you do not know, MOBA means Multiplayer Online Battle Arena, a term…
[G*Star 2012] Icarus – Official trailer shown with actual game footage
Icarus, although the listed in the Korean media as 1 of the “Big 4″ this year alongside Mabinogi II, Bless and Asta, was always the black horse in my mind. First known as NED, the game took another 2-3 years…
Blade & Soul – Specs for themed PC systems released
Remember the exclusive PC systems I talked about yesterday for Blade & Soul? The system specifications and prices for the 2 different sets were released earlier today, and there is only a total of 2,000 sets on sale. System 1…
Blade & Soul – Themed PC system limited to 2,000 sets worldwide
It not uncommon to see games having their own themed consoles or computer system in Japan or Korea, and it should be no surprise NCsoft’s Blade & Soul is getting the same treatment. On sale tomorrow (7th November) for online…
EIN: Epicus Incognitus – Game to appear only in B2B area
As most of you would have known, gaming conventions are usually divided into the Business to Consumers (B2C) and Business to Business (B2B) sections. EIN: Epicus Incognitus was 1 of Neowiz Games’ major G*Star title last year, but this year,…
Blade & Soul – Sword Master Lyn gets early release date
Supposedly to be added at a much later date, in fact the last of the 7waves update, Sword Master Lyn (or Blademaster) has been bumped up to the 3rd wave, with the release date being 7th November, which is exactly…