If you have not heard anything or read about the Korean song, Gangnam Style, you are either a failed otaku or someone who is really oblivious to the latest Asian pop trend. Well, even the Europeans have heard of this…
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Mabinogi Heroes: Season 2 – New raid bosses defeated
A few days ago, the 2 new bosses in Mabinogi Heroes: Season 2 were defeated. They are the pacific giant snake, Rakiora and the legendary giant sea monster, Kraken. Given that they are supposedly the hardest ones implemented thus far,…
Hounds – Game footage before beta hits
According to Netmarble, the zombie apocalypse will be brought upon humanity from the stars and beyond. Once again, this is Hounds, a co-op MMO shooter where players team up to fight against alien zombies and humans who are turned. …
[13 Aug – 19 Aug] Weekly Korea rankings
Woah, what a week of change. According to Korea’s metric website, GameNote, Diablo 3 rose back 16 spots, up to 4th in an incredible surge. The promised changes in the upcoming patches and updates must have worked wonders. On the…
Mabinogi Heroes: Season 2 – Awesome new raid trailer
Season 2 was released as a “side-story” for Mabinogi Heroes a couple of weeks ago, and with the update comes new places, new equips and of course, new raids. The latest trailer stars the 2 new raid bosses, Rakiora (snake)…
GunZ 2: The Second Duel – Closed Beta 1 announced
After years of waiting since announcement, the sequel to the popular 2004 online action game, GunZ 2: The Second Duel, will finally enter its first Closed Beta phase on 30th August and end on 2nd September, lasting a grand total…
Dungeon Striker – More classes for Closed Beta 2 announced
Originally, I thought that there will be 10 base classes for Dungeon Striker, Eyedentity Games’ 2nd title after Dragon Nest. Actually, there are just 4 base classes, with 1 or 2 more class advancements after that. Why “or”? You…
FIFA Online 3 – National team captain revealed as spokesperson
It was never in doubt who the spokesperson was after a teaser last week about “captain”. South Korea’s national soccer team captain, Park Ji Sung, is now confirmed as the face of FIFA Online 3. Currently, there is a possible legal…
[06 Aug – 12 Aug] Weekly Korea rankings
This week, FIFA Online 2 dropping 11 places down is the main highlight. This is probably due to publisher Neowiz Games getting into a possible legal case with developer EA Korea, with FIFA Online 3 announced under Nexon as well.…
Mirror War: The Holy Revival – New game footage
Announced way back in 2010, Mirror War apparently went into Open Beta yesterday in Korea. An arcade-style shooter, there are various MMORPG elements as well. Remember Valkyrie Sky? Well, Mirror War can be seen as an “upgrade”, with dungeon traps…
Mabinogi II – Nexon says sequel will launch in 2012
It is this time of the year again when public listed companies dish out a few surprise information here and there during their quarterly financial calls and showing of financial reports. Nexon, the MMO giant from Korea, is not exempted…
Cyphers – Marketing campaign invades the subway
While it is common for most Asian MMO companies to hold big launch events for their games, all these efforts will then go on a down-slide and eventually into obscurity. However, a couple of the big companies will still do…
Mabinogi Heroes – Vella added as Season 2 update continues
As part of the mega summer content update (Season 2) for Mabinogi Heroes, Vella has been added to the roster today as the game’s 6th character. Wielding 2 swords, she may represent current character Lann, but her actions and speed…
ArcheAge – Closed Beta 5 interview
After a brief teaser at ChinaJoy 2012 talking to the Chinese media, XLGAMES is now preparing for ArcheAge Closed Beta 5 in Korea. A media conference was held as the date draws closer to 16th August, with ArcheAge’s development staff…