Posted in various online gaming outlets in Korea, China and Taiwan, a fan-made music video using Blade & Soul’s in-game cut scenes and assets is wowing gamers all over Asia. The music video, titled “The Sad Love”, is also featured…
South Korea
Game news from South Korea
Dungeon Striker – 2 new classes for Closed Beta 2
After a successful Closed Beta 1 a few months back, developer Eyedentity Games and publisher NHN will be launching the next phase coming end August. 2 new base classes (total of 6 now) will be added as well, the Assassin…
GunZ 2: The Second Duel – New trailer introduces classes
It has been quite some time since we heard about GunZ 2, but out of nowhere, a new trailer was released by developer Maiet Entertainment. It is an introductory trailer of sorts, introducing the character classes in this sequel and…
[30 Jul – 05 Aug] Weekly Korea rankings
This week, Diablo III continues to slide down the charts to 14th as player dissent continues against this “half-finished” product. No love from the PC cafes as well. At 41st, Heroes of Newerth is the biggest gainer, jumping 14 places…
Diablo III – Lawsuit to be submitted next week
The Korea gamers were the first bunch to get angry, with their demand for refunds denied by Blizzard until the government decided to raid Blizzard’s offices in Korea. Of course, Blizzard found out the Korean government is not really an…
Dragon Sword – Highly rated by Korean media
After the a couple of game footage (seen below) were shown, a group of gamers were talking about how similar certain moves were to Blade & Soul’s among various details. However, 1 of Korea’s biggest game website, ThisIsGame, has gone…
Mabinogi Heroes – Season 2 official trailer
With full details posted just a few days back, the official trailer for Mabinogi Heroes: Season 2 has now been posted online. As mentioned in my previous post, there are tons of new features, including jump attacks due to the…
Counter-Strike Online 2 – SpawN says the game is great
After officially announcing the game earlier this year, developer and publisher Nexon held a press event a few months later where the game was showcased to the public for the very first time. Among the professional Counter-Strike players invited for the exhibition…
MapleStory adds yet another new class
Another month, another new class in MapleStory Korea’s test server. According to dedicated MapleStory blog, Orange Mushroom, the new class is call Angelic Burster. I am not sure if the previous few and this can be called classes, since they…
FIFA Online 3 – New EA title changes publisher
1 of the most popular game in South Korea, FIFA Online 2 has always seen its position cemented in the Top 5 rankings on a weekly basis. However, that is set to end as FIFA Online 3 has been announced.…
[23 Jul – 29 Jul] Weekly Korea rankings
Welcome to the first edition of the weekly Korea game rankings! Do note that different ranking websites have different statistics, and mine is from a website call GameNote. So, for last week, League of Legends took back 1st place from…
NCsoft founder explains Nexon investment greenlight
At a recent senior management summit, NCsoft’s founder and CEO Mr Taek Jin Kim (pictured) revealed some reasons why he decided to sell 14.7% of the company’s shares to his biggest competitor, Nexon. He cited cases where game companies are…
Mabinogi Heroes – More Season 2 update details
So, most of you Mabinogi Heroes or Vindictus fan would have read about the new upcoming female character, Vella. She is really just a small part of the big Season 2 update for Mabinogi Heroes, and here are some other…
Blade & Soul – Celebrity endorsed costumes go on sale
Till today, I still can’t quite get the song and dance moves out of my head. I am referring to Korean girl group Secret’s song, Shy Boy, which was used to advertise NCsoft’s Blade & Soul a few months ago.…