Mabinogi Heroes – 6th character teased

The artwork for Mabinogi Heroes’ 6th character, Vella, was teased a couple of hours ago. Also known as Vindictus (link) in the West, Vella is a duel sword wielder wearing metal armor according to the images released so far. She…

RIFT Korea – Free game time as popularity slides

Even before hitting the 6 month mark, the CJ Games is forced to begin a “Ascend Comeback Project” to seek quitters to join back the game.Here is how the campaign goes. For players who last logged in between 15th May…

Blade & Soul – The best cosplay so far

Cosplay was always more famous in Japan for the Asia region, but Korean cosplay team, Spiral Cats, has really left me in awe with some of their renditions of game characters. In fact, Miyuko from the team has had me…

Dragon Nest – Legal case continues

[Source] According to the latest reports, Korean studio Blueside is NOT backing out from pursuing further legal actions against Dragon Nest developer, Eyedentity Games. In my previous post (link), I posted about the update that Blueside has accepted the most…

Evolution Zero – No level cap, endless evolution

[Source] When almost all the current games, be it online, console or mobile, are aimed at gamers who are around the 20 to 30 years age bracket, this new MMORPG from Korea is instead targeting the 30 to 40 years…

YNK Korea – Founders leave ailing company

According to foreign reports, the 2 co-founders of YNK Korea have left their positions as of last week, with Vice President Kim the latest “casualty”. CEO Yi left earlier in March this year. If you noticed, YNK is formed by…

ArcheAge – Developer seeking global opinions

[Survey link] Read about ArcheAge? Watch the videos? If you are liking what you see in this sandbox online game developed by Lineage’s “father”, Jake Song, help fill up the official survey his studio is currently holding. While the game…

Diablo III – Virtual items trading hits record

[Source] What happens when the government decides to stop Blizzard from activating the Real Money Auction House (RMAH) in the country? Well, use 3rd party platforms of course! In a recent report from ItemMania, an online website providing players to…

Dragon Nest – Kali enters the nest

[Dragon Nest Europe is live!] Dragon Nest’s 6th character class, Kali, is officially added to the Korean servers earlier today. A fan/ chakram user, she is a mid-range character boasting tons of mystical spells. With her class advancements, she can…

TERA – Free to Play server opens

This news was sent to my email on 21st June by Orestes , and I will like to apologize for being such a lazy ass when it comes to reading emails. TERA Korea is celebrating its latest update, Queen of…

Dragon Nest – In danger of permanent closure

[Source] According to foreign reports, Dragon Nest Korea is on the verge of being closed down, permanently. This is due to Korean studio Blueside (link) reporting the game’s developer, Eyedentity Games, to the police. Blueside alleged that an ex-staff of…

Project MC – From the original Dungeon & Fighter team

Yes, you read it right. Project MC is a new in-development online game from the formal core development staff of Nexon’s Dungeon Fighter Online. In fact, they were also the first few who worked on Cyphers . And no, MC…

Blade & Soul – New PvP videos are awesome

Well, they aren’t exactly the standard player-made PvP videos, but developer NCsoft is the one who actually created them. Rolling out these 2 videos apparently is a brilliant move, since both showcase how PvP is exactly like in Blade &…

Blade & Soul – Commercial P2P date announced

NCsoft’s Blade & Soul will enter its commercial P2P phase on 30th June 2012, which is just a few days from now. This is also just 9 days after the game went into its free for all Open Beta phase…