Thanks to reader “kalisss dadad” for sending this in, as we were informed yesterday that Nexon announced the upcoming closure for its PC MMORPG, Astellia, in South Korea. While the game received several update since launching this Jan, the server’s…
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Blade & Soul – Part One of Unreal Engine 4 update arrives next week
As with most major game updates for Korean titles, they are usually separated into different parts. For the “Complete” update of Blade & Soul switching to Unreal Engine 4, it seems that developer NCsoft has split it into 2 parts,…
Vespa – King’s Raid developer suffers massive losses as global expansion continues
Korean developer Vespa Interactive, the team behind the super-popular mobile RPG King’s Raid, recently announced its financial numbers for the 3rd quarter of 2019 (from July to September). In all, this 3-month period recorded sales of around USD 15 million,…
Lineage 2M – Quick look at starting gameplay on Purple in 4K resolution
Lineage 2M launched in South Korea a couple of days back in South Korea, and perhaps there was more buzz about the Purple software than the game itself. Currently in its beta version, key features such as live-stream are missing,…
Lost Ark – Quick look at expiring recruitment posts for English server
It has been a few weeks since we talked about the progress of Lost Ark, and we have been getting many requests for regular updates (which is impossible). So here are some of the latest details we found after a…
V4 – Nexon announces PC version of Unreal Engine 4 mobile MMORPG
Out of the blue, Nexon today announced that a PC version of V4 (Victory 4) is arriving in South Korea this December. Launched just recently, V4 is one of the few high-graphics mobile MMORPG titles which can hardly run on…
Lineage II: Remastered – Work begins on Unreal Engine 4 renewal project
Following the impending upgrade of Blade & Soul from Unreal Engine 3 to Unreal Engine 4, the internal “upgrade” team has moved on to a new target, Lineage II. According to a new NCsoft job posting for the “L2:Remastered” project,…
Purple – NCsoft holds media event to officially introduce emulator software
Earlier today, NCsoft held a media event to introduce its brand-new game software, Purple. Announced a few months back, Purple was developed to allow cross-platform play for Lineage 2M between PC and mobile devices, hence removing platform restrictions many other…
T1 – Head coach of most successful League of Legends team ends contract
T1 (formerly SK Telecom Team 1) today announced the end of contract of its long-time head coach, Kim Jeong-gyun “kkOma,” and he is currently exploring other options while T1 management is trying to get him to stay. 2 other first…
G-Star 2019 – Demo gameplay videos to round up the annual event
G-Star 2019 ended yesterday, and even though companies such as Pearl Abyss and Netmarble brought on a great show, I still feel the ripple effect of Nexon and NCsoft missing out on the annual event. Something just feels missing. Nevertheless,…
Project Arena – New Unreal Engine 4 MMORPG supports PC and mobile cross-platform
Following up on Project Pendion (all these are just temporary names) from NGEL GAMES is Project Arena, an Unreal Engine 4 title currently in development as the first title of NGEL GAMES’s newly-established studio. At first look, Project Arena might…
Project Pendion – Ambitious PC + mobile RTS game prepares for global invasion
Taking a quick break from the big 2 of Pearl Abyss and Netmarble at G-Star 2019, there are also smaller publishers in the public consumer hall, such as NGEL GAMES. Granted, they are focused on South Korea and is just…
Crimson Desert – New flagship MMORPG is a prequel with story-heavy single-player campaign
Finally, we have arrived at Crimson Desert, Pearl Abyss’ upcoming flagship title after Black Desert Online. Crimson Desert has been confirmed to be a prequel to Black Desert Online, but the game will not feature many recognizable elements. It was…
DokeV – Flashy new MMO from Pearl Abyss was originally a mobile MMO
One of the new games which the house of Black Desert, Pearl Abyss, announced at G-Star 2019, DokeV was originally conceived as a mobile game before heading to console and PC as its main platforms. However, a mobile version is…