Yesterday, the South Korean server of Lineage 2 went fully Free-to-Play along with adding the new Death Knight class. Of course, the auto-farm convenience system went online as well. Not much information was revealed about the Death Knight until a…
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Assault! Ragnarok – Gravity holds media conference to preview new game
First announced a couple of weeks ago, Korean games company Gravity teased a new game based on its Ragnarok IP, roughly translated as Assault! Ragnarok. Yesterday, a media event was held to provide more official details about the game. It…
Netmarble – Mobile games giant reports substantial drop in Q2 profits
It is the time of the year when the publicly-listed companies report their financials for the 2nd quarter (April to June), and Netmarble has just released theirs. The biggest item which we noticed is the drop in operating profits, which…
Pearl Abyss – Black Desert studio announced massive financial results and updates on new games
Pearl Abyss, the acclaimed developer of Black Desert Online, today announced its financial earnings for the most recent quarter. Since the document is all in Korean, I will talk about the important numbers such as Q2 2019 having the company’s…
Nexon – Korean gaming giant will not be at G-Star for the first time in 14 years
According to reports from South Korea, Nexon has announced it will not be attending this year’s G-Star game exhibition (at least in the public halls) for the first time in 14 years. The reason given by Nexon is to “focus…
Lineage 2 – Death Knight class and auto-farm system announced
NCsoft today announced that a new class, Death Knight, is arriving on 14 August for the Korean server of Lineage 2. There is no actual screenshot nor trailer for the Death Knight right now, but he is said to be…
NCsoft – Guild Wars 2 on mobile mentioned during financial call
NCsoft recently published its financial results for the 2nd quarter of 2019 (from April to June), and once again the South Korean developer and publisher was saved by Lineage. Currently at 21 years old, the recent Remastered update and Free-to-Play…
Ragnarok Online – Gravity announces new Ragnarok title for South Korea
Korean games developer and publisher Gravity today announced it will be launching a new MMORPG based on its popular Ragnarok IP this September. Titled “으라차차, 돌격! 라그나로크” (the first term is something hard to translate), this new game is a…
Nexon – Korean gaming giant rumored to have big internal merger next month
According to the Korean media, Nexon will merge both its mobile and PC games business units next month in a major overhaul. This is rumored to be due to the canceled sale of Nexon, as no satisfactory price was offered…
Lost Ark – Assassin class arriving in Korean server later this month
First teased by developer Smilegate earlier this month, it was announced today that the new Assassin class will arrive in the Korean server of Lost Ark on 31 July 2019. It will be the 5th main class along with Warrior,…
MapleStory – Ho Young the Reckless Sage joins as new playable character
Just a few hours ago, Nexon dropped the 3rd part of the massive summer update for the Korean server of MapleStory. The highlight is none other than Ho Young, the new playable character known as the Reckless Sage! According to…
Kritika Online – Spear-wielding idol character teased for action MMORPG
Even thought the SEA server of Kritika Online was closed by Asiasoft in 2017 and more recently the North America server being closed by publisher En Masse Entertainment, the team at developer All-M is still working on new content for…
Mabinogi Heroes – Bel arrives in Korean server as 15th playable character
Late last week, Mabinogi Heroes welcomed its 15th playable character in the form of Bel, an axe-wielding melee punisher who is actually a descendant of… woodcutters. Yes, I kid you not. Apparently Bel has an eternal curse placed upon her,…
Dragon Nest – New spin-off class arrives in South Korean server
It has been sometime since we posted anything about the PC version of Dragon Nest, and today the South Korean server got updated with a couple of new content. Obviously, the star of this update is the new spin-off class,…