Alchemy Stars – Introduction trailer for Umbraton faction revealed

[Pre-register] Set to be available worldwide this summer, Alchemy Stars is a new mobile RPG from TourDog Studio and published by the mighty Tencent Games as one of their rare overseas launches. A turn-based strategy RPG, the game features 6…

Paladins – Closed Beta phase begins for new team-based online shooter

[Register now] Hi-Rez Studios, creators of the hit action game SMITE, have released Paladins, a new team-based, first-person shooter, into Closed Beta on PC. Paladins combines a competitive online action experience with a collectible card progression system, giving players tactical…

Snail Games – Gameloft signs up for new OBox Android console

At the Snail Games USA booth of CES 2015, Gameloft Vice President Ludovic Blondel joined the Snail team to announce a major deal between the two companies. Snail’s exhibition has showcased their new line-up of gaming hardware, including W 3D…

Magicka: Wizard Wars – Slay fellow wizards in the Open Beta phase

[Steam page] The Open Beta phase for Magicka: Wizard Wars, the spellcasting action player-vs-player (PvP) game where misspelling is deadly, has started. Anybody can download and play and try their hand at the elementary arcane arts in 4-on-4 combat and…

Myrina – New pirate-themed online game announced for Hong Kong

Myrina is a new fantasy and pirate-themed online game in-development by Taiwanese studio, PlayCoo. The publisher for Hong Kong and Macau was announced earlier today, with it being GameCyber. Myrina seems to tread along the lines of another MMORPG, Florensia.…

SteelSeries – Peripheral for Guild Wars 2 & Dota 2

Not sure why, but it seems the SteelSeries brand has been getting deals with the more popular games, in my opinion, to produce official peripheral for them. After Diablo III, SteelSeries is now launching hardware for both Guild Wars 2…

MechWarrior Online – Razer controller revealed

[Concept website] While SteelSeries is busy manufacturing PC peripherals for games such as Diablo III and the upcoming Guild Wars 2, Razer has not exactly slack off as well. With the Star Wars: The Old Republic craze now gone like…

Monster Hunter Frontier – Last overseas server closing

Monster Hunter Frontier Online, the MMO develop by creators in Japan, Capcom, will be seeing the last of its overseas servers, the Taiwan server (including Hong Kong and Macau), come 4th September later this year. MHF, as it is affectionately…

Cabal II (KR) – Spotted at E3 2012

  According to various reports, ESTsoft is currently at E3 2012 showcasing the company’s upcoming title, Cabal II. Developed using CryEngine 3 and a sequel to the hugely popular action online RPG, a new trailer was in tow as well,…

Squadflow (KR) – New PvP trailer

First announced at G*Star 2010 and development starting way back in 2008, Hanbitsoft’s futuristic online shooter, Squadflow, is finally ready for its first ever offline Focus Group Test (FGT). I am not sure what enhancements were made, but the latest…

Eyedentity Games – A look at its new office building

It has been a long time since I covered any articles which focus on visits to Korean online games developers. While browsing through older articles, I chance upon this particular one at Ruliweb for Eyedentity Games, developer of Dragon Nest…

Darkfall – From Greece to Asia

[Game website] I normally post news about Asian games going to Western regions, but it is quite the opposite this time round. Darkfall, a sandbox MMORPG developed by Greek studio Aventurine, has signed a contract with Korean MMO developer/ publisher…

Diablo III (KR) – Government raided Blizzard offices

[Source] Basically, the Asian server for Diablo III is located in South Korea, accommodating for regions such as Taiwan as well. However, due to the enormous amount of traffic, the bandwidth hit its maximum, with thousands of gamers from both…

G*Star 2012 – Exhibition dates confirmed

The biggest online gaming event in the world, G*Star, will be held from 8th November till the 11th later this year. And yes, it is still located at Busan, South Korea, and still the biggest gaming event there is Asia…