As of this very moment, G*Star 2011 has officially begun in Busan, South Korea! Did you know that Busan houses the world largest departmental store? Did you know that Busan is actually a city by the sea? Well, it is…
[G*Star 2011] Firefall – The showgirls
(English website) Any game developer with the aim of succeeding in the competitive gaming market wouldn’t miss out the Korean market, and Firefall is no exception. As posted earlier (link), Red 5 Studios Korea will be showing the game publicly…
[G*Star 2011] TERA wins Korea Game Awards
Every year on the night before G*Star begins, there would be an award ceremony to honor the best in Korean gaming for the year. The highest honor would be the Presidential Award, which Mabinogi won last year (link). And this…
[G*Star 2011] Guild Wars 2 – Press conference footage
(Source) G*Star 2011 should be the first time Guild Wars 2 is introduced in-depth to he Korean gamers, hence there shouldn’t be any important news released at the event. In the NCsoft press conference which Lineage Eternal was announced (link),…
ArcheAge (KR) – Closed Beta 4 official statement
I was just sent an email by the good folks over at XLGAMES, the developer of ArcheAge regarding the announcement of Closed Beta 4 earlier today (link). Here is a small snippet for you guys, as the rest of the…
ArcheAge (KR) – Closed Beta 4 announced
(Korean website) The application for ArcheAge Closed Beta 4 begins today, 8th November till 4th December 2011, with a period of 27 days allocated. XL Games confirmed that 5,000 applicants will be selected for this phase, with the results be…
GranAge (KR) – New game trailers
First announced way back in 2009, GranAge is in its Final Open Beta phase in Korea, but definitely not for long before the game hits the official commercial phase. With that, 3 new trailers were found uploaded in a few…
Neowiz Games expanding into Japan
Some business news to kick-start the day off, Korea’s mega online gaming company, Neowiz Games, is slated to purchase Japanese online gaming company GameOn in a deal worth around USD 25.5 million. This includes acquiring all the company’s 22,620 shares,…
[G*Star 2011 Preview] Nexon reveals game trailers
I know I know, G*Star 2011 is still less than a week away, but I can’t help it if companies release their game trailers early. Nexon, the richest online gaming company in Korea, managed to beat all others in releasing…
Cabal II (KR) – Early game footage
(Thanks to DboFreak) Cabal II entered its very first Closed Beta phase just a few days back, and thanks to a tip off, footage of the game can now be found online. The 2 videos below are from a Korean…
Lineage II (JP) prepares for Goddess of Destruction
I am too lazy to find out about the other servers, but I guess you might have read Linage II North America (link) will be going Free to Play (no VIP member stuff, totally free) with the upcoming Goddess of…
Aion 3.0 : The Promised Land (KR) – Official trailer
So, most of the Aion fans would have read alot about the mega update coming to the Korea server in a week’s time. The update, Version 3.0, is called Promised Land (I added the “the”), and true to its motif,…
[TGC 2011] ArcheAge (CN) – Preparing for the big day
As reported earlier (link), ArcheAge China will be playable at Tencent Games Festival, with a never-played-before PvP mode shown to the public for the very first time as well as established gaming guilds having a PvP tournament there as well.…
Blacklight Retribution – Developer Diary 3
(Closed Beta signup) The Closed Beta phase for Perfect World Entertainment’s very first online shooter, Blacklight Retribution, is going on now and a third developer diary was released earlier as well. In this video, weapons, equipments, armors, mechas and all…