Guild Wars 2 – Beta Weekend thoughts

[Game website] The Beta Weekend event will be ending in less than 12 hours, but I think I have seen enough for now. As the first public beta with many, many more players, there are obviously various technical hiccups, though…

Torchlight II – Pre-order and access Neverwinter CBT

[Pre-order here] A major investor in Runic Games and the owner of Cryptic Studios, Perfect World Entertainment is now cross-promoting Neverwinter and Torchlight II. By pre-ordering Torchlight II, gamers will have guaranteed access to Neverwinter’s Closed Beta phase. However, note…

War of the Immortals – Lost Omen update announced

[Press release] Perfect World Entertainment Inc. today announced Lost Omen, the first expansion to the widely popular free-to-play MMORPG, War of the Immortals , available to download for free on May 10, 2012. Lost Omen takes the Atlantean war between…

Survarium (RU) – From the creators of S.T.A.L.K.E.R

It is my very first time posting about a Russian (RU) online game, and it is special because I personally played S.T.A.L.K.E.R and this small blog apparently has many visitors from Russia as well. Ok, Survarium is not technically a…

TERA Japan – Blood graces new trailer

Talk about irony. In a week where TERA Europe removed the blood option 1 week from launch (link) and only to reinstate the effect after furious gamers hit out (link), TERA Japan released a new trailer showing a small, yet…

Guild Wars 2 – Beta Weekend installation quick guide

So, I read that a couple of folks are finding it hard to locate the English client download for Guild Wars 2’s Beta Weekend. I did a small guide below and hopefully you will find it useful starting from the…

World Zero (CN) – A brief guide to world creation

Last month, I first posted about Shanda Game’s upcoming MMORPG, World Zero (link). Having touched on the kind-of-unique world creation system, I thought I would talk more about it. World Zero takes place in a Chinese martial arts setting, which…

TERA Europe – Where is the blood and guild emblem ?

Thanks to reader Ales86 for sending this in. European publisher Frogster apparently removed the blood effect from TERA Europe, a decision just weeks away from the game’s official launch. Frogster apparently need to do so to hit the 12+ game…

KnightAge heading to English shores

[More info] According to foreign reports, cute and anime-styled MMO, KnightAge, will be heading towards English shores soon. The publisher is reported to be Joymax (link), famed for Silkroad Online. Developed by Korean studio Sesisoft, KnightAge is also known as…

Mabinogi Heroes (KR) – New pet system

I am around 2 weeks slow on this news, so do accept my apology. Mabinogi Heroes introduced the new pet system recently, and it looks super cute despite feeling a little bit out of place. The pet can be summoned…

NCsoft developing new MOBA title ?

Known earlier as Action Real-time Strategy (Action RTS), followed by the term Multiplayer Online Battle Arena coined by Riot Games for League of Legends, the Aeon of Strife (AOS) genre has comed quite a long way evolving from the Dota…

Sony trying to patent offline MMO events ?

[Source] Is Sony for real? The embattled mega Japanese corporation, which is undergoing massive restructuring to cut losses, has filed a patent for a program that would, as the source states, “encourage gamers to head into the daylight for organized…

En Masse replies, does not earn my brownie point

[More info] After a couple of days of court sessions and a verdict in Korea laid on a few ex-NCsoft employees, Bluehole Studio’s North American subsidiary, En Masse Entertainment, finally stepped out and address the growing concerns for TERA’s English…

Dragon Nest SEA – The Academic class is landing !

[Game website] According to a quick check, Dragon Nest SEA will be the first English server to get the new Academic class on 24th April, with Nexon’s North American server yet to post any news or teaser about her. Well,…