Sphira to launch with China server simultaneously

Last year, I reported that Gameforge received the rights to publish “Warrior King”, a MMO developed by China studio Linekong, in both Europe and North America. The game has since changed its title to Sphira: Warrior’s Dawn. The teaser websites…

Alt1 Games attack English market with Waren Story

If you are not familiar with Alt1 Games, you may find the developer familiar as the creator of the Twelve Sky series of MMORPGs. The studio first announced this game back last year, with intention to break through the English…

Nexon and NHN stop Japan operations

Nexon Japan, the Japanese branch of the Nexon Korea, has announced that the company will be stopping all operations with effect from today. This is due to concerns about the mental and physical state of its employees, and also the…

TERA Korea – The Awakening

Ever since TERA Korea went into the commercial phase back in January, the game took the top spot in several charts for a few weeks. But since then, popularity of the game has sunk due to having too many max…

Aeria Games reveal Eden Eternal

To be honest, I was shocked when the good people at OnRPG first posted this game up. Being the nosy me, I decided to quickly scour for the game’s developer and hence the original server. At first, there is not much I…

Transformers Online – 2 different MMOs to launch

While many players have heard about Transformers Online being confirmed as a full fledged MMORPG set to be released in 2012, I feel that some clarifications should be made clear. There will be TWO different Transformers Online, 1 developed by…

Age of Wulin – Notes by the boss

In case you do not know, Age of Wulin is an upcoming martial arts MMO being hosted by gPotato Europe. Don’t ask me if there will be IP blocks, I do not know lol. Along with Perfect World’s Swordsman Online,…

Forsaken World – Launch trailer

I just received this email from Perfect World Entertainment, and since the game is still currently my favorite (I am playing in the Chinese servers), I thought I should upload the launch trailer and share it with you guys. Forsaken World is…

ARGO – First impression

Welcome to another episode of “First impression”, where I play the game for a few levels and deliver some comments and opinions of my own. And yes, this is not a review, not a preview, not a walk-through etc, this is just a short…

The Weekend Journal

Hello folks, it is Sunday over here and a new week (urgh) is about to start. In the gaming world, the past week saw 2 major conventions held in North America, Game Developers Conference (GDC) and this week, Penny Arcade…

PAX East 2011 – Guild Wars 2 Panel

Well, GDC 2011 last week was dominated by Guild Wars 2, it is not any different from this week’s PAX East. The team behind Guild Wars 2 sat down with the media, attendees and fans who went to the expo…

PAX East 2011 – Korean MMOs make appearances

If I am not wrong, the annual Penny Arcade Expo (PAX) seldom features Korean Free to Play (F2P) MMOs. I noticed an increase in their presence since last year at E3 2010. Well, I am still slightly surprised to see…

PAX East 2011 – Firefall interview with Mark Kern

At this year’s PAX East, Firefall (official website) can be said to be one of the most anticipated MMO globally, together with ArenaNet’s Guild Wars 2. The game is being developed by various industry veterans, costs up to a tune of…

PAX East 2011 – Guild Wars 2 previews Thief skills

I actually kind of regret not doing posts for last week’s Game Developers Conference (GDC) 2011, so I am trying to redeem my laziness by posting some stuff about Penny Arcade Expo (PAX) East 2011 this week. You can still…