Forbes Billionaires – Online Gaming Edition 2011

Just that you guys know, I read ALOT. From gaming to software, from hardware to entertainment, from entertainment to politics and also business. Well, I only read the interesting ones though. Forbes released its annual global billionaire list for 2011 not long ago,…

ChangYou previews The Duke of Mount Deer

ChangYou, one of the MMO powerhouses in China, officially went into its North America and Europe operations not too long ago. Now, the company is preparing arguable the biggest release so far, The Duke of Mount Deer. Based on the classic novel…

Dragon Nest – Winds of Change Part I

Well, Winds of Change is not the official name for this expansion for the Korean server, I just find it appropriate. Some websites have already cover this, but I guess I will be un-lazy for this time since everyone is…

Dragon Nest – Short interview for Sea Dragon update

The Sea Dragon update for Dragon Nest hit the Korean server in December 2010, while the Japanese server is getting it soon on 23rd March. As posted previously, no one on the Korean server has managed to beat the instanced…

Rusty Hearts – Teaser website is up

Not long ago, Perfect World Entertainment revealed its first external MMORPG, Rusty Hearts, to be hosted by the North America subsidiary. The teaser website for this action MMO is now up, as well as the Closed Beta signup! I am…

Blizzard Entertainment – A look at the company’s history

Blizzard Entertainment celebrates its 20th anniversary this year, and a new video was released recently with various key members of the company talking about the company’s beginnings and growth into the current mammoth. It is a really inspiring video to…

Webzen lays out plans for 2011

Korean MMO company, Webzen, which went into a meltdown some years back, managed a remarkable revival in fortunes since 2010. Buying over NHN Games, setting up its global English MMO portal and taking over Ymir Entertainment, the company has braved through…

Forsaken World – SEA server confirmed

Well, I am not very sure of this decision, I myself absolutely hate it. The publishing rights for Forsaken World in countries including Singapore, Malaysia, Thailand and the Philippines have been given to… Cubinet Interactive, via its MMO portal, Cubizone. This is…

Perfect World brings RaiderZ to North America

Just a few days ago, the European server for RaiderZ was confirmed to be published by Frogster Interactive. Today, Perfect World Entertainment has confirmed to be bringing the same 3D action MMORPG to North America as well! It will be…

Mabinogi 2 – New technology sighted

Well, I can’t think of any awesome heading for this post, so this current one will do. But still, Mabinogi 2’s new engine, called the Helper-Joint. The system was built from the bottom by the skillful developers over at Nexon…

Dragon Nest Global – Closed Beta Signup

After various lingering rumors about the English servers after North America’s, the answer is finally out – It seems that all the regions outside of North America will be consolidated into the Global server, including Europe since there is the…

The Weekend Journal

Ok, 2 weeks back I tried to come up with something call the Weekend Rant, and I know that it didn’t go as well as I planned with the content. So, I will be using the more generic term, “The…

HEVA Online – First impression

From time to time, I give some games a test run to see how it actually plays out. This is definitely not a review of any sorts, just my impression of the game during the first few levels and matching…

KnightAge – Cuteness overdose

In my over my 10 years of online gaming, I have seen my fair share of “cute” MMOs, the earliest 2 I can remember being Ragnarok Online (2002) and R.O.S.E Online (2005). Subsequently, there have been many, many anime styled…