[Press release] SANTA CLARA – April 18, 2012 – Aeria Games, a leading publisher of free-to-play online multiplayer games, today announced its receipt of a strategic investment from So-net Entertainment Corporation, a listed subsidiary of Sony Corporation, to further strengthen…
Aeria Games announces Waren Story
[Beta signup] Looks like Aeria Games is stocking up on PvP-focused online games these few weeks. Previously, it was announced in Korea that the publisher will be hosting DK Online for the English market (link), and today Waren Story is…
Former NCsoft staff jailed for Lineage III leak
[More info] After months of legal battle between NCsoft and Bluehole Studio, the developer of TERA, the Korean court officially charged a group of ex-NCsoft staff working on Lineage III with leaking confidential information with regards to the project. In…
Codename K (CN) – ChangYou’s answer to Blade & Soul ?
As mentioned in my previous post (link), China MMO developer and publisher ChangYou revealed a number of titles which are in development, including “World of Shadowbane”. While the China gamers are all awaiting Tencent’s Blade & Soul China server, rivals…
Eyedentity Games developing 3rd online game
After announcing Dungeon Striker (link) just a couple of days ago, Korean media website Inven confirmed that the company is currently developing a “large scale” MMORPG as its 3rd game. While details are scarce including the name and genre, the…
Garena signs Club Mstar for Southeast Asia
Garena has always been known to be more of a company hosting PvP games such as Heroes of Newerth, League of Legends and most recently Firefall (link) in the Asia region, hence today’s news came as a surprise to me.…
Guild Wars 2 – Counting down to pre-purchase
[Pre-purchase website] It is 10th April over here, and I think in less than a day the pre-purchase for Guild Wars 2 will begin. Guild Wars was one of the rare 3D MMORPG which my brother enjoyed playing (he actually…
TERA Taiwan reveals monthly fee
TERA will be hitting Taiwan next after Korea, Japan and North America, and at the publisher OMG’s company event, the CEO (pictured below) candidly talked about some details behind thrashing a deal with developer Bluehole Studio. Apparently, Bluehole Studio stood…
Blizzard continues shedding staff in Korea
A couple of weeks ago, Blizzard Entertainment announced laying off around 600 staff globally from the company. Many point towards the sliding number of World of Warcraft users as the main catalyst. Just 5 days ago, it was announced World…
Counter-Strike Online 2 (KR) – Developement confirmed
As you can see in the official game logo above, Counter-Strike Online 2 is confirmed to be in development. Similar to its prequel, Nexon Korea will be developing the game, using Valve’s latest version of the Source engine. The sequel…
DK Online – Confirmed for North America and Europe
If you have not read about DK Online before in my blog, do visit my previous posts (link) on the game. Basically, DK Online is a massive online PvP title, with an in-depth Baron hierarchy system which allows players with…
NetEase teases yet another new game
After officially announcing Heroic 3 Kingdoms (link) and Dragon Blade (link) in recent weeks, China’s no.2 online gaming company is not resting its laurels just yet. You see, the previous 2 games are both used to counter specific “threats”, with…
World of Warcraft (KR) – Gamers not biting the bait
I am sure you guys have read about the recent Scroll of Resurrection Blizzard was giving out, with current players able to send one to a former-active player, granting him some unique items and a permanent level 80 fully-equipped character.…
Dragon Nest (KR) – New dragon coming
On 1st April, which is tomorrow in Korean time, Eyedentity Games will be adding the latest dragon into their debut MMORPG, Dragon Nest. This is also part of the game’s 2nd anniversary in Korea, as well as to celebrate its…