After months of online and offline events around China, Shanda Games will finally be launching Open Beta for Final Fantasy XIV on 25th August. Mr Zhang Xiangdong, Shanda Games CEO and Mr Naoki Yoshida, Director and Producer for Final Fantasy…
Dark Blood Online – Update sees the arrival of a new class for action MMO
[Steam page] Nexon GT, the creators of hit online games ‘Sudden Attack’ and ‘Dekaron’ have announced a content update for its free-to-play online game, Dark Blood Online, which features a host of new contents including a new class, ‘Thief’. The…
Phantasy Star Online 2 – An irregular summer is arriving next week
The Japanese server for Phantasy Star Online 2 has always been actively cross-promoting with anime series, and the latest collaboration will be with The Irregular at Magic High School, 1 of the top animes currently running. The update will go live on…
Dark Eden 2 – New trailer highlights costumes and environment
Released in South Korea back in 1997, Dark Eden is perhaps 1 of the oldest online games to still be running today, although all foreign servers have since closed. Earlier this year, developer Softon Entertainment announced the sequel, Dark Eden 2,…
Continent of the Ninth Seal – Free package giveaway for action game
[Game website] As summer near its end, Webzen has prepared a special event for all users, which is called the Free Level 50 Character Giveaway for the dungeon-based MMORPG, Continent of the Ninth Seal (C9). To help players out, MMO…
Journey to the West – Stephen Chow directing upcoming new game
Working in tandem with Chinese web and mobile games developer, Gamewave Interactive, it was recently announced that a Journey to the West game led by acclaimed Hong Kong actor Stephen Chow will be available later this year. A teaser preview…
Tree of Savior – International server apparently on track in latest blog post
IMC Games is back with its weekly developer blog for Tree of Savior, and this time even more classes out of the 80 are being introduced. It also seems like the developer is pushing ahead with 1 international version, rather…
Breath of Fire 6 – Official theme song announced for upcoming sequel
Capcom recently announced the theme song for Breath of Fire 6, and it is titled “In Our Hands”, performed by Haruka Tomatsu. She has an impressive list of of animes where she either sung or voiced characters, with the most…
Rusty Hearts – Perfect World shutting down action game after 3 years
[Source] As Perfect World Entertainment’s first foreign title, Rusty Hearts made waves back then with its stylish effects and graphics, and some would even say an improved Dungeon Fighter Online. But after months went passed without any game content update,…
King of Wushu – First look at wuxia MOBA crafted using CryEngine
Arriving in the near future for the PC and Xbox One, King of Wushu is a new wuxia MOBA crafted using CryEngine. Developed by the makers of Age of Wushu (or Age of Wulin), the very first game footage can…
Dragon Slayer – Closed Beta to begin in Taiwan later this month
Developed by Taiwanese studio, X-Legend Entertainment, Dragon Slayer will be entering the Closed Beta phase in Taiwan on 18th August. If you did not know, X-Legend Entertainment is famous in the English market for several games, including Grand Fantasia, Eden Eternal and Aura Kingdom.…
MapleStory 2 – New developer video touches on user-generated content
The latest developer video revealed by Nexon showcases the flexibility of user-generated content mechanisms in MapleStory 2, the upcoming sequel for MapleStory. As mentioned previously, 1 of the main reasons the game is created using blocks and tiles is to allow…
Black Desert – More about the Daum deal over at ChinaJoy 2014
As I reached the venue for ChinaJoy 2014, my first target was head right to the booth of Korean developer Pearl Abyss, whose upcoming free-to-play game Black Desert is making waves around the world. I posted a few quick questions…
Tree of Savior – New blog post talks more about customization of items
Time flies pass quick, and this is already the 10th Tree of Savior developer blog post! Helmed by the “father of Ragnarok”, Mr Hakkyu Kim, Tree of Savior is being heralded as the “true sequel” to Ragnarok Online. No publisher for any…