Black Desert – Closed Beta 1 ends on a high and heading to G-Star 2013

Closed Beta 1 for Black Desert ended successfully in Korea yesterday, and you can have a look at my short journey as a Sorceress and Giant with gameplay videos. Perhaps the online game I played with the best graphics for…

League of Legends – Leader of SK Gaming reveals annual earnings

[Source] The 23 year-old leader of SK Gaming, Carlos “Ocelote” Rodriguez, recently revealed to a Spanish newspaper that he is earning around USD 1 million annually. This includes merchandising income, which is over 50% of the total amount. Who says…

Nexon – G-Star 2013 lineup announced with no Mabinogi 2

Revealed back at G-Star 2012, Mabinogi 2 will apparently be missing from the lineup at this year’s event, judging from the poster Nexon just made public. The only true MMORPG will be Project NT, whose developer Thingsoft was bought over…

Black Desert – Looking at Closed Beta 1 through the eyes of a Giant

After the adventure as a Sorceress a few days back, I decided to turn my focus to the Giant character. A hulking, walking piece of muscle mass, his weapon of choice are the double axes. Once again, there are few…

Final Fantasy XIV: A Realm Reborn – Demo preview for housing system

[Game website] Most Final Fantasy XIV fans would have known about the upcoming version 2.1 patch by now, adding in tons of new content and features. 1 of the most anticipated features will be the player housing system, where there…

Icarus – Final test phase to begin tomorrow with Open Beta looming

Starting tomorrow, Icarus will be entering its final test phase in Korea after a very long period in development. Powered by CryEngine 3, new maps will be introduced, with a level cap at 30. This will expand to 50 once…

Monster Hunter Online – New trailer for upcoming Predatory Test phase

In just 2 days, the China-exclusive Monster Hunter Online will be entering a new Predatory Test phase. Other than new maps and monsters, other features such as farming, fishing, mining, herbs cultivation, and more will be added. These will no…

Forsaken World – First new class announced since launch

Shenmo, or known in the English market as Forsaken World, will be seeing its first new class since launching around 3 years ago on 7th November. I have no idea what took developer Perfect World so long, but the Blood…

Dragon Sword – New beta phase promises a world 10 times larger

I first tried Dragon Sword months ago here, but unfortunately the videos have gone down together with my old YouTube account. China’s no.2 online games developer and publisher, Netease, will be launching the non-wipe Closed Beta phase for the game…

Black Desert – First impression of Closed Beta 1 with the Sorceress

First of all, everyone should be informed that Black Desert is just in its first Closed Beta phase, with the opposing gender and a couple more classes (like the Tamer and Samurai) not yet available, including in-depth character customization. With…

Heroes of the Storm – Blizzard’s MOBA title gets a new name

Once known as Blizzard All-Stars, the new MOBA title from Blizzard Entertainment has been renamed as Heroes of the Storm ahead of its public reveal at BlizzCon 2013. The name was first rumored to be a possible World of Warcraft…

Monster Hunter Online – Daimyo Hermitaur makes its return online

The 3rd new boss was revealed recently, and it is a classic monster which made it first appearance in Monster Hunter Freedom 2 (2007). The Daimyo Hermitaur’s most significant trait is the giant skull on it back, providing supreme defense…

Fantasy Frontier – Sky Tower dungeon arrives in Taiwan server

Coming to North America soon under the name of Aura Kingdom, the original Taiwan server got updated today with the awesome Sky Tower raid dungeon. This is a 40-man raid dungeon, opening only every Saturday for 2 hours, with each…

Counter-Strike Online 2 – New crazy Pig mode for online shooter

Yes, you read it right. Nexon, the developer and publisher for Counter-Strike Online 2, announced a new game mode earlier today, the Pig mode. According to reports, players who deal a total of 3,000 health points damage in each game…