Universum: War Front – Kickstarter campaign looking to global online play

[Kickstarter page] A new Kickstarter campaign was just highlighted to me, and it is titled Universum: War Front. Powered by Unity Engine and Nvidia PhysX, Universum allows players to play in various modes, such as RTS (top view) and FPS/…

Half-Life 3 – Valve reportedly files trademark for game sequel

[Source] The logo above is fan-made, so hold you horses. But in actual news. the folks at NeoGAF found out that Valve has actually filed trademark for Half-Life 3, the sequel which made folks wait for nearly a decade now.…

Black Desert – Closed Beta signup begins with limited slots available

Closed Beta signup for the Korean server of Black Desert started a couple of hours ago, with apparently only 5,000 slots available for this very first phase. As usual, interested players will need a Korean mobile number for verification.  …

Strife – “Second Generation” MOBA arriving in Southeast Asia

After Strife was announced for the western market and China, the new MOBA by S2 Games is arriving soon in Southeast Asia, with the partner being Asiasoft. S2 Games is also known the developer of Heroes of Newerth (HoN). The…

Core Masters – New promo trailer as Open Beta remains unscheduled

Announced last year, Core Masters is 1 of the new MOBA titles which is still under development after 1 Closed Beta phase. There should be nothing to worry about, since the publisher is industry bigwig Neowiz Games.   Contrary to…

City of Titans – Kickstarter to launch soon for new superhero online title

Born from the ashes of City of Heroes and City of Villains, Missing Words Media was formed to salvage the situation. The Project Phoenix was formed to re-create an entirely new superhero online game, and if you are interested in…

Zhuxian 3 – Perfect World officially announces major game update

Also known as Jade Dynasty in the North American market, the China server will soon be getting its next major game upgrade from Zhuxian 2 to Zhuxian 3. Note that this is not a new game, but the China companies…

MU: The Genesis – Teaser trailer released for upcoming mobile title

Announced back in October last year, the first teaser trailer for MU: The Genesis was revealed earlier today. Not much information is available, though it will apparently not be a direct port of the online title, with much strategy needed…

Hero of the Obelisk – Dungeon Hero arrives for the English market

[Register now] Known in Korea as Dungeon Hero and developed by Eyasoft of Luna Online and Legend of Edda fame, European publisher GBE Games announced Hero of the Obelisk recently, with Closed Beta due to begin on 10th October 2013.…

Priston Tale – 2 new classes being tested for classic online title

Man, the memories I had with Priston Tale before my high level account was hacked… Back to topic, the Korean test server for Priston Tale just added 2 new classes for testing, being the Assassin and Shaman. The English server…

Nosgoth – Canceled Legacy of Kain sequel revives as an online PvP game

[Register] Once the sequel to 2003’s Legacy of Kain, the title got canceled abruptly. Yesterday, it was revealed to be revived as a Free-to-Play online game, Nosgoth, with publisher being Square Enix and heading towards Steam. There is currently no…

ArcheAge – Publisher provides latest update for English server

[Register] Well, there isn’t actually any concrete information about Closed Beta, but it seems Trion Worlds is hinting that the game is not really ready to be shown to the public now, not weeks but in months. The publisher recently…

Bless – New developer videos from Korea Games Conference 2013

Perhaps not wanting to lose the spotlight to Black Desert, developer Neowiz Bless released several new videos showcasing the development process and technologies used for Bless. Powered by Unreal Engine 3, Bless took the gaming scene by storm with its…

Black Desert – Game demo videos from live media event

As mentioned in my previous post, Korean developer PearlAbyss held a live media conference earlier today to showcase their first online title, Black Desert, announcing the Closed Beta date as well. The Korean media are out in full force on…