According to South Korean publisher Actoz Games, 150,000 applications were received to enter the Closed Beta phase of Final Fantasy XIV, where only 25,000 slots were available. The last gaming region to have Final Fantasy XIV localized, it seems interest is…
[Teaser website] Wargaming today announced Master of Orion, a modern rebirth of the critically acclaimed sci-fi strategy game. The forerunner of the influential “4X” style of gameplay back in 1993 on MS-DOS and Mac OS, Master of Orion captured the…
[Alpha register] Epic Games, developer of the Unreal series of products, have been pretty silent about its online game, Fortnite, over the past months. Today, a new gameplay video was released for the Unreal Engine 4 title, showcasing the latest…
Square Enix is making good of its ambitious plans to expand into the PC Windows platform, having already announced Lord of Vermilion: Arena and Gunslinger Stratos: Reloaded for Japan. Over the weekend, it revealed yet another online game, Figureheads, which…
Two players who helped Nexon identify game bugs were rewarded by the developer recently, each getting 500,000 Korean Won (445.00 USD) in prize money. The two bugs involved an error with the “WinLicense” program, and one which allows players to…
A popular MOBA in South Korea, Cyphers will unfortunately shut down in China on 3 September. Tiancity, the default China publisher for Nexon games (after the big titles are signed by Tencent etc), has claimed that the closure is due to…
[Game website] Heroes of the Storm recently launched worldwide, and in the launch livestream event. developer Blizzard Entertainment revealed a new game map, Eternal Conflict, based on Diablo III. There is no press release detailing what the core objectives are, but seen…
[Facebook page] Promised to be hotter than summer, one of the top strategy games in China is arriving in English! Enter Thumb Empires, published by 4399en, which is aiming to take over mobile devices soon. Different from other war games, Thumb Empires boasts several…
After a couple of beta test phases, Capcom announced recently that Dragon’s Dogma Online will officially launch in Japan on 31 August, with headstart access beginning on 27 August for those who pre-order the Limited Edition. Spanning three platforms (PlayStation…
Playwith, an online PC game developer based in South Korea, recently revealed and announced the official title name of its new project, “R.O.H.A.N. II”, a game described as the true sequel to R.O.H.A.N: Blood Feud (http://rohan.playrohan.com), a world acclaimed mega…
Wanda Cinema Games have been making a name for themselves in recent years making mobile games based on Japanese anime and manga IPs, having previously developed and operated Saint Seiya: Legend of Justice and Tensura: King of Monsters. It recently…
In what should come as a major shock to most MMORPG players in general, Korean developer NCSOFT today announced a publisher for Throne and Liberty, the company’s upcoming PC + console flagship MMORPG. Following Lost Ark and Blue Protocol, Amazon…
