Folks were emailing me about Blade & Soul going “2.0” in Korea, but after looking around, NCsoft hasn’t started labelling the game with a version number, but rather “Chapter 1” or “Season 1” of the game has been ended, with…
Burst Sky – A brief look at Closed Beta 2 for new arcade shooter MMO
More famous recently for Dragon Sword, China MMO developer/ publisher NetEase has also launched Closed Beta 2 for its arcade-style shooter, Burst Sky. First announced late last year, I finally got my hands on this game, and was really entertained…
Dragon Quest X Online – PC version set for September release in Japan
Currently running just on Wii and Wii U in Japan, developer Square Enix has announced that the PC version of Dragon Quest X: Rise of the Five Tribes Online will be heading to the PC systems on 26th September. Similar…
Monster Hunter Online – New gameplay video from Chinese media
Despite the minimal activation keys going around for the debut test phase, publisher Tencent Games is still doing massive promotion on several gaming websites. 17173.com, one of the country’s big gaming news outlet, released a few game videos from its…
HeroWarZ – Closed Beta 1 gameplay videos for new action game
A.Storm is a new developer in South Korea, but heading the studio is Kim Yoon Jong, the man responsible for leading Nexon’s Dungeon & Fighter and Cyphers back in their early days. HeroWarZ is its maiden online game, which focuses on…
Age of Wushu – New faction and character trading system revealed
Let me start by the supposedly “good” news first. After the reveal of Palace of Moving Flowers, Rootless Clan, and the school-less factions (3 more to be mentioned below), Snail Game announced the 4th new faction coming to the China…
Kingdom Under Fire II – Indonesia publisher announced for epic title
[Press release] Qeon proudly presents the newest “AAA” quality online game, which will be launched soon in Indonesia, Kingdom Under Fire II. With a unique and impressive gameplay, we believe Kingdom Under Fire II will give a new gaming experience…
Kingdom Under Fire II – Southeast Asia publisher announced
After the Taiwan server was announced a few months back, Korean developer Blueside has confirmed that Kingdom Under Fire II will be heading to 4 countries in Southeast Asia, under the rather obscure publisher, Leadhope. Leadhope is actually a…
Titan War – Closed Beta phase is now live right in your browsers
[Press release] Titan War, the first English 3D MMORPG under gaming portal WinnerHub, has officially entered its Closed Beta phase on 21st June 2013. Without a need to download any client or having a powerful PC, players will experience an epic MMORPG…
Monster Hunter Online – Preview for final map in debut test phase
I am not really sure how to translate this even though I know Chinese, but I shall call the new area Dawn Woods. This is the final area in the upcoming debut test phase client, and the very first area…
Mabinogi Heroes – The incredible Hurk rampages his way through
As mentioned in my previous post, Mabinogi Heroes will be seeing its 7th character in its annual summer update starting from July. His name is confirmed to be “Hurk”, wielding a mean greatsword while destroying anything in his path. A…
Yulgang 2 – Mark of Chaos Wulin update sees the return of faction wars
Later today (20th June), Yulgang 2 will welcome its biggest content update since launching a few months ago in Korea. Named as “Mark of Chaos Wulin”, the update will see the 2 opposing factions’ (Order and Chaos) main cities appearing,…
Fantasy Frontier – From the makers of Spirit Tales and Grand Fantasia
X-Legend is perhaps the only premier MMO developer in Taiwan, with games such as Finding Neverland Online (or Eden Eternal), Spirit Tales and Grand Fantasia all being exported worldwide. The developer has just announced its new title, Fantasy Frontier. …
World of Tanks – New artillery units prepare to rain down destruction
[Press release] Wargaming, the leading free-to-play MMO developer and publisher, today announced that Update 8.6 is now available in Europe and rolling out to the rest of the world later this month. Southeast Asia will see the update go live…