[Game website] Following the announcement of the North America server, the teaser site for Special Force 2 Europe has gone live. The game was first revealed back in January, when the contract was officially signed with Korean developer Dragonfly. …
Saint Seiya Online – Cosmos burning all the way to Taiwanese shores
The first overseas server after China, Saint Seiya Online Taiwan was confirmed earlier today. The publisher, Iwan Interactive, is 1 messy company after some digging, but it has been publishing Perfect World’s online games in Taiwan. If you missed my…
ArcheAge – New trailer as countdown to debut test begins
With less than a week to go before ArcheAge China enters its first test phase, a new trailer briefly introducing the game hasĀ emerged. With the activation keys so exclusive and limited, prices of 1 key is currently trading at…
Dawngate – Electronic Arts (EA) prepares to launch new MOBA title
[Game website] Voted America’s worst company again, and after firing hundreds of employees, Electronic Arts (EA) is targeting its millions of Origin users by announcing its new MOBA title, Dawngate. Developer Waystone Games is a new studio, and rumor has…
Monster Hunter Online – First look at the mysterious Hermit Forest
Monster Hunter Online will be entering its debut Alpha test in June, and publisher Tencent Games has been releasing new informationĀ consistentlyĀ since the game was announced. The area introduced recently is simply known as Forest of the Hermit, or Hermit Forest.…
Dungeon Striker – Playing a short while in the Open Beta phase
Dungeon Striker entered Open Beta yesterday in South Korea, and I managed to log in and try the game out for a little while. The main reason why I am not continuing is due to the very prominent lag, even…
Ragnarok Online 2 – Castle siege battlefield coming to Korean server
Finally, the much anticipated castle siege/ guild wars/ War of Emperium update arrived in the Korean server today, after the regular maintenance. From now on, this event will be held on a weekly basis on Saturdays at 21:00. There will…
ArcheAge – Preview of awesome media gift bag as debut test nears
On 22nd May next week, ArcheAge China will be entering itsĀ debutĀ test phase, opening the server doors to the public (those with activation keys of course) for the very first time. Hundreds and thousands of gamers in China are still trying…
Age of Wushu – First look at the mysterious Palace of Moving Flowers
First mentioned in my previous post about an upcoming mega updateĀ (rumored to be in August) for the China server of Age of Wushu, the Palace of Moving Flowers (ē§»č±å®«) is 1 of the new factions which will be introduced. Ā A…
RIFT – North America server goes totally Free-to-Play in June
[Game website] Yes, you read it right. AfterĀ disastrousĀ trips to South Korea and China, RIFT will be converting to a totally Free-to-Play model on 12th June 2013. No more level limits, no more content restrictions, everything goes. Of course, subscribers…
GREE – Reports claim mobile gaming giant closing China operations
After retrenching about 40% of the team in SanĀ Francisco, Japanese mobile games giant GREE announced that the China office will be shutting down as well, with all employees’ final day on 28th June 2013. This news is being reported in…
GunZ: The Duel – English server closure announced
Back in the early days, the GunZ was hosted by NHN’s own North America portal, Ijji. The portal later closed down, and most of the game went under Aeria Games’ stable as part of a deal. Fast forward a couple…
Bluehole Studio – Recruitment drive begins for TERA sequel
Bluehole Studio’s debut title, TERA, is still my personal favourite when it comes to graphics and textures. I have seen developers butchered powerful engines such as CryEngine 3 and Unreal Engine 3, but in this case it did not happen.…
ArcheAge – XLGAMES apologizes to angry player in official news post
In an official news posted on ArcheAge’s website today, it was reported that a player of ArcheAge Korea caused a din at XLGAMES’ offices on 3rd May, kicking on the office’s glass walls and trying to enter the premises due…