In a shock announcement yesterday, Nexon confirmed that Dragon Nest Korea’s publishing rights will be handed over to Actoz Soft in a contract lasting 3 years. All current user data will be moved over as well starting from now till…
RaiderZ – North America and Europe servers prepares for Open Beta
[Game website] Perfect World Entertainment’s 2nd Korea-developed F2P game, RaiderZ, will be going into Open Beta on 24th October, which is around 2 days away if you have not bought the Founder’s Pack. An action-combat MMORPG, I personally feel the…
[G*Star 2012] Bless – Neowiz Games prepares to conquer the show
Bless, revealed by Neowiz Games at G*Star 2011, will once again be the company’s star attraction at this year’s show. What started out as just an internal ambitious project has now spawned a totally new subsidiary studio with over a…
[G*Star 2012] Icarus – WeMade reveals star attraction
First announced back in 2009 and known as NED: The New Era of Fantasy, Korean MMO publisher and developer WeMade Entertainment brought the game back to the drawing board for a couple more years of fine tuning. Developed using CryEngine…
Kritika – Closed Beta 2 gameplay videos
Kritika entered Closed beta 2 recently, with more content and skills made available. Developed by All-M, the makers of LuniaZ, Kritika’s core focus is on stylish, fast and graphically pleasing combat. From what I have seen since the game’s announcement,…
Aion 4.0 – NCsoft reveals Shooting Star preview trailer
1 of the 3 new upcoming classes for NCsoft’s Aion version 4.0, the Shooting Star class got its first preview trailer earlier. This made me realize why Blade & Soul’s new class isn’t a gunner-type, but rather a melee one.…
Forsaken World – Wolf race disappoints with uninspired design
I have always been a big fan of Perfect World, till the point that it was my dream company to work in when I first stepped into the MMO industry given its self-development and self-publish business model. But after playing…
Dungeon & Fighter – New zombie mode for Halloween
Nexon Korea added in a new zombie mode for Dungeon & Fighter recently, just in time for the Halloween season. In this mode, a minimum of 6 (maximum 8) level 15 characters will enter the dungeon, where 2 players will…
Asura – 6 classes’ trailers gather as Closed Beta phase looms
If you missed out on this game, Asura is a China-developed MMORPG launching in a few months’ time, with a single-player version as well, with some different elements compared to the MMO version. Created by Quantum Studios of Tencent Games,…
EverQuest Next – “Largest” sandbox MMO to be playable next year
Not to confuse readers, EverQuest Next will be playable at next year’s SOE Live event, not in retail. EverQuest Next, or EverQuest III, was teased nearly 2 years ago, and at SOE Live this year, more information was given out…
[G*Star 2012] Nexon confirms 1 new game to be revealed
Less than 3 weeks till the annual G*Star convention begins in Busan, South Korea, Nexon has announced the major online games it is set to display. These include FIFA Online 3, Warface, Counter-Strike Online 2, Pro Baseball 2K new content…
Dragon’s Prophet – North America publisher announced
[English website] The identity of the North American publisher kind of took me by surprise, as the company wasn’t dipping into Asia-developed games until recently. The publisher is Sony Online Entertainment (SOE), the developer behind the Everquest franchise and PlanetSide…
Star Wars: The Old Republic – Force(d) to Pay preview trailer
In another masterstroke by EA Bioware, the F2P options for SWTOR coming this fall were revealed a couple of days ago to ogling fans all over the world. With restrictions such as weekly passes required to join instances (called Operations)…
Archlord II – New mini-trailers showcase Human and Orc races
Webzen has never been enthusiastic about more promotional trailers for Archlord II, and it is puzzling why so. Hence, despite these 2 videos being real short, I guess it is better than having nothing. While loving the design, graphics and…