It was never in doubt who the spokesperson was after a teaser last week about “captain”. South Korea’s national soccer team captain, Park Ji Sung, is now confirmed as the face of FIFA Online 3. Currently, there is a possible legal…
[06 Aug – 12 Aug] Weekly Korea rankings
This week, FIFA Online 2 dropping 11 places down is the main highlight. This is probably due to publisher Neowiz Games getting into a possible legal case with developer EA Korea, with FIFA Online 3 announced under Nexon as well.…
Blade & Soul – “Activation keys” selling for sky high prices
With the “First Impression” test phase coming up for Blade & Soul China on 16th August, online e-shops are selling activation codes for the game. No surprise there, but didn’t Tencent Games announced that there will be no keys? It…
Mirror War: The Holy Revival – New game footage
Announced way back in 2010, Mirror War apparently went into Open Beta yesterday in Korea. An arcade-style shooter, there are various MMORPG elements as well. Remember Valkyrie Sky? Well, Mirror War can be seen as an “upgrade”, with dungeon traps…
Xuanyuan Sword Online – Taiwan’s “Final Fantasy” goes MMO
First teased in earlier in May this year in a new games announcement conference, Codename X7 was the only product by China MMO developer ChangYou without an official name. Yesterday, Codename X7 was revealed to be Xuanyuan Sword “7″ Online. …
Mabinogi II – Nexon says sequel will launch in 2012
It is this time of the year again when public listed companies dish out a few surprise information here and there during their quarterly financial calls and showing of financial reports. Nexon, the MMO giant from Korea, is not exempted…
Cyphers – Marketing campaign invades the subway
While it is common for most Asian MMO companies to hold big launch events for their games, all these efforts will then go on a down-slide and eventually into obscurity. However, a couple of the big companies will still do…
PlanetSide 2 – Advertising fee paid to Didier Drogba revealed
Back in June, Chelsea legend Didier Drogba left the club and officially signed for China’s Shanghai Shenhua, which was owned by MMO publisher/ developer The9’s CEO. Roped in to promote the upcoming PlanetSide 2 as well, the fee paid to…
TERA – Lawsuit between NCsoft and En Masse settled
Remember the lawsuit NCsoft filed against En Masse even before TERA launched? This legal dispute has now been settled out of court, with no details provided by either side. This is certainly a piece of good news for the beleaguered…
RaiderZ – Closed Beta rolls out in US and EU
So, Closed Beta is finally here for RaiderZ, a personal favorite of mine after following its Korean release since last year. There are 2 different regions, the North America server under Perfect World and the Europe server under Gameforge. You…
Mabinogi Heroes – Vella added as Season 2 update continues
As part of the mega summer content update (Season 2) for Mabinogi Heroes, Vella has been added to the roster today as the game’s 6th character. Wielding 2 swords, she may represent current character Lann, but her actions and speed…
ArcheAge – Closed Beta 5 interview
After a brief teaser at ChinaJoy 2012 talking to the Chinese media, XLGAMES is now preparing for ArcheAge Closed Beta 5 in Korea. A media conference was held as the date draws closer to 16th August, with ArcheAge’s development staff…
Dragon Nest – Low level videos for Kali
So, Kali was added to Dragon Nest Taiwan a couple of days back, and I managed to draw out an hour or so to give this new class a try. Designed with the intention to be super sexy, Kali is…
World of Tanks – Update 8.0 to enhance game physics and graphics
My eyes must be seeing things. I thought that version 7.5 was just rolled out on the various World of Tanks servers around the world, and almost immediately there is a trailer for the upcoming version 8.0 update, where graphics…