It seems the Chinese developers are absorbing the bad habits of their English/ Japanese counterparts in announcing their big news just before a major event starts. I am referring to E3 2012, and now this prior to ChinaJoy 2012. Expected…
Blade & Soul – Celebrity-endorsed costumes go on sale
Till today, I still can’t quite get the song and dance moves out of my head. I am referring to Korean girl group Secret’s song, Shy Boy, which was used to advertise NCsoft’s Blade & Soul a few months ago.…
Gundam Online – New Alpha trailers display tons of action
Look, Gundam Online isn’t as big as Sony’s PlanetSide 2 in terms of players on a single map, but having 100 mechas on the same map is enough to make it the “biggest” game in Gundam’s history. Announced last year,…
[ChinaJoy 2012] Perfect World – New game to be announced
A few months back, Perfect World Beijing laid out its plans to release a full series of martial arts-inspired online games. Yes, the company already has titles such as Perfect World and Jade Dynasty, but apparently there aren’t “martial arts”…
Dragon Saga – Ragnarok Online invades !
Once known as Dragonica Online in some parts of the world, Dragon Saga’s Korean developer, Barunson Interactive, was bought over by Gravity Games early last year (link). Except the New Origin update (link), there wasn’t any big content patch until…
Swordsman Online – New combat trailer impresses
After going back into development for the past 12 months with just bits and pieces of information spread around the various fan forums in China, Swordsman Online is now ready to steal the show at ChinaJoy 2012 in next week.…
The War Z – Zombie shooter MMO for 30 bucks
[Source] Shoot many zombies. Actually, shoot all zombies will sound more appropriate. Coming to Steam later in 2012 for USD 30.00, The War Z takes place in a persistent online world where players’ main objectives include killing the undead (PvE),…
ArcheAge – CBT5 to be based on CryEngine 3
As some of you might have known, XLGAMES’ debut title, ArcheAge, was first developed on CryEngine 2. However, it would seem that Crytek has “abandoned” that, and instead push out the upgrade CryEngine 3 instead. Hence, ArcheAge got on the…
Guild Wars 2 – Server named after veteran gamer
[Source] It is always touching to see the mega gaming corporations doing something for the community, and in this case, ArenaNet named 1 of its servers in the upcoming Final Beta Weekend after a deceased veteran gamer. Roger “Oldroar” Rall…
Priston Tale 2 – Game closure confirmed
According to foreign reports, Priston Tale 2 Korea will be closing its servers come 30th August 2012 bringing a run of around 5 years to an end. Some reasons given include the game lacking competitiveness in the saturated MMO market,…
GUNS and ROBOTS – Enter the wild robotic west
[Press release] Masthead Studios, a leading independent game developer, announced today information about their upcoming title GUNS and ROBOTS set to release in December 2012. GUNS and ROBOTS is engaging third person online shooter with inventive character design and an…
Guild Wars 2 – Sylvari race preview
[Game website] I just noticed I have been spelling “Sylvari” as “Slyvari” all this time… Sorry, I am more of a Charr/ Asura person (finding excuses). Ok, silly ignorant mistakes aside, Guild Wars 2’s final Beta Weekend is due to…
Atlantica Online: The Rise of Atlantis
A few years back, I played Atlantica Online for a couple of months. I was always wondering, where the heck is the continent of Atlantis, with the mindset that the game’s name was derived from there. Of course, Atlantis was…
Dragon Nest – Sea Dragon curry, anyone ?
The publisher of Dragon Nest Japan, Hangame, has always spared no expenses promoting the game (Gackt was the spokesperson for the game’s launch). Who is Gackt? Well, just go Google his name 🙂 In this new marketing campaign, Hangame has…