After officially announcing Heroic 3 Kingdoms (link) and Dragon Blade (link) in recent weeks, China’s no.2 online gaming company is not resting its laurels just yet. You see, the previous 2 games are both used to counter specific “threats”, with…
World of Warcraft (KR) – Gamers not biting the bait
I am sure you guys have read about the recent Scroll of Resurrection Blizzard was giving out, with current players able to send one to a former-active player, granting him some unique items and a permanent level 80 fully-equipped character.…
Dragon Nest (KR) – New dragon coming
On 1st April, which is tomorrow in Korean time, Eyedentity Games will be adding the latest dragon into their debut MMORPG, Dragon Nest. This is also part of the game’s 2nd anniversary in Korea, as well as to celebrate its…
Path of Exile – Reminder to crash the server
[Game website] A friendly reminder, Path of Exile will be entering its Public Stress Test in a couple of hours’ time. The game will be open to everyone this weekend, and that means you without a Closed Beta key. This…
Dragon Blade – NetEase reveals Game-X
China’s number 2 MMO company, NetEase, finally revealed Game-X’s name, which is Dragon Blade. Supposedly to be used to counter Tencent’s upcoming Blade & Soul, Dragon Blade is self-developed by NetEase using an in-house graphics engine, Next-B. Touted as being…
Nexon Korea – MapleStory gets hacked again
It seems like Nexon Korea is still taking its own sweet time solving the mass hack “event” which happened a few months back (link). On 23rd and 24th earlier this month, a number of high level MapleStory accounts were hacked…
Warhammer 40,000 MMO now single-player
[Source] It seems like even a giant like THQ is dying a slow death. The company just announced that the upcoming Warhammer 40,000: Dark Millennium MMO will now move forward as a single-player title. Amidst this abysmal news, a total…
Puzzle Bobble Online (KR) – Closing down …
A sad news emerged from the Korean MMO scene today, which is Neowiz Games closing down Puzzle Bobble Online just 8 months after Open Beta. The game was first announced at G*Star 2010 to a huge pop (link). While Neowiz…
Nexon Korea – CEO summoned by police
Remember the incident in Korea recently where MapleStory Korea’s account database was hacked? If you haven’t, read this link. Despite Nexon Korea giving handsome benefits to all the affected players and the management issuing a public apology (below), the police…
World Zero (CN) – Create your own world
Although this game was announced around 3 years back, I never did report about it as the concept of the game was kind of unclear for me, and there really ain’t much specific details other than sketchy press releases in…
Dungeon & Fighter (KR) – Skill reset to be removed
A piece of big news posted on the official website rocked the gamers of Nexon’s Dungeon & Fighter today, and it is generally a positive one for almost everyone. According to this notice, on April 19th, Nexon will be removing…
Rumor – Guild Wars 2 cash items preview ?
[Game website] As usual, was surfing around my usual foreign spoiler game sites and came across these pictures, which allegedly shows some of the cash items which will be in Guild Wars 2’s cash shop. I am not sure if…
NetEase teases Game-X with short footage
As posted a couple of days back (link), China’s number 2 MMO company, NetEase, is looking to reveal its self-developed and big-budget MMORPG soon. A teaser footage was shown earlier today by the Chinese media, and it no doubts resembles…
Path of Exile – Open to everyone this weekend
[Game website] Before you have doubts, note that Path to Exile will be a Free to Play title at launch, just that it is currently in Closed Beta status. This weekend’s public opening from March 30 till April 1 will…