China developer claims MMO completed in 3 months

As the competition in China’s MMO industry heats up, with new online games being churned out almost ever week, it will really take something special to garner notice. This is especially true for developers who are aiming to get the…

Spirit Tales – The cutest media preview ever

[Game website] Known as Glory Destiny Online in Asia, Spirit Tales is 1 of the early titles from new publisher Koram Game. Is this yet another anime type of grinder from the Taiwanese developer, X-Legend, creators of Eden Eternal and…

Rumor – ArcheAge heading to the big screen ?

This is something which I just read off a sometimes not-so-reliable foreign news website. According to the article posted, XLGAMES is in talks with a couple of Hollywood studios to potentially bring the story behind ArcheAge to the big screen,…

RaiderZ – Alpha test phase announced

[Game website] After a couple of gloomy news from Korea, here is an awesome news which certainly lit up my eyes. RaiderZ, which was announced last year (link) to be hosted by Perfect World Entertainment in North America, will be…

5 Korean MMOs which announced closure in February

Well, apparently Lime Odyssey is not the only victim in the rather competitive online gaming market over in Korea. But still, let’s stick to Lime Odyssey first. According to the latest reports, Sirius Entertainment, the developer, will indeed be continuing…

Lime Odyssey – Shutting down after 100 days

In what is a shocking piece of news to me, the Korean server for Lime Odyssey Online will be shutting down on March 30, at the end of this month. Game services and the website will both be brought down…

Aion Europe welcomes F2P with new trailers

[Game website] Who would have thought Aion will be going Free to Play in just a couple of years after launch? Well, NCsoft apparently took note of the benefits of such a business model, and hence Aion Europe will be…

Otherland – Gorgeously mind-boggling

[Game website] In all these years of me playing online games and writing about them, I was never stumbled by any in terms of how to describe them and understand the game concept by just a quick look at trailers…

F2: Floating Fortress – Closed Beta 1 delayed

Much hyped in the Korean media as the successor and sequel for FlyFF, gPotato (or Gaa Net) has decided to postpone the 6-days Closed Beta 1 phase till a later date. Neither a specific period nor time was not given,…

Warface – Going to Korea and Taiwan

After Russian and China, Crytek’s first online title is set to arrive in South Korea and Taiwan in the near future. The publisher will be Nexon, which recently confirmed getting yet another online shooter for the English and European market…

Grimlands – The “real” shooter MMORPG ?

[Game website] Well, those are not my words, but Gamigo is apparently touting Grimlands as the “real” shooter MMORPG in its latest gameplay video. Note that it is “shooter MMORPG”, not “online shooter”… Oh well. As revealed at gamescom 2011…

Blacklight : Retribution – Open Beta begins today !

[Game website] Here is a heads-up, Perfect World’s very first online shooter, Blacklight: Retribution is hitting Open Beta today! I am not really sure if the servers are up yet though~ Developed by Zombie Studios, the game looks absolutely stunning…

Bless – Images galore for Neowiz’s mega MMORPG

Ever since the game was officially announced last year by Neowiz Games at G*Star, a few silent months passed. Bless is said to be the company’s biggest online game yet, with development team having over 150 staff and veterans hailing…

Kritika – Making its way to China

I thought I should share this news to refresh readers about the game’s existence. In yet another exclusive for Mainland China. Kritika, which was revealed last year, will be hosted in China by the country’s biggest online games operator, Tencent…