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…
Phantasy Star Online 2 – 2nd media conference touches more on the game
Phantasy Star Online 2 held a really awesome press conference earlier to announce what its developer SEGA is planning for the latest title in the long-running franchise. Some of you might have played the English version of Phantasy Star Online:…
Wild Buster – Diablo in space with guns
Diablo in space with guns? Well, almost, I guess. This is Wild Buster (with an attached Project Titan, probably the original codename) developed by Korean outfit Star Ducks Studio. The team currently comprises of staff with around 10 years of…
ChangYou goes global with Unreal Engine 3 title
I am not really sure why ChangYou acquired this game for the global market, but I guess I have different views from their board. Touted as the first anime-styled turn-based MMO to be developed using the Unreal 3 Engine, Peach…
World of Warcraft – 2 new expansions in the works
[Source] According to website CVG, Blizzard Entertainment is currently working on the next expansion (number 5) after Mists of Pandaria while the next-next expansion (number 6) is already being pitched and planned. To add on, Blizzard COO Paul Sams claims…
Aion prepares for Free to Play in North America
[Game website] Well, the game is literally free now, since players can get to level 40 without paying any costs. Once 11th April hits, the game will be completely free. What’s more, there will be a server merge (link) in…
NetEase prepares big reveal for Game-X
Although NetEase is the number 2 online gaming company in China, it was not able to break into overseas market in its 15 years of existence, quite similar to number 1 Tencent Games. Or perhaps they did not even both…
Blade & Soul – Brief interview with the developers
With the development team of NCsoft’s Blade & Soul having a mega celebrity status in the eyes of both gamers and media in China, it is hard to let them leave the country without a few rounds of interview. Chinese…
Legend of Souls – New adult martial arts MMORPG
Korean developer CR-Space (now called Neowiz CRS after the acquisition) can really milk the martial arts genre to its maximum worth, seeing how its previous titles are all of the same genre. If you do not know, CR-Space is also…