(Source) Another piece of bad news following the lawsuit between NCsoft and En Masse Entertainment, all Asian IPs will be blocked from the official North American servers. Yes, it means that even English-speaking nations such as my country will be…
RaiderZ (KR) – New test phase after graphics overhaul
Maiet Entertainment, the Korean developer famous for GunZ 1 and the upcoming GunZ 2, has revealed the non-target action combat MMO, RaiderZ for some time now (including a few test phases). Recently, the game surfaced again after going back to…
GunZ 2: The Second Duel – No kStyle in sequel
After going through some of the comments in my YouTube channel, there are a couple of posters who are still not sure if kStyle found in GunZ 1 will be appearing in the sequel. The answer, as noted in a…
Ragnarok Online 2 – Open Beta finally announced
(Game website) After years of delay, months of beta testing and millions of fans waiting anxiously, Ragnarok Online II (Korea server) will finally be entering Open Beta! This will happen on 22nd February 2012, late next month, burying all the…
En Masse executive replies on NCsoft lawsuit
(Source) While not exactly a long speech, En Masse Entertainment’s Vice President of Publishing, Mr Chris Lee, has apparently spoke about the lawsuit filed by NCsoft. En Masse Entertainment is the North American subsidiary of Bluehole Studio, the Korean developer…
Update – Court papers reveal plans for Lineage III
(Source) In a follow-up to the previous post on the lawsuit filed against Bluehole Studio by NCsoft, the full court papers have been spotted online, with the latter’s plans for Lineage III described in almost full details before it was…
NCsoft files lawsuit to thwart TERA launch
Just recently, it was announced that TERA will finally be launching this May (link) in North America after several apparent delays. However, according to a lawsuit filed on 13th January 2012 by rival online games developer NCsoft, the launch date…
Blizzard cancels BlizzCon 2012
(Source) Someone just sent this news to me via MSN, and I thought I should share it with everyone else. Blizzard has officially cancelled BlizzCon 2012 (this year), and will commence with BlizzCon 2013 next year instead. I am surprised,…
Eclipse of Eden (JP) – Closed Beta 1 on the horizon
First known as Last Online, then renamed to Lune of Eden for the Korean server, this particular MMORPG is once again renamed as Eclipse of Eden for the Japanese market. A non-target action MMO which some say resembles Devil May…
Star Trek Online – Beam me up, Free to Play !
(Register now) As you would have read, Star Trek Online just gone Free to Play a couple of days ago under the stewardship of the developer (Cryptic Studios)’s new owner, Perfect World Entertainment. Though I have had no qualms paying…
Nexon acquires global rights for Shaiya
In what I see as a really bizarre business move, Nexon Korea just purchased the global IP rights for Shaiya, which is developed by ChoiRock Games (formerly Sonov). With this deal, the 30-odd team members behind Shaiya will now move…
Wuji Online (KR) – Joining the martial arts family
Following the recent rush of scheduled martial arts and kungfu MMORPGs due to land in 2012, yet another one is on the horizon. The main difference is, while games such as Age of Wulin (link), Butterfly Sword Online (link) and…
League of Legends – Tom Cadwell in the house
So, as part of Tom Cadwell’s holidays and travelling, he was in town yesterday to give a small seminar about game designing, share his experiences and of course, having a Q&A session with the staff of some local development companies.…
SD Gundam Online – New regional server lands
(Closed Beta signup) No matter your gender, you would have heard of Gundam some point in your life. While Gundam Online has just launched in Japan (link), 4 nations in the Asia Pacific region will be getting SD Gundamn Online,…