According to foreign reports, Mr Park, the Development Director (or Chief Producer etc) for Bluehole Studio’s maiden MMORPG, TERA, resigned on 29th July last week. This decision was said to be due to the game not meeting expectations and hitting…
Diablo III – Surprise addition to auction house
(Source) While technically not a MMO, one of the most anticipated PC games in recent years added an element of MMO to its core features. Introducing the auction house system in Blizzard’s Diablo III, where not only can items be…
AIKA Epic II: Exodus – Major content update
So, AIKA Korea got updated recently and quite a number of new updates and content were patched. For the past few months, much focus was on the PvP Tournaments for the game, hence new content is very much welcomed for…
The Weekend Journal
So, I got some help to briefly redesign my small blog and was down for a few days. I am glad to receive several emails asking me what happened to my blog and access was restricted. I apologize as well…
[ChinaJoy 2011] Crytek speaks on Warface
Warface is a new MMOFPS developed by Crytek Seoul using their latest engine, CryEngine 3, which wa sused to power Crysis 2. The unique thing about this project is that Warface is built to cater for the Asian crowd, at…
[ChinaJoy 2011] Final Combat media conference
By now some of you would have heard of Final Combat, China company Xunlei’s new online shooter. The past few videos have drawn various criticism with regards to glaring similarities with a fan favorite shooter, Team Fortress 2, but the…
[ChinaJoy 2011] Firefall to launch in December
According to an interview by Tencent Games with Red 5 Studio’s CEO, Mark Kern, the Firefall Beta for North America will being this December. Updated: The game will LAUNCH in December, not begin the beta test phase. He also stated…
[ChinaJoy 2011] Saint Seiya 25th anniversary
Well, even though Perfect World had Saint Seiya Online at ChinaJoy 2011, there wasn’t any playable demo available or anything to do with the game. The showcase is more of celebrating the franchise’s 25th anniversary, cosplay and selling some merchandise.…
[ChinaJoy 2011] ArcheAge reveals new posters
Over the months, XL Games’ founder and CEO Jake Song had been proclaiming why his latest MMO title, ArcheAge, is considered a third generation online game, taking a step ahead of current favorites including World of Warcraft and Aion. Earlier,…
[ChinaJoy 2011] Transformers Online screenshots
As mentioned in my previous posts on the game (link), Transformers Online, developed by NetDragon, will only be available for the Asia region. This is due to Jagex, the creator of Runescape, having the rights to develop a Transformers MMO…
[ChinaJoy 2011] Firefall – New class announced
Previously, it was mentioned that Red 5 Studios will be revealing the 4th class in Firefall at this year’s ChinaJoy convention. The new class (or battleframe) will be the Engineer, while information at this time is still not available. Mark…
[ChinaJoy 2011] ArcheAge China being localized
As most of you would have known by now, ArcheAge China is being published by Tencent Games. Jake Song, the founder of XL Games, gave an interview on some details for the server. To summarize, with regards to the amount…
[ChinaJoy 2011] The Penguins War trailer
Perhaps one of the weirdest title yet to be revealed at ChinaJoy 2011, this is Snail Game’s first online third person shooter (MMOTPS), The Penguins War. Perhaps a title to test the viability of MMOTPS in China, which is currently…
[ChinaJoy 2011] Asura – New class revealed
Well, I do know this game looks alot like Blizzard’s Diablo, but I am still intrigued by the fact that Tencent Games developed the game loosely based on Chinese classic Journey to the West. The 4th class was revealed earlier…