(Teaser website) Perfect World Entertainment announced today its partnership with Zombie Studios to publish its next-generation, adrenaline-pumping first person shooter (FPS) Blacklight™ Retribution. A sequel to Zombie Studio’s Tango Down, Blacklight Retribution will be shown for the first time at…
Clarification – Luna Online and Iris Online
In my previous post, I revealed that Nexon had bought over 20% of Korean developer Eyasoft’s shares. Eyasoft’s online games included Luna Online, Iris Online and Legend of Edda. All 3 games have since stopped its service in Korea and…
Jagex reveals Transformers Universe
(Source) Back in March, Jagex and Hasbro announced that they had joined forces to create a Transformers MMO. Today, they revealed the game’s name: Transformers Universe. Players can how head over to the Transformers Universe site to register for the…
CJ Entertainment & Media – Top executive departs
It was announced earlier today that one of CJ Entertainment & Media top executives, Mr Whon Namkoong (below), had left the Korea’s biggest media company. Mr Whon was the Head of Games Business for the past 17 months, spearheading much…
E3 2011 – Perfect World reveals sci-fi online shooter
It seems like Perfect World Entertainment is very successful in pulling off surprises recently, with the sudden purchase of Cryptic Studios from Atari as the opening sequence. In an email I received earlier, Perfect World revealed its first online shooter…
E3 2011 – New trailers for Rusty Hearts and RaiderZ
Perfect World Entertainment, the North American arm of Chinese MMO giant Perfect World, released the official E3 trailer for their upcoming games just recently. Rusty Hearts (2011) will be the first external title published by PWE which will soon be…
ArcheAge Korea – WoW was inspiration
(Source) At yesterday’s annual Nexon Developers Conference (NDC), the creator of NCsoft’s Lineage and founder of XL Games, Mr Jake Song, talked about the thought process he had in creating the company’s maiden online title, ArcheAge. Please note that this…
TERA Korea – Major server merge coming
Earlier today, NHN Korea, the publisher for TERA Korea, announced that the game will go through its 2nd major server merge on 2nd June 2011. More recently, NHN Korea posted the company’s latest revenue and earnings, with TERA not meeting…
Mabinogi II – New artwork revealed
(Source) Nexon Korea, which is holding the annual Nexon Developer Conference (NDC) currently, has revealed new artwork for Mabinogi II. The sequel to Mabinogi, the game was revealed to be in development since early last year. So far, only the…
Perfect World buys over Cryptic Studios from Atari
Atari has announced the sale of Cryptic Studios, the maker of online games such as Star Trek Online, City of Heroes and Champions Online to China’s Perfect World. Perfect World is paying 35 million euros, or $49.8 million in cash…
Rumor – Civilization Online going to China
According to an anonymous industry insider earlier today, China’s Tencent Games has acquired the rights for Civilization Online, which is the rumored title Take-Two and XL Games are working on for the past year. The insider stated that Tencent Games…
Lineage and Lineage II (China) going to Tencent Games
As rumored several weeks ago, the rights for Lineage and Lineage II (China) were going to Tencent Games, the biggest online gaming company in China after NCsoft’s contract with Shanda Games was not renewed. Despite signing Blade & Soul, no…
Dragonica Japan – New Origin preview
Also known as Dragon Saga in the North American market and Dragonica in the South East Asia market, Dragonica Japan has just teased the next major expansion to the game and storyline. If you did not know, the game’s developer…
The Weekend Journal
I just finished yet another school assignment minutes ago… Phew! Let’s see, what have I got for this week’s weekend post… Oh yes, please join my new Facebook page! And… and… Oh yes, E3 is coming soon in around a…