According to the Nintendo’s E3 2011 press conference which ended just minutes ago, the President of Nintendo America, Mr Reggie Fils-Aime, mentioned that the new Wii U controller will be supporting Ghost Recon Online. While Ghost Recon Online is confirmed…
Lineage II: GoD – Awakening trailer
Apologies for shortening “Goddess of Destruction” into “GoD” as the former is probably too long to fit into the post title. First, a clarification. In my previous post, I stated that Lineage II’s first part of the expansion will be…
E3 2011 – Videos Roundup Part 1
So, instead of going all crazy and create a post for each video, I decided to gather all on a daily basis and post them together. Do note that I only upload online games for the PC, not consoles (unless…
E3 2011 – Before the show starts
Today is a really bad day. Well, I mean in terms of MMO news. There is none to be honest and I can’t help wondering if the all major Chinese, Korean and Japanese MMO journalists have been sent to Los…
The Weekend Journal
This week passed extremely fast. And I mean incredibly fast. There is nothing much this week to be honest, let’s see… Well, E3 2011 is around the corner and this year, many online gaming companies (even from Korea and China)…
Hellgate Global – First impression
Hellgate is back! Man, I never thought there would be a day I am typing this out. Ever since the original developers, Flagship Studios went belly-up and the global rights for the game went to Namco Bandai, which some how…
E3 2011 – Blacklight Retribution debuts trailer
(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…