(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…
Transformers Online (CN) – Preparing for launch
So, if you have not read my previous posts, there are actually 2 Transformers Online game in development. This particular one is from Chinese developer NetDragon, officially announced a few days ago and it will be a third person online…
Dragona Taiwan – Pet system preview
So, the Closed Beta for Dragona Taiwan is still going on and I thought I should give it a final spin before playing too much and spoiling the fun myself when the global server comes. I will just like to…
Nexon buys into Luna Online developer
Korean MMO giant, Nexon, has announced acquiring 20% of developer Eyasoft’s stocks. Eyasoft is well-known for various of it online game titles, including Mo Xiang Online (or Titan Online), Luna Online, Legend of Edda and Iris Online. Earlier in this…
Rumor – Red 5 Studios and Webzen going to court
According to foreign reports, Red 5 Studios and Webzen are going to court over the publishing rights for Red 5’s maiden online game, Firefall. Although I posted about the major unrest about the 2 companies before, let me summarize again.…
Mabinogi Heroes – Chapters 9 and 10 looming
There is not much news today, so I thought I would post some information about upcoming updates for Mabinogi Heroes, otherwise known as Vindictus in the English market. In the upcoming 2 chapters which will be added by this year,…
Monster Hunter Frontier – Korean server closing
First posted as a rumor a few days ago, it has now been confirmed that Monster Hunter Frontier’s Korean server will be closing on 31st August later this year. The cash shop will also be closed earlier on 2nd June…
Ghost Recon Online – More details released
(Source) Ubisoft announced Tom Clancy’s Ghost Recon Online yesterday, a new free-to-play entry in the popular military action series being developed at the company’s Singapore studio. The title, which is accepting applications for a planned closed beta launch this summer,…
Rumor – XL Games working on Civilization Online
Following the announcement made a few days ago, rumors are rampant within the Korean gaming industry on which of 2K Games’ title will be developed as an online game. Various Korean media outlets have been reporting that a well-placed industry…