Phantasy Star Online 2 – Alpha application begins for Japan

This news might be 2 days old, but pardon me as I forgot about it. Phantasy Star Online, developed by Sega, is currently accepting applications for the Alpha version of the game. As you might have seen in the heading,…

NCsoft Korea adds music player into games

NCsoft Korea has teamed up with an online music company, 24hz, to provide players with in-game music without having to switch screens. The new feature will first be implemented on 3rd May onwards in Lineage 1 and Lineage 2 before…

Blade & Soul – Closed Beta 2 starts in August

The first Closed Beta phase for NCsoft’s upcoming mega MMO, Blade & Soul, ended just a few hours ago. According to an official announcement by NCsoft, the next phase will happen later this year in August. The announcement also revealed…

The Weekend Journal

To start off this post, I will like to clarify something again. There are a few rumor mongers saying that I am paid big bucks to help promote games. To kill the rumor off, I am not being paid any…

Scarlet Legacy (CN) – First impression

If you didn’t know, Scarlet Legacy is actually known as Xuan Wu Online in both Taiwan and China. Developed by Taiwanese studio, Interserv, publisher GamesCampus has gotten the rights for the North American English server. I did not try the…

Marvel Universe going Free to Play

(Source) According to an article from GameSpot, Gazillion Entertainment, which boasts online titles including Lego Universe, Marvel Superhero Squad and the delayed Jumpgate Evolution, has announced that their Next MMO, Marvel Universe, will be Free to Play. Personally, this is…

Blade & Soul – Some Closed Beta 1 footage

Before I continue, I will like to declare that these footage are NOT from me. They are gotten from various random Korean gamers who are lucky enough to get into the game. After evaluating with my friends and colleagues via…

ArcheAge Korea – Closed Beta 3 starts late May

XL Games, the developer for ArcheAge, has released a new trailer recently teasing the upcoming Closed Beta 3 phase. This round of Closed Beta will be held from 24th May to 29th May, with a total of 5000 tester positions…

TERA Korea – Expansion hits test server 4th May

For most TERA fans and followers of the original Korean server, you would have heard of the incoming mega expansion, Destruction of the Beasts which will be implemented over the next few months. The first of the updates will be…

GamesCampus reveals Scarlet Legacy

GamesCampus, a MMO publisher from North America better known for games including Legend of Edda, has teased its latest game, Scarlet Legacy. Developed by Taiwanese studio InterServ, I didn’t really bothered about the original server as I was lazy to…

Lineage (KR) goes mobile

Lineage 1, despite being 12 years old in Korea, is still one of NCsoft’s best selling game title according to the company’s previous financial report. Yesterday, NCsoft injected more youth into the Lineage 1 by revealing the iPhone and Android…

Nexon Korea – 1st gaming company to hit 1 trillion won sales

In case you are wondering, “won” is the official currency of South Korea. And yes, according to foreign reports, Nexon just became the first gaming company in Korea to hit the once-mythical 1 trillion won mark in total sales. This…

Dragon Ball Online – China server ready by this year

The CEO of Shanda Games recently announced personally on a social website that the China server of Dragon Ball Online will be ready later this year. This announcements follows the recent launch of the Taiwanese version’s teaser website. As announced…

Project BM – The future of online racing?

(Source) I fell in love with this game once I read all about it earlier today. I never really liked browser games that much, but once in awhile there will be one or two which really turned my eyes. Introducing…