Mabinogi Heroes – Getting cosy with 30 players

Mabinogi Heroes, developed by DevCat and published by Nexon Korea, has released 2 new trailers displaying new features involving 30 players in a single map. The first will be a 30-man PvP map while the second is a 30-man PvE…

Hellgate Global – Signup for Closed Beta starts

Just 4 days after the teaser website for Hellgate Global was launched, the official Closed Beta signup is now open! Players will need to create an account at T3Fun, the English MMO portal for Hanbitsoft. Following that, there are 2…

Saint Seiya Online – Sega confirms deal with Perfect World

(Source) According to Japan’s biggest gaming website, 4Gamer, Sega Corporation has just confirmed that it has signed a contract with Perfect World for the rights of Saint Seiya Online. This news was first posted last month in my blog. According…

Forsaken World – Gaze of Larex update preview

(Source) Hundreds of thousands of gamers have already jumped in the world of Forsaken World. But, just as some think they have a good grasp on this world, a new evil rises up. After the fall of the mighty beast,…

Hunter Blade – Beginner footage

As some of you might have known, I actually played the China-developed Hunter Blade late last year during a phase call Public Beta. You can see the post I made here. Since getting a new gaming system, I was able…

Rumor – Monster Hunter Frontier (Korea) closing

According to a foreign report, the Korean server for Monster Hunter Frontier will be closed in the near future. NHN Korea confirmed that the publishing rights will not be renewed and details are still being sorted out. The company will…

Guild Wars 2 – Engineer class revealed

(Source) Masters of mechanical mayhem, engineers tinker with explosives, gadgets, elixirs, and all manner of deployable devices. They can take control of an area by placing turrets, support their allies with alchemic weaponry, or lay waste to foes with a…

Webzen prepares Xenocide for Closed Beta

Xenocide (full name Xenocide: Archlord Chronicle) was first revealed to the masses a few months back by its developer, Webzen Korea. A spinoff title from the company’s other MMORPG, Archlord, it is inevitable that there are many resemblances. However, Xenocide…

Planetside Next – On the way to China under new name

If you haven’t heard, Planetside Next is the supposed title for the sequel from Sony Online Entertainment. Not much news was posted and there isn’t an official website yet, but the game has been officially shipped out to the China…

[Hangame eX 2011] Project R1 – Return of the King

The “King” I am referring to is actually Mr Hakkyu Kim, also known as the “founding father” of Ragnarok Online when he used to be under Gravity. Years after he founded IMC Games, created Granado Espada and even longer after…

[Hangame eX 2011] Kritika – All in the name

The only action-based MMO in Hangame eX 2011, much of the attention had been on this game as it apparently won a design award during its development phase. Why did the post title stated the term “All in the name”?…

[Hangame eX 2011] Acheron – Summons the key

As part of Hangame eX 2011’s lineup, Acheron is the only online game developed using one of the current big 2 graphics engine, Unreal 3 Engine. The game aims to focus on individual gameplay with the aid of secondary summons…

Hellgate Global announced

I think I am 2 days behind this piece of news, but hey, there is just so much stuff one guy can do! Korean MMO company, Hanbitsoft, which bought the global rights from Namco Bandai in January last year, has…

Project A4 – From the creators of A3 Online

(Source) Anyone remembered a MMORPG called A3? It was one of the hottest online games around 5 years ago, touted as the first adult-only title to come from Korea. It was the first online game I experienced where Open Play…