Just a piece of quick news here, the Open Beta for Perfect World Entertainment’s 2011 flagship MMORPG, Forsaken World, has been brought forward 2 weeks. The Open Beta will now begin on 9th March 2011. This applies to the North…
Frogster Interactive gets RaiderZ for Europe
Just earlier today at Game Developers Conference 2011, Korean MMO developer, Maiet Entertainment of GunZ fame signed a contract with Frogster Interactive AG, with the latter gaining the publishing rights for RaiderZ Europe (see photo below). RaiderZ is an action…
Dragon Nest – Singapore SEA server confirmed
One of China’s MMO powerhouses, Shanda Games, has confirmed that Dragon Nest will be published in Singapore as the South East Asia server in 2011. Interestingly, the CEO announced at the Q4 2010 financial results conference that Dragon Nest SEA will be…
Luna Online developer to halt Korean services
According to Korean media, Eyasoft, developer and publisher of Korean games including Luna Online, Iris Onlin, Legend of Edda and Mo Siang Online (or Dark Story Online), announced its decision to halt its game services from 1st June 2011. The…
Dragon Nest – North America teaser website opens
Well, yes, it is finally here! The first official English server for the hit action MMORPG, Dragon Nest has finally revealed its official website. Under Nexon North America, however, it is 100% guaranteed there will be an IP block for those…
The9 – Venturing into the English MMO market
Chinese MMO developer and publisher, The9, has announced its arrival in the English market by setting up its own gaming portal, The9 Hub and revealing its very first title, Three Kingdoms Brawler. About a year ago, I wrote about how…
Dungeon Keeper Online confirmed for US market
Thanks to an alert OnRPG member, it has been confirmed that Dungeon Keeper World is getting ready for a US release sometime in the future, under the game title Dungeon Keeper Online. Since my previous posts, not much details have…
Mars Wars – Join the fight!
I am known to shy away from MMOFPS, but I have my own reasons. The games are usually too short, a stingy maximum number of players in a room and… the fact that I am not exactly a skilled FPS…
ArenaNet – A walk through the studio
Ever wondered what does it look like in the working areas of ArenaNet, developer of the world-renown Guild Wars and the upcoming sequel, Guild Wars 2? Established in the year 2000, the studio joined Korean MMO giant NCsoft as on of…
Age of Wulin – Teaser site opens
Thanks to a thread posted at the OnRPG forums, I got to know that the Age of Wulin teaser website has now officially gone live! While some may see it as yet another oriental MMO from the East, this game…
S.U.N Online Limited Edition – Developer chat
Just yesterday, the Korean server for Webzen’s S.U.N Online got its latest major content update, Limited Edition. One of Korea’s top gaming websites, GameMeca, sat down and have a chat with the developers regarding this new expansion and touch a…
Webzen confirms MU2 for 2011
Not long ago, I posted about Webzen kick-starting the halted development of MU2, the sequel of their flagship MMORPG, MU Online. In the most recent financial report for the year of 2010, Webzen reported a total revenue amount of around…
Dragon Age II – Demo footage
Well, Dragon Age II is not a MMO, but it is still of my favorite genre, RPG. Developed by famed studio Bioware and publish by Electronic Arts (EA), the game release its demo client not long ago. Honestly, I did not complete…
TERA Korea – Current status report
Before I start, please be informed that all these information is gathered from various Chinese, Taiwanese and of course, Korean media. It has been nearly month since TERA Korea went into its Pay to Play (P2P) phase, and with much…