According to NHN Korea, the peak CCU (co-current users) of the newly released P2P MMO, TERA, is around 180,000. With this number, the projected earnings from this mega title is estimated to rake in more than USD 80mil of sales…
Call of Duty Online – F2P only in China
Source – According to Activision’s recent investors’ conference call, the company will be deploying a new business strategy for the Call of Duty franchise in China. After the recent overwhelming reception of Modern Warfare 2 and Black Ops, a new…
Blizzard celebrates its 20th anniversary
Source – Seriously, how many of you gamers have not touch this company’s games before? Blizzard Entertainment, the developer behind ground-breaking hits such as the Warcraft, Starcraft and Diablo series of games, celebrates its 20th anniversary this year. This sets…
Diablo III – Release date set in 2012?
Source – In the recent Activision Blizzard Q4 2010 Financial Results Conference Call, CEO Mike Morhaime gave a hint about Diablo III’s release date, but once again being totally being vague about it at the same time. The most important…
Torchlight II delayed till July
Source – With the Xbox Live Arcade version of the original Torchlight going on sale on March 9th, Runic Games CEO Max Schaefer has announced the delay of Torchlight II, from the scheduled May till July 2011. The main reason…
Rumor – Webzen’s MU2 back in development?
Source – Once again, this is a rumor post, so please take the information with a pinch of salt. From now on, any news which is not confirmed will be getting this specific heading to avoid wild guesses and finger-pointing.…
TERA North America releases beta details
Source – It has been a few weeks since the fever of TERA’s Korea launch, and the spotlight will no doubt be casted on both the European and North American servers. En Masse Entertainment, the North American company under TERA’s…
S.U.N Online expands to Limited Edition
After the previous major update, World Edition, S.U.N Online Korea will be updated again tomorrow, with the new version coined as Limited Edition. So what major changes are there? Though details are vague, the overall skill system will be changed.…
DC Universe Online – Pay $29.99 every 3 months!
Well, I just thought I should share this information with the folks since this is my “in” game now. DC Universe Online is having a promo current;y, where players can choose the option for pay USD29.99 for every 3 months…
Neonga presents Dragon Soul
Just a few weeks ago, a good friend (and an executive at a renowned MMO company) told me about a new and upcoming MMO publisher in Europe, Neonga. Despite not knowing what game it will be publishing, he told me…
AIKA – The fight for players begins!
Nope, this is not about AIKA Epic 2, but rather the state of the game in both North America and Europe. Just a week ago, the North American server, published by gPotato, announced the unbanning of IP for European players.…
Forsaken World Interview – It is finally here!
Forsaken World is Perfect World Entertainment’s upcoming epic MMORPG, and I would like to stress that the word “epic” was not added just to make the game sound good. Forsaken World is arguably the company’s biggest MMORPG to date. The…
H2: Heroes Horizon – CJ reveals new 2D action MMO
H2: Heroes Horizon was actually announced 2 weeks ago, but I did not post it as there were no screenshots. Under the wing of Netmarble, CJ Internet’s Korean MMO portal, H2 is a classic arcade-style 2D side-scroller, much in the…
Realm of the Titans – Beta signup
As reported over the past few months, Aeria Games acquired a new China-developed MMO, which was in the style of the popular DOTA genre. If you do not know, DOTA stands for Defence of the Ancients, a popular mod for…