Webzen, which had a major revival in 2010, has gained a controlling stake in Ymir Entertainment, the developer of Metin 2. Interestingly, the move is supposedly to gain more momentum in Webzen’s push to enter the European market, with Metin…
Argo Interview – Bringing back the Age of Steampunk
ARGO Online is one of Korean developer, Mgame’s latest MMORPG. The game will be brought to Europe and North America in early 2011 by burda:ic, through its MMO portal, alaplaya. Belonging to the rare Steampunk genre, the game aims to…
Mabinogi Heroes teases Episode 8
Mabinogi Heroes, known as Vindictus in the English market, has teased its upcoming content update, Episode 8. Do note that this is only Part 1 of the planned update. So what new stuff will this update bring? In a nutshell,…
Forsaken World – Battle Arena
It has been quite awhile since I last posted any new features on Forsaken World, and I apologize due to shortage of time. College + work makes cinder a really busy boy… or guy. Small talk aside, Forsaken World China…
MapleStory Global Interview – Big Bang arrives
MapleStory is the world’s most popular 2D side-scrolling MMORPG, with the original Korean server celebrating its 7th anniversary this year. MapleStory Global, publish by the developers themselves, Nexon, was recently updated with the biggest expansion to date, the appropriately named,…
Lucent Heart – Sneak Peek preview
Gamania Entertainment, Taiwan’s MMO bigwig, has launched the Sneak Peek Beta for its latest English MMO, Lucent Heart, just a few hours ago. Invited to try out the game, I decided to do sort of a full report of my…
Age of Titan – More details released
Age of Titans, an upcoming MMO developed by I Got Games (IGG), strangely does not have a website still. Well, for whatever reason, they are choosing a few gaming sites to slowly reveal the game’s features. Touted by IGG as…
Zombie Online – 2 gameplay videos
A few weeks back, Zombie Online was first revealed in Korea, which was shortly followed by the very first Closed Beta. A few screenshots were shown, and I just happen to find some footage of the game from the Korean…
Aeria Games’ Metal Assault CBT signup
A few months ago, I reported that Aeria Games had acquired the rights for a new Korean MMO, Giga Salve. The Metal Slug-styled title has since been renamed to Metal Assault, and Beta signup is now live! The website link will be here, and you…
Dragon Nest confirmed for 3 regions in 2011
If you have read, Dragon Nest’s developer, Eyedentity Games, was brought over by Chinese online powerhouse, Shanda Games a few months back. Just a few hours ago, Shanda Games’ CEO not only announced (below) the acquisition of Dragonball Online for China, but…
Dragonball Online goes to China
Well, Shanda Games has only acquired the rights for the game in China, so don’t bring your hopes too high up for the moment. And yes, Dragonball Online finally has its 4th service area, China. As the CEO of Shanda…
War of Zombie – A preview
China’s biggest Internet company, Tencent Games, actually revealed this game last year at its annual carnival, but without much information, I did not post anything about it. Since then, the Closed Beta is nearing and I though I should do…
Xbox 360’s Ninety-Nine Nights goes online
Yeap, you read it right. Xbox 360’s classic console action RPG, Ninety-Nine Nights, is getting its very own PC online treatment soon in the form of Ninety-Nine Nights Online, or N3 Online.. One of the original development studio, Q Entertainment,…
TERA Korea to go P2P soon
TERA Korea, which recently announced its monthly fee, has confirmed to go into its commercial P2P phase on 25th January 2011, about 2 weeks after Open Beta phase started. In addition to the standard monthly fee option, there will also be options…