Dreamhaven – Blizzard co-founder Mike Morhaime reveals new gaming venture

After leaving the corrupted hell-hole known as Blizzard Entertainment since April 2019, co-founder and former president Mike Morhaime has kept a rather low profile. Earlier today, he finally revealed what he has been working on – Dreamhaven, a new company…

Raziel: Dungeon Arena – Mobile “hack & slash” action RPG launches with no auto-combat

Raziel: Dungeon Arena, a brand-new dungeon crawler ARPG, launched recently for both Android and iOS devices. Raziel offers old school, hack and slash gameplay and features an extensive single player story mode, boss battles, and multiplayer dungeon raids. The story…

Seven Knights II – South Korean server begins pre-registration next month

Netmarble today announced that its next flagship game, Seven Knights II, will begin pre-registration on 7 October for the domestic Korean server. Officially announced since 2017, it seems like Seven Knights II is being prepared for a launch later this…

NCsoft – Korean gaming giant is buying massive parking lot to build a new R&D center

According to several Korean news outlets, gaming giant NCsoft is in the process of purchasing a massive temporary parking lot in Pangyo, Seongnam, as seen in the photo below. NCsoft plans to build a “global R&D innovation center” the location,…

Microsoft – Software giant buys The Elder Scrolls developer for $7.5 billion

[Official press release] Microsoft today announced it has closed a deal to take control of ZeniMax Media and its game publisher Bethesda Softworks, the company which made games such as DOOM and The Elder Scrolls franchise. Under the terms of…

Mir 4 – Mobile MMORPG sequel achieves over 1 million pre-registrations in South Korea

Perhaps the biggest game launch in South Korea for end 2020, it was announced today that Mir 4 has captured over 1 million pre-registrations thus far. Developed by Wemade and co-publish with Kakao Games, the Mir IP is one which…

World of Warships – Celebrate the Transformers collaboration with $50 item code for new players

[Play free now] Starting today, iconic Transformers characters will roll out in World of Warships as part of an exclusive time-limited collaboration between Wargaming and Hasbro. Players can align with the heroic Autobots – Optimus Prime and Bumblebee, or their…

Eternal – Closed Beta phase for new mobile MMORPG announced for Japan

Following a few months of silence, Japanese developer Asobimo finally announced that its new mobile MMORPG, Eternal, is starting the official Closed Beta phase. It will begin from 13 October to 21 October in its home country. Available on both…

Mir 4 – Wemade and Kakao team up to promote new mobile MMORPG in South Korea

In case you did not know, the “Mir” IP (also known as 传奇)was involved in a legal tussle over the past few years between Wemade and a couple of Chinese developers. While technically it was Shanda (now known as Shengqu…

Shin Hokuto no Ken Musou – Koei Tecmo uses Dynasty Warriors combat for new mobile game

Koei Tecmo recently announced a new action mobile game based on the classic manga IP, titled Shin Hokuto no Ken Musou for the local Japanese market. If you did not already know, the IP is known as Fist of the North…

A3: Still Alive – Netmarble confirms PVP mobile MMORPG for global launch

Netmarble recently announced their next mobile title for global launch, A3: Still Alive. Launched in South Korea for some months now, this game is based on A3, a classic PC MMORPG which focuses on ruthless PK and PVP. We tried…

Lost Ark – Japan server announces official launch date

After months of beta testing, Japanese publisher GameOn today announced that the local server of Lost Ark will officially launch on 23 September at 15:00 local time. The client download begins on 11 September, while early character creation takes place…

ArcheAge 2 – Jake Song announces Unreal Engine 5 MMORPG sequel

Earlier today, various Korean gaming websites posted interview articles with Jake Song, the prodigy who was part of the original Lineage team and went on to create games such as ArcheAge and Moonlight Sculptor under XLGAMES. The big reveal was…

Overhit – Nexon is shutting down Korean server of UE4 mobile RPG

Following the closure of Overhit‘s global server on 14 July a few months back, publisher Nexon today announced that the original Korean server is sunsetting as well. The turn-based hero-collection Unreal Engine 4 mobile RPG will see its last day…