NHN Korea, the publisher for Mythic’s MMORPG, Warhammer Online: Age of Reckoning, has just announced today that the game will be shutting down on 30th September 2010 without even going into a Open Beta phase. One reason was due to…
Korea Games Conference 2010
Well, although not really a convention to announce new games as compared to the upcoming G*Star in November, the annual Korean Games Conference is just as important within the gaming industry. To celebrate its 10th year anniversary, there will be…
Forsaken World (CN) Open Beta on 16th Sep… Sort of.
You must be wondering why did I add a “Sort of” in the title for this post. Well, Open Beta has actually been announced on 16th September 2010 for the Chinese server of Forsaken World, But the official announcement comes…
MMO Culture hits 50,000 views in August
Well, Blogger introduced its very own stats system recently to allow blog owners to have a look at the traffic in their sites. I was just having a look around and was pleasantly surprised to seee that there were over…
Hellgate: Tokyo adds new feature
Hellgate: London, which was upgrade to Hellgate: Tokyo by Korean developer, Hanbitsoft, has just announced a new feature which will soon to be added into the Korean servers. It is called “Defence Mode”. and will Players will need to team…
Ragnarok 2 disappoints again
As you all might have read, Ragnarok 2: Legend of the Second, a revamped version of the original Ragnarok 2, went into its first Stress test recently. After reading many reports and reviews from both Korean and Chinese gamers, it…
Square Enix to publish Wakfu in North America
Ankama, DOFUS game creator, announced on 3rd September with regards to its alliance with Japanese gaming giant, Square Enix. Square Enix will be the publisher of Wakfu in North America, servicing the Windows, Mac and Linux platforms.. Based on a…
Red 5 Studios reveals Firefall
A few days back, I posted about Webzen revealing Red 5 Studios’ new MMO, Project T, at this year’s PAX 2010. Well, the game has now been revealed to be a Free to Play MMO named Firefall. Former lead designer…
Some changes to the blog
Hello folks, it may seem like I was missing-in-action over the past few days, but I was actually busy setting up and coding the blog’s new layout with an expert. Many thanks to Anshul Dudeja, who was really helpful in…
Path of Exile – New Zealand studio reveals debut MMO title
Seeking to break into the Free to Play MMO market, New Zealand studio Grinding Gear Games has revealed their maiden MMO title, Path of Exile. As described on the official website, Path of Exile is a free online-only action role-playing…
ArcheAge’s China rights sold for USD40mil
According to foreign reports, the rights for upcoming MMORPG epic, ArcheAge, has been sold to China MMO giant, Tencent Games for a reported price of USD40mil. Last year, another China MMO bigwig, Shanda Games, bought the rights for Aion from…
Webzen to unveil Project T at PAX 2010
According to foreign reports, the now fully revived MMO publisher and developer, Webzen, will unveil their latest MMO, Project T, at the upcoming PAX 2010. Project T has been in development by Red 5 Studios since 2006, and part of…
Eyasoft reveals Project D’Light
Developed by Digital Garden, a studio under Korean developer Eyasoft, Project D’light was just revealed recently. Eyasoft is no doubt riding high now, with many of its MMORPGs being brought over to the market, including LUNA Online, Titan Online and…
PWE reveals Battle of the Immortals expansion
Well, it seems Perfect World Entertainment is really quick to have revealed this teaser video. Following the announcement by Perfect World Beijing of the China server’s re-branding to BoI2, PWE’s staff has confirmed days ago it will be a mega…