Spirit Tales – The cutest media preview ever

[Game website] Known as Glory Destiny Online in Asia, Spirit Tales is 1 of the early titles from new publisher Koram Game. Is this yet another anime type of grinder from the Taiwanese developer, X-Legend, creators of Eden Eternal and…

RaiderZ – Alpha test phase announced

[Game website] After a couple of gloomy news from Korea, here is an awesome news which certainly lit up my eyes. RaiderZ, which was announced last year (link) to be hosted by Perfect World Entertainment in North America, will be…

5 Korean MMOs which announced closure in February

Well, apparently Lime Odyssey is not the only victim in the rather competitive online gaming market over in Korea. But still, let’s stick to Lime Odyssey first. According to the latest reports, Sirius Entertainment, the developer, will indeed be continuing…

Lime Odyssey – Shutting down after 100 days

In what is a shocking piece of news to me, the Korean server for Lime Odyssey Online will be shutting down on March 30, at the end of this month. Game services and the website will both be brought down…

Aion Europe welcomes F2P with new trailers

[Game website] Who would have thought Aion will be going Free to Play in just a couple of years after launch? Well, NCsoft apparently took note of the benefits of such a business model, and hence Aion Europe will be…

Otherland – Gorgeously mind-boggling

[Game website] In all these years of me playing online games and writing about them, I was never stumbled by any in terms of how to describe them and understand the game concept by just a quick look at trailers…

F2: Floating Fortress – Closed Beta 1 delayed

Much hyped in the Korean media as the successor and sequel for FlyFF, gPotato (or Gaa Net) has decided to postpone the 6-days Closed Beta 1 phase till a later date. Neither a specific period nor time was not given,…

Grimlands – The “real” shooter MMORPG ?

[Game website] Well, those are not my words, but Gamigo is apparently touting Grimlands as the “real” shooter MMORPG in its latest gameplay video. Note that it is “shooter MMORPG”, not “online shooter”… Oh well. As revealed at gamescom 2011…

Blacklight : Retribution – Open Beta begins today !

[Game website] Here is a heads-up, Perfect World’s very first online shooter, Blacklight: Retribution is hitting Open Beta today! I am not really sure if the servers are up yet though~ Developed by Zombie Studios, the game looks absolutely stunning…

Bless – Images galore for Neowiz’s mega MMORPG

Ever since the game was officially announced last year by Neowiz Games at G*Star, a few silent months passed. Bless is said to be the company’s biggest online game yet, with development team having over 150 staff and veterans hailing…

F2: Floating Fortress – Brief player kill (PK) info

I can see that the FlyFF community has been stirred by this new game from gPotato (or Gala Net), which is hailed as FlyFF’s sequel although it is not directly “FlyFF 2”. Aion on a budget? Well, each to his…

Ragnarok Online II – Off to a rough start

According to foreign reports and the official game website, it seems Ragnarok II once again is facing a rather old-school technical error on revival launch day. Other than the usual server lagging due to overpopulation, channels going down (happened just…

Firefall (CN) – Media event footage

[English website] China online gaming company, The9, threw a fancy media party to celebrate the announcement of Firefall China last week. The9 is also the majority shareholder of Firefall’s developer, Red 5 Studios. With The9 apparently swimming in cash after…

F2: Floating Fortress – Debut trailer

As the supposed sequel to the global sensation, Fly For Fun (FlyFF), F2 came as a surprise to everyone earlier this month. The parent company of gPotato, GalaNet, decided to reveal the title without the usual stunt of weeks of…