Ragnarok 2 – Closed Beta application starts

As announced by Gravity on 11th August, they will be accepting Closed Beta applications for the newly revamped Ragnarok Online 2 Closed Beta till the 25th. The first phase of the Closed Beta will last 7 days, from 31st August…

Flagship alumni form BitFlip Games

Well, this is certainly some old news (their website was up since January this year), but it was a well-kept news I guess. 2 of the 3 founders of new studio, BitFlip Games, are alumni of the now defunct Flagship…

Journey to the West Online – Global conference

As I have mentioned in June this year, Chinese developer, Linekong, has teamed up with Vietnamese company, VTC Online, to publish the games in 7 languages (including English, Spanish, Russian, Japanese, Bahasa Indonesia, Thai and Hindi) and in 12 countries.…

Arcadia Saga gets English publisher

According to foreign reports, Japanese developer Rosso Index’s latest MMORPG, Arcadia Saga, has been snatched up by German publisher, Innogames. Arcadia Saga, which was developed after Pandora Saga, puts players in a land 50,000 years in the future, where they…

Rumour – EA buying into Perfect World Beijing

Well, not Perfect World Entertainment, but the headquarters in China, Perfect World Beijing. According to reports, EA, which unsuccessfully tried to break into the China gaming market previously with The9 (EA had been dumping their shares in The9), is trying…

Soldier of Fortune Online – Gameplay trailer

Dragonfly, the developer for the upcoming Soldier of Fortune Online, has just release some screenshots of the game itself. While I doubt the gameplay trailer is an official one (some players were chosen for an early beta already), it will…

Transformers Online confirmed

Well well well, no one really thought this will happen, eh? Probably the biggest announcement (after Mabinogi Heroes China) so far at this year’s annual ChinaJoy convention, Hasbro and Netdragon has revealed that they will be working to develop Transformers…

HoTK Interview – Staying true to a classic

Heroes of Three Kingdoms is one of Perfect World Entertainment’s upcoming MMORPGs due this year. The game is based on the historical Warring States Period, stamped into the annuals of history in Romance of the Three Kingdoms, one of China’s…

Swordsman Online – Trailer for Shaolin clan revealed

Just before I was about to turn in for the day last night, this video was uploaded onto the game’s website =.= Despite feeling grouchy, here is the latest trailer for Perfect World’s upcoming martial arts MMORPG, Swordsman Online. This…

Hero:108 Interview – The winning formula

Hero:108 is an upcoming action MMO developed through the joint efforts of Taiwanese developer Gamania and Cartoon Network. A similarly named cartoon is currently shown on Cartoon Network in several countries, including North America, the United Kingdom, Germany and Italy.…

Swordsman Online – Brief look at 2 ultimate skills

If you have not read about it, Swordsman Online is one of the latest MMORPG revealed by Perfect World Entertainment to be released for the English market in the future. Swordsman Online looks to be one of the most sophisticated…

Forsaken World – Rifts

The features found in Perfect World Entertainment’s upcoming MMORPG, Forsaken World, is so plentiful, I had to delay posting some just to make sure no one gets an overload over the game. As you have already knew, Forsaken World will…

Blade Wars Interview – Movie grade martial arts

ChangYou can be counted as one of the newest MMO publishers to set foot in the western market, who primarily focus on the development and publishing of Free to Play MMO titles. The company is no “newbie” to the MMO…

Soldier of Fortune Online – First trailer

If you did not read about my previous post, Activision and top Korean MMOFPS developer, Dragonfly, has jointly developed Soldier of Fortune Online, based on the hit console series of games bearing the same name. The game will be restricted…