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PAX East 2011 – Korean MMOs make appearances
If I am not wrong, the annual Penny Arcade Expo (PAX) seldom features Korean Free to Play (F2P) MMOs. I noticed an increase in their presence since last year at E3 2010. Well, I am still slightly surprised to see…
ChangYou previews The Duke of Mount Deer
ChangYou, one of the MMO powerhouses in China, officially went into its North America and Europe operations not too long ago. Now, the company is preparing arguable the biggest release so far, The Duke of Mount Deer. Based on the classic novel…
Dragon Nest – Winds of Change Part I
Well, Winds of Change is not the official name for this expansion for the Korean server, I just find it appropriate. Some websites have already cover this, but I guess I will be un-lazy for this time since everyone is…
Dragon Nest – Short interview for Sea Dragon update
The Sea Dragon update for Dragon Nest hit the Korean server in December 2010, while the Japanese server is getting it soon on 23rd March. As posted previously, no one on the Korean server has managed to beat the instanced…
Rusty Hearts – Teaser website is up
Not long ago, Perfect World Entertainment revealed its first external MMORPG, Rusty Hearts, to be hosted by the North America subsidiary. The teaser website for this action MMO is now up, as well as the Closed Beta signup! I am…
KnightAge – Cuteness overdose
In my over my 10 years of online gaming, I have seen my fair share of “cute” MMOs, the earliest 2 I can remember being Ragnarok Online (2002) and R.O.S.E Online (2005). Subsequently, there have been many, many anime styled…
MMOs switch to CryEngine 3
If you are an avid follower of my small blog or the Asian MMO industry, you would have heard about ArcheAge, one of the “Big 3” MMOs to scheduled to be released in Korea along with TERA and Blade &…
Frogster Interactive gets RaiderZ for Europe
Just earlier today at Game Developers Conference 2011, Korean MMO developer, Maiet Entertainment of GunZ fame signed a contract with Frogster Interactive AG, with the latter gaining the publishing rights for RaiderZ Europe (see photo below). RaiderZ is an action…
Dragon Nest – Singapore SEA server confirmed
One of China’s MMO powerhouses, Shanda Games, has confirmed that Dragon Nest will be published in Singapore as the South East Asia server in 2011. Interestingly, the CEO announced at the Q4 2010 financial results conference that Dragon Nest SEA will be…
Dragon Nest – North America teaser website opens
Well, yes, it is finally here! The first official English server for the hit action MMORPG, Dragon Nest has finally revealed its official website. Under Nexon North America, however, it is 100% guaranteed there will be an IP block for those…
Mars Wars – Join the fight!
I am known to shy away from MMOFPS, but I have my own reasons. The games are usually too short, a stingy maximum number of players in a room and… the fact that I am not exactly a skilled FPS…
Webzen confirms MU2 for 2011
Not long ago, I posted about Webzen kick-starting the halted development of MU2, the sequel of their flagship MMORPG, MU Online. In the most recent financial report for the year of 2010, Webzen reported a total revenue amount of around…
Dragon Age II – Demo footage
Well, Dragon Age II is not a MMO, but it is still of my favorite genre, RPG. Developed by famed studio Bioware and publish by Electronic Arts (EA), the game release its demo client not long ago. Honestly, I did not complete…