The Legend of Tibet – Official beta test phase to begin in July

With Diablo III somehow still not available in China, NetEase, Blizzard’s long-time partner in the country, decided to pull out its own self-developed title, The Legend of Tibet. As you can imagine, the feel and look of the game is…

Icarus – CryEngine 3 title finally takes flight early next month

Delayed for several years, Korean developer WeMade Entertainment has finally announced the first Closed Beta for Icarus to begin on 2nd May. Crafted using CryEngine 3, Icarus is quite the beauty to the eyes, as seen in the trailer below.…

HeroesGo – New action MMO from the developer of Cabal Online

[Game website] I remember about this game from a couple of years back, but somehow it escaped under my radar. Developed by ESTsoft, best known for Cabal and Cabal 2, this is HeroesGo, a new action MMORPG.   The publisher…

Dragon Nest 2 – CEO confirms sequel in early development stage

According to a Senior Vice President of Shanda Games, Donghai Qian, the sequel for Dragon Nest is currently in its early development stage. Speaking to reporters at the 17173.com awards event in China, he mentioned that Dragon Nest 2 will not…

The Magic Sword Online – New martial arts title out to impress

It seems like every major MMORPG developer in China is working on a “next-gen” martial arts title currently, and Tencent Games is certainly not satisfied with just Blade & Soul. The Magic Sword Online (天涯明月刀) is the company’s upcoming trump…

Blade & Soul – Art director reveals release window for English server

[Source] Elle, an illustrator & gallery painter currently based in South Korea, recently had the opportunity to tour NCsoft’s office with her Korean friend. Being a huge fan of Hyung-Tae Kim, art director of Blade & Soul, she was led…

Monster Hunter Online – Debut trailer highlights unity is strength

The birth child of the collaboration between Tencent Games and Capcom, below is the first look at Monster Hunter Online, all using in-game assets. This CryEngine 3 masterpiece will enter its first beta phase in June.   Yoshinori Ono, the…

Naruto Online – Official turn-based browser game revealed

The reveal of Naruto Online being a turn-based browser game might disappoint gamers, but then again it is the first licensed Naruto game to go online.   Naruto Online will feature the Five Great Shinobi Countries as the available factions:…

Monster Hunter Frontier G – More anime tie ups as update nears launch

With the new “G” expansion coming in 3 days, Capcom has announced a couple more anime tie ups for Monster Frontier Online after the Fate/ stay night collaboration. Ok, Miku is not necessarily part of an anime series, but she…

Swordsman Online – New features detailed as 2nd test phase nears

After years in development and even more years being delayed, Swordsman Online (笑傲江湖) finally entered its 1st test phase a couple of months back. With tons of bugs and errors, the experience was not really an enjoyable one for many,…

Saint Seiya Online – Game enters final test phase later this month

[More info] Saint Seiya Online, currently only available in China, will be entering the Gold Test phase on 22nd April. With official license granted by IP owner, SEGA Japan, the game is 1 of the most unique ones I have…

Monster Hunter Frontier G – Saber and Archer joins the great hunt

With the many anime cross-overs with games in Japan, one should not be surprised to see this collaboration coming despite the difference in themes. Fate/stay night’s Saber and Archer will be made available to players soon, which I presume are…

Counter-Strike Online 2 – Mabinogi Heroes’ Evie added as new character

Even though Counter-Strike Online 2 is still in closed testing in South Korea, it made some news when female characters were announced, a first for the Counter-Strike series. Developed and published by Nexon, Evie from Mabinogi Heroes (or Vindictus) was…

Black Desert – Developer reveals new game feature

While just a short description, developer PearlAbyss just revealed that Black Desert will see monsters attacking villages/ towns “sometimes”. If the defense of the locations fail, the NPCs’ services will unavailable. This will last until the location is reclaimed by…