Saint Seiya Online – Silver Test Phase to begin later this month

After going through the debut phase, known as the Bronze Test Phase, earlier in January, Perfect World has announced the 2nd phase to begin later this month. Of course, going by the tradition of the level of armor in Saint…

Tactical Intervention – Game goes live later this month

Just a foreword, the game is only available to players in North America and Canada. Yes, there is IP block implemented by the publisher, OGPLANET. Developed by 1 of Counter-Strike’s original creator (Counter-Strike started as a mod map), Minh “Gooseman”…

Nexon Allstars – New Dungeon & Fighter character added

While Nexon Allstars is looking like an awesome mobile game, it is sadly only available in South Korea and only for Android devices… The game just added Dungeon & Fighter’s Female Slayer, and her gameplay can be seen in the…

The Phoenix Project – An indepth interview with the development team

If you are an avid follower of online gaming news or are into the superhero genre, it is hard to miss the news of Paragon Studios being shut down by NCsoft. Developer of City of Heroes and City of Villains,…

Wizardry Online – Game trailer for 2 new elite jobs

As revealed around a week back, the Japan server for Wizardry Online announced the new elite classes, Samurai, Bishop, Lord and Ninja. The trailers for Samurai and Bishop can be seen below. Samurai is more focused on imbuing the katana…

Eternal Blade – Japan server scheduled for Spring 2013 service

While Gala-Net’s North America, Europe and Brazil services were sold to Webzen a couple of days back, the development arm of the corporation, Gala Lab, remains intact with business as usual. Eternal Blade, 1 of the 2 upcoming self-developed titles,…

Mystic Fighter – New 2D action game takes on Dungeon & Fighter

Well, it is not exactly new to be honest. First announced in early 2011 as H2: Heroes Horizon, the game was then renamed Core Fight, and now, it is finally ready for launch as Mystic Fighter.   Developed by Dadam…

Undead Slayer – New mobile action RPG launches in SEA region

[Press release] Avid and newbie action gamers alike will have something to look forward to as Undead Slayer, the latest mobile gaming app from Hangame Korea, is making its inaugural debut in South East Asia. Smartphone users in the region…

Saint Seiya Online – First look at debut test phase

Well, I did not manage to get into the first test phase, but the Chinese media did. Perfect World’s Saint Seiya Online is finally available for the lucky public with keys to test play, and seen in this post are…

Black Desert – Closed Beta schedule confirmed

Just a reminder, although confirmed, the schedule is still subject to changes. Developer PearlAbyss held a press conference this morning, together with publisher Daum Communications, to announce the current progress of Black Desert. Closed Beta is scheduled for July 2013,…

Closers: Dimension Conflict – Global English preview website now up

[English website] I personally love it when Asian games put up a localized English preview website to attract potential publishers and gamers. This is the way ambitious developers should go, seen most recently with ArcheAge.   Now, Korean developer Naddic…

Hounds – New photorealistic trailer is impressive

Hounds is an upcoming online shooter developed by CJ GameLab, and it has coined the term RPS (Role-playing shooter) for itself. This game is more focused about on killing alien zombies in teams, and the English server was confirmed last…

Rusty Hearts – 2 new character classes confirmed via interview

While the China server is just preparing for the beta phase, the Chinese media got an exclusive interview with the Korean developer of Rusty Hearts. According to the article, the China server will be the first to receive a male…

Snail Game – Ambitious developer lays out future plans

At last night’s Snail Game Product Launch 2013 event, developer Snail Game announced several new titles, but I will just focus on the core MMO ones in this post (browser, social and music games aren’t interesting me).   First of…