Dragonica Japan – New Origin first look

I hate it when game publishers and websites pull such a stunt after I had a tiring day at work. Dragonica Japan will be updated with the New Origin patch in a matter of hours, and once again the biggest…

Mabinogi Heroes – Chapter 9 gets updated again

The updates for Mabinogi Heroes, one of Nexon Korea’s best online titles, is getting an update… again! With Chapter 10 and Kai the Archer looming, the developers decided to patch new content before the big one comes. In the Song…

Duke of Mount Deer Online – First impression

Before I begin, please be informed that this is just a small preview, with me barely scratching the core content even at level 40. Duke of Mount Deer Online is based on Louis Cha’s final martial arts novel, developed for…

Rusty Hearts (KR) – 4th character teased

Rusty Hearts North America will be going into Closed Beta soon, and the Korean server today teased about the upcoming 4th character (shown above), the gun-slinging Natasha. From the teaser video below, it seems that she will be able to…

The Weekend Journal

Hello folks, how was your week? Mine started off slow but suddenly picked up speed near the end of the week… phew. I am working on the small preview for ChangYou’s multi-million MMORPG, Duke of Mount Deer Online and it…

Duke of Mount Deer – Development costs breakdown

In order not to overshot the frame size, the game’s title has been cut short from the full name, “The Duke of Mount Deer Online”. Developed by Chinese MMO giant ChangYou over a period of 4 years, “industry veterans” have…

Wizardry Online – A brief walkthrough Part 1

(Source) I am sure by now most of the people visiting my blog would have heard of Wizardry Online developed by Gamepot Japan. It was also on show earlier at E3 2011 with a really neat press conference. Top Japanese…

Firefall – Webzen admits lack of funds

For the past few months, I have been posting about the saga between Red 5 Studios and Korean MMO company Webzen over the publishing rights for Firefall. Today, Webzen finally admitted that the company has ran into serious financial problems…

TERA Korea begins paid services

TERA Korea, published by MMO giant Hangame, has officially revealed its paid services program. The system works pretty much like World of Warcraft’s, where players pay an extra fee to customize some of their characters’ features. There are 4 option…

Steam opens up new Free to Play section

Lo and behold, guess who jumped on the Free to Play online games wagon? It is non other than Steam, the world’s biggest digital games distribution platform! While not all titles are available yet, I am certainly surprised to see…

ChoiRock Games fire Berkanix team

Korean MMO developer and publisher, ChoiRock Games (originally Sonov) fired the entire Berkanix team from the company earlier today. Letters of retrenchment were sent to over 100 staff, meaning all off them will be leaving the company. This comes as…

Dragon Ball Online (TW) – Complete registration guide

The Open Beta phase for Dragon Ball Online Taiwan starts in a few days on 15th June, hence I thought I should create a registration guide for all to give the game a shot even if you do not know…

Langrisser celebrates 20th Anniversary

Langrisser, a classic game franchise with many avid fans, celebrates its 20th anniversary this year. If you did not know, Taiwan’s Gamania Corp is currently developing Langrisser Schwartz, a new Free to Play MMO in the series. 2 videos were…

Swordsman Online – Closed Beta phase looming?

One of the big 2 martial arts MMO in coming to the Free to Play English market, Swordsman Online (the other being Age of Wulin) recently underwent its first Focus Group Test in Perfect World’s Beijing Headquarters. All 6 clans…