E3 2011 had lots more online games than I initially expected. Although the limelight still fell on the consoles, most notably Nintendo Wii U, credits have to be given to the various MMO on display, particularly Electronic Arts’ Star Wars:…
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E3 2011 – Brief look at 3 Asian online games
Well, there was a handful of Asian MMOs on display at E3 2011, but most of them are already translated into English versions. In this post, we take a look at 2 of the untranslated MMOs (other than XAOC) which…
E3 2011 – Ghost Recon Online going cross-platform?
According to the Nintendo’s E3 2011 press conference which ended just minutes ago, the President of Nintendo America, Mr Reggie Fils-Aime, mentioned that the new Wii U controller will be supporting Ghost Recon Online. While Ghost Recon Online is confirmed…
Lineage II: GoD – Awakening trailer
Apologies for shortening “Goddess of Destruction” into “GoD” as the former is probably too long to fit into the post title. First, a clarification. In my previous post, I stated that Lineage II’s first part of the expansion will be…
The Weekend Journal
This week passed extremely fast. And I mean incredibly fast. There is nothing much this week to be honest, let’s see… Well, E3 2011 is around the corner and this year, many online gaming companies (even from Korea and China)…
Hellgate Global – First impression
Hellgate is back! Man, I never thought there would be a day I am typing this out. Ever since the original developers, Flagship Studios went belly-up and the global rights for the game went to Namco Bandai, which some how…
E3 2011 – Blacklight Retribution debuts trailer
(Teaser website) Perfect World Entertainment announced today its partnership with Zombie Studios to publish its next-generation, adrenaline-pumping first person shooter (FPS) Blacklight™ Retribution. A sequel to Zombie Studio’s Tango Down, Blacklight Retribution will be shown for the first time at…
Clarification – Luna Online and Iris Online
In my previous post, I revealed that Nexon had bought over 20% of Korean developer Eyasoft’s shares. Eyasoft’s online games included Luna Online, Iris Online and Legend of Edda. All 3 games have since stopped its service in Korea and…
Jagex reveals Transformers Universe
(Source) Back in March, Jagex and Hasbro announced that they had joined forces to create a Transformers MMO. Today, they revealed the game’s name: Transformers Universe. Players can how head over to the Transformers Universe site to register for the…
CJ Entertainment & Media – Top executive departs
It was announced earlier today that one of CJ Entertainment & Media top executives, Mr Whon Namkoong (below), had left the Korea’s biggest media company. Mr Whon was the Head of Games Business for the past 17 months, spearheading much…
Lineage and Lineage II (China) going to Tencent Games
As rumored several weeks ago, the rights for Lineage and Lineage II (China) were going to Tencent Games, the biggest online gaming company in China after NCsoft’s contract with Shanda Games was not renewed. Despite signing Blade & Soul, no…
Dragonica Japan – New Origin preview
Also known as Dragon Saga in the North American market and Dragonica in the South East Asia market, Dragonica Japan has just teased the next major expansion to the game and storyline. If you did not know, the game’s developer…
Transformers Online (CN) – Preparing for launch
So, if you have not read my previous posts, there are actually 2 Transformers Online game in development. This particular one is from Chinese developer NetDragon, officially announced a few days ago and it will be a third person online…
Dragona Taiwan – Pet system preview
So, the Closed Beta for Dragona Taiwan is still going on and I thought I should give it a final spin before playing too much and spoiling the fun myself when the global server comes. I will just like to…