Nexon buys into Luna Online developer

Korean MMO giant, Nexon, has announced acquiring 20% of developer Eyasoft’s stocks. Eyasoft is well-known for various of it online game titles, including Mo Xiang Online (or Titan Online), Luna Online, Legend of Edda and Iris Online. Earlier in this…

Kingdom Under Fire Online – New identity revealed

First known as Kingdom Under Fire Online: Avalanche, the game has now cut off the sub header and simply known as Kingdom Under Fire Online. Developed by Korean studio Dragonfly, Kingdom Under Fire Online will be a DOTA-styled game, full…

Dragon Ball Online (TW) – Official Closed beta starts 27th May

Dragon Ball Online Taiwan, which I covered in my previous posts, will enter its 1st official Closed Beta phase on 27th May which is in a few days’ time. New features will be the ability for characters to change into…

Dragona Taiwan – Closed Beta hits 13,000 players

I thought I should post this as the staff over at Dragona Taiwan‘s publisher provided me with a Closed Beta account without much hesitation. The game had been in the news as of late, with the number of Closed Beta…

Lineage II – Call of Destiny arriving

Lineage II was just updated with the Goddess of Destruction update recently in Korea, but the game’s revamp isn’t going to stop there. Continuing from the first update, the 2nd update in the mega expansion is apparently titled “Call of…

XL Games and Take-Two works on new MMORPG

XL Games, the Korean MMO developer founded by Lineage creator Jake Song, has announced an official partnership with Take-Two Interactive to work on a new MMORPG. The actual work will be  done with one of Take-Two’s development studio, 2K Games.…

Gamepot Japan brewing Wizardry Online

Any of you older gamers played Wizardry back in the days? I have not, but I was told that the game’s popularity was on par with that of Dungeons and Dragons’ as single player RPGs in the 1980s. The last…

The Weekend Journal

Phew, what a week it has been for me. I finally set up a Facebook page for this blog after 2 whole years! For those who are wondering why in the world did I set up a Facebook page, it…

Dungeon Keeper Online – Evil is good!

If you haven’t heard, Chinese MMO developer NetDragon has acquired the rights from Electronic Arts (EA) to develop a MMORPG based on the Dungeon Keeper franchise. Initially developed by Bullfrog Productions (defunct since 2004), NetDragon aims to bring the world…

Mabinogi Heroes – Getting cosy with 30 players

Mabinogi Heroes, developed by DevCat and published by Nexon Korea, has released 2 new trailers displaying new features involving 30 players in a single map. The first will be a 30-man PvP map while the second is a 30-man PvE…

Saint Seiya Online – Sega confirms deal with Perfect World

(Source) According to Japan’s biggest gaming website, 4Gamer, Sega Corporation has just confirmed that it has signed a contract with Perfect World for the rights of Saint Seiya Online. This news was first posted last month in my blog. According…

[Hangame eX 2011] Acheron – Summons the key

As part of Hangame eX 2011’s lineup, Acheron is the only online game developed using one of the current big 2 graphics engine, Unreal 3 Engine. The game aims to focus on individual gameplay with the aid of secondary summons…

Hellgate Global announced

I think I am 2 days behind this piece of news, but hey, there is just so much stuff one guy can do! Korean MMO company, Hanbitsoft, which bought the global rights from Namco Bandai in January last year, has…

MMO Culture – Facebook page created

Hello to all! Just a quick update, as I am seeing a traffic of around 4,500+ page views a day, and also due to some readers’ email feedback, a Facebook page for my small blog is now open! This will…