Nexon acquires Ndoors

What a shock this is early in the morning for me. Nexon officially confirmed that the company has signed a deal to acquire Ndoors, a developer of Atlantica and Goonzu in an effort to beef up its RPG lineup. The…

Dragona – Korean Closed Beta announced

Developed by Korean studio, LivePlex, Dragona has announced its first Closed Beta on 13th May 2010. If you have missed it, I have previewed the game a few months back. With the Closed Beta looming, an avalanche of details were…

Battle of the Immortals Interview

Battle of the Immortals is one of Perfect World Entertainment’s upcoming MMORPGs. The striking difference compared with other PWE games will be the graphics and isometric view. Battle of the Immortals is also the first game developed by Perfect World’s…

Dragonica – Explode! 3rd Advancement!

The Taiwanese server of Dragonica Online finally patched its much awaited update today. The update, roughly translated by me to Explode! 3rd Advancement! will feature the new 4th classes, new ultimate skills for each of the new classes, new UI…

Webzen buys over NHN Games

Well, this is a rather shocking piece of news. NHN Games, developer for MMOs such as Continent of the Ninth (C9)and Reign of Revolution (R2) has been bought over by Webzen, the MMO company which rose from the ashes last…

Funtasy Online – First impression

I was rather surprised when I received this assignment, given that the title is in Taiwanese Traditional Chinese rather than in English. But being the Chinese I am, I decided to give the game a brief spin with the Closed…

StarCraft II – Collector’s Edition

Blizzard has just officially announced StarCraft II – Wings of Liberty Collector’s Edition, and it will be priced at USD 99.99. After shipping and stuff, I think it will at least set me back SGD 150++. While certainly a princely…

Kingdom Heroes Interview

Kingdom Heroes is an upcoming large scale war MMORPG to be published by Aeria Games. The game is based on Romance of the Three Kingdoms, one of China’s Four Great Classical Novels. With the detailed and immersing storyline found in…

Battle of the Immortals – Closed Beta soon

Perfect World Entertainment’s new MMORPG, Battle of the Immortals, is scheduled to start its Closed Beta on 13th April 2010. Battle of the Immortals is vastly different compared with other PWE games, mostly due to the different graphic engine used…

Hellgate: Tokyo goes live

Hanbitsoft’s Hellgate: Tokyo has officially gone live on the Korean server. Hellgate: Tokyo is an expansion to Hellgate: London, where players must first complete the original game before they can proceed to the new scenario. Do read from the previous…

Perfect World preparing for world conquest ?

As you can read 2 posts down, Perfect World Beijing is gearing up to reveal its latest martial arts MMO in the coming weeks and months. I have just read a report claiming that this new title, now known as…

Hellgate: Tokyo new info

The website for Hellgate: Tokyo recently refreshed with more information regarding this new update. While most of the details are already covered in my previous posts, here are more indepth details which were mentioned. As you can see below, there…

Perfect World Beijing teases new MMO

Perfect World Beijing has recently teased its upcoming MMO after the successful Closed Beta launch of Forsaken World. The Chinese title for the game will be 笑傲江湖 Online, which roughly translates to The Smiling, Proud Wanderer Online. The title is…

Forsaken World – Beijing Interview

2 players (representing 2 guilds) who participated in the China-wide preview of Forsaken World recently went to the head office of Perfect World Beijing for an early preview of the upcoming China Closed Beta. The 2 players actually submitted a…