Neowiz acquires Unreal Engine 3 rights

According to foreign reports, Korean MMO giant, Neowiz Games, has just signed a deal with Epic Games to use their Unreal Engine 3 to develop future MMO titles. The company also recently acquired developer CR-Space (famed for Martial Heroes and Martial…

ArcheAge’s China rights sold for USD40mil

According to foreign reports, the rights for upcoming MMORPG epic, ArcheAge, has been sold to China MMO giant, Tencent Games for a reported price of USD40mil. Last year, another China MMO bigwig, Shanda Games, bought the rights for Aion from…

Forsaken World – Pets & PK

As most gamers anticipating Forsaken World knows, the game will feature tons of different pets to tame and utilize. But what do the pets really do to help? Well, each pet can equip a maximum of 8 skills (I suspect…

NHN Corp to buy Dragon Nest developer?

According to a foreign media report, NHN Corporation, which has recently sold off NHN Games to Webzen (NHN Games was a subsidiary of NHN Corp), is looking to buy Korean MMO developer, Eyedentity Games. The studio left its mark in…

Forsaken World – Skill list Part 3

It is 12:55AM, Sunday, as I type this post. I just had a small drinking session with some of my friends and realized that I promised to post Part 3 of the skill list this weekend. Damn. Luckily, I had…

Battle of the Immortals 2 – First trailer

As I reported a few backs back, Battle of the Immortals has just been revealed by Perfect World Beijing. However, I still deeply believe that it will just be a huge expansion in the English server, contrary to what some…

Ragnarok 2 – Some early info

The very first beta of Gravity’s revamped MMORPG, Ragnarok Online 2: Legend of the Second, will be starting on 31st August 2010 and more information on the game was just leaked out (sort of). While not all features are available…

Forsaken World – Skill list Part 2

Part 2 of the revamped skill list is here! But before you get all excited, there is actually one piece of bad news. Part 2 will consist only of the Priest and Bard classes, while the Vampire and Mage classes…

Forsaken World – Skill list Part 1

Some time back, I did a translation of the level 1 to 40 skills for all the classes found in Perfect World’s upcoming MMORPG, Forsaken World. The level cap has since been extended till 60, and at the same time,…

Perfect World reveals Battle of the Immortals 2

Perfect World Beijing has just teased their latest MMORPG, Battle of the Immortals 2. It is important o take note that this might be just a huge expansion for the English server. Why would I say so? For example, Jade…

Ragnarok 2 – Closed Beta application starts

As announced by Gravity on 11th August, they will be accepting Closed Beta applications for the newly revamped Ragnarok Online 2 Closed Beta till the 25th. The first phase of the Closed Beta will last 7 days, from 31st August…

Gameforge buys 60% of Frogster

Well, even though some websites reported this news earlier, there weren’t exactly any figures. It has been confirmed that Gameforge, which only dabled mostly in browser-games till recently, has bought a 60% stake in Frogster Interactive, which essentially makes Gameforge…

Arcadia Saga gets English publisher

According to foreign reports, Japanese developer Rosso Index’s latest MMORPG, Arcadia Saga, has been snatched up by German publisher, Innogames. Arcadia Saga, which was developed after Pandora Saga, puts players in a land 50,000 years in the future, where they…

Soldier of Fortune Online – Gameplay trailer

Dragonfly, the developer for the upcoming Soldier of Fortune Online, has just release some screenshots of the game itself. While I doubt the gameplay trailer is an official one (some players were chosen for an early beta already), it will…