After officially announcing Heroic 3 Kingdoms (link) and Dragon Blade (link) in recent weeks, China’s no.2 online gaming company is not resting its laurels just yet. You see, the previous 2 games are both used to counter specific “threats”, with…
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Legend of Souls – New adult martial arts MMORPG
Korean developer CR-Space (now called Neowiz CRS after the acquisition) can really milk the martial arts genre to its maximum worth, seeing how its previous titles are all of the same genre. If you do not know, CR-Space is also…
Blade & Soul (CN) – Clone spotted in China
As I posted previously, Blade & Soul will be published in China by the country’s biggest internet company, Tencent (link). While a secret registration process for selected gamers is going on for the China server and the Korean server preparing…
[GDC 2012] CryEngine 3 battles with Unreal Engine 3
Which game engine do you prefer? Well, I guess most of us will agree games churned out by either looks gorgeous, and as long as the overall gameplay is good, we can put the slight different in visuals aside. But…
NHN cancels Hangame eX 2012
If you remembered, Korean MMO NHN hold its games festival on an annual basis, showcasing upcoming games and ones which are early in development. Hangame eX 2011 (link) was a blast, with Project R1 hogging most of the spotlight as…
Ghosts ‘n Goblins Online (KR) – PvP added for CBT 2
[More info] Several months after Closed Beta 1 ended, Ghosts’n Goblins Online will finally be entering Closed Beta 2 today in Korea! Lasting only a mere 5 days, Player Vs Player (PvP) will be added and the main feature to…
ChangYou : Developing action MMORPG using CryEngine 3
In a recent interview with ChangYou’s Chief Operating Officer (COO) Mr Tan Dewen, he candidly answered some questions about the China online gaming giant’s plans for 2012 and the near future. For 2011, Duke of Mount Deer Online (link) was…
NCsoft buys over Pangya and Trickster developer
Earlier today in the financial call, NCsoft confirmed the purchase of 76% shares of Korean developer Ntreev. The deal is reportedly worth a cool USD 96.7 million. Ntreev is well-known in the English market for titles including Trickster and Pangya,…
Sevencore (KR) – Open Beta on the horizon
If you have read a number of gaming websites, you might have read about this new online game which will be hitting the English market soon. This is Sevencore, the debut MMORPG for Korean developer NORIA. With the main feature…
Rusty Hearts (KR) – 8th character teased
Thought the number of new characters are not released as fast as Lost Saga and League of Legends, Rusty Hearts Korea is now into its 8th character already. Introducing the first kid to grace the action online game, this is…
Firefall (CN) – Big media party on the horizon
If you have read my previous post about Firefall in China (link), you would have known that Nicholas Anelka is now the official spokesperson for Firefall in the country. Putting the new idol of Chinese football into immediate good use,…
GFACE – Crytek aims to merge gaming and social media
(Beta signup) Just to be clear, GFACE is a separate entity itself but the company is being backed by Crytek, the famous game engine developer behind CryEngine. So what is GFACE? Well, for me it looks like a harmonious merge…
Wuji Online (KR) – Joining the martial arts family
Following the recent rush of scheduled martial arts and kungfu MMORPGs due to land in 2012, yet another one is on the horizon. The main difference is, while games such as Age of Wulin (link), Butterfly Sword Online (link) and…
GranAge (CN) – Chain combo mania
For the past few hours, I have been giving a shot at the Closed beta phase for GranAge (CN). Published in China by Shanda Games, I never really though I would come out of the short experience as a happy…