Blade & Soul – Closed Beta 2 dated

This information is just in from my Korean colleague. NCsoft has announced earlier this morning that the Closed beta 2 phase for the highly-anticipated Blade & Soul will begin from 29th August till 10th September, with registration starting on 19th…

Warface – Official English website opens

(Official website) Despite Crytek apparently stressing Warface being an online shooter developer for the Asian regions of China and Korea specifically, it seems an English server is still inevitable at the end. Developed by Crytek Seoul using the latest CryEngine…

[gamescom 2011] NHN seeking attention with 4 MMO titles

Korean MMO giant NHN, perhaps more well known through its gaming portals such as Hangame in Korea and Ijji in North America, will be having a booth at this year’s gamescom. 4 titles will be displayed at the show, with…

[gamescom 2011] Eligium – The Chosen One

(Official website) Back in October last year, I posted about European MMO publisher Frogster Interactive acquiring the rights for Magic World Online 2 (link). Developed by China studio Goldcool, under Shanda Games, the title has now been changed to Eligium…

ArcheAge – English website updated with new feature

(Source) So, even there isn’t a publisher announced for XL Games’ maiden third generation MMO, ArcheAge, the game’s English website had been online for sometime. It has now been updated with the new “Abilities” feature, where 10 of them are…

SevenCore (KR) – Countdown to Closed Beta

SevenCore, announced to be publish in the English market by gPotato (link) almost 2 years ago in 2009, is finally entering the Closed Beta phase later this month in Korea. Originally scheduled for 2010, it is yet another example of…

Dream Drops – Reina the Nutcracker introduced

In what promises to be a nut-cracking experience (I’m joking), Dream Drops just teased the game’s 2nd character, Reina the Nutcracker. Developed by Taiwanese MMO company Gamania (or Beanfun), a new trailer was released revealing Reina and some information about…

Saint Seiya 2 – The unofficial online game

Perfect World recently revealed Saint Seiya Online (link) being in development and claimed that a beta phase will begin before the end of the year. However, another fellow China developer has claimed the rights to release the first Saint Seiya…

[gamescom 2011] Preview – Hi-Rez Studios’ Smite

(Source) Smite is a really interesting name for a MMO, don’t you think? Short and sweet first came into my mind. So, this is a new title from Hi-Rez Studios, who developed Global Agenda. Using the Unreal 3 Engine, Smite…

TERA – North America server delays launch

(Source) After various reports about the core development team having troubles (link) back in Korea, EnMasse Entertainment, developer Bluehole Studio’s North American branch, has announced the delay of TERA to 2012. Alpha testing will begin later this year, with beta…

Transformers Online (CN) – Limited Closed Beta starts

I am typing this post with a heavy heart. The reason being I wasn’t able to secure or apply for a key to enter NetDragon’s new MMO third person shooter, Transformers Online. The first phase, Elite Closed Beta, is now…

Dragonica Japan – New Origin Part II

Released a few days ago, the information was late due to ChinaJoy 2011 (again). So, Part II for the New Origins update for Dragonica Japan was teased, with the female Dragonkin (or Newt) getting the new Fighter class. A devastating…

[ChinaJoy 2011] Transformers Online screenshots

As mentioned in my previous posts on the game (link), Transformers Online, developed by NetDragon, will only be available for the Asia region. This is due to Jagex, the creator of Runescape, having the rights to develop a Transformers MMO…

[ChinaJoy 2011] ArcheAge China being localized

As most of you would have known by now, ArcheAge China is being published by Tencent Games. Jake Song, the founder of XL Games, gave an interview on some details for the server. To summarize, with regards to the amount…