Blade & Soul – China server adds new playable classes to existing races

Tencent Games, the publisher for Blade & Soul China, recently announced a new update which will see three races getting new playable classes. The Lyn race will be getting the Warlock class, the Yun race will get the Kung Fu…

WildStar – NCsoft announce Free-to-Play change coming this fall

[Game website] NCsoft and Carbine Studios are “excited” to announce that WildStar, one of the “most critically-acclaimed” MMOs of 2014, will become Free-to-Play this fall. As this transition takes place, Carbine is committed to ensuring that WildStar will remain AAA,…

Blade & Soul – Official panda Lyn figurines now on sale in China

Tencent Games, the publisher of Blade & Soul in China, has started selling panda Lyn figurines online. They should sell like hotcakes given Blade & Soul’s high popularity in the country. For USD 25.00 a pop, one should not anticipate…

Blade & Soul – Watch the first livestream for highly anticipated game

[Game website] After re-announcing Blade & Soul for the English market with a winter launch scheduled, the team over at NC West wasted no time in organizing a livestream to share details with the gamers. We might never know the…

Blade & Soul – North America and Europe servers launching this winter

[Game website] NCsoft has announced that Blade & Soul will launch in Europe and North America this winter. The game unlike any other, set in an Asian, mythological world where fast-paced combat collides with the visual beauty of a martial arts…

Blade & Soul – Exclusive Hello Kitty event begins in Taiwan server

A little info, Hello Kitty is really popular in Taiwan and Hong Kong, perhaps even more than its homeland of Japan. With that, the NC Taiwan has started a limited Hello Kitty event with Sanrio for Blade & Soul. Players can…

Project HON – NCsoft shuts down development of Unreal Engine 4 game

NCsoft, which recently revealed its financials for Q1 2015, has officially ceased the development of Project HON. Developed using Unreal Engine 4, Project HON was first showcased at G-Star 2014 as a PVP-intense mecha shooter, with a mobile version allowing cross-platform…

NCsoft – Latest financial results paint grim picture for declining WildStar

NCsoft has just released its financial results for the first quarter of 2015, and things are not looking too rosy for the English-only online game, WildStar. Basically, sales of the game plunged more than 50% compared to the previous quarter,…

Master X Master – New gameplay videos for first MOBA from NCsoft

Master X Master is currently in Closed Beta 2, though everyone with a Korean PlayNC account can apparently play the game now. The first MOBA title from NCsoft, Master X Master is expanding the genre by adding various PVP and PVE…

Lineage II – Classic server seeking votes for official Europe launch

[Game website] European publisher 4Game is seeking to open a classic Lineage II server, and is looking for votes to see if the gamers want such an event to happen. While the current Lineage II celebrates its 11th anniversary, it…

Master X Master – NCsoft MOBA to enter Closed Beta 2 next month

Master X Master, the first MOBA title from gaming giant NCsoft, will enter Closed Beta 2 in South Korea from 1 May to 10 May. Featuring several new characters and several from previous NCsoft games, the main feature is the ability…

Blade & Soul – New monster pet feature and Lyn update arrives

Today, NCsoft updated Blade & Soul Korea with a few new game features. First, monsters now have a chance to be captured as pets during combat. NCsoft will also boost the boob size of the Lyn race, though I am…

Master X Master – NCsoft MOBA begins Closed Beta in China this May

Following the rumors earlier, Tencent Games has announced the publishing of NCsoft’s first MOBA title, Master X Master, for China. “Master” refers to the playable characters in the game, which will see an all-star lineup of famous NPCs and classes from…

Blade & Soul – Winning male costume design draws negative comments

Back in 2013, NCsoft held a player costume design contest  for Blade & Soul, and this tradition has passed on to the Japan server. Revealed a week ago, the winning male costume design drew some eyebrows, as it looks oddly familiar…