Bandai Namco Entertainment today announced that pre-registrations for its upcoming mobile RPG, Sword Art Online Alicization Rising Steel, has hit the 200,000 global milestone. Hence, the 2nd pre-registration reward, a 2-star weapon, has been unlocked for all players at launch.…
Smilegate – Employee union held demonstration to call for better work protection
Last week, following the demonstration by Nexon employee union Starting Point, a group of employees from fellow Korean developer Smilegate staged a demonstration as well calling for more “stable work practices.” In case you have forgotten, Smilegate is the developer…
MU Online – 10th playable class announced for Season 15 update in Korea
MU Online is proving itself as one of the evergreen MMORPG titles from South Korea along with Lineage 1, and recently developer Webzen announced the 10th class for the game. The Slayer class has an interesting story, with her being…
Forsaken World – PC MMORPG dives into the mobile world for a second time
A few years ago, Perfect World Entertainment launched a mobile game based on its PC MMORPG, titled Forsaken World Mobile. The game bombed hard on the global market, with totally no fanfare or traction at all despite the PC version…
Castlevania: Grimoire of Souls – Brief adventure in soft-launch test of new mobile platformer
With new content just revealed at Tokyo Game Show recently, developer Konami has already soft-launched Castlevania: Grimoire of Souls in Canada a couple of days back. If you did not know, soft-launch phase for mobile games is a test period…
V4 – Nexon showcases more content for upcoming UE4 mobile MMORPG
With Nexon still at loggerheads with its own employee union and several canceled projects, the show must still go on at the business side of things. Today, along with developer NAT Games, tons of new images and a couple of…
Destiny Child – New publisher announced for action-packed mobile RPG
LINE Games today announced that is is stepping down as the Korean and global publisher of mobile RPG, Destiny Child. Player need not be afraid as developer ShiftUp is taking over the reins with all data to be transferred over.…
Gran Saga – Veteran developers from Seven Knights announce debut mobile MMORPG
Earlier today, new Korean development studio NPIXEL announced its first mobile MMORPG, titled Gran Saga. Formed by many veterans who created Netmarble’s Seven Knights, Gran Saga depicts the story of knights (presumably players) saving a kingdom from a dragon’s curse.…
Monster Farm – Everything we know thus far about the mobile port
First teased a couple of months ago, we knew that a new title based on the classic PlayStation game Monster Rancher (or Monster Farm) is in the works, although we did not know for which platform. Now that we know…
League of Legends – Riot Games revealing future content in live-stream next month
League of Legends is starting the festivities to celebrate its 10th anniversary! It has been a decade since the MOBA changed the gaming landscape and defined a genre, with developer Riot Games kicking off the celebrations by revealing a new…
Tales of Crestoria – New trailer revealed for upcoming mobile JRPG
First announced late last year, we finally get to see actual gameplay for Tales of Crestoria recently when developer Bandai Namco Entertainment revealed a couple of trailers (we merged them into 1 below). This isn’t the first time a “Tales…
Phantasy Star Online 2 – 6th Angel from Evangelion attacking this winter
For the final article from Tokyo Game Show, we are once again looking at the evergreen IP Evangelion! With a new mobile game Evangelion Battlefields announced during the annual show, we recently learnt from the Phantasy Star Online 2 panel…
TERA Classic – Elin Lancer added into Unreal Engine 4 mobile MMORPG
Last week, the first new class since the launch of TERA Classic in South Korea was added with little fanfare. The mobile MMORPG welcomed the Elin Lancer, and of course it has to be exclusive to the Elin race… I…
Rockman X DiVE – Quick journey through Closed Beta 1 test phase
I finally had some time to join in the Closed Beta 1 phase of Rockman X DiVE yesterday, and truth to be told, I wasn’t thrilled as I was smashed hard in the Mega Man X games in my younger…