Korean mobile gaming giant Com2uS recently announced it has acquired a 51.9% majority stake in local developer Day7 in an effort to expand its business portfolio. Day7 has over 30 published mobile games, mostly targeting female audiences and casual gamers.…
TERA Classic – Kakao Games reveals new title for upcoming mobile MMORPG
Back in February 2018, Korean gaming giant Kakao Games announced it will be publishing a new mobile MMORPG based on the TERA IP. It will be developed by Lantu Games, a subsidiary of Chinese games company Longtu Korea and Korean…
Traha – Nexon’s UE4 mobile MMORPG launches this April in Korea
Teased last week, Nexon today held a media event in South Korea to announced details of the domestic launch for its next flagship mobile MMORPG, Traha. Developed by Moai Games, pre-registration has started now with the official Android and iOS…
Brown Dust – Pre-registration for March global launch begins on Google Play
[Google Play pre-register] Brown Dust, the smash-hit tactical RPG from Korea-based publisher Neowiz, will launch free-to-play into the global market on March 7th for iOS and Android. Additionally, pre-registration on Android is available now, giving players a chance to be…
MU Origin 2 – Journey into a new MU continent Part 1
MU Origin 2 launched last month in Southeast Asia on both Google Play and App Store, and it wasn’t until recently that I started playing. Having experienced how accessible the game is, I decided to do a series of videos…
Nexon – No new PC games planned for 2019 outside of South Korea
Yesterday, big Korean game companies such as NCsoft and Nexon announced their financial reports for the 4th quarter of 2018 and also for the year. In Nexon’s latest presentation slides to shareholders, it was revealed that there are no PC…
Activision Blizzard – Game giant confirms around 800 jobs are being cut
With rumors having started about a massive layoff started a few days back, today Activision Blizzard confirmed that it is cutting away around 8% of its global workforce, around 800 headcount. This news came despite Activision Blizzard announcing the financial…
Dark Eden M – Quick look at starting gameplay for both warring factions
Dark Eden is one of the longest running PC online games in the world, but its popularity has never been really high throughout the years. The premise of a PVP-centric game pitting humans against vampires in epic battles should be…
Battlerite Royale – Action battle royale title goes Free-to-Play on Steam next week
[Steam page] Stunlock Studios today released the game trailer for its MOBA and battle royale mash-up, Battlerite Royale, ahead of its Free-to-Play launch on Steam this 19 Feb. The Battlerite Royale launch will coincide with a major update for the…
NCsoft – Mobile gaming is key as sales occupy 66% of quarterly total
For the 4th quarter of 2018 (October to December), sales from NCsoft’s mobile games contributed a massive 66% of the company’s total sales. You might be surprised, given that NCsoft doesn’t really have that many mobile games with just 4…
Riot Games – League of Legends studio is hiring for new “cool game”
While the joke about Riot Games actually just makes 1 game has been around for some time, rumors of a new IP has been swirling around since Greg Street joined the company from Blizzard’s World of Warcraft team. Recently, a…
Summoners War – New mobile RTS based on popular IP to be announced at Samsung Galaxy S10 event
Mobile games giant Com2uS recently announced its quarterly financial report for the last 3 months of 2018, and disclosed a couple of new information about upcoming titles. Since a few years back, Com2uS has spoken about expanding the Summoners War…
Astellia – Massive interview with Barunson E&A on upcoming western server
[Game signup] It is rare to have Korean PC MMORPG titles launching in the western market these days, but Astellia was recently announced. Publisher Barunson E&A might be an unfamiliar name, but the Korean company has been around since 1997…
Warhammer: Chaosbane – Preorder now live for first action RPG set in Warhammer Fantasy Battles world
[Preorder now] Publisher Bigben and developer Eko Software today announced that preorder of Warhammer: Chaosbane is now available on its website for the PC version. The action RPG is scheduled to launch on PlayStation 4, Xbox One, and PC starting…