(Source) While not exactly a long speech, En Masse Entertainment’s Vice President of Publishing, Mr Chris Lee, has apparently spoke about the lawsuit filed by NCsoft. En Masse Entertainment is the North American subsidiary of Bluehole Studio, the Korean developer…
Update – Court papers reveal plans for Lineage III
(Source) In a follow-up to the previous post on the lawsuit filed against Bluehole Studio by NCsoft, the full court papers have been spotted online, with the latter’s plans for Lineage III described in almost full details before it was…
NCsoft files lawsuit to thwart TERA launch
Just recently, it was announced that TERA will finally be launching this May (link) in North America after several apparent delays. However, according to a lawsuit filed on 13th January 2012 by rival online games developer NCsoft, the launch date…
Blizzard cancels BlizzCon 2012
(Source) Someone just sent this news to me via MSN, and I thought I should share it with everyone else. Blizzard has officially cancelled BlizzCon 2012 (this year), and will commence with BlizzCon 2013 next year instead. I am surprised,…
Eclipse of Eden (JP) – Closed Beta 1 on the horizon
First known as Last Online, then renamed to Lune of Eden for the Korean server, this particular MMORPG is once again renamed as Eclipse of Eden for the Japanese market. A non-target action MMO which some say resembles Devil May…
Star Trek Online – Beam me up, Free to Play !
(Register now) As you would have read, Star Trek Online just gone Free to Play a couple of days ago under the stewardship of the developer (Cryptic Studios)’s new owner, Perfect World Entertainment. Though I have had no qualms paying…
Nexon acquires global rights for Shaiya
In what I see as a really bizarre business move, Nexon Korea just purchased the global IP rights for Shaiya, which is developed by ChoiRock Games (formerly Sonov). With this deal, the 30-odd team members behind Shaiya will now move…
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…
League of Legends – Tom Cadwell in the house
So, as part of Tom Cadwell’s holidays and travelling, he was in town yesterday to give a small seminar about game designing, share his experiences and of course, having a Q&A session with the staff of some local development companies.…
SD Gundam Online – New regional server lands
(Closed Beta signup) No matter your gender, you would have heard of Gundam some point in your life. While Gundam Online has just launched in Japan (link), 4 nations in the Asia Pacific region will be getting SD Gundamn Online,…
Mabinogi II – 5 characters supposedly revealed
According to Korean media ThisIsGame, Nexon is set to reveal the 5 playable classes found in Mabinogi II. This event, called “BORDERLESS”, is being held by Nexon to display the various artwork from the company’s games. In the short teaser…
F.E.A.R.: Origin Online – 2nd trailer revealed
I always thought there is quite a huge fan base for this franchise, but apparently not many are getting excited about this upcoming online remake of the game. Perhaps it is because F.E.A.R.: Origin Online is currently slated for a…
The War of Genesis 4 : Spiral Genesis – Debut trailer
The debut game trailer basically explain what this game is all about and the franchise’s origin. The War of Genesis is basically the Final Fantasy of South Korea, with its success in the rather small console gaming market over at the…
Star Trek Online – Free to Play begins
(Register now) Remember a few months back when Perfect World bought over Cryptic Studios (link)? Well, the transition has slowly but surely began, as the developer’s original games are now all Free to Play (F2P), with Star Trek Online the…