Well, I am a little bit disappointed as no new information about Blade & Soul was leaked over at Tencent Games Carnival 2011, but nevertheless the official announcement of the Chinese server still thrilled me for months. Over at the…
[TGC 2011] Asura – New class revealed
A self-developed online game by one of Tencent’s studios, a new class was announced for Asura over at Tencent Games Carnival. Loosely translated as Deity Warrior, it looks like this class is a jack of all trades, being able to…
[TGC 2011] ArcheAge, Blade & Soul set for 2012
Let me get one thing clear first, there isn’t any surprise announcement over at Tencent Games Carnival for either ArcheAge or Blade & Soul except both games will enter beta in 2012. Yes, bummer. But a couple of trailers were…
Blade & Soul – Official gaming laptop
It is not uncommon in Korea and Japan for online games to endorse hardware products, but I thought I would post something about this since Blade & Soul is involved. The latest Samsung Series 7 laptop is chosen as NCsoft’s…
Dragon Nest goes to Russia
Earlier today, it was announced a localized Russian version of Dragon Nest will be coming in 2012, which is next year. This is part of Eyedentity Games’ master plan to bring the game to a global audience. The publisher for…
Guild Wars 2 (KR) – PvP footage
The videos here were taken at G*Star 2011 last week, but due to the show floor being extremely noisy, there is little or no sound which can be heard from them. Well, it beats having nothing to see at all…
Rusty Hearts (KR) – 6th character teased
(English website) Hmn, I thought the 5th character (link) was just added to the Korean server, now Windysoft, the developer for Rusty Hearts, has already sent out the artwork for the game’s next character. Named as Roselle Vergerius, she is…
BATTERY : Arctic Wind (CN) – Brief look at Closed Beta 2
(English website) So, just to make things clear, this is the China (CN) server which I just tried for the whole day. Developed by Webzen using the Unreal 2.5 Engine, it is the company’s first online shooter and published by…
Webzen – Ready for 2012 English market
(Webzen website) It seems there is finally some movement from Webzen with regards to the titles it will be launching in 2012. 2 titles got their debut trailers, particularly Continent of the Ninth Seal (C9) and Archlord X: The Chronicles.Webzen’s…
Rumor – Firefall getting Southeast Asia server ?
(Game website) Earlier this month, I posted about Red 5 Studios setting up an office in my hometown of Singapore (link). Today, it has been reported that Firefall will be getting a SEA (Southeast Asia) server, and the publisher will…
Forsaken World (CN) : Twilight City
(English server) There was no doubt since the game was released about the aerial combat content in Forsaken World would be eventually added. Over at the Chinese server, it will be part of the major content update later this month,…
The King of Fighters Online – Still in development
Korean online games developer, Dragonfly, announced its latest financial records earlier today. Dragonfly, if you do not know, developed games such as Special Force, Special Force II, KARMA,, and Soldier of Fortune Online. Skipping past the numbers, graphs and charts,…
Hellgate 2 – Game engine for in-development sequel confirmed
If you did not know, T3 Entertainment (under Hanbitsoft) talked about gearing up for Hellgate 2 a few months back. The Korean studio obtained the rights for Hellgate: London some time back from the now-defunct Flagship Studios, and managed to pushed…
ArcheAge (KR) – Closed Beta 4 interview
As most gamers would have known by now, ArcheAge will begin Closed Beta 4 in Korea starting from December 8, lasting a total of 80 days (link). Other than a new continent, a new race will be made playable as…