After the a couple of game footage (seen below) were shown, a group of gamers were talking about how similar certain moves were to Blade & Soul’s among various details. However, 1 of Korea’s biggest game website, ThisIsGame, has gone…
Blade & Soul – No activation keys for debut test phase
This is something rarely used in the Asian market. For Blade & Soul China’s upcoming debut test phase on 16th August, publisher Tencent Games announced that there will be no beta keys given out. Tencent account holders will only have…
Awesomenauts – MOBA with a familiar yet different feel
Not really a seasoned gamer in the MOBA scene (kind of like LoL, hates Dota 2), I was apprehensive at first about getting Awesomenauts from Steam, since it originated from consoles and the controls might not be optimized. But after…
WildStar Online – Housing system trailer leaves me in doubts
Yes, the housing system. Personally, I am not really sure why the other “major” game websites I visit have users foaming at their mouths with excitement about this feature for NCsoft’s WildStar. Yes, I see it as an awesome social…
Mabinogi Heroes – Season 2 official trailer
With full details posted just a few days back, the official trailer for Mabinogi Heroes: Season 2 has now been posted online. As mentioned in my previous post, there are tons of new features, including jump attacks due to the…
Counter-Strike Online 2 – SpawN says the game is great
After officially announcing the game earlier this year, developer and publisher Nexon held a press event a few months later where the game was showcased to the public for the very first time. Among the professional Counter-Strike players invited for the exhibition…
Ragnarok Online celebrates its 10th anniversary
Currently operating in 76 countries and still collecting a monthly fee (there are F2P options as well), MMO legend/ classic Ragnarok Online is celebrating its 10th anniversary! Since 2002, the game has braved the various storms and other hardships to…
Star Wars: The Old Republic – Analyst predicts 50 mil monthly active users
Yes, you read it right. According to Wedbush Securities analyst Michael Pachter in an investors note, he believes that Star Wars: The Old Republic now has the potential to “attract at least 10 million MAUs indefinitely, with upside to perhaps…
Legend of Wukong – First look at the game
For a short while, the game was kind of hyped back in China, after developer Baiyou showcased what seems to be a Free to Play “Blade & Soul + TERA clone” in the form of Legend of Wukong. Fast forward…
MapleStory adds yet another new class
Another month, another new class in MapleStory Korea’s test server. According to dedicated MapleStory blog, Orange Mushroom, the new class is call Angelic Burster. I am not sure if the previous few and this can be called classes, since they…
Star Wars: The Old Republic goes “Free-to-Play”
Most of you would have read about this piece of news now, and personally, I wouldn’t have thought SWTOR is going “Free to Play” so early, perhaps early next year is a better time. But well, the game will really…
KOG – Publisher purchase as developer seeks overseas expansion
Initially a joint venture between US-based Level Up! International and Korean MMO developer/ publisher KOG started in 2010, the company known as KOG-LU USA is now solely owned by KOG. This happened after KOG announced its purchase of Level Up!’s…
FIFA Online 3 – New EA title changes publisher
1 of the most popular game in South Korea, FIFA Online 2 has always seen its position cemented in the Top 5 rankings on a weekly basis. However, that is set to end as FIFA Online 3 has been announced.…
[23 Jul – 29 Jul] Weekly Korea rankings
Welcome to the first edition of the weekly Korea game rankings! Do note that different ranking websites have different statistics, and mine is from a website call GameNote. So, for last week, League of Legends took back 1st place from…