Over at Tokyo Game Show 2012, SEGA revealed 3 new trailers for Phantasy Star Online 2. Currently in its commercial stage in Japan for the PC system, the PS Vita version, coming 2013, will sync with it (players on PC…
Final Fantasy XIV: A Realm Reborn – Tokyo Game Show 2012 trailer
[Game website] Although Final Fantasy XIV tanked at launch, the newly minted version 2.0, A Realm Reborn, captivated me once the first screenshots were released. I am a semi-graphics whore, which I have never failed to admit. In the recent…
Sevencore – New Aimon race trailer released
First announced in Japan yesterday, the new Aimon race for Sevencore got its own introduction trailer earlier this morning. The signature cute and fluffy playable species for almost all MMORPGs nowadays, Aimon’s racial passive allows it to recover 5% of…
Sevencore – New race announced to keep up with trend
Other than pandas, which trend is most frequently seen in online games released over the past few years? A short, cute race coupled with furry ears of course! Sevencore is no exception to this, and this newly released online game…
NCsoft – “Internal error” led to latest account information leak
According to reports, NCsoft Japan leaked out account information yesterday due to an “internal error”. Information which were made available include the user nickname, address, blood type, age, gender, and information of all the characters bound to that particular NCsoft…
Aion – First ever private MMORPG server arrest made in Japan
Aion: The Tower of Eternity, otherwise known as The Tower of Aion in Japan, got into the news recently as police made its first arrest for operating a private MMORPG server. Police is intending to prosecute this Free-to-Play illegal server’s…
Soul Worker – Second overseas server revealed for anime action game
The second overseas server for Soul Worker was made public today via the local media outelts. NHN Japan (or Hangame) has capture the game’s right in the land of the rising sun, where the game’s anime style graphics will certainly…
Phantasy Star Online 2 – Potential IP block announced
SEGA announced the possible IP blocking of non-Japanese IP for Phantasy Star Online 2 after the huge content update today. Update to avoid confusion: The “POSSIBLE” IP blocking has not begun, but it was just announced as a new clause.…
Dragon Nest – Aya Hirano lends voice for Kali
If you are an anime fan, you would have heard of the name, Aya Hirano. She is the seiyuu (voice actress) behind several popular anime characters, with the most famous being Haruhi Suzumiya (The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya), Lucky Star’s…
Gundam Online – New Alpha trailers display tons of action
Look, Gundam Online isn’t as big as Sony’s PlanetSide 2 in terms of players on a single map, but having 100 mechas on the same map is enough to make it the “biggest” game in Gundam’s history. Announced last year,…
Dragon Nest – Sea Dragon curry, anyone ?
The publisher of Dragon Nest Japan, Hangame, has always spared no expenses promoting the game (Gackt was the spokesperson for the game’s launch). Who is Gackt? Well, just go Google his name 🙂 In this new marketing campaign, Hangame has…
Sword Art Online – A MMORPG you can only see
This is not really a real online game, but a new Japanese anime based on a light-novel. The story is about 1000 players who are logged into a new virtual reality MMORPG, Sword Art Online, only to find out they…
MapleStory – Sengoku Era descents
As teased a couple of days ago (link), MapleStory Japan finally confirmed the 2 new classes today, Samurai and Onmyouji (Japanese spiritual mage). They are part of the mega huge content update, Sengoku Era. If you do not know, this…
Phantasy Star Online 2 – Official launch phase schedule announced
Having been in the Open Beta phase for the past few weeks, SEGA announced earlier today that Phantasy Star Online 2 will be going into its launch/ commercial phase come 4th July 2012. Don’t worry, the game will still…