(Official website) For the past few months or even years, the European crowd, together with parts of Asia, looked in vain as Nexon rolled out games after games with heavy IP block placed on the North America servers. Now, the…
Dragon Nest (KR) – Academic newbie footage
So yeap, I managed to get into Dragon Nest Korea for a little while to try the new Academic class out. The problem is, I can only log in from my office, which basically means during my 1 hour lunch…
DaVinci Online – Going to North America and Europe
DaVinci Online, originally known as Project Renaissance (link), has been signed up by ChangYou for the North America and Western Europe market. According to foreign reports, there will be 4 different languages upon release, including English, French and Spanish. DaVinci…
TERA Japan – Open Beta starts
TERA Japan went into the Open Beta phase yesterday and according to the numbers revealed, it was a resounding success. The highest number of players recorded stands at 48,624 on Open Beta day. 3 emergency servers (see below), 2 PK…
Saint Seiya 2 – The unofficial online game
Perfect World recently revealed Saint Seiya Online (link) being in development and claimed that a beta phase will begin before the end of the year. However, another fellow China developer has claimed the rights to release the first Saint Seiya…
Karos Online – New regional publishers
According to foreign reports, 2 new servers for Karos Online is bound to start operations soon. These will be the North America and South East Asia (SEA) servers. For the North America server, it will be published by Ignited Games…
Glory Destiny Online – Cute Thrills
Glory Destiny Online is a new MMORPG by Taiwanese developer, X-Legend, which went into Open Beta back in June if I remember correctly. X-Legend is known for its other games in the English market, most notably under Aeria Games with…
The Weekend Journal
I just finished watching the Manchester derby for the Community Shield match… A really entertaining and heart-stopping curtain raiser before the new season begins soon! So, gamescom 2011 is coming real soon, with focus on some big titles including Firefall…
Ixion Saga – Sneak peek at Alpha Test phase
Ixion Saga is a new online game by Japanese game developer, Capcom. The company’s other hit online title will be the familiarly known Monster Hunter Frontier, which never made it outside of Japan and Korea (closed now). I posted a…
Lineage II Japan celebrates 7th anniversary
I don’t really report much on Japanese MMOs, but I happen to chance upon this while doing my daily internet scanning routine. Lineage II is currently celebrating its 7th anniversary in Japan, and to commemorate the event a special 7th…
The Penguins War – Game modes revealed
Perhaps one of the most bizarre MMO shooters I have seen in my life, The Penguins War was first officially revealed at ChinaJoy 2011. Developed by Snail Game, creator of Age of Wulin, this title is said to be the…
[gamescom 2011] Preview – Hi-Rez Studios’ Smite
(Source) Smite is a really interesting name for a MMO, don’t you think? Short and sweet first came into my mind. So, this is a new title from Hi-Rez Studios, who developed Global Agenda. Using the Unreal 3 Engine, Smite…
Forsaken World (CN) – Guild War arrives
It has been some time since I touched on any new for Forsaken World, so here I am today with this small update. The new Guild War was just added a few days ago, and like most of the PvP…
Battle of the Immortals – Legend of the East preview
So, despite the concerns of BoI players after Empire of the Immortals (EoI) in China, the original game in the Immortals franchise is gearing up for yet another content update. The new expansion is translated directly as Legend of the…