[Source] Elle, an illustrator & gallery painter currently based in South Korea, recently had the opportunity to tour NCsoft’s office with her Korean friend. Being a huge fan of Hyung-Tae Kim, art director of Blade & Soul, she was led…
Tencent Games – Roundup of the other major news from annual event
The annual product announcement event just ended for China’s biggest online gaming company, Tencent Games, and the most prominent titles include Naruto Online and Monster Hunter Online. Below are just a few of the other major titles to round up…
Blade & Soul – NCsoft prepares to ban players involved in new exploit
Last night, NCsoft took down Blade & Soul Korea for an emergency maintenance, which lasted 1 hour. Curious players wondered what happened, and it was later discovered that a fix has been applied to solve a critical exploit in the…
Aion 4.0 – Update previewed at massive annual fan festival
While most of us already know what is coming in Aion 4.0, NC Japan went all out to make sure every gamer in Tokyo knows about it. The annual fan festival organized by NC Japan was held over the past…
City of Heroes – New article details the final minutes of Paragon Studios
[Source] City of Heroes closed back in November 2012, together with developer Paragon Studios. The unpopular decision was taken by parent company, NCsoft, and it led to a couple of last-minute petitions and cries of outrage by the immensely close-knitted…
Aion 4.0 – Japan server pushes out exclusive physical pack
I have no idea why, but the tradition of selling physical sway for online games only stayed in Asian countries such as China, South Korea and Japan, while the English version/s barely get a sniff. To celebrate the upcoming…
Blade & Soul – The intricate blade designs of the game
I know, everyone is anxious at the lack of news for the western server of Blade & Soul. There is no chance in hell NCsoft is dropping it, so stay calm 🙂 A player from the Korean server compiled a…
NCsoft – NC Dinos merchandise invades several games
NCsoft’s founder and CEO, Mr Kim Taek Jin (below, right), is the owner of NC Dinos, a baseball club in South Korea. Baseball, if you do not know, is the most popular sport in the country, with tons of games…
Lineage Eternal – Game scheduled to launch after WildStar
NCsoft has released a new investor relations document, highlighting the financials and stuff. While I am not really into numbers, Lineage Eternal is more or less confirmed to be NCsoft’s next title once WildStar launches, as seen in the chart…
WildStar – New video explains what WildStar really is
Along with The Elder Scrolls Online, I am really skeptical about WildStar as well. No, not that I have a hatred for Western developers (should have seen my Guild Wars 2 progress), but I am seeing nothing which really excites…
Blade & Soul – Lyn race becomes a Pokemon in latest Skyrim parody
Released early last month, the video is part of a comedy series based in the world of Skyrim. In the latest Pokemon-inspired episode , Blade & Soul’s Lyn race gets featured as Meow Meow, a Pokemon. The whole video is…
Aion 4.0 – Dungeons galore for final update as 3rd class goes missing
Separated into 3 parts for the 4.0 update, Aion Korea will be welcoming the final part on 13th March. While 2 of the 3 new classes, Gunner and Bard, have been added, the final mecha-like class has gone missing, not…
Blade & Soul – Themed mouse from SteelSeries teased
More hardware news, this time coming from South Korea and SteelSeries. Blade & Soul will be getting its own customized gamer mouse, combining both keyboard and mouse functionality into 1. Which will most probably mean there are buttons on the…
Blade & Soul – New growth weapons introduced
The updates for NCsoft’s Blade & Soul never seems to stop, and that is why the company’s games are still thriving even for the decade-old Lineage 1. The new growth weapons, according to the press, can be gotten by all…