A couple of hours ago, Blade & Soul’s James Bae took an hour to have an online Q&A session with the China gamers, with the aid of Blade & Soul’s China publisher Tencent Games of course. The campaign for the…
Dark Blood Online (KR) – New class added
As the English server (link) is preparing to enter its first Closed Beta phase, the Korean server for Dark Blood Online added a new class yesterday, the Thief. Its 2 advancement classes are the Assassin and Outsider, which I think…
Rockman Online – Game gets canceled
According to reliable sources, Rockman Online has officially been canceled by Neowiz Games, although the news has yet to be made public by the Korean MMO giant. First revealed at G*Star 2010, the last developer note for the game was…
World of Warcraft – Major server merges for Asia
After the major server closure in the Korean server (link), more bad news arrived over the past week. Over in the China server, which the game license was renewed just recently, publisher NetEase announced 12 PvP servers will be merging…
Dungeon Hero – Brief interview with the team
First revealed last month, Dungeon Hero is 1 of EyaSoft’s latest revival work. If you remembered, EyaSoft, the developer of games such as Luna Online, Legend of Edda and Iris Online, decided to stop development for a few months, presumably…
Blade & Soul – The “Secret” of Soul Party
Ok, there is nothing really “secret” about this, but rather the Korean girl group involved is call Secret. I know, I have posted their videos at Blade & Soul’s Soul Party 2 previously over here. But hey, this new video…
Dark Blood – Closed Beta on the horizon
[Press release] Outspark is getting ready for a fight as it heads into its summer launch of its free-to-play, high-speed, side-scrolling, hack ‘n slash arcade brawler, Dark Blood. Today, the company released the first gameplay reveal for North America and…
The Elder Scrolls Online – First interview
[Full interview] As a normal, non-hardcore fan of the Elder Scrolls franchise, I have already faintly voiced out my displeasure on how The Elder Scrolls Online will be treated, including lame excuses such as the signature combat system will be…
NHN staff arrested for fraud
1 of Korea’s biggest gaming company, NHN, is embroiled in a mini-saga of its own following the incident on CJ Games posted yesterday. According to reports, the arrested staff from NHN (also known as Hangame, its MMO portal) is only…
CEO of major Korean MMO company arrested
According to reports from Korea, the CEO of CJ Games, Kwon Young-shik, was arrested last week on 2nd May. CJ Games is the gaming branch of CJ Entertainment & Media (E&M), which in turn is one of the 4 major…
X.A.O.C – Game announced for global distribution
It has been quite some time since anyone heard about X.A.O.C, and it is a pleasant surprise seeing game back in the headlines again. Developed in Taiwan by Winking Entertainment, I was told the name is actually a Russian word…
The Elder Scrolls Online – Announcement trailer debuts
In my previous post, several details and screenshots for The Elder Scrolls Online were revealed. IGN (link) also revealed the 3 playable factions, races and a couple of features found in the game. From what I have read, most fans…
The Elder Scrolls Online – Images and details leaked
Even before the game’s first teaser trailer is due in a few hours’ time, screenshots of the game have been leaked to the public, supposedly from the upcoming June issue of magazine Game Informer. First announced just a couple of…
Dragon Sword – Environment showcase trailer
A piece of “small” news, Dragon Blade has officially changed its name to Dragon Sword instead. Developed internally by China’s number 2 MMO company, NetEase, Dragon Sword is 1 of the few upcoming games aiming to provide competition for Blade…