Nexon Japan loves working with popular animes, and Fairy Tail is certainly 1 of the top series out there. Having appeared in Dungeon Fighter Online (Arad Senki) previously, Fairy Tail has now invaded Mabinogi Heroes with exclusive content and of…
MapleStory – 3 teens arrested by police for hacking online game
[Source] A couple of days back, 3 teen players of MapleStory Japan were arrested by the authorities for cheating, with Nexon Japan lodging a request in the first place. The 3 teens allegedly used illegal tools to get powerful weapons and…
Phantasy Star Online 2 – Teaming up with popular anime series
Phantasy Star Online 2 Japan has teamed up with several animes before, with the 1 of the most recent being Attack on Titan. Developer SEGA revealed another collaboration recently, this time with the anime “The Irregular at Magic High School”,…
Phantasy Star Online 2 – Episode 3 update announced for late August
Earlier yesterday, SEGA held its annual live event with fans, and once again revealed loads of details for Phantasy Star Online 2’s upcoming content. Episode 3 was announced for late August, in which a new class, 2 new weapons, a…
Mirror War – Classic flight shooter begins Japan invasion next month
A classic arcade-style flight shooter which I have not seen too much of in the Free-to-Play MMO market, Mirror War is entering Japan on 12th June to mark the beginning of the first beta phase. Developed by South Korea studio,…
Blade & Soul – Japan server enters commercial phase today
The latest Blade & Soul server in Japan entered its commercial phase earlier today. The business model used is monthly Pay-to-Play (P2P), with 2 different packages – 30 days at 3,000 JPY (30 USD) and 90 days at 9,000 JPY…
Riot Games – Tokyo branch revealed for League of Legends studio
I guess most of you would be surprised by the news, but League of Legends still does not have an official publisher in Japan. All that is set to change, as Riot Games officially announced its Tokyo office recently as…
Black Desert – Debut trailer for Japan server revealed at Niconico event
Earlier today at the annual Niconico Chokaigi event, the Japanese publisher for Black Desert revealed the debut game trailer, which consists of footage from the Korean version together with some new elements. There is currently no schedule nor website available…
ArcheAge – Japan server switching to Free-to-Play model next month
Following the current business model revolution in Japan, publisher GameOn announced recently that ArcheAge Japan will be switching to Free-to-Play on 24th April 2014, doing away with the monthly payment model. However, players who pay the USD 17.00 monthly sub…
Robot Girls Z Online – Official browser game announced for Japan
While it is most likely this game will never make it out of Japan, I thought I would post it being an anime fan. Robot Girls Z Online was announced earlier today at the Anime Japan 2014 event, and it…
Blade & Soul – Launch dates revealed for Japan server and new anime trailer
NCsoft Japan held a private “Premier Show” event for Blade & Soul earlier, and announced several new details. First, the “Limited Trial” will start from 13th May to 15th May, followed by the “Open Trail” from 16th to 19th May,…
Phantasy Star Online 2 – Attack on Titan invasion to begin soon
It is very common for online games in Japan to team up with popular animes, and Phantasy Star Online 2 will be doing so again by having a collaboration with Attack on Titan. Later this month, players will get to…
TERA Japan – New swimsuit Elin figurine to go on sale later this year
With the new Elin-exclusive class, Soul Reaper, preparing to launch in the Japan server, toy figurine make Arcadia announced a second Elin-exclusive figurine, this time in the classic Japanese schoolgirl swimsuit costume. It will not come cheap at a retail…
Blade & Soul – NCsoft to introduce game at special premier show
It hasn’t been long since Blade & Soul Japan was announced, and NCsoft Japan is doing very well in organizing the very first event. Dubbed the “Blade & Soul Premier Show”, it will be a live event taking somewhere in…