Chinese MMO developer and publisher, The9, has announced its arrival in the English market by setting up its own gaming portal, The9 Hub and revealing its very first title, Three Kingdoms Brawler. About a year ago, I wrote about how…
Dungeon Keeper Online confirmed for US market
Thanks to an alert OnRPG member, it has been confirmed that Dungeon Keeper World is getting ready for a US release sometime in the future, under the game title Dungeon Keeper Online. Since my previous posts, not much details have…
Mars Wars – Join the fight!
I am known to shy away from MMOFPS, but I have my own reasons. The games are usually too short, a stingy maximum number of players in a room and… the fact that I am not exactly a skilled FPS…
ArenaNet – A walk through the studio
Ever wondered what does it look like in the working areas of ArenaNet, developer of the world-renown Guild Wars and the upcoming sequel, Guild Wars 2? Established in the year 2000, the studio joined Korean MMO giant NCsoft as on of…
Age of Wulin – Teaser site opens
Thanks to a thread posted at the OnRPG forums, I got to know that the Age of Wulin teaser website has now officially gone live! While some may see it as yet another oriental MMO from the East, this game…
S.U.N Online Limited Edition – Developer chat
Just yesterday, the Korean server for Webzen’s S.U.N Online got its latest major content update, Limited Edition. One of Korea’s top gaming websites, GameMeca, sat down and have a chat with the developers regarding this new expansion and touch a…
Webzen confirms MU2 for 2011
Not long ago, I posted about Webzen kick-starting the halted development of MU2, the sequel of their flagship MMORPG, MU Online. In the most recent financial report for the year of 2010, Webzen reported a total revenue amount of around…
Dragon Age II – Demo footage
Well, Dragon Age II is not a MMO, but it is still of my favorite genre, RPG. Developed by famed studio Bioware and publish by Electronic Arts (EA), the game release its demo client not long ago. Honestly, I did not complete…
TERA Korea – Current status report
Before I start, please be informed that all these information is gathered from various Chinese, Taiwanese and of course, Korean media. It has been nearly month since TERA Korea went into its Pay to Play (P2P) phase, and with much…
Aion Taiwan goes 2.5 in April
NCsoft’s Aion development team arrived in Taiwan recently, with the main purpose of gathering feedback for Aion Taiwan’s upcoming mega patch, version 2.5. The team also confirmed that the patch is scheduled for April 2011, with the Taiwanese server getting…
Zombie Online – A deeper walkthrough
Zombie Online, a new 2D side-scroller MMORPG, recently concluded its 3rd Closed Beta phase in Korea. With this, several new systems were tested and some upcoming ones were previewed. How is it different from the current king of action side-scroller,…
Berkanix – CBT Movie trailer Part 3
Berkanix, developed by the creators of Shaiya Online, Choi Rock Games (originally Sonov), has revealed the 3rd Closed Beta movie trailer. Similar to the previous 2 trailers, it is made from actual in-game footage. Until now, there have been no news of a…
Aion – Taking a shot at the fashion industry
In the MMO industry, mostly in the Asia regions of China, Taiwan and Korea, it is very common to see games being tied to other non-gaming products. For example, Nexon Korea’s MapleStory became the official “spokesperson” of a kids’ vitamin…
Age of Titan – Chinese server revealed
Well, if you have followed my blog, you would have read about the game, Age of Titan. A new MMORPG under Chinese MMO company, I Got Game (IGG), the prior posters all spotted an English logo, leading to speculations that…