Monday, July 15, 2013

Korean MMORTS Kingz Online Heading to Western Market by Steam

Korean MMORTS Kingz Online Heading to Western Market by Steam:
The new Korean MMORTS Kingz: The Legendary Kingdom is a build-your-kingdom game set in a medieval background, combined with strategic life

Fighting MMO Master of Meteor Blades Preparing for ChinaJoy

Fighting MMO Master of Meteor Blades Preparing for ChinaJoy:
Master of Meteor Blades is an upcoming Massive Multiplayer Online fighting game, currently in development by Kong Zhong Games. In Master of Meteor Blades,

Kabam valued at $700 million

Kabam valued at $700 million:
Stock sale puts huge value on social gaming firm, $300m revenue expected this year

Frontier teases first Elite: Dangerous screenshots

Frontier teases first Elite: Dangerous screenshots:
Filed under: Sci-Fi, MMO Industry, New Titles, News Items, Sandbox, Elite: Dangerous Frontier has released the first batch of work-in-progress screenshots

MMObility: Press your way through Dawn of the Dragons

MMObility: Press your way through Dawn of the Dragons:
Filed under: Business Models, Game Mechanics, Opinion, Hands-On, MMObility, Crafting If you played along with me the last time I covered Dawn of

TERA Taiwan Server Turns F2P Later This Month

TERA Taiwan Server Turns F2P Later This Month:
With the Korean and English servers now Free-to-Play, TERA Taiwan becomes the latest regional server to join the group. Continue reading TERA Taiwan Server

New Totem Tribe II: Jotun details have emerged

New Totem Tribe II: Jotun details have emerged:
First of all, I'd like to apologize for the slightly misleading title of this article. You see, instead of saying "new details" have emerged about Totem Tribe II: Jotun, we

Champions of Regnum: A Huge But Empty World

Champions of Regnum: A Huge But Empty World:
Regnum Online has recently been re-christened Champions of Regnum and is advertised as a realm vs realm paradise. In our latest review, we take a look at the

Postmortem: Dragon Age Legends

Postmortem: Dragon Age Legends:
What went right and wrong with BioWare San Francisco's attempt to create "a social game for gamers," written by lead designer Soren Johnson. ...

Google Dev Day, Nintendo, Project Anarchy sessions added to GDC Europe 2013

Google Dev Day, Nintendo, Project Anarchy sessions added to GDC Europe 2013:
New vendor sessions at GDC Europe will include a day-long boot camp with Google, Havok sessions covering free mobile game engine Project Anarchy,

Kickstarter Picks: Monochroma, Lioness, and more!

Kickstarter Picks: Monochroma, Lioness, and more!:
Like a gamer bride getting ready for the big day, this week's Kickstarter Picks has something old, something new, something borrowed, and something

PS4, Xbox One shortages: The real deal or marketing ploy?

PS4, Xbox One shortages: The real deal or marketing ploy?:
[a]list daily's Steve Peterson takes a look at the recent reports of next-gen consoles selling out

Eternal Saga goes into alpha testing

Eternal Saga goes into alpha testing:
Filed under: Betas, Fantasy, New Titles, Free-to-Play, Browser Browser-based Eternal Saga is heading into alpha testing today, R2Games announced. This

Animated Hack & Slash MMORPG Dungeon Hero is Launched in Korea

Animated Hack & Slash MMORPG Dungeon Hero is Launched in Korea:
Just finished its open beta, the 3D animated MMORPG Dungeon Hero is now offcially launched in Korea. The game features hack & slash combat, PvP

SuperAwesome launches Kids Mobile Network

SuperAwesome launches Kids Mobile Network:
Alternative revenue model for children's apps and games

EA Phenomic closed

EA Phenomic closed:
60-strong German RTS studio is shuttered

Ghost Recon Online 12.0 update to feature new map, weapon pack

Ghost Recon Online 12.0 update to feature new map, weapon pack:
New patch to feature new Xinyi District, Phantom weapon pack, and graphical tweaks. Ubisoft has announced the latest update to its PC free-to-play online

TUG to release first alpha on Monday

TUG to release first alpha on Monday:
Filed under: Betas, Fantasy, MMO Industry, New Titles, Sandbox, Crowdfunding There comes a time in every crowdfunding backer's life where

Todd Harris confirms no more development on Tribes: Ascend

Todd Harris confirms no more development on Tribes: Ascend:
Filed under: Sci-Fi, Patches, News Items, Free-to-Play, MMOFPS, Sunsets If you've been a fan of Tribes: Ascend, we hope you're happy with the current state of the

Shocking! Nearly 50% of gamers are female, new ESA study finds

Shocking! Nearly 50% of gamers are female, new ESA study finds:
A new study by the Entertainment Software Association will hopefully put an end to a long-standing stereotypical belief...

How League of Legends user research brings real results

How League of Legends user research brings real results:
Jeffrey Lin is Riot Games (League of Legends) lead designer of social systems -- and he explains how the company turns research into new game

End of Nations rebranded as a MOBA

End of Nations rebranded as a MOBA:
Filed under: Betas, Sci-Fi, Game Mechanics, MMO Industry, New Titles, War, MMORTS, Miscellaneous, MOBA Trion's End of Nations, which started its

Exactly The Pacific Rim Video Game I Expected

Exactly The Pacific Rim Video Game I Expected:
The Pacific Rim mobile game could never be anything other than an Infinity Blade-style swipe-fighter. Read more...

Android co-founder calls fragmentation issue "overblown"

Android co-founder calls fragmentation issue "overblown":
Google Ventures partner Rich Miner says regular users don't notice the issue

New Faction Added to Arcade Shooter Mirror War

New Faction Added to Arcade Shooter Mirror War:
The Korean arcade shooter Mirror War recently added new faction to the game. With a classic 3D MMORPG view in towns, this arcade-style shooter recently

ArcheAge Japan Launches Open Beta with TV Commercials

ArcheAge Japan Launches Open Beta with TV Commercials:
ArcheAge Japan has just entered open beta test, the publisher also unveiled two TV commercials. Japanese players can now play ArcheAge for free until the

Kritika (KR) Gets New Scenario Dungeon on July 18th

Kritika (KR) Gets New Scenario Dungeon on July 18th:
With the first part of the summer update more focused on new skills and balancing, the 2nd part is welcoming a new story scenario, one in which players

Betawatch: July 6 - 12, 2013

Betawatch: July 6 - 12, 2013:
Filed under: Betas, MMO Industry, News Items, Betawatch, Miscellaneous After a couple of quiet weeks, the beta scene exploded this past week. In an ideal

The Greatest Week In Gaming Apps Ever This Week

The Greatest Week In Gaming Apps Ever This Week:
Remember the other week, when I promised a brand new Week in Gaming Apps that would change everything forever. Forget that. I was contact drunk.

US government recognizes League of Legends players as pro athletes

US government recognizes League of Legends players as pro athletes:
After lengthy discussions between Riot Games and US government, League of Legends players now deemed professional athletes, can be awarded

Patent troll Treehouse targeting small MMOs

Patent troll Treehouse targeting small MMOs:
The legal representatives for Treehouse Avatar Technologies, owner of a dubious patent for a system of "presenting data over a network" is targeting a series of

So what's in WoW's item store?

So what's in WoW's item store?:
Filed under: World of Warcraft, Fantasy, Business Models, Game Mechanics, MMO Industry, News Items, Subscription The World of Warcraft item store is a

Guild Wars 2's Cutthroat Politics content launches July 23

Guild Wars 2's Cutthroat Politics content launches July 23:
Filed under: Fantasy, Game Mechanics, MMO Industry, News Items, Guild Wars 2, Buy-to-Play Cutthroat Politics is the name of the next Guild Wars 2 update. It's

Make My MMO: Crowdfunding June 30 - July 13, 2013

Make My MMO: Crowdfunding June 30 - July 13, 2013:
Filed under: Events (Real-World), Lore, MMO Industry, Miscellaneous, Crowdfunding, Make My MMO The last two weeks haven't been quiet on the

Marvel Heroes dev blogs talk fixes, price reductions

Marvel Heroes dev blogs talk fixes, price reductions:
Filed under: Super-hero, Business Models, Game Mechanics, MMO Industry, News Items, Free-to-Play, Marvel Heroes, Dev Diaries Marvel Heroes posted a

Rise and Shiny: Eden Eternal

Rise and Shiny: Eden Eternal:
Filed under: Screenshots, Video, Game Mechanics, Opinion, Free-to-Play, Casual, Rise and Shiny, Livestream, Sandbox It's been a while since I last

EVE Evolved: First impressions of DUST 514

EVE Evolved: First impressions of DUST 514:
Filed under: Sci-Fi, Culture, Game Mechanics, MMO Industry, New Titles, Patches, Previews, PvP, Opinion, Free-to-Play, Hands-On, Consoles, First