ArcheAge Unchained Free Weekend
Gamigo is running a free weekend for ArcheAge Unchained starting from today until April 13th by using the promo code "AAUWEEKEND2020" (this applies for both the Glyph launcher and Steam).…
Ascent: Infinite Realm -> ELYON
Bluehole/Krafton and Kakao Games announced the renaming of Ascent: Infinite Realm to ELYON (Ascent Infinite Realm remains as a subheading). As expected, the Line of Sight targeting has been replaced with…
Ascent: Infinite Realm [REVERSE] PR Campaign
Kakao Games has updated the Korean website for Ascent: Infinite Realm with a short teaser that ends in the A:IR [REVERSE] 2020-04-01: The April 1st date makes this look suspect…
NEXON to Sunset Global MapleStory 2 on May 27th
http://maplestory2.nexon.net/en/news/article/56486/service-discontinuation While I actually enjoyed my time playing MapleStory 2, I guess I'm not surprised about this news. Nexon started off with some lofty goals of listening to the community…
KRAFTON’s “Challenges” aka Failures
KRAFTON has a section on their website entitled "Our Challenges" which was inspired by a display of their failures which they had at G-STAR 2018. The heading describes in bold…
COVID-19 (Coronavirus) Impacting The Gaming Industry
Normally around this time (plus or minus a month or two), I usually head back to Japan for a few months. With the Coronavirus outbreak (and so many unknowns regarding…
Kakao Games Acquires 53% Stake in XLGAMES
Well, there goes the neighborhood... Kakao Games (publisher of Black Desert Online) has taken a majority stake in XLGAMES, developer of ArcheAge and Moonlight Sculptor (a mobile title). This is…
ArcheAge Unchained – 3.5 Months Later (Part 2)
Continuing on from part 1, the next thing I decided was to rotate the manor 90-degrees. I was hoping that I would eventually be able to get the property where…