Astellia coming to the west later this year
I last mentioned this MMO earlier in 2018 when the 2nd Korean CBT was about to begin. And as I noted in that posting, it wasn't something I was really…
NetEase and Blizzard Entertainment Extend Chinese Publishing Deal
A posting on Gamasutra notes that NetEase and Blizzard Entertainment have extended their existing publishing contract until 2023. NetEase has been Blizzard's official publishing partner in China since 2008 (bringing…
Former Blizzard CEO Mike Morhaime to Depart Advisory Role in April
In a Form 8-K filing with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission, Activision Blizzard noted that former Blizzard Entertainment CEO and President Mike Morhaime, will be concluding his employment…
LOST ARK OBT Redux
Now that Lost Ark has been out in open beta for 2 months, the picture has become much clearer as to the positives and negatives of the current design (some…
Devilian finally removed from Bluehole’s game listing
For a time, there was some remote hope that Bluehole (now Krafton) would do something with the Devilian franchise (since it remained listed as one of the games that Bluehole…
Nexon Founder to Sell Controlling Stake in Holding Firm
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-nexon-sale/nexon-founder-to-sell-controlling-stake-in-gaming-companys-holding-firm-korea-economic-daily-idUSKCN1OX010 Nexon's founder, Kim Jung-ju intends to sell his 98.64% stake in the holding company (NXC Corporation) which is worth approximately $9 billion. Holding companies are fairly common in Asia…
K-TERA – Level 70 “Expansion” Reality
While the level 70 expansion for K-TERA sounded ok on "paper" in terms of the original developer note and then the December 20th patch notes, the actual reality for players was…
Blizzard Entertainment – Worlds Unite
This was posted several days ago probably as a PR move to tug at the communities nostalgic memories given the recent negativity that has occurred since BlizzCon 2018. The comments…