Category Archives: Korea
Fri, Jan 13, 2012 | 20:22 GMT
Korean Game Rating Board gives Diablo III a rating, can be released in South Korea
South Korea has finally given Diablo III a rating, which will see the game release in the country, rated for those 18-and-up. The RPG’s certification was put on hold earlier in the month, due to concerns raised by the Korean Game Rating Board over the title’s auction house feature. However, in order to get the game passed in the country, Blizzard has to removed the RMT auction house for the Korean version. Still no date, but this is still good news for South Korean gamers. Thanks, Shack.
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Posted in: Activision Blizzard, Korea, PC, RPG
Tags: diablo 3, diablo III
Thu, Dec 01, 2011 | 23:37 GMT
Gamescom 2012 floorspace upped to 140,000 square metres
Next year’s gamescom will be bigger than ever.
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Posted in: Korea, gamescom 2012
Wed, Oct 19, 2011 | 14:37 BST
Korean Unreal Engine-based MMORPG announced
The Korean branch of Epic Games has signed with Alliance of Valiant Arms publisher Neowiz for an Unreal Engine 3-powered MMORPG, titled Bless.
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Posted in: Korea, MMO, PC, RPG
Tags: Bless, epic, Epic Games, Epic Games Korea, neowiz, unreal, unreal engine, unreal engine 3
Mon, Aug 15, 2011 | 06:45 BST
Monday Shorts – Vita accessories, Wii U trademarks, Carmack hearts this hardware gen
Some things just can’t be spun out past a couple of sentences and the exhortation to go, look, and learn more.
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Posted in: EA, Korea, Vita
Tags: domain registration, facebook, gold farming, john carmack, Maplestory Adventures, The Lord of the Rings: War in the North, trademark filing
Mon, Aug 08, 2011 | 03:41 BST
Report – North Korean ‘hacker army’ targets MMOs
South Korean police have reportedly outed a ring of gold farmers dispatched from North Korea.
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Posted in: Crime, Korea, MMO
Tags: gold farming
Wed, Jun 29, 2011 | 14:19 BST
Limbo PS3 rated by Korean Ratings Board
The Korean Ratings Board has rated a PS3 version of 2010 indie love-in Limbo. Sony Computer Entertainment Korea is the one who mate the listing. Previously released on Xbox Live Arcade last summer, developer Playdead had said it was working on a new IP, but insisted that Limbo was an “exclusive for life” on XBLA. Then again, so was Braid and Castle Crashers and look what happened. Just saying.
We’ll email Playdead. Thanks, GSW.
Wed, Apr 20, 2011 | 13:09 BST
Wednesday Shorts: Portal 2 Easter egg, Rift in Korea, Gears 3 executions
Tasty bites to get you over hump day.
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Posted in: Development, Japan, Korea, Microsoft, PC, Platform holders, PlayStation Move, Retail, Shorts, Sony, Stuff, Trion, Valve, Violence in games, Xbox 360
Tags: Easter Eggs, epic, Gears of War 3, merchandise, no more heroes, portal 2, Rift
Tue, Mar 22, 2011 | 21:43 GMT
Report: Asian games industry still fuelled by Internet cafe culture
A new report from games industry market analyst firm Pearl Research suggests Internet cafes are still a major motivator in Asian game markets.
Tue, Mar 01, 2011 | 05:34 GMT
PC Gaming Alliance reports increased revenue worldwide
Ahead of the full release to members next week, the PC Gaming Alliance has published an extract from its Horizons Report at GDC, and things are looking up for fans of the Original Platform.
Tue, Jan 04, 2011 | 23:10 GMT
Rumoured delay to Western TERA release
Korean-language interviews have sparked speculation that Bluehole’s fantasy MMORPG The Exiled Realms of Arborea – commonly known, thankfully, as TERA – will again miss its supposedly international release, opening doors in Japan well before North American and European beta testing begins.
Wed, Oct 20, 2010 | 13:14 BST
Bilson: North Korea has been “really cooperative” in helping with Homefront story
THQ core boss Danny “Lips” Bilson has said Homefront’s backstory between North Korea and the US is borne of a “speculative fiction that comes out of paranoid theory.”
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Posted in: Korea, PC, PS3, THQ, Xbox 360
Tags: danny bilson, homefront, kaos studios
Wed, Aug 11, 2010 | 11:30 BST
Namco Bandai to publish Kane and Lynch 2 in South Korea
Siliconera‘s reporting Square Enix has handed publishing rights of Kane and Lynch 2: Dog Days to Namco Bandai in South Korea.
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Posted in: Action, Korea, Namco Bandai, PC, PS3, Shooter, Square Enix, Xbox 360
Tags: io interactive, Kane and Lynch 2: Dog Days
Mon, Jun 28, 2010 | 06:59 BST
Korean WoW subs get StarCraft II free
Pumped for StarCraft II? Today’s your lucky day. At least if you have a WoW subscription. And you live in Korea.
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Posted in: Activision Blizzard, Korea, MMO, PC, Strategy
Tags: Chris Sigaty, starcraft II, world of warcraft
Fri, Jun 25, 2010 | 14:09 BST
Korea: StarCraft II gets put on a plane
Blizzard Entertainment Korea has announced a co-marketing plan with Korean Air for StarCraft II: Wings of Liberty, which will see character Jim Raynor’s image wrapped on two planes belonging to the airline.
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Posted in: Activision Blizzard, Korea, PC, Strategy
Tags: Korean Air, marketing, starcraft II
Mon, Jun 14, 2010 | 12:04 BST
THQ brings three WWE titles to E3
THQ has announced the company’s comprehensive lineup of WWE games which will be making an appearance at E3 this week.
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Posted in: E3 2010, Fighter, Korea, PC, PS2, PS3, PSP, THQ, Wii, Xbox 360
Tags: wwe, WWE All Stars, WWE Smackdown vs Raw 2011, WWE Smackdown vs Raw Online
Tue, May 11, 2010 | 10:39 BST
LG brings 3D gaming to 360… in Korea
Engadget’s reporting that an LG TV will allow 360 games to be played in 3D. Woo, and indeed, T.
Tue, Apr 27, 2010 | 23:52 BST
Blizzard cuts ties with Korean e-Sports Association
Blizzard CEO Mike Morhaime has said that the company intends to find a new e-sports partner for StarCraft in South Korea, due to IP rights.
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Posted in: Activision Blizzard, Korea, Legalities, PC, Strategy
Tags: e-sports, Mike Morhaime, starcraft
Sat, Apr 17, 2010 | 15:14 BST
StarCraft II given an AO rating in Korea
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Posted in: Activision Blizzard, Hot, Korea, PC, Strategy
Tags: ao rating, starcraft, starcraft II
Tue, Apr 13, 2010 | 17:06 BST
Professional StarCraft players in Korea accused of cheating
Professional e-sports players in Korea have been accused of match set-ups and illegal betting through StarCraft.
Celebrity player sAviOr, Ja Mae Yoon, is one such player being accused.
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Posted in: Activision Blizzard, Korea, Legalities, PC, Strategy
Tags: e-sports, professional starcraft players, starcraft, StarCraft I
Thu, Oct 22, 2009 | 17:44 BST
Lost Planet 2 to get a 2010 release, says MS slide
So says a powerpoint slide at a Microsoft invitational in Korea, Lost Planet 2 could still see a release this year.
The slide shows Capcom has the game down for “this winter” in Japan, compared to the PS3 version: that doesn’t have a date yet in the country.
Be that as it may, it will get a 2010 release in the West for both platforms.
From Silconera.
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