Eastern MMO News cover massively multiplayer online games that are developed by groups, individuals or companies from the Eastern regions of the world. This includes the Asia, Oceania, Pacific Islands. Most games are developed in South Korea, China, and Japan.
It has been nearly a year since Black Desert Mobile released in Asia and now Pearl Abyss will finally allow Western players and the whole global fanbase to play the game! Black Desert Mobile will launch globally on December 11th 2019.
Developer Eyedentity has revealed that the South East Asian release date for the World of Dragon Nest is set for January 8th, 2020. Both Android and iOS users will gain access on that day. The SEA release is specific to Thailand, Singapore, Philippines, Indonesia, and Malaysia.
CCP Games, the Iceland-based game developer responsible for the popular sci-fi sandbox MMO EVE Online is attending this year’s G-Star Convention 2019. G-Star is an annual trade show showcasing dozens of video games and MMORPGs in Korea. EVE Online is set to launch in Korea when the convention begins on November 14th and will be presented there to support the release.
Bless Unleashed, the new MMORPG on Xbox One has launched its open beta. Bless Unleashed shares the same lore and world as the previously shut-down PC MMORPG Bless Online. The game is published by Bandai Namco. The beta is set to run from November 7th to November 21st. You can start your adventure by downloading the game from the Xbox Microsoft Store.
WarpPortal has announced that Ragnarok Online (iRO) will be suspended for two months to make way for a massive “mega-update”. The iRO team was given the option to receive several updates all at once with a focus on improvements on quality of life and day-to-day adventuring in Midgard.
The iRO update will include “about a dozen game-system and quality of life updates such as Daily Login rewards, a tried and tested Anti-Cheat system, the long awaited pet evolution system, and much more”.
Through a developer’s letter posted on Facebook by Yunseok Yi (Executive Producer of What!Studio) and Seungmyeong Yang (Producer of Durango: Wild Lands), Nexon has officially announced the end Durango: Wild Lands. Service for the mobile sandbox MMORPG will end on December 18, 2019. In-app purchases have already been disabled.
Black Desert Mobile is finally making its way to the West. Developer and publisher Pearl Abyss has announced that the mobile iteration of the popular PC and console MMORPG Black Desert Online will be launching sometime in December of this year. The game is now available for pre-registration on the Google Play Store and Apple App Store.
TERA Classic has added the first new class since the mobile MMORPG fully launched in South Korea in August. The Elin Lancer, with her oversized lance, pranced her tiny Elin feet straight into the game on September 11th. Check out the combat gameplay trailer video below to see the Elin Lancer in action!
