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Why Robin Makes Batman Better The free fantasy video game Mabinogi has been out for a couple of years, entertaining players with the kind of swords and dragons adventure stuff lots of gamers like. Now the developers are adding something even more fun: Shakespeare.
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OK, I really got off on the wrong foot Thursday with Vindictus, the new MMO from Nexon that we’ll see more of at E3. So, let’s make a reintroduction with this trailer, giving the game’s backstory. Vindictus, readers. Readers, Vindictus.
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Man, OK, this is the way wars are fought: damn near in the dark. Here’s the pre-E3 trailer for Vindictus, the upcoming MMO from Nexon, and it’s a prequel for the game known as Mabinogi Heroes outside of North America.
Nexon dropped us a line to let us know that they’ll be showing up at PAX 2009 next month, showing off Dungeon Fighter Online and their latest MMO, Dragon’s Nest, in a compromising position.
At the “The State of the MMO” panel at Comic-Con, five massively-multiplayer devs weighed in on the positive changes coming to the genre, lacing as much marketing into their answers as humanly possible.
Thanks to numerous tips, Kotaku has now confirmed with staff at Nexon America that the company’s Vancouver-based development studio has shuttered its doors today, leaving upwards of 90 employees looking for jobs.
A couple of big Korean companies have floundered as of late — or at least, some of their games have been big disappointments — and it’s raising interesting observations about how companies handle shutting down free to play games and what happens to the money (some) players have poured into it? Nexon is pulling its disappointing ZerA and taking an unexpected road: repaying the people who purchased virtual items for real money:
Welcome to the pirate party, MapleStory? Where you been? We already ate all the finger food and drank all the rum, but you’re welcome to the super-powered martial arts moves we set aside for the ninja, as none of them showed up. At least we assume they didn’t. Nexon America has just added a new character class to their adorable free-to-play platformer MMO, and while they’re called pirates and look like pirates, the fact that they can transform into not one but two glowing super forms with magical powers makes me think that someone’s concept of nautical raiders could use a little work.
