Aika The Big update!!!

AIKA presents ‘Battle Field’ and ‘Hell Mode’ in the Newest Update

Seoul, Korea – February 24, 2009 – HanbitSoft announced that AIKA ONLINE, a 1000 vs. 1000 massive battle MMORPG developed by JoyImpact, has updated newest features to the game. This is the first time since the open beta to update on new system features in large. Until now, AIKA had been making balance adjustments, adding items for user convenience and etc.

This most recent update focuses on strengthening the battle system. It includes:

- A new battle system called ‘Battle Field’. In Battle Field, compensations through war go directly to the gamers unlike other systems, where the nation or the master gets them all. Also, Battle Field eliminates the participants to 48 people at a time, in order to avoid unbalanced PvP. By having certain environment, players are encouraged to combat with more strategy and skill to win. Various missions such as Team Death Match, and customizing system, to allow the players to design their own field for more unique combat, will be added in the future.

- ‘Hell Mode’, the most difficult level in instant dungeon, is updated initially in Ushula Dungeon. Only the characters of at least level 50 can enter the dungeon, and only once in a day. In Hell Mode, players can win high-level items that are stronger and unique, and meet with stronger monsters.

There will be larger update next month. It will be larger in scale and various in details.

~From Jannelle's Espresso

GRANADO ESPADA !!! Reach the Peaks of 30 Billion Won in sales!

That's right, Granado Espada of Hanbitsoft reach 30 billion won in sales last year. Here is the news from Janelle of Hanbitsoft.

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Granado Espada Breaks Through 30billion Accumulated Sales

Seoul, Korea – February 17, 2009 – HanbitSoft Inc, announced that a well known MMORPG GRANADO ESPADA had exceeded 30billion won in the accumulated sales last year. This record was reached before it had its third anniversary in open beta in February of 2006. Shown by the accomplishment, Granado Espada now is one of the top sellers of the company.

Grandado Espada is currently played in 30 countries by more than 20milion subscribers around the world. The game is especially popular in Japan and South East countries, and more and more gamers join to play in Russia, North American and Europe every day.

~from Janelle's Espresso

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Granado Espada now reached RUSSIA! rejoice for the Russian Server built last year!

MABINOGI Heroes Soon calls for Close Beta!

MABINOGI Heroes Soon calls for Close Beta!

Period of Application for Close Beta Registration and Beta Test will be on March 6 ~ April 5.

Based on Press, Mabinogi Heroes Finally stated that 1st Beta Test for the game will be and expected between this March ~ April of this said year.

In the last 18 days, mmorpg game rating board, Mabinogi Heroes recieved the confirmation for Trial and review. NEXON announces the application for The Beta Test evaluation for the game will be (March 6 ~ April 5), and also announces; The game is now rated to +15 years old and above.

Through that Period of test and reviews, applicants will be given a chance to test the game freely. *Note: NEXON's offcial beta test is still unclear, this may still change in the near comming board results and may still come up with a new plan base on the situation, NEXON said.

The beta test for Mabinogi Heroes will be focusing on the reliability and services of the game.

Test results and the development of the service schedule will be determined depending on the circumstances.


Studio NEXON who also develop the 1st MABINOGI and MABINOGI HEROES is also a shared name of the popular fantasy world game style is ratherly categorized as MORPG, with the implementation of VALVE's ACTION SOURCE ENGINE, A powerful physics engine that applied to destroy most visible things and elements and can be used also directly as a material.


C9 will start its beta next week, until MABINOGI HEROES rises up slowly revealing the interrest of most gamers.

GAME BOARD RATING with MABINOGI HEROES, evaluation period of 3.6 ~ 4.5

A DARK & INTENSE ACTION Has opened the door of MABINOGI : HEROES.

C9: Continent of the Ninth Enters 1st CBT now!

Ok, Recently I got a fresh news on THISISGAME. Yes, C9 is now recruiting CBT'ers on the main C9 website http://c9.hangame.com

C9 will be recruiting 10,000 Close Beta Testers beginning Feb. 12, 2009, base on the website, hangame's C9 will have 2 Close Beta Calls, and the 1st call has just began, after the 1st call of CB, later there will be another round... that would be soon. CB sign ups will be recruited in 12 days, from Feb 12 ~ 22 of this month.



C9 has just added 500 channels on the big event of the 1st CBT, and now, they are only waiting for the testers to come. CBT is expected to begin Feb. 24, 2009 based on the main website.

*note: There are big changes on HANGAME sign-up registration, as you will see on the picture above, to be able to join the CBT, Hangame members and new members is expected to input "REAL KOREAN PHONE NUMBER" to be able to verify the sign up... I believe even the old members of HANGAME, Including me will be prompted to verify the sign-up for C9. So good luck guys...

oh by the way... I just upgraded my old hangame account, and i just successfully signed up for C9 close beta phase... and im now waiting for feb. 24, for the CB to start and get the client downloaded... hmm, but im still not sure if i got it... well... lets just see...

CLOSE BETA FOR CANHEL - HardCore MMORPG

CanHel - For-D MMORPG
Yes, Its Another Korean MMORPG, a Hardcore genre. Well after Grevity's Hardcore/Horror MMORPG Requiem: Bloodymare... Here comes a new one, though not so new in these genres... I'm probably Go join the Close Beta this coming February 16... I got my account ready for the CBT few days from now along with my friend.

Close Beta Sign-up begin last Jan. 30, 2008 will end on February 16, 2009... The CBT sign-up result will be posted on the said End date.

So far Im still trying to know about this game if it has a unique feature...

MySpace: 90,000 sex offenders removed in two years (Reuters)

NEW YORK (Reuters) - The online networking site MySpace has identified and barred some 90,000 registered sex offenders from using the site over the last two years, MySpace revealed to an investigative task force on Tuesday.

The "shocking" number was 40,000 more than MySpace had previously acknowledged, according to Connecticut Attorney General Richard Blumenthal, a co-chairman of the task force of state attorneys general looking into sex offenders' use of social networking.

MySpace, owned by News Corp.'s Fox Interactive Media digital division, disclosed the figures to the task force in response to a subpoena.

"This shocking revelation, resulting from our subpoena, provides compelling proof that social networking sites remain rife with sexual predators," Blumenthal said in a statement.

Blumenthal's office said it was awaiting a response to a similar subpoena issued to Facebook, another popular social networking site that his office said also might host "substantial numbers of convicted offenders."

Facebook's Chief Privacy Officer Chris Kelly said in a statement it was working with Blumenthal's office but said the site had "not yet had to handle a case of a registered sex offender meeting a minor through Facebook."

"Unlike MySpace or other social networking sites, Facebook has always enforced a real-name culture and has developed and deployed social verification and powerful privacy rules that allow people to interact in a safer and more trusted environment," the statement said.

Two years ago, MySpace commissioned background verification firm Sentinel Safe Tech Holdings Corp. to create a national database of sex offenders after reports that some of its teenage users were abducted by sex predators.

Sentinel operates a U.S. database of sex offenders that includes as many as 120 details for each offender, from their names and addresses to their scars and tattoos, Sentinel Chief Executive John Cardillo said.

Before the national database was created, information on convicted sex offenders was available only locally.

MySpace said on Tuesday the technology had enabled it to identify 90,000 users as registered sex offenders -- people who have been found guilty of sex crimes and ordered to register with law enforcement officials -- and had removed and blocked them from the site.

"We can confirm that MySpace has removed these individuals from our site and is providing data about these offenders to any law enforcement agency including the Attorney General's in Connecticut," MySpace's Chief Security Officer Hemanshu Nigam said in a statement.

(Reporting by Edith Honan; Editing by Ellen Wulfhorst and Philip Barbara)

Source: http://tech.yahoo.com/news/nm/20090203/tc_nm/us_myspace_offenders

I mean, WHAT IN THE HELL?!!, damn, I can't believe this shocking news... good thing i have both my safe account on those 2 community sites.