

It is the dream of Erinn, the paradise promised in the Legend, which fuels humanity in these dark times. There, no one will age or fall ill, and the land will be rich with bountiful resources. In Erinn, there will be two moons, Eweca and Lateka, and they will shine with the brightness of the gods. In this world, there is but one moon, and it shines upon a wasteland where Fomors and beasts roam, hungry to tear flesh from bone. As the common folk trudge from one empty day into the next, only one thought keeps them going: the Legend. What has become of the outside world? Few people know. Yet, cowering behind those walls does not guarantee safety… To survive, people have huddled together, forming ramshackle towns with high walls. Monstrous creatures lurk in every trench, cave, and valley. Rain falls, yet the land is barren, as if the earth has been drenched in too much bloodshed to bear fruit. The air is thick with despair, and the battles never cease.

Vindictus Europe is currently available in English and German. Less attractive, that is, unless you enjoy endless bloodshed. Nothing annoys me more than when a game publisher says “Close Beta” instead of the correct “Closed Beta”.Įurope’s most anticipated free-to-play MMO ever has finally entered its closed beta! Welcome Europeans to the land of Vindictus! Unfortunately, players of Vindictus live in a less attractive time than that of players of Mabinogi which takes place several hundred years after the events of Vindictus. This is the first time Nexon has partnered with Syncopate. Nexon has partnered with other publishers to service their games in Russia in the past with Crazy Arcade (PopTag!) Russia and the now closed Kart Rider Russia both being published by Innova Systems. The companies expect to kick of Combat Arms Russia’s beta test in the second half of the year with the official launch following soon after. “With Russia’s huge, ever-growing market for online games, particularly high-quality, free-to-play games, and the expertise and reputation of our partner Syncopate, we expect a very successful launch.” “Combat Arms has seen rapid adoption in every territory we have brought the game to,” offered Nexon’s DongSun Kim. Developed by South Korean Doobic Studios and developed towards Western markets, Nexon and Syncopate have partnered for the publishing of Combat Arms in Russia. Combat Arms has hit 28,000 concurrent users and 26,000 concurrent users in Europe and North America, respectively. The Korean service of the game enjoyed success for a period but its community has waned in recent times.Ĭombat Arms has already seen great success in the global markets it has been released, namely North America, Europe, Brazil and South Korea. The title from Nexon-owned studio Neople, the developers of Dungeon Fighter Online, strove to appeal to a similar base as the global phenomenon League of Legends but has clearly failed to connect as well as anticipated. The contract period between Nexon and respective publishers Tiancity and Gamania expired and were not renewed. Meanwhile, both the Chinese and Taiwanese services of 3D multiplayer online battle area (MOBA) game Cyphers Online have been shut down. Nexon America’s Splash Damage-developed Dirty Bomb is presently in its open beta phase ( ) while Nexon Europe prepares the next beta test for Combat Arms: Line of Sight ( ). This merge comes as both Nexon America and Nexon Europe are running the beta testing phases of brand new first-person shooter (FPS) games. Nexon America appears to be keeping Combat Arms present on its game portal.


The united service seeks to bring together Combat Arms’ 7 million European users and 6 million North American users so that Nexon can “provide the best possible service to the dedicated Combat Arms community” and will be available for play in English, German, Italian, Polish and Turkish. Servers for three regions (Europe, North America, Global) are available for play. As it’s the pre-merge European client that is being used for this unified service, previous Combat Arms America players may notice some minor differences in game content due to prior localization differences. Both Nexon Europe and Nexon America accounts can now be used to log into the game. Two of those things are Combat Arms going transatlantic and the Chinese service of Cyphers being shut down.Īs of June 30 2015, Combat Arms Europe and Combat Arms America have merged into a single service managed primarily by Nexon Europe. So popping back to life at last there’s certainly been a heck of a lot which I’ve missed out on posting about.
