STEPARU News, Reviews, Previews & Information for Foreign Games

Gamigo (www.gamigo.de) has signed a contract with Eden Entertainment to publish the European and American version of Last Online. Foreign gamers should be familiar of Last Online since their trailers,screen shots, and other media was a bit catchy. Last Online is an upcoming action MMORPG that looks interesting. You can check out screen shots and a gameplay trailer below if you haven't heard of this game yet. There is no exact date as to when it will be in Closed Beta phase, I wouldn't expect anything soon though. Last Online has not even entered Closed Beta phase in Korea.

Nexon Korea will be hosting the last and final test for Dragon Nest early next month. The testing phase will only last for about three days and you will be able to play for a total of about eight hours each day. Hopefully, Open Beta is closing in as Nexon Korea lets every user who has access to a Nexon account try out the Dragon Nest Online next month. Check out the full Final Test schedule below. If all goes well during this final test, you know what that means.

Devcat and Nexon Korea will finally be releasing their Mabinogi Heroes for public Open Beta on January 21, 2010. There was a lot of rumors floating around but now it has been confirmed. With the upcoming Grand Opening of Mabinogi Heroes a lot of new content will be implemented in the game. Episode 3 and 4 will feature a lot of new bosses, costumes, new maps, dungeons, clothing, armor and weapons! You can check out the new goodies of what is in store for you when try out Mabinogi Heroes in a few days. Nexon also released a new teaser Grand Opening promotion video that you can check out in HD below. I must say these new bosses look pretty good excited to try them out!

Alaplaya Europe, one of the best online gaming portals in Europe that imports games faster than usual from Korea, will be having an Open Beta test for Avalon Heroes on January 12, 2010. Which is pretty much today, Open Beta will last for about 10-14 days. After 10-14 days has passed all data will be wiped again, and you can enjoy a fresh new start on the official release in February. For more information on Avalon Heroes please visit their Open Beta page here.

NHN Hangame Korea will be holding a new test for their upcoming new job called Witch Blade. On the second test, you will be able to try out her other two tier jobs called Warden and Slayer. The Witch Blade is very agile class and can dual wield two weapons at once, so she sounds pretty IMBA. With the upcoming news and release of the test server, they also released a new video which featured customization of the Witch Blade class. You can check out the trailer below it's really sexy.