When we launched the Plus9 Open Beta earlier this year, and more recently, the Plus9 Shop, our aim was to empower developers and publishers from Asia with a new distribution platform that could provide their games with the visibility and focus they deserve and most importantly, help Western players like you discover them. Now, with the launch of Plus9 Game Club, we’re taking discovery to a whole new level with a brand new way to explore and experiment with games on the platform.

It’s already turning out to be a hot summer for MMOs! Phantasy Star Online 2: New Genesis just launched earlier this month, and Black Desert Online will be getting its newly announced class, Corsair, on June 29. Continuing to add to the excitement, we have more news for Aion Classic and Bless Unleashed!

I’m not sure how a fighting game with as many iterations as Guilty Gear has escaped my notice before now, but I’ll definitely be paying more attention to this franchise in the future. Originally designed as a stand-up arcade game in 2002 by designer Arc System Works, #Reload quickly joined its predecessors on consoles back in 2003, and has been ported to many different consoles over the years.

Hello, my name is Sonnet, and today we’re announcing the beginning of a new Plus9 article series titled MMO Rewind! In this set of articles, we’ll be looking at Asian MMOs from over a decade ago and see if their present day releases hold up to our modern MMO tastes.