Popular foreign MMOs & MMOs in development

>Closers - http://closers.nexon.com/
KR, JP
English patch? No

"The year is 2020 and dimensional monsters have invaded the world for the second time. Only agents known as Closers have the psychic abilities required to defeat these monsters and close the Dimensional Gates from which they arrive. Closers centers on the story of The Black Lambs, a group of high school students who also happen to be the Closers tasked with protecting New Seoul from the monster invasion.

The main gameplay method in Closers is a series of instanced missions/dungeons broken into chapters similar to Dungeon Fighter Online and Vindictus. Interestingly, the game also includes a MOBA/AoS style PvP mode inspired by League of Legends."

Guides and additional information: http://closershq.com/

>Ar:piel Online - http://arpiel.nexon.com/
KR
English patch? No

"Ar:piel Online (former name: Project AX) is an anime MMORPG developed by Ngine Studios based in Korea. Nexon just announced that it has acquired the publishing right of this game in Korea, while the publishers of this game in the western market are not confirmed yet.
Players will assume the roles of students with animal like traits and features from a beastmen school in Ar:piel Online."

>Soul Worker - http://soulworker.hangame.co.jp/
JP
English patch? No

"Soul Worker talks about a world invaded by creatures from other dimensions, with humanity having no strength to defend against the threat. Just when everything seems lost, the dormant powers within a group of teenagers awoke, and thus began the fight against the dimensional threats as Soul Workers.

While the anime style and awesome effects are eye-catching, the instance dungeon system is something to look out for. Each dungeon will have different objectives, including luring a self-exploding monster to a safe zone while saving civilians. The dungeon system allows anyone to join any time if there is a slot, while players can even go back to town to re-supply before joining back again."

Guides and additional information: http://soulworkerhq.com/

>Lost Ark - http://www.lostark.co.kr/
KR
English patch? No

"Lost Ark, a 3D massively-multiplayer online role-playing game offers an immersive action-centric playing style and adopts a non-targeting combat system and a dynamic quarter-view angle to maximize the game experience.

The whole world is in chaos from the attack of Kazeros’ demon army, as Kazeros opens the Chaos Gate with his six legions to invade the human world. Like a legend that exists in myths, the world has become a place where there are no heroes and everyone has forgotten about the Ark that defeated the demons in the past. Now, the player must venture the vast world of the Lost Ark to gather the pieces and go against the demon army. The one force that can stand up against the demons! The Lost Ark."

>Lineage Eternal - http://le.plaync.com/
KR
English patch? No

"Lineage Eternal (Also known as Lineage 3) is a new next-generation MMORPG being developed by NCsoft. Set in the same fantasy setting as the previous two Lineage games, Lineage Eternal has made a breakthrough in terms of development technology and battle performance. it features upgraded massive war scenarios, unique modern battle system, intelligent system, and dynamic positioning perspective."

>Peria Chronicles - http://peria.nexon.com/main/Index.aspx
KR
English patch? No

"Peria Chronicles is an open world MMORPG, which is set in the background of the war between human and monsters. Players' mission is to fight against the monsters in order to expel the beasts that disturbs human's social order, and players are more like watching an anime while playing the game. Designed using a self-developed engine, warm feelings of cell animation was bodied out; where players can interact with every single in-game objects. The 'Kirana' species whom you will encounter in the game can either be a life threatening enemy or your companion in battle by providing skills. Manage to overpower the enemies building your own."

>Age of Wushu 2 - http://9yin2.woniu.com/
CN
English patch? No

"Unlike the original title, Age of Wushu 2 isn't set in any era in ancient China, and it has no quests and character stats. All of these changes are supposed to make AOW2 go beyond the martial arts genre. The team wants to stress on freedom, sandbox, and exploration for Age of Wushu 2. Like The Elder Scrolls: Skyrim, the hit or miss in AOW2 won't be determined by your stats or gear, but physical position and combat style.

According to Snail Games, NPCs have advanced behaviors and they will ally other NPCs and even form an alliance. They'll participate in many events in the sandbox world, and affect the world. NPCs won't give you quests but will interact with players and the world in a more complicated way.

Age of Wushu 2 will have a totally different combat system. It claims the physics has reached the level of inverse kinematics. There will be no health bar, no pop-up numbers tell you how damage you make, and no icons notify you what buff/debuff you have, and instead, all these conditions will be presented in physically realistic way."

>Moonlight Blade - http://wuxia.qq.com/
CN, KR
English patch? No

"Moonlight Blade is Tencent Games' upcoming action MMORPG sets in the martial arts world. Tencent Games is working with movie makers to create movie-leveled combat feeling, and they make use of satellite statistics to build the terrains of the game. The developer claimed that the gaming world is massive and 18 times larger than the world of Skyrim.

Not only the size, but also the detail level of the world will amaze MMO gamers. The developer told that the engine allows them to provide a 2,300-meter view distance, 17 different types of landscapes, and over 2,200 types of plants."

Guides and additional information: http://killonsight.info/forums/viewforum.php?f=200&sid=8e250cf0da331938e0173386e3e31728