General: Book of Demons: Return to Classic Games with ThingTrunk?s Latest

Return 2 Games (Return2Games.com) is a new initiative by Polish developer ThingTrunk. Essentially, these guys are trying to reimaging classic games for a new audience, while paying homage and tweaking the design to make it their own. The first target is one of Blizzard’s greatest triumphs. But let’s call it… The Book of Demons.

Lost Ark: First Closed Beta Slated for August 17th

Steparu is reporting that the first closed beta event for Lost Ark is scheduled to begin on August 17th and run through August 24th. Players can sign up for testing but the pool is limited to 9,000 players. Sign ups will begin today when the site goes live (which at this writing, is not yet up).

General: StarCraft Universe Open Beta Begins

After five years in development, the KickStarter-backed Starcraft Universe, an MMO built using the Starcraft 2 modding tools, has finally hit open beta. The Starcraft Universe team raised nearly $90k via KickStarter and will continue to support the project through an Indigogo campaign.

General: Webzen to Launch MU Origin Today for Mobile Devices

Webzen has announced that MU Origin will launch later today for both iOS and Android mobile devices. Players can take on any one of three classes to explore the game world and to progress their characters through daily quests, story dungeons, arenas and moving through the main quest line.