[Game website] Respawn Entertainment’s first title, Titanfall, has been making waves since the beta started (and ended), with almost a flat positive review from all media outlets. Developed using Source Engine, 1 of the studio’s founders confirmed the massive size…
Blade & Soul – Game popularity spreading to China internet cafes
With Blade & Soul’s popularity still surging in China, Tencent Games released a new video to highlight how it is working with internet cafes around the country to further spread the product. Tencent has an internet cafe management software, hence…
ArcheAge – Russian server has reportedly made over $10 million
According to foreign media, the Free-to-Play Russian server for ArcheAge has reportedly made over USD 10 million thus far, even though the game only launched this past weekend. The sources did not specify where the revenue comes from, but I am…
World of Warcraft – Blizzard confirms option to purchase level 90 character
[Source] Leaked by WOW Insider last week, Blizzard Entertainment confirmed with Eurogamer that the option to purchase a level 90 character at USD $60 is indeed coming along with the undated Warlords of Draenor expansion. 1 free level 90 character…
The Elder Scrolls Online – Several changes made in Private Test Server
While the beta phase has now ended, the Private Test Server (PTS) is currently still available to some players. Several gameplay changes were made recently, and Force Strategy Gaming was able to get permission to discuss about them. Are the…
Bless – Closed Beta 1 ends successfully with memorial video
Bless, the online game running on Unreal 3 Engine and perhaps some graphical steroids, ended its Closed Beta 1 phase over the weekend in Korea. Despite the “limited” slots available, queues to enter the server apparently reached up to a…
Kingdom Under Fire II – Publisher for China region officially announced
While unofficially confirmed by the media a few weeks back, China publisher ChangYou has been confirmed as the publisher for Kingdom Under Fire II in the world’s largest gaming market. This will be the 1 of the final stops for…
Shanda Games – China MMO giant rumoured to be sold on cut-price deal
According to a flurry of reports from China today, 1 of the nation’s biggest online games publisher and developer, is rumoured to be sold for around USD 525 million. That is of course Shanda Games, 1 of the subsidiaries under…
Chain Chronicle – Log Horizon to appear in popular Japan mobile game
1 of the most popular mobile games in Japan now, Chain Chronicle will welcome a group characters from Log Horizon from 25th February till 5th March. These characters can be obtained at random from capsules, which in turn must be…
Archlord II – Global English server set to launch this summer on gPotato
[Teaser website] As mentioned months ago upon the closure of Archlord global (the Korean server closed recently), Webzen mentioned about publishing its PvP-focused sequel, Archlord II. The teaser website for Archlord II is now up, and it is set for…
ArcheAge – Latest game progress update posted by Trion Worlds
[Source] As ArcheAge takes a step closer to world domination by launching in Russia later today, Trion Worlds finally provided an update for the English server. Basically, the team just returned from Korea after a week with XLGAMES, and tweaks…
Strife – Play Test Weekend opens to all gamers on 3 major OS next week
[Register] From 28th February till 2 March 2014, S2 Games is organizing The Trial of Strife: Play Test Weekend. Gamers will be able to register until 24th February 2014 to gain access into The Trial of Strife for unlimited gameplay over the play test weekend.…
ArcheAge – Official press release for launch of Russian server
[Game website] Renowned South Korea-based game developer XLGAMES is bringing highly anticipated ArcheAge to Russia. Jake Song, CEO of XLGAMES gave a speech at a press conference for around 100 journalists and major game community leader in Moscow, Russia. During…
Asiasoft – SEA behemoth buys Level Up! Philippines for USD 4.2 million
[Source] Southeast Asia publisher, Asiasoft, announced recently the complete takeover of Level Up! Philippines, a fellow games publisher in its native country. Despite being a behemoth in Southeast Asia, Asiasoft did not venture fully into Philippines until this deal happened.…