The Magic Sword Online was revealed over the weekend at Tencent Games Carnival 2012, with several famous personality from the Chinese film industry acting as the game’s consultants. While little information was shown, I managed to source out some confirmed…
The Legend of Tibet – Journey to a mysterious realm
NetEase is China’s 2nd biggest online gaming company, and also the proxy publisher for Blizzard’s games such as Starcraft 2 and World of Warcraft. However, Diablo 3 has yet to be launched in China, with several hurdles on the way.…
Dragon Nest – Desert Dragon arrival marks new era
Today marks the day Nexon steps down as Dragon Nest Korea’s publisher, with the new publisher being Actoz Soft. Together with Dragon Nest’s developer, Eyedentity Games, both are subsidiary companies of China’s Shanda Games after acquisition. Actoz Soft is intending…
Devilian – Hack & slash MMO inspired by Diablo II
In development for over 3 years now, Devilian is developed by Korean studio Ginno Games, and the hack & slash title will be published by NHN through its Hangame portal. During the press conference, representatives from Ginno did not hesitate…
Cabal II: The Neoforce Era – PvP content is king
Cabal II has been very quiet since going into Open Beta a couple of weeks back, and Korean website ThisIsGame.com has published a new interview with developer ESTsoft to have some questions answered, including what the future holds. Note that…
300 Heroes – Manga, Disney and more reports for war
As I teased on my Facebook page a couple of days back, I was playing in the Alpha phase of a new China-developed MOBA, where manga characters such as Luffy, Usopp, Ultraman, Saber and even Disney ones such as Wall-E…
ArcheAge – Gameplay demo from the annual event
As all of you should know by now, ArcheAge China will only enter its first test phase in May next year, welcomed by the wrath and agony of the China gamers of course. But still, ArcheAge had several demo stations…
Dragon Nest Europe – Alpha Test phase begins
Announced nearly half 6 months ago, Dragon Nest Europe has since entered its Alpha Test phase last week. Published by eFusion, the deal happened after Shanda Games bought over the European publisher to expand its global business. The Alpha Test…
FIFA Online 2 – Korean server shutting down in March
While Neowiz had a wonderful G*Star 2012, with Bless garnering a legion of fans, things are not so rosy business-wise. After getting into a messy court fight with developer Smilegate over the closure of online shooter CrossFire, the company was…
Tencent Games Carnival 2012 – Highlights of Day 2
With all the major announcements revealed yesterday for the “big” titles, Day 2 was always slated to be a more “quiet” affair. There are possibly over 20 different games at the show (including web and mobile), but as usual I…
Blade & Soul – Awesome new trailer and record prices for keys
An awesome new trailer for Blade & Soul China was shown at Tencent Games Carnival 2012, and it comes with English subtitles as well for those who can’t understand Chinese (the English is bad at parts though). Still, it is…
Sura Online – New trailer previews giant boss battles
Announced last year as Tencent Games’ first game with global rights, Sura Online is still more than a year away from the scheduled release date (2014). The maiden title by Korean developer NSE Entertainment, the trailer for TGC 2012 showcases…
Tencent Games Carnival 2012 – Highlights of Day 1
The new games introduction session has just been concluded over at Tencent Games Carnival 2012′s first day, and there were a few news which certainly caught the eye. The similar issue concerning all the games are actually the time of…
The Magic Sword Online – Tencent expands martial arts MMO stable
While the Chinese name sounds more grand (天涯.明月.刀), the official English name is simply called The Magic Sword. Based on the Hong Kong classic by deceased novelist Gu Long, this MMO version will developed by 1 of Tencent’s studios, Aurora.…