Perhaps one of the longest beta phases in history, China’s biggest games publisher Tencent Games closed Lost Saga 2 weeks ago, and the game was in beta since May 2014 (non-wipe beta since October 2015). With tons of unique characters, it…
Rising Fire – Quick look at Alpha Test 2 of new sci-fi shooter from Tencent
Rising Fire was announced by Tencent Games earlier this year for PC Windows, although it was revealed much earlier as a Xbox title known as “Project Mercury”. Developed by Yingpei Games, the China subsidiary of Epic Games (creators of Gears…
Paladins – China rights for team-based online game signed by Tencent
Following the success of SMITE in China under Tencent Games, the industry giant today announced it has signed Paladins for the world’s largest gaming market. Developed by Hi-Rez Studios, Paladins is scheduled to complete localisation and begin Closed Beta in…
Transformers Online – First look at Unreal Engine 4 team shooter
Tencent, China’s biggest tech company (and the owner of Riot Games and Supercell), announced Transformers Online a couple of weeks back. With no mention if it is an internal-developed game, the Unreal Engine 4 team-based shooter quickly entered its first…
Transformers Online – New demo game footage from ChinaJoy 2016
Following the reveal of Transformers Online a couple of days back, ChinaJoy has since opened its doors to the public. More camera footage of the Unreal Engine 4 game were released, and it seems both Autobots and Decepticons are able to…
Transformers Online – Tencent Games reveal new UE4 team shooter
Over at ChinaJoy 2016, Tencent Games dropped a bombshell by revealing Transformers Online, which is based on the official IP under Hasbro. The teaser site was first discovered earlier this week, although no one could really point out what game…
Blade & Soul: Hongmoon Rising – NCsoft and Tencent reveals new game
Earlier today, Tencent Games announced a new game based on NCsoft’s Blade & Soul IP, Hongmoon Rising. Co-developed between the 2 companies, Blade & Soul: Hongmoon Rising is reported as a “multi-platform” title, with PC and mobile versions heavily speculated.…
Tencent – China giant set to pay billions for majority stake in Supercell
[Source] Chinese Internet giant Tencent Holdings is in talks with SoftBank to buy its majority stake in Supercell, the Finland-based developer of some of the world’s most popular mobile games, according to people briefed on the discussions. Tencent’s talks with SoftBank are still…
League of Legends – Popular MOBA arriving on new console in China
Last week, Tencent, Intel and Haier jointly unveiled the Tencent Games Platform (TGP) BOX. Known as “Blade”, the hardware was manufactured by Haier, chips provided by Intel, with Tencent supplying the games. The launch titles are all operated by Tecent,…
League of Legends – Tencent sues Chinese developer for IP infringement
Tencent, the parent company of Riot Games, recently sued a Chinese developer for IP and copyright infringement with regards to League of Legends. The accussed, a prominent studio known as GY Games, has a mobile game titled “Cutest Heroes” where…
ArcheAge – China server enters Open Beta with new localized dungeon
After being in several different tests over the past year in China, including an extended period of non-wipe phases, ArcheAge has finally entered Open Beta last week. Publisher Tencent Games was adamant the game will only be “officially launched” after…
Dungeon & Fighter – Tencent Games extends publishing deal by 10 years
According to the Chinese media, gaming giant Tencent has signed an extension with Korean developer Neople to publish Dungeon & Fighter for 10 more years in China. The Chinese version of Dungeon & Fighter brought in around 517 million US dollars for…
Name of the Nature – Tencent reveals its first 2D anime mobile game
According to several Chinese media outlets, Name of the Nature appears to be Tencent Games’ first anime mobile game developed by an in-house studio. No matter, this new mobile game is based on one of the most popular Chinese manga series…
Rising Fire – Tencent reveals new Unreal Engine sci-fi RPG shooter
First teased a couple of days back, Tencent today revealed the identity of the mysterious sci-fi shooter at its annual UP conference. Titled Rising Fire, it is developed by Yingpei Games, the China studio of Epic Games (developer of Unreal…