Holding its annual UP press conference in China, Tencent Games revealed the mobile version for Dungeon & Fighter (DNF). Developed by Neople (who else), no release schedule was mentioned, but the game will apparently launch in China first. Features such…
Master X Master – Tencent Games teasing NCsoft MOBA for China
Master X Master, if you did not know, is an upcoming MOBA in-development at NCsoft. The game will features several characters from NCsoft games, such as Blade & Soul, Aion, and Lineage, including several brand new characters as well. China’s…
Lineage – Tencent Games opening first Pay-to-Play server in its history
On 26 March, Tencent Games will open its first ever Pay-to-Play game server under its wings. The Lineage “Reminiscence” server will not be Free-to-Play, but instead requires players to purchase a Growth Fruit from the item mall (web and in-game)…
Tencent – Record year for IT giant in 2014 with USD 4 billion profits
When I first started researching the China market, a colleague joked with me about Tencent, claiming the company might just worth ten cents since it is from China. Today, Tencent announced that its profits increased 53% in 2014 from 2013 (year…
Tencent – China IT giant working with Microsoft to promote Windows 10
As an active gamer of Tencent Games, I experienced first hand the tortures when Windows 8 and 8.1 launched. Applications and games, including Blade & Soul back then, could not run in the first few months. Tencent has seen the…
Blade & Soul Mobile – Official card images for upcoming mobile game
While the Korean version of Blade & Soul Mobile, was first announced by NCsoft at G-Star 2014 back in November, it seems the China players will be getting the game first. Blade & Soul China’s publisher, Tencent Games, is currently…
Tencent – Thousands queue to get red packet from company founder
After the week-long Lunar New Year (or Spring Festival) break, Chinese bosses usually give their employees a red packet to signal the starting of work. This is the same for Tencent, which is a majority shareholder of Epic Games, Riot Games,…
Tencent – Final design for new $300 million global headquarters revealed
Tencent Holdings, most well-known for its Tencent Games department, recently revealed the final design for its new $300 million global headquarters. Situated in Nanshan Hi-Tech Park, Shenzhen, China, the building will occupy a massive 18,650 square meters. Part of the design…
Blade & Soul – China server to get Warlock class later this month
Talk about being fast, the China server of Blade & Soul, under the mighty Tencent Games, will be getting the new Warlock class on 22nd January. This will just be around 1 month since the Warlock landed on the Korean…
Call of Duty Online – Full trailer starring Chris Evans now available
Currently in development by Raven Software, the China-exclusive Call of Duty Online just got its latest game trailer to celebrate the upcoming test phase. Publisher Tencent Games secured Chris Evans, well-known as Captain America, to be the spokesperson for this trailer,…
Call of Duty Online – Tencent nabs Chris Evans as game spokesperson
China’s biggest games company, Tencent Games, recently announced the no-limit test phase for Call of Duty Online, scheduled to start on 11th January 2015. The China-exclusive Call of Duty game also nabbed “Captain America”, Chris Evans, as the new spokesperson,…
ArcheAge – Media talks to XLGAMES and Tencent Games for China launch
This past weekend, Tencent held is annual games carnival, and it was announced that ArcheAge China will only launch in July next year. The Chinese media had a brief moment talking to representatives from XLGAMES and Tencent, and here is the…
Tencent Games Carnival 2014 – A look at the various game trailers
Tencent held its annual games carnival over the weekend, and other than ArcheAge and Blade & Soul, there are several client games on show as well. For Naruto Online, a new combo trailer was displayed, with the game having entered…
Blade & Soul – Short interview with the dev team on new Warlock class
Last week, the new Warlock class made its first appearance in a teaser trailer by NCsoft Korea. Over the weekend, the extended trailer was revealed over at Tencent Games Carnival 2014, and the Taiwanese media got to chat with the NCsoft…