Over at Tencent Games Carnival 2014, China’s biggest games publisher announced that ArcheAge China will be launching next year in July, with exclusive Asian elements on top of the original content. After a glance at the various forums, it seems the…
Blade & Soul – Extended game trailer for Warlock class shown in China
Celebrating Blade & Soul’s first anniversary in China, publisher Tencent Games revealed the extended game trailer for the upcoming Warlock class at Tencent Games Carnival 2014. According to reports, other than summoning various monstrosities, the Warlock will have an arsenal of debuff…
Heroes of Newerth – Tencent creates world’s largest LEGO game map
While Tencent Games is doing very well with League of Legends, the mega corporation has not forgotten about Heroes of Newerth, another MOBA it is currently publishing in China. Over at Tencent Games Carnival 2014, the map “Forests of Caldavar”…
Orcs Must Die! Unchained – Tencent Games confirmed as China publisher
After teasing gamers with a new “TOBA” genre title, Tencent Games revealed today that it will be publishing Orcs Must Die! Unchained, a game which fuses the elements of tower defense (building traps) and MOBA (playable heroes and minions) into…
Tencent Games – New “TOBA” game to be revealed at annual carnival
China’s biggest games company, Tencent Games, is set to hold its annual Tencent Games Carnival on 28th November. Just the day before, the gaming giant will also be hosting a special event to reveal a new game, teasing it to be…
Naruto Online – A brief look at the official browser game by Tencent
There are many Naruto web games around, but only the one in China under Tencent Games is officially licensed by its Japan counterpart. A co-development effort with Namco Bandai and CyberConnect2 (developer of the Naruto console games), the story starts right from…
League of Legends – Popular MOBA poised to be top global earner in 2014
Poised to take over China’s CrossFire which held the throne last year, League of Legends is now the top worldwide earner for 2014 (Jan to Sep) in the MMO category. The final annual numbers have yet to be calculated since there…
ArcheAge – New China Closed Beta arriving with Leviathan update
With many expecting the China server to launch before the North America server, the latest Closed Beta was just recently announced for a start on 22nd October. However, the disgruntled China gamers will get the latest naval updates, which were only…
Moonlight Blade – Brief look at Closed Beta 3 for new martial arts title
With companies such as Perfect World (Swordsman) and Snail Game (Age of Wushu) churning out flagship martial arts title, China’s biggest gaming company, Tencent Games, could not resist making 1 of its own. Enter Moonlight Blade, based on a famous…
Monster Hunter Online – New test phase begins with exclusive monster
After going off the radar for a couple of months, Monster Hunter Online started its Extreme Test Phase in China yesterday. Co-developed by Capcom and Tencent Games using CryEngine, several new features were added along with a list of over…
Tencent – Brand value continues to surpass Facebook and Samsung
Similar to last year’s report by BrandZ, Tencent’s brand value continues to surge ahead of other massive tech giant’s, including Facebook and Samsung. The China tech giant, well-known for its QQ Messenger, Tencent Games portal and WeChat mobile app, jumped…
Call of Duty Online – Development shifts from China to North America
Formerly developed by Activision Shanghai, it was announced recently that development for Call of Duty Online has been shifted to Raven Software. It is quite a weird move after knowing the news, since Call of Duty Online is exclusively targeted…
ArcheAge – China server to utilize double currency system
An article in China recently revealed the business model for ArcheAge China, and it will be different from the straight-forward Free-to-play system found in Korea, Japan and Russia. 2 in-game currencies will be used, namely Gold and Blue Shells. Read…
ArcheAge – New beta phase version to be faster than Korean server
Translated as the “Holy Task” test phase, ArcheAge China will once again open its doors to gamers with beta access on 18th May 2014. Tencent Games also revealed via a press release that the game version will be “faster than…