An open secret for a couple of weeks now, publisher and developer ChangYou officially announced Warframe for the China PC market at its annual Game+ new game summit event, with no Closed Beta date announced. No unique features or localized…
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…
Diablo III – A quick look at some graphical changes for China server
Following the video interview between the China media and Blizzard team, Diablo III has finally started its Technical Test earlier today in China. While the business model issue has been cleared up, here are some of the graphical changes which…
Diablo III – Blizzard clarifies all rumors about business model for China server
Blizzard Entertainment recently held a video conference with the Chinese media to answer lingering questions. As expected, there will be some major differences from the other servers which are currently running. Read on to find out the full details. Wyatt Cheng and…
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)…
HEX: Shards of Fate – Perfect World announces new card game for China
Having teased the game for a week now, Perfect World China finally revealed its new online game, HEX: Shards of Fate. The online card game scene is currently dominated by Hearthstone (who else) in China, and it seems Perfect World…
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…
Allods Online – China server closing down after three long years
Other than Blizzard titles, it is amazing any Western game could survive more than two years in China. Allods China publisher, Giant Interactive, has announced the game will be closing on 30 August, citing the end of the contract signed with…
King of Wushu – CryEngine wuxia MOBA to launch in China this month
Developed by Snail Games, better known for Age of Wushu, King of Wushu will be a PlayStation 4 launch title in China on 30 March, with 15 characters and just 1 map. Touted as the first 3D martial arts MOBA in…
Diablo III – China publisher confirms game will not be Free-to-Play
Following rumors of the Diablo III going Free-to-Play in China, reports have risen in China with quotes from NetEase, the publisher. The Chief Marketing Officer (below) has claimed that Diablo III China will be Buy-to-Play, similar to all versions of the…
Diablo III – Technical Test begins later this month for China server
NetEase, the publisher of Blizzard games in China, finally announced Diablo III will be entering its Technical Test on 24 March. Though part of the massive delay might be due to changing game content to please the Chinese authorities, it…
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,…
Diablo III – Game might go Free-to-Play for upcoming China server
Following the previous news that Diablo III will begin testing in China soon after the Chinese Lunar New Year, new information was found by fans through data mining the back-end game files. According to the data mined details, there will be…