While Blizzard Entertainment and its Chinese partner, NetEase, won a legal battle over the IP infringement of Hearthstone recently, it seems they are ready for another legal case with Snail Games. You see, Snail Games launched a new mobile game…
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…
Hearthstone – Blizzard wins legal case against copycat game in China
While not many folks in the gaming industry have faith in China’s legal system when it comes to IP rights, they can be heartened to know that Blizzard Entertainment and publisher NetEase won a legal battle against a local developer…
Steel Ocean – ChangYou prepares naval warfare game for Closed Beta 2
With Wargaming’s “World of” series (published by KongZhong) doing well in China, it is no surprise the bigwigs will soon introduce their own iteration of the same genre. The latest to enter the scene is ChangYou, with Steel Ocean aiming…
Legend of the Condor Heroes: Zero – Quick look at the new action game
Perfect World launched its new flagship online game, Legend of the Condor Heroes: Zero (known as Zero in the article), in China back in September. It is the first non-target action MMO developed by the Chinese studio. A launch on…
Microsoft – Mass global layoffs spread to Xbox development studio in China
After the recent closure of Xbox Entertainment Studios in North America, layoffs continues to hit offices related to the Xbox brand (and Microsoft departments in general). This time, the whole Xbox development studio in Shenzhen, China, was affected, with around…
Naruto Online – Story will continue after manga ends next month
Tencent Games, together with co-developers Namco Bandai and CyberConnect2, held a major press conference for Naruto Online a few day ago in Tokyo, Japan. A new phase for Naruto Online (only in China) will begin in November, the same month the Naruto…
Shanda Games – CEO dismissed by board of directors over differences
Shanda Games, one of the top 5 gaming companies in China, announced the dismissal of former CEO Mr Xiangdong Zhang earlier today. According to reports, the board of directors did not agree with Zhang’s management and business strategies, along with dismal…
Perfect World – China games operations moved to new Arc platform
Perfect World China, otherwise known as Wanmei, recently moved its entire games operations to the new Arc platform. While the Western gamers have been using the similarly-named platform for some time now, it seems the one deployed in China will…
King of Wushu – New game trailer revealed at Nvidia Game Festival 2014
Developer of Age of Wushu, Snail Games, recently revealed a new technical trailer for King of Wushu over at Nvidia Game Festival 2014, which took place at Shanghai. The trailer focuses on the living environment, as well character movements in…
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…
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…
World of Warcraft – Playing fee increases for the first time in a decade
For those who did not know, World of Warcraft China is still using a Pay to Play business model, contrary to the popular Free to Play one. Publisher NetEase announced earlier today that the hourly fee will now be 30…
Age of Wushu – 2 brand new playable clans arriving in China server today
2 of the 8 new clans will be arriving in the China server of Age of Wushu later today, with the Ancient Tomb Sect and Blood Saber Sect making their appearances. Each of these new clans (or schools) are tied…