Over at Tencent Games’ annual announcement event, China’s biggest online gaming company made the surprise announcement of teaming up with SNK Playmore to include characters from The King of Fighters in its self-developed online fighting game, King of Combat. King…
Swordsman Online – First impression of the new martial arts MMO
Before I begin, this article is purely a personal opinion piece, based on 6 hours of gameplay and 3 characters belonging to different clans. Swordsman Online, developed by Perfect World, entered test phase 2 earlier today, and I got in…
Swordsman Online – 2nd test phase to begin later today
The 2nd test phase for Perfect World’s much delayed martial arts MMORPG, Swordsman Online, will be entering its 2nd test phase around 3 hours from now. Tons of details have been changed, improvements been made since the 1st phase a…
Master of Meteor Blades – New martial arts online game with a twist
More famously known as the publisher for Wargaming’s titles and the upcoming localized version for Guild Wars 2 in China, most forget that KongZhong is a games developer as well. The company’s latest self-developed title is of the martial arts…
ArcheAge – China server begins countdown for debut test phase date
After waiting for months in agony and thousands flooding the Korean servers, Tencent Games is ready to reveal the date for ArcheAge China’s first test phase. This will be announced on 18th April at the publisher’s annual event, where many…
Call of Duty Online – First official test phase kicks off later this month
As 1 of China juggernaut Tencent Games’ handful of upcoming online shooters, Call of Duty Online simply stands out of the crowd due to the franchise’s popularity. Exclusive to the China region, the first official test phase will kick off…
RGame – Tencent teases new MOBA to be revealed at annual event
As the owner of Riot Games and League of Legends, Tencent Games has literally a stranglehold over the MOBA genre globally. But the company is not resting its laurels in the lucrative China market, with a new MOBA game teased…
eSports – China begins training professional referees
Yes, you read it right. The Chinese government is taking eSports rather seriously these days, and the official eSports Association of Wuxi will be holding referee classes starting this month. The training fees will cost 350 Chinese Yuan, around 57…
Swordsman Online – New features detailed as 2nd test phase nears
After years in development and even more years being delayed, Swordsman Online (笑傲江湖) finally entered its 1st test phase a couple of months back. With tons of bugs and errors, the experience was not really an enjoyable one for many,…
Pockie Ninja – China server announces game closure in June
Almost immediately after Tencent’s lawyers delivered the legal letters, the developer of Pockie Ninja, Dream Network Technology, announced that the browser game will be closing on 10th June. Pockie Ninja is a MMO primarily based on characters from several manga,…
Monster Hunter Online – Rumors point at CryEngine 3 masterpiece
First posted online as a rumor a few days back, more rumors based on Monster Hunter Online is spreading around in the foreign media. According to several unconfirmed reports, the new Monster Hunter Online has been in development for the…
Tencent Games – Legal letters sent to manga games developers
After announcing Naruto Online and signing a pact to license all manga under Shueisha in China, Tencent is set to crack down all games which are using the characters illegally in their games. The first step has been taken, with…
Naruto Online – More details to be revealed at annual Tencent event
First announced back in January, Tencent Games is ready to reveal more details for Naruto Online at its upcoming annual conference come 18th April in China. An official partnership with Shueisha, Namco Bandai and CyberConnect2, what we do know is…
Saint Seiya Online – Game enters final test phase later this month
[More info] Saint Seiya Online, currently only available in China, will be entering the Gold Test phase on 22nd April. With official license granted by IP owner, SEGA Japan, the game is 1 of the most unique ones I have…