A joint effort between Russian game developer Mental Games and China’s Snail Game (Age of Wushu), Black Gold Online has been advertised for the 2 above regions, as well as North America under Snail Games USA. However, with the China…
Age of Wushu – Full list of upcoming content till early 2013
[Register now] Following the previous post about Age of Wushu (or Age of Wulin) China’s upcoming updates, the official website has since been updated with the full content release schedule up till early 2013. The Asian developers are usually smart…
Age of Wushu – New features over the next few months
I am talking about the China server, hence I am guessing the Western players will have to wait quite a while to get all these updates. From this month till December, there will be a couple of major content update…
Forsaken World – New race descending on 18th October
The 6th race for Perfect World’s Forsaken World, Wolf, will be added into the China server on 18th October later this month. The first new race since the game was launched a couple of years back, Wolf race (or Werewolf)…
World of Warcraft – China players billed as “fastest” to hit level 90
According to the Chinese media, World of Warcraft China players were the fastest in the world to hit level 90. The new level cap was added along with the Mists of Pandaria expansion update at 0:00AM (GMT +8) on 2nd…
World of Warcraft – China publisher sets “pandas” free for expansion
In a couple of hours, Mists of Pandaria will be going live in China. Longtime publisher for Blizzard’s titles in the region, NetEase, held its weekend marketing campaign by setting “pandas” free, letting them roam the streets and subway. Well,…
Call of Duty Online – Registration for debut test phase begins
With the current MMOFPS market in China dominated by the aging CrossFire, publisher Tencent Games decided to add Call of Duty Online to its massive shooter stable, which sources claim is to eventually claim the top spot. Currently only…
Forsaken World – 6th race being teased for October
1 of the more famous non-playable races in Forsaken World‘s storyline, it seems the Werewolf is finally going to be added as a playable one come October for the China server. Referred to as the “speed king”, perhaps 1 of…
Swordsman Online – Identity masking system in brief
If you have watched Chinese wuxia drama series or movies, you would have seen how some characters take on identities of others perfectly to go on spy missions or to assassinate targets with as little fuss as possible. Swordsman Online…
Swordsman Online – New forum chat reveals slayable NPCs
A few days back, the development team from Perfect World’s long awaited martial arts MMO, Swordsman Online (笑傲江湖 Online) were guests in the forum of gaming website, 17173.com. As expected, some questions were asked and new details were given generously.…
Guild Wars 2 – China publisher confirmed, gamers rejoice
It started just as a rumor a couple of days ago, with the China gaming community pointing out that the Chinese domain for Guild Wars 2 was registered. Today, it was confirmed that the hit MMORPG will be heading to…
Swordsman Online – More on combat skills
Announced since 2010 with trailers and screenshots, Perfect World’s Swordsman Online has yet to be given a Closed Beta date in China, although all fingers are pointing towards end 2012. 1 of the most anticipated locally-developed martial arts MMORPG in…
Three Kingdoms Brawler – Game closure signals another turn for The9
2 years ago, Chinese MMO publisher The9 was on the brink of closure after World of Wacraft China shifted hands to NetEase. Determined not to repeat the same mistakes, several development studios were being setup, and Three Kingdoms Brawler was…
Call of Duty Online – Interview with China producer
While technically, Activision Blizzard is the core developer for Call of Duty Online (only for China now), publisher Tencent Games will have a huge say as well, given the rumors of how the former was paid a record, undisclosed amount…