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…
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…
Diablo III – China server to begin Technical Test after Lunar New Year
While the global gamers have been enjoying Diablo III for a number of years now, the China server was always held in limbo for the same amount of time due to several game issues with the China censor board. Publisher…
World of Warcraft – Developer in potential legal case over panda design
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…
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…
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…
Wild Fire – NetEase boosting eSports initiative with new 3D MOBA
With Tencent having secured the competitve MOBA scene in China with titles such as League of Legends, Smite and a couple of other self-develop titles, NetEase is playing the chasing game by announcing its 4th MOBA title, Wild Fire. It…
Diablo III – NetEase confirms China version after over 2 years of delay
China gamers rejoiced over the internet as the China version of Diablo III was finally confirmed late on Sunday night. The news was apparently announced at a Hearthstone China event, and later posted on Weibo by a NetEase top executive,…
Legend of Crouching Dragon – Parties failed to reach agreement
As reported earlier this year, Blizzard Entertainment and NetEase (Blizzard’s partner in China) filed a lawsuit against the developer of Legend of Crouching Dragon, on the basis that the game has infringed the intellectual property of Hearthstone, a card game…
Revelation – New combat footage showcases 3 of the playable classes
With the debut test phase starting in a couple of days in China, developer NetEase recently released videos showcasing in-game combat of 3 of the playable classes (video merged below). While not sporting a full non-target action combat system, the overall…
Revelation – Final class announced as debut test phase begins next week
The final playable class for Revelation’s debut test phase was announced recently, named as 圣堂, or loosely along the lines of Paladin. You can probably see from the trailer below, the Paladin is a heavily-armoured class acting as the game’s…
Revelation – Gunslinger announced as 4th playable character class
Despite being the ultimate mix-up of TERA, Aion and Blade & Soul, Revelation has gotten some positive feedback from the China gaming community. The latest class revealed was Yan Tian, or just Gunslinger ignoring the direct translation. Other than pistols,…
Revelation – Sword Dancer enters the battle with ranged and melee skills
This class was revealed before the Summoner, hence forgive me for begin late. Known as Yu Xu (Sword Dancer sounds nice), she plays somewhat similar to the Sword Master class in Blade & Soul, utilizing both ranged and melee sword…