Black Desert – Russian publisher announced via live broadcast

[Teaser website] The publisher for Black Desert Russia was announced via a live broadcast (still airing at time of posting) from Moscow Cyber Stadium, together with representatives from Korean developer Pearl Abyss. GameNet.ru is the publisher, and not Mail.ru as…

Tree of Savior – Developer reveals English blog for global community

[Blog link] IMC Games, developer of Granado Espada/ Sword of the New World, announced just minutes ago the opening of its English blog in an effort to reach out to the international community. The very first post translate the latest…

Civilization Online – Closed Beta phase to begin later this month

XLGAMES, developer of ArcheAge, announced that its 2nd online title, Civilization Online, will enter its first Closed Beta phase from 27th May till 1st June 2014. Crafted using CryEngine and with support from 2K Games, Civilization Online is currently targeted…

Guild Wars 2 – Publisher steps up as China server facing account hacks

Preparing for the official Open Beta launch tomorrow (China time), it comes at a bad time for publisher KongZhong as Guild Wars 2 China is currently facing an account hack crisis. KongZhong has acknowledged the issue, and promised a 100%…

Call of Duty Online – Development shifts from China to North America

Formerly developed by Activision Shanghai, it was announced recently that development for Call of Duty Online has been shifted to Raven Software. It is quite a weird move after knowing the news, since Call of Duty Online is exclusively targeted…