Farm Heroes Saga – King loses IP infringement lawsuit in South Korea

Back in 2015, King (developer of Candy Crush) brought Korean studio Avocado Entertainment to court of IP infringement of its game, Farm Heroes Saga. The “copycat” game, Forest Mania, was accused by King of plagiarizing Farm Heroes Saga’s user interface (UI),…

Project TF – New side-scroll action mobile game aims to launch this year

Quietly announced last year, Project TF is a new side-scroll action mobile game currently being developed by a new Korean developer, Trance Studio. In the most recent headcount, Trance Studio has 33 employees, with talent who have worked on games such…

Sengoku Blades – New Japanese mobile game arriving in Southeast Asia

[Pre-register] Magic Box Asia, a Southeast Asia publisher focused on operating Japanese mobile games, including the fan-favorite Dragon Ace, recently announced its latest mobile game, Sengoku Blades. Developed by up-and-coming Japanese studio Oratta Inc., this new Free-to-Play and turn-based strategy…

Gate of Rebellion – Alpha Test announced for UE4 mobile MMORPG

Asobimo is a Japanese developer which has been developing MMORPG titles for mobile phones for some years now, including Toram Online, Aurcus Online, and Avabel just to name a few. First announced in 2015, the developer today revealed the Alpha…

Sword Art Online: Memory Defrag – Mobile action RPG is now available

Bandai Namco has brought the popular anime and novel series, Sword Art Online, to mobile platforms in the west for the first time with Sword Art Online: Memory Defrag on the App Store and Google Play. Sword Art Online: Memory…

Hyper Universe – Nexon announces side-scroll MOBA for Western market

[Game register] Shaking up the MOBA genre with a unique twist, Nexon America today announced it will bring Hyper Universe to North America, Latin America, Europe and Oceania in 2017. Combining the gameplay of a side-scrolling action platformer with the…

Black Desert Online – Margoria arrives with the wonders of the seas

[Free trial] Margoria, Black Desert Online’s latest expansion, launches today and brings with it a whole new ocean as well as a host of activities. Teased at Gamescom 2016, the Margoria expansion introduces rarely-seen massive features like large-scale naval combat, where…

Pokémon Duel – New mobile strategy game based on Pokémon launches

The Pokémon Company International announced today that Pokémon Duel is now available for download at no charge on the App Store and on Google Play. Pokémon Duel is an exciting mobile strategy game in which fans deploy Pokémon figures and…

Black Desert – Dark Knight awakens today with mystical sword weapon

Launched last month in the Korean server of Black Desert, the brooding Dark Knight class is already getting her awakening update later today! Rather than changing to a whole new weapon, she wields the sword “Bediant” (Google translate), which grants her…

Travia Returns – Old-school MMORPG makes return on mobile devices

A classic MMORPG is set to be revived as Korean developer Zemi Interactive recently announced its new mobile game, Travia Returns. If you did not know, Zemi Interactive is the studio behind older PC online games such as 4Story and…

Dark and Light Mobile – Teaser trailer showcases in-game graphics

While Dark and Light is set to launch as a Buy-to-Play game on Steam, developer Snail Games actually announced the mobile version in China a few weeks ago. Titled Dark and Light Mobile, it is more of a traditional MMORPG…

Ragnarok Online – Original manhwa creator visits Taipei Game Show

If you did not know, Ragnarok Online was based on the popular Korean manhwa created by Lee Myung-jin, a legendary figure. This weekend, at the invitation of Gravity and its Taiwan subsidiary, Lee Myung-jin visited the Ragnarok Online booth at…

Black Desert – Pearl Abyss talks about 2nd awakening and mobile game

In what was seen as a surprise move, Black Desert developer Pearl Abyss started a subsidiary in Taiwan and decided to self-publish in the Great China region (Taiwan, Hong Kong, Macau), rather than finding a big local publisher. As Black…

Gigantic – Exile in the North update arrives for cartoony MOBA title

[Game website] Publisher Perfect World and developer Motiga today announced that Exile in the North, the first major update for Gigantic, is now available on Xbox One and Windows 10. The action-packed Free-to-Play MOBA is currently in Open Beta Test as…