Guild Wars 2 – China server to enter debut test phase soon

Nothing really new here, since the English server has been live for some months now.The China server will enter its debut test phase on 2nd May, with publisher being KongZhong, famous in the country for hosting Wargaming’s World of Tanks…

Tencent Games – Roundup of the other major news from annual event

The annual product announcement event just ended for China’s biggest online gaming company, Tencent Games, and the most prominent titles include Naruto Online and Monster Hunter Online. Below are just a few of the other major titles to round up…

Monster Hunter Online – Debut trailer highlights unity is strength

The birth child of the collaboration between Tencent Games and Capcom, below is the first look at Monster Hunter Online, all using in-game assets. This CryEngine 3 masterpiece will enter its first beta phase in June.   Yoshinori Ono, the…

Naruto Online – Official turn-based browser game revealed

The reveal of Naruto Online being a turn-based browser game might disappoint gamers, but then again it is the first licensed Naruto game to go online.   Naruto Online will feature the Five Great Shinobi Countries as the available factions:…

Monster Hunter Online – Tencent confirms CryEngine 3 masterpiece

As stated in the heading, Tencent Games and Capcom officially revealed the new Monster Hunter Online, a totally new MMORPG crafted using CryEngine 3. This is apparently not a visual upgrade of Monster Hunter Frontier, which launched quite a number…

King of Combat – Tencent announces collaboration with The King of Fighters

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,…