Personally, I started getting serious into China online games sometime in 2008/ 2009. 1 of my earliest game was NetEase’s TianXia 2. Before that, I was just simply observing the China online gaming market as an interested audience. In previous…
[ChinaJoy 2012] Saint Seiya Online – Full game trailer caught on camera
While the game’s official CG trailer was posted previously, everyone on the internet was left scratching their heads on where how the in-game graphics actually looks. Although a couple of screenshots were shown and game details revealed, they weren’t enough…
[ChinaJoy 2012] Blade & Soul – First beta test on 16th August
1 of the 2 games (the other being Diablo III) most feared by their China publisher’s competitors and sending a wave of chilling air through their spines, Tencent Games announced that Blade & Soul will be entering its very first…
[ChinaJoy 2012] Swordsman Online – Game is going “L.I.V.E”
I am really surprised that still, no Closed Beta date was given for Swordsman Online at ChinaJoy 2012. The only information now is that the game will enter beta phase later this year, with the official launch sometime early in…
[ChinaJoy 2012] Age of Dawn – New Diablo III “competitor”
For every big title entering China, there is sure to be a locally-developed “competitor”. For example, Tencent Games’ Blade & Soul will have its hands full competing with NetEase’s Free to Play Dragon Sword. For NetEase’s upcoming Diablo III (not…
[ChinaJoy 2012] Dragon Nest – Official CG movie announced
In case you are wondering what this “Rise of the Black Dragon” is about, it is actually Part 1 of a trilogy for Dragon Nest’s 2013 animated movie. Yes, Dragon Nest is getting its own movie in the form of…
[ChinaJoy 2012] Final Fantasy XIV Online – Interview with producer
Final Fantasy XIV’s producer, Naoki Yoshida, is currently at ChinaJoy 2012 talking about the game. To be published under Shanda Games, the China players will get to play the version 2.0 of Final Fantasy XIV, which was revealed 2 days…
[ChinaJoy 2012] Shanda Games reveals several new games
As 1 of China’s top 3 online gaming companies, Shanda Games is against tough competition the next few months, with Tencent Games getting ArcheAge and Blade & Soul and NetEase getting Diablo III. To make sure its market share is…
[ChinaJoy 2012] ArcheAge – New details for Closed Beta 5
Speaking at Tencent Games’ ChinaJoy 2012 media conference, ArcheAge’s producer Mr Kim talked about the changes in the game’s upcoming Closed Beta 5. Other than the core mechanics being optimized, the China-flavored elements will also be added in, although not…
[ChinaJoy 2012] Saint Seiya Online – Brief game details
First off, Perfect World got the license to develop this game from SEGA, unlike the various Saint Seiya online game clones found in China. Revealed sometime early last year, brief game details were revealed at ChinaJoy 2012, along with some…
[ChinaJoy 2012] Dragon Sword – Gameplay footage
With Blade & Soul China coming under Tencent Games, pretty much the other closer competitors have something up their sleeves to sort of “counter” it. China’s No.2 online gaming company, NetEase, came up with the self-developed Dragon Sword as the…
[ChinaJoy 2012] Asura – New Dragonette class introduced
Tencent Games’ answer to counter the incoming Diablo III China, Asura is a self-developed online game which has a storyline based on novel “Legend of Wukong”, which makes a dark twist to classic Journey to the West. The 6th character…
[ChinaJoy 2012] Legend of the Condor Heroes – Game paraded at event
Although announced to the media 2 days ago, Perfect World made sure its latest game, Legend of the Condor Heroes, gets its deserved spotlight at ChinaJoy 2012. Despite not having any demo, the trailer looks good enough for now. No…
Age of Wulin – Jet Li graces game commercial
Going into Open Beta coming 8th August 2012, Age of Wulin China’s developer Suzhou Snail Game spared no expenses in marketing the game to all Chinese players (me included) spread around the globe. 1 of Hollywood and Asia’s top action…