Queen’s Blade Online – Trailer for first male playable character debuts

[Register now] Much to the chagrin of players all around the world, the male character for Queen’s Blade Online (or Scarlet Blade) wasn’t really an April Fools’ joke. Called the Chaser, he will be released on the Korean server come…

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…

ArcheAge – Korean server prepares for castle siege update next week

After being tested out for weeks on the test servers, it looks like the bugs have been ironed out, and the war drums have been officially sounded. ArcheAge Korea will be getting the castle siege update next week on 24th…

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…

Queen’s Blade Online – Japan publisher announced

[Register now] With the North America, Europe, Korea, Taiwan and China servers all either announced or already in operations, the only major market left to conquer is Japan. Today, developer Liveplex revealed that the game will be heading there and…

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…

Blade & Soul – NCsoft prepares to ban players involved in new exploit

Last night, NCsoft took down Blade & Soul Korea for an emergency maintenance, which lasted 1 hour. Curious players wondered what happened, and it was later discovered that a fix has been applied to solve a critical exploit in the…

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…

Command & Conquer – PC Gamer takes a first look at the alpha client

[Register for beta] You must be wondering why am I covering Command & Conquer, a traditionally single-player RTS game. Well, the latest entry under Electronic Arts (EA) since shutting down Westwood Studios, the original developer, is a Free-To-Play title.  …

Aion 4.0 – Update previewed at massive annual fan festival

While most of us already know what is coming in Aion 4.0, NC Japan went all out to make sure every gamer in Tokyo knows about it. The annual fan festival organized by NC Japan was held over the past…

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…

The Elder Scrolls Online – First footage from Closed Beta leaked

Hailed by many online gaming websites as the savior of online games and showered with an phenomenal amount praises despite the lack of actual gameplay videos, The Elder Scrolls Online entered Closed Beta recently. Despite the tough NDA guidelines, a…