This week, China’s biggest gaming company, Tencent Games, will hold its annual Tencent Games Carnival. With just one new PC game set to be announced, the teaser website for the mystery title went live. The background character is the exact match of…
Borderlands Online – China-exclusive online shooter officially canceled
A couple of days back, the Chinese media reported about the rumored closure of 2K Games in China. Take-Two Interactive, the parent company, has since confirmed closing its 2K China studio following the cancellation of Borderlands Online. The Shanghai studio…
Master X Master – Guild Wars 2 character confirmed for NCsoft MOBA
Tencent Games, publisher of Master X Master in China, released a preview video for the game’s new character, Rytlock Brimstone, from ArenaNet’s Guild Wars 2. Rytlock will be presented in South Korea later, as Master X Master will launch first…
Borderlands Online – Fate unknown as 2K Games shuts down in China
Earlier today, it was revealed on several Chinese websites that 2K Games has shut down its Shanghai headquarters and Hangzhou office in China. 2K Games Shanghai was working on Borderlands Online, which was set to be published by Shanda Games.…
Naruto Online – Chinese government targeting unlicensed manga games
Last Friday, the Beijing Municipal Bureau of Copyright held a press conference to make an announcement about protecting the intellectual property (IP) rights for manga titles. Due to the explosive growth of mobile games in China (over 20,000 in operation), there…
World of Warships – Official Chinese theme song sung by T-ara revealed
As posted a couple of weeks back, Korean female group T-ara was chosen as spokesperson for World of Warship China by publisher Kong Zhong. Yesterday, the game entered its non-wipe phase, and the official Chinese theme song (same name as…
Firefall – The9 CEO claims over USD 100 mil has been invested in the game
After 6 years and over USD 100 million spent on development, publisher The9 finally announced Firefall will be entering the non-wipe phase on 18 Nov in China. Firefall China will actually be published by Shanghai Aozhi Technology, formed by original…
Final Fantasy XIV – 3.0 announced for China after massive server merge
Shanda Games, the publisher for Final Fantasy XIV in China, recently completed a massive server merge for the game. From a total of 33 servers, these are now consolidated into just 6. Shanda acknowledged this was to kill off the…
Ultimate Weapon – Perfect World China unveils new competitive game
Last month, Perfect World China teased a new competitive game for its venture into the eSports market. The game was recently revealed as Ultimate Weapon, and it will be a third-person PVP title. Other than Dota 2, Perfect World doesn’t have…
Monster Hunter Online – Graphics upgrade incoming before launch
After a couple of years of testing, the China-exclusive Monster Hunter Online is finally preparing for its non-wipe phase, expected to be announced at Tencent Games Carnival next month. Co-developed by Capcom and publisher Tencent Games, Monster Hunter Online will…
World of Warships – T-ara revealed as spokesperson for China server
World of Warships China is entering its non-wipe beta phase on 29 October, and publisher Kong Zhong recently revealed South Korean girl group, T-ara, as the spokesperson. Other than featuring in advertisements for World of Warships, there is apparently an…
Legend of DOTA – Controversial game taken down from China App Store
Following the impending court case between Valve, Blizzard, and defendant Longtu Game and Lilith Games, the mobile game known translated as “Legend of DOTA” was taken off the Apple App Store in China today. According to the game operators, they…
King of Wushu – PC debut test phase delayed in China due to system tweaks
Powered by CryEngine, King of Wushu launched on PlayStation 4 a few months ago in China. Developed by Snail Games (Age of Wushu), the game is touted as the “first 3D wuxia MOBA” title. Originally scheduled to start the first…
Valve – Details of Dota IP infringe case against China companies revealed
First announced back in May, the details of Valve suing a China developer was made public recently. Valve, citing Lilith Games and publisher Longtu Game infringing on its Dota IP in《刀塔传奇》, one of China’s hottest mobile games, is seeking nearly…