Monster Hunter Online, a joint development project between Capcom and Tencent Games, will be entering a new beta phase later this month, as announced at the annual Tencent UP event. The new and exclusive boss monster known as Star Dragon…
Infinity Blade Saga – Android and Xbox One launch confirmed for China
Infinity Blade Saga: Destiny is one of the game I missed out from Tencent’s recent press conference. For the first time, a game in the Infinity Blade series will be launching on the Android platform other than just the iOS…
Tencent – Game highlights from annual UP press conference
Yesterday, Tencent held its annual press conference, covering several entertainment businesses including comics (or manga), movies, TV shows and of course, games. The biggest IT company in China earned USD 4 billion in profits for 2014, and it is not…
Master X Master – NCsoft MOBA begins Closed Beta in China this May
Following the rumors earlier, Tencent Games has announced the publishing of NCsoft’s first MOBA title, Master X Master, for China. “Master” refers to the playable characters in the game, which will see an all-star lineup of famous NPCs and classes from…
Tree of Savior – ChangYou announces 2015 beta for China server
One of China’s biggest game developer and publisher, ChangYou, just ended its annual Game+ new game summit event in the city of Beijing. ChangYou announced it has clinched the publishing rights for Tree of Savior in China, with Closed Beta expected…
Warframe – PC version officially announced for China market
An open secret for a couple of weeks now, publisher and developer ChangYou officially announced Warframe for the China PC market at its annual Game+ new game summit event, with no Closed Beta date announced. No unique features or localized…
Master X Master – Tencent Games teasing NCsoft MOBA for China
Master X Master, if you did not know, is an upcoming MOBA in-development at NCsoft. The game will features several characters from NCsoft games, such as Blade & Soul, Aion, and Lineage, including several brand new characters as well. China’s…
Diablo III – A quick look at some graphical changes for China server
Following the video interview between the China media and Blizzard team, Diablo III has finally started its Technical Test earlier today in China. While the business model issue has been cleared up, here are some of the graphical changes which…
Diablo III – Blizzard clarifies all rumors about business model for China server
Blizzard Entertainment recently held a video conference with the Chinese media to answer lingering questions. As expected, there will be some major differences from the other servers which are currently running. Read on to find out the full details. Wyatt Cheng and…
Lineage – Tencent Games opening first Pay-to-Play server in its history
On 26 March, Tencent Games will open its first ever Pay-to-Play game server under its wings. The Lineage “Reminiscence” server will not be Free-to-Play, but instead requires players to purchase a Growth Fruit from the item mall (web and in-game)…
HEX: Shards of Fate – Perfect World announces new card game for China
Having teased the game for a week now, Perfect World China finally revealed its new online game, HEX: Shards of Fate. The online card game scene is currently dominated by Hearthstone (who else) in China, and it seems Perfect World…
Tencent – Record year for IT giant in 2014 with USD 4 billion profits
When I first started researching the China market, a colleague joked with me about Tencent, claiming the company might just worth ten cents since it is from China. Today, Tencent announced that its profits increased 53% in 2014 from 2013 (year…
Tencent – China IT giant working with Microsoft to promote Windows 10
As an active gamer of Tencent Games, I experienced first hand the tortures when Windows 8 and 8.1 launched. Applications and games, including Blade & Soul back then, could not run in the first few months. Tencent has seen the…
Allods Online – China server closing down after three long years
Other than Blizzard titles, it is amazing any Western game could survive more than two years in China. Allods China publisher, Giant Interactive, has announced the game will be closing on 30 August, citing the end of the contract signed with…