While Tencent Games is doing very well with League of Legends, the mega corporation has not forgotten about Heroes of Newerth, another MOBA it is currently publishing in China. Over at Tencent Games Carnival 2014, the map “Forests of Caldavar”…
Perfect World – Income down due to falling number of Neverwinter players
Perfect World’s profits fell for 3Q, due in part to the performance of its operations in the US. In the latest financial report, during the three-month period ended Sep 30 2014, Perfect World reported ¥60.7 billion ($9.9 million) in net income…
Orcs Must Die! Unchained – Tencent Games confirmed as China publisher
After teasing gamers with a new “TOBA” genre title, Tencent Games revealed today that it will be publishing Orcs Must Die! Unchained, a game which fuses the elements of tower defense (building traps) and MOBA (playable heroes and minions) into…
King of Wushu – Sword Sage makes his appearance in new game trailer
Officially revealed this past July at ChinaJoy 2014, King of Wushu is an upcoming PC and consoles MOBA based on Chinese wuxia settings. Developed using CryEngine by Snail Games, known for Age of Wushu, a new trailer was shown recently,…
Legend of the Ring – China studio infringes on popular movie series
Chinese studio ZQGame recently started the technical test phase for its latest MMORPG, Legend of the Ring, in mainland China. While nothing seems amiss, the studio is claiming the game to be based on The Lord of the Rings movie…
World of Warcraft – Developer in potential legal case over panda design
While Blizzard Entertainment and its Chinese partner, NetEase, won a legal battle over the IP infringement of Hearthstone recently, it seems they are ready for another legal case with Snail Games. You see, Snail Games launched a new mobile game…
Tencent Games – New “TOBA” game to be revealed at annual carnival
China’s biggest games company, Tencent Games, is set to hold its annual Tencent Games Carnival on 28th November. Just the day before, the gaming giant will also be hosting a special event to reveal a new game, teasing it to be…
Hearthstone – Blizzard wins legal case against copycat game in China
While not many folks in the gaming industry have faith in China’s legal system when it comes to IP rights, they can be heartened to know that Blizzard Entertainment and publisher NetEase won a legal battle against a local developer…
Steel Ocean – ChangYou prepares naval warfare game for Closed Beta 2
With Wargaming’s “World of” series (published by KongZhong) doing well in China, it is no surprise the bigwigs will soon introduce their own iteration of the same genre. The latest to enter the scene is ChangYou, with Steel Ocean aiming…
Legend of the Condor Heroes: Zero – Quick look at the new action game
Perfect World launched its new flagship online game, Legend of the Condor Heroes: Zero (known as Zero in the article), in China back in September. It is the first non-target action MMO developed by the Chinese studio. A launch on…
Microsoft – Mass global layoffs spread to Xbox development studio in China
After the recent closure of Xbox Entertainment Studios in North America, layoffs continues to hit offices related to the Xbox brand (and Microsoft departments in general). This time, the whole Xbox development studio in Shenzhen, China, was affected, with around…
Naruto Online – Story will continue after manga ends next month
Tencent Games, together with co-developers Namco Bandai and CyberConnect2, held a major press conference for Naruto Online a few day ago in Tokyo, Japan. A new phase for Naruto Online (only in China) will begin in November, the same month the Naruto…
Shanda Games – CEO dismissed by board of directors over differences
Shanda Games, one of the top 5 gaming companies in China, announced the dismissal of former CEO Mr Xiangdong Zhang earlier today. According to reports, the board of directors did not agree with Zhang’s management and business strategies, along with dismal…
Perfect World – China games operations moved to new Arc platform
Perfect World China, otherwise known as Wanmei, recently moved its entire games operations to the new Arc platform. While the Western gamers have been using the similarly-named platform for some time now, it seems the one deployed in China will…