Taiwanese game developer, XPEC, recently revealed its upcoming 3D MMORPG, currently named as Weapons of Mythology Online. XPEC is known in the market for developing console games, with its previous foray into the world of online gaming yielding Bounty Hounds…
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Gamania Game Show 2011 – New trailers for 4 titles
Gamania Entertainment is one, if not the biggest, online gaming publisher in Taiwan. Over the past few years, the company invested heavily in self-development teams, working on various MMO projects rather than relying on titles from other developers. 4 of…
Rumor – PlanetSide 2 to go Free to Play? (Updated)
According to the Chinese media, President of Sony Online Entertainment LLC, John Smedley, mentioned recently that PlanetSide 2 will be going the Free to Play route. PlanetSide 2 is SOE’s upcoming online massive combat title, costing over USD 5,000,000 to…
Warface (CN) – Closed Beta phase dated
If you have not heard of Warface, it is Crytek’s first foray into the world of Free to Play online games, with the game developed using the company’s very own CryEngine 3. Warface is designed with the Asian gamers in…
Age of Wulin (CN) – CEO reveals new game details
So, an avid fan of Snail Game’s martial arts MMO, Age of Wulin sent me an interview article I missed out on the Chinese media. The interview is done with Snail Game’s CEO, the enigmatic Mr Shi Hai, which was…
Continent of the Ninth (C9) goes to Thailand
So, after Webzen’s C9 launched in Japan as the first overseas server, this was followed in succession by the China server under Tencent Games, currently in Closed Beta 2. Today, the latest overseas server to join the crowd was announced…
Age of Wulin (CN) – Closed and Open Beta phases detailed
So, after being delayed several times, Snail Game has finally announced a very detailed article about Age of Wulin China’s beta schedules. Players waiting for the English server under gPotato Europe (link) may not be too happy about it, unless…
[Preview] Gamania Game Show 2011
It seems to be a natural thing to do nowadays for some of the bigger online gaming companies to do these few days – holding its own game convention. This time, it will be Taiwanese MMO developer and publisher, Gamania…
Secret Kingdoms Online – Game details revealed
Back in May, there was a report on Massively (link) about a 17-year gaming industry veteran, Jason Bell, heading for Globex Studios to work on the comapny’s new MMORPG, Secret Kingdoms Online. Jason Bell, as mentioned in the article, most…
[PAX 2011] Warhammer Online: Wrath of Heroes
(Beta signup) If you haven’t heard of Warhammer Online: Wrath of Heroes, it was just revealed a couple of weeks back (link) and is developed by a new team over at Bioware, the creators of games such as Mass Effect…
[PAX 2011] Counter-Strike: Global Offensive
So, I thought there will be only 2 posts on PAX 2011, but it seems there might be one or two more new ones coming. I am sure by now most of you would have heard of Valve’s remake of…
[PAX 2011] Firefall – New trailer and event pictures
(Register for Beta) There should only be 2 posts on PAX 2011, since there is really nothing much and you can see some of the MMO trailers over at my YouTube channel (link). Red 5 Studios’ maiden MMO title, Firefall,…
[PAX 2011] Guild Wars 2 – Developer panel
I was actually hoping for a new trailer from ArenaNet for PAX 2011, but seeing gamescom was just like… last week, I guess it is just right to stick with the old trailer. So, here is GameSpot’s footage for ArenaNet’s…
Gotham City Imposters – When Batman ain’t home
(Register for Beta) I knew I was missing a game which I forgot to post about. I saw Gotham City Imposters first at work, thinking I could get something up on the game when I got home a few weeks back, but…