Last week, NCsoft formed a new subsidiary in Japan, Lionship Studio, to expand its in-house mobile games portfolio. Leading Lionship Studio’s mobile games development efforts is led by Yojiro Ogawa, a veteran from SEGA who has worked on Sonic Adventure…
Critical Force – Finnish studio scores multi-million investment from NHN
NHN Entertainment, a South Korean game developer and publisher well known for its Hangame gaming platform, recently announced a US$4.5 million investment in Critical Force, a Finnish game developer behind the upcoming online/mobile FPS game, Critical Ops. In addition to…
Ultimate Weapon – Quick look at first team brawler by Perfect World China
If you ask me, Perfect World China has been on the slide for the past couple of years with its self-development department. Once the pride of the Chinese game development scene for the overseas market, it has now degraded into…
Peria Chronicles – Developer Thingsoft posts game progress update
Following our recent post about Peria Chronicles, developer Thingsoft (now part of Nexon) has posted an official update. The post stressed that game development for Peria Chronicles is still going on, though the team has met with many difficulties in…
Soul Worker – Surprise publisher for Southeast Asia region announced
With Soul Worker (or SoulWorker) confirmed for North America and Europe back in April, gamers from other locations were anxious to find out if they are getting their own regional servers. Today, it was announced Smilegate has signed the publishing rights…
Aura Kingdom Mobile – Mobile version of popular MMORPG teased
X-Legend Entertainment, a Taiwanese games developer, is popular in the online gaming scene with titles including Eden Eternal, Dragomon Slayer, most recently Twin Saga, and of course, Aura Kingdom. It recently announced Aura Kingdom Mobile (or Aura Kingdom: Goddess of…
Tencent – New massive headquarters set to complete in June 2017
Built at a cost of USD 600 million, the new headquarters for China (and global) technology powerhouse, Tencent, will be ready next year in June. As the owner of Riot Games (developer of League of Legends), majority shareholder of Epic Games…
Cabal II – Original class from first game arrives in Korean server
First teased earlier this month, the new Blader class has finally arrived in the Korean server of Cabal II. Different from the other classes which look pretty high-tech, this Blader class is just a simple old-school brawler who wrecks havoc at close…
MU Legend – Webzen reveals first global Closed Beta to begin this year
Webzen today announced the first global Closed Beta for its new MMORPG, MU Legend. This first test phase is set to begin in fall 2016. MU Legend, a dark-fantasy action MMORPG, is the highly anticipated follow-up to MU Online. It features…
Black Desert Online – New Valencia update and awakening system arrives
[Game website] Kakao Games has announced that the second update for Valencia, as well as the first class Awakening, arrives in Black Desert Online today. Players will be able to journey to Muiquun, the Land of Outlaws. This abandoned town, in…
Livelock – Perfect World launches futuristic co-op shooter on Steam
[Steam page] Yesterday, Perfect World Entertainment and Tuque Games announced Livelock, a fast-paced cooperative top-down shooter combining intelligent action and unique characters is now available on PlayStation 4, Xbox One and PC for USD 19.99. I have played the game…
Battle Carnival – Gameplay trailer revealed for upcoming Alpha in Russia
Discovered last week, Battle Carnival is an upcoming MMOFPS developed by Zepetto, the Korean studio behind Point Blank. Set to enter Alpha in Russia next month under the care of local publisher GameNet, a new gameplay trailer was recently revealed. The game does…
Monster Super League – Catch them all in new mobile collection RPG
In the wake of a new wave of capture, collect and evolve mobile games, leading mobile game publisher 4:33 Creative Lab revealed its latest action-packed, collection mobile role-playing game (RPG), Monster Super League, coming soon worldwide to the App Store…
Skyforge – New class and content announced for fall 2016 update
[Play free now] Developer Allods Team and global publisher My.com are proud to announce Ascension, a massive expansion for Skyforge arriving later this year. Based on more than a year of player data and feedback, Allods Team has worked on…