Capcom just announced some rather alarming numbers, with both sales and profits falling drastically for the 6 months ending on September 30, 2014. The Japanese developer powerhouse citied a lack of major software launch during this period, with Ultra Street Fighter…
Neverwinter: Rise of Tiamat – New module descends next month
[Register now] As one of the most powerful being in Dungeon & Dragons, players are now set for an epic battle against Tiamat and her minions on 18th November in Neverwinter’s latest module, Rise of Tiamat. More details and new…
DomiNations – Big Huge Games reveals first mobile game under Nexon
One of the various Western studios which Nexon America invested in, Big Huge Games (formerly known as SecretNewCo) revealed its first mobile game recently, DomiNations (due 2015). A kingdom building simulator where 7 nations are available, Nexon M will be publishing the…
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…
Jelly Monsters on the Rocks – New casual game now available worldwide
NHN Entertainment just announced the global Android launch of Jelly Monsters on the Rocks, a brand new style tile-matching puzzle game which focuses on numbers to match and remove tiles, instead of matching same tiles together like other existing tile-matching…
Otherland – Unreal Engine 3 game revives under new developer
[Beta register] Over 20 months after development for Otherland ceased, the Unreal Engine 3 online game is now back under a new developer, and seemingly publisher as well. Drago Entertainment, a studio based in Poland, has opened a new website…
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…
Bless – New game trailer as Focus Group Test announced for November
Korean powerhouse Neowiz Games made a couple of announcements today for Bless, starting with a new game trailer highlighting the cinematic development process. As Neowiz Games’ top priority MMORPG next year, much focus has been placed on every tiny detail…
Blade & Soul – Taiwan server to enter Open Beta phase next month
NCsoft Taiwan recently announced the Open Beta date for Blade & Soul Taiwan, which is to take place on 20th November. As mentioned in my previous post, the Taiwan server will be Free-to-Play, and unlike the China server, will not have…
King of Wushu – New game trailer revealed at Nvidia Game Festival 2014
Developer of Age of Wushu, Snail Games, recently revealed a new technical trailer for King of Wushu over at Nvidia Game Festival 2014, which took place at Shanghai. The trailer focuses on the living environment, as well character movements in…
League of Legends – Mata departs world champion Samsung White
Posted yesterday on his Facebook, Mata announced that he has departed world champion Samsung White, where he was also MVP for the recently ended 2014 World Championship. Best known for playing Thresh, he has certainly made a splash since starting out…
Lord of Vermilion: Arena – Gameplay videos from Alpha Test phase
Square Enix recently launched the Alpha Test for Lord of Vermilion: Arena over in Japan, with it being the developer’s first self-developed PC MOBA. Using several elements from the successful Lord of Vermilion franchise, the game was an instant hit…
Naruto Online – A brief look at the official browser game by Tencent
There are many Naruto web games around, but only the one in China under Tencent Games is officially licensed by its Japan counterpart. A co-development effort with Namco Bandai and CyberConnect2 (developer of the Naruto console games), the story starts right from…
Project AX – Nexon Korea signs new online game for domestic market
Unlike Peria Chronicles where Nexon signed the worldwide distribution rights, Project AX will be for the Korean domestic market only. First announced last year by developer Ngine Studios, Nexon is set to reveal a new name for the online game…