[Game website] Since the days I skipped school to play Counter-Strike 1.6, the shooter genre has came a long way, with current blockbuster hits such as Call of Duty, Modern Warfare and Crysis. Along the way, the online-only shooters started…
Nexon becomes NCsoft’s biggest shareholder
In a deal announced earlier today, Korea No.1 gaming company, Nexon, has become the biggest shareholder of Korea No.2 gaming company, NCsoft. This happened after Nexon Japan bought 3,218,091 of NCsoft’s shares, which is around 14.7% of the company. The…
Crytek – All our future games to be F2P
[Source] Yes, you did not read the post title wrongly. Crytek, the studio behind the CryEngine and Crysis series, told Videogamer that the company will finish work on Crysis 3, Ryse, other confirmed games and transition into a Free to…
Unreal Engine 4 – GameTrailer’s world exclusive demo
I am sure most of the folks here would have read about Epic’s upcoming game engine, Unreal Engine 4, which was announced a couple of weeks ago. The demo, titled “Elemental”, was shown behind closed doors to potential licensees. GameTrailers…
Core Blaze – Several new game trailers showcased at E3 2012
Taiwanese developer, Gamania, has brought its new in-development game, Core Blaze, over to the show floors at E3 2012. With just a small group of lucky players able to try out the latest game build first hand, the internet readers…
MapleStory – Exclusive class revealed
In what is a first for the various Asian servers scattered around the region, MapleStory Taiwan will be getting the first ever exclusive adventurer class, Dragon Warrior (directly translated as Dragon’s Descendant). This must be something to do with Nexon…
The Elder Scrolls Online – E3 2012 stage demo
Like most of the real The Elder Scrolls fan out there, I was never a fan when The Elder Scrolls Online was announced, followed by baffling game design decisions which the developers claim will never work out despite being proven…
Age of Wushu – Drawing the crowds at E3 2012
[Game website] Most of you folks would have read about Suzhou Snail Game by now, which is the China developer for the upcoming Age of Wushu (Age of Wulin in Europe). Known as Snail Games in North America, the company…
Perfect World – New E3 2010 trailers for games revealed
Over at E3 2012, Perfect World is showcasing 2 of its upcoming titles to the crowd, namely Neverwinter and RaiderZ. Shoved back to the development board for the conversion to Free to Play (F2P) mode after buying out Cryptic Studios,…
Luminous Studio – Square Enix’s next-gen game engine
Square Enix has had a rough few years recently, especially with several game titles not hitting up to mark. But with that said, most Japanese game companies are in the same situation. Over at E3, Square Enix revealed a major…
SteelSeries – Peripheral for Guild Wars 2 & Dota 2
Not sure why, but it seems the SteelSeries brand has been getting deals with the more popular games, in my opinion, to produce official peripheral for them. After Diablo III, SteelSeries is now launching hardware for both Guild Wars 2…
MechWarrior Online – Razer controller revealed
[Concept website] While SteelSeries is busy manufacturing PC peripherals for games such as Diablo III and the upcoming Guild Wars 2, Razer has not exactly slack off as well. With the Star Wars: The Old Republic craze now gone like…
Warface – New trailer shows possible publisher
[Closed Beta signup] While having a new trailer for this CryEngine 3-developed MMOFPS is not that a surprise, but the latest trailer showed a certain company’s addition into the beginning credits. That company will be Trion Worlds (of RIFT fame).…
Monster Hunter Frontier – Last overseas server closing
Monster Hunter Frontier Online, the MMO develop by creators in Japan, Capcom, will be seeing the last of its overseas servers, the Taiwan server (including Hong Kong and Macau), come 4th September later this year. MHF, as it is affectionately…