As mentioned in my previous post (link), China MMO developer and publisher ChangYou revealed a number of titles which are in development, including “World of Shadowbane”. While the China gamers are all awaiting Tencent’s Blade & Soul China server, rivals…
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[GDC 2012] CryEngine 3 battles with Unreal Engine 3
Which game engine do you prefer? Well, I guess most of us will agree games churned out by either looks gorgeous, and as long as the overall gameplay is good, we can put the slight different in visuals aside. But…
ArcheAge – English website updated with new feature
(Source) So, even there isn’t a publisher announced for XL Games’ maiden third generation MMO, ArcheAge, the game’s English website had been online for sometime. It has now been updated with the new “Abilities” feature, where 10 of them are…
[ChinaJoy 2011] ArcheAge China being localized
As most of you would have known by now, ArcheAge China is being published by Tencent Games. Jake Song, the founder of XL Games, gave an interview on some details for the server. To summarize, with regards to the amount…
XL Games and Take-Two works on new MMORPG
XL Games, the Korean MMO developer founded by Lineage creator Jake Song, has announced an official partnership with Take-Two Interactive to work on a new MMORPG. The actual work will be done with one of Take-Two’s development studio, 2K Games.…
Tencent Games 2011 – ArcheAge China confirmed
Previously, there were many rumors about Tencent Games and Korean developer XL Games breaking up the contract over the publishing rights for ArcheAge China. However, at Tencent Games’ 2011 annual press conference which is going on now, the rumors were…
MMOs switch to CryEngine 3
If you are an avid follower of my small blog or the Asian MMO industry, you would have heard about ArcheAge, one of the “Big 3” MMOs to scheduled to be released in Korea along with TERA and Blade &…
ArcheAge aims for Open Beta in November
According to XL Games, the developer for the Ultima Online inspired MMO, ArcheAge, the game is currently scheduled to hit Open Beta (Korea) somewhere in November 2011. This brings forward the formal date, which was actually first set at early 2012. The…
ArcheAge gains Taiwan, Macau and Hong Kong publisher
After selling the game’s publishing rights in China a few months back, XLGames has confirmed the publishing rights for ArcheAge in Taiwan, Macau and Hong Kong has been sold to the MMO arm of GigaMedia Limited, which owns Chinese gaming…
ArcheAge’s China rights sold for USD40mil
According to foreign reports, the rights for upcoming MMORPG epic, ArcheAge, has been sold to China MMO giant, Tencent Games for a reported price of USD40mil. Last year, another China MMO bigwig, Shanda Games, bought the rights for Aion from…
ArcheAge reveals more videos
XL Games, a Korean MMO studio founded by the creator of NCsoft’s Lineage, Jake Song (see picture below), has just revealed a few videos showcasing their upcoming epic MMORPG, ArcheAge. Powered by CryEngine 2 (Aion is built on CryEngine 1),…