Halo Online – Russia-exclusive online shooter is on hold indefinitely

Back in March 2015, it was revealed Microsoft will be launching Halo Online exclusively in Russia via local publisher Innova’s 4game platform. It seems Microsoft had not been cooperative in communicating with Innova for discussions on the game’s future, and thus…

Riot Games – League of Legends dev is now 100% owned by Tencent

[Source] Revealed recently in a company blog post, League of Legends developer Riot Games is now wholly owned by China internet giant Tencent. It reads “our majority investor, Tencent, recently purchased the remaining equity of Riot Games,” which could not…

XL Engine – ArcheAge dev is working on new cross-platform game engine

[Source] XLGAMES, developer of ArcheAge, recently revealed a new game engine known as XLE (I reckoned it means XL Engine). According to the official description, “XLE is a open-source (MIT license) game engine currently in development.” Several screenshots of ArcheAge rendered…

Halo Online – Free-to-Play shooter announced exclusively for Russia

Yes, everyone is stunned about this news. Developer 343 Industries, part of the Microsoft family, recently announced Halo Online, which is exclusive for Russia. The game will begin Closed Beta this spring via Innova’s 4game platform, and it is powered by a highly…