Earlier this year, Valve and domestic publisher Perfect World held the Shanghai Major 2016 at a grand 31,000-seat stadium, thought the whole event was littered with humourous and frustrating human errors which can be further read here and here. Just a…
League of Legends – Jay Chou signs agreement to form eSports company
Back in November 2015, Taiwanese popstar Jay Chou announced he will be forming an eSports team to take part in League of Legends. The avid fan even performed the game’s theme song in China (bottom). Earlier, a company known as China…
Hyper Universe – Final Closed Beta now live for side-scroll MOBA
Developed by Cwavesoft and published in South Korea by Nexon, Hyper Universe was described as a side-scroll MOBA when it was first announced. Nearly 8 months on, Hyper Universe has finally entered its Final Closed Beta last Friday, which is set…
Supernova – Bandai Namco launches new sci-fi MOBA title worldwide
[Play now] Bandai Namco Entertainment America (BNEA) and Primal Game Studio recently announced that their action-packed Multiplayer Online Battle Arena (MOBA) with Real-Time Strategy elements game for PC, Supernova, has entered Open Beta! All players are now able to jump…
Heroes of the Storm – Harvard University team kicked for cheating
[Source] While Harvard University is one of the top institutes of learning in the world, the latest incident reminded us the students there are just human as well. According to an official post, “Team Ambush have violated several tournament rules.”…
League of Legends – Official theme song for China server revealed
Today is the start of the annual Tencent UP conference, and even before that began, the official theme song for League of Legends China was revealed yesterday. Performed by Jay Chou, a League of Legends fanatic and darling celebrity of…
Paragon – Founder’s Packs now available for Unreal Engine 4 MOBA
[Buy now] You have been wow-ed by the epic-ness of the game’s graphics, now it is time to fork out the cash to show you care. Developed by Epic Games using its own Unreal Engine 4, Paragon is a team-based brawler/ MOBA…
Master X Master – Quick look at first competitive MOBA from NCsoft
A couple of days back, NCsoft started the “global” beta test phase for its first self-developed MOBA title, Master X Master. Technically, the beta test is for players from South Korea, Taiwan, and Japan, all sharing one same server. The…
Battlerite – Spiritual successor of Bloodline Champions revealed
[Beta register] Stunlock Studios, the developer behind Bloodline Champions, is thrilled to announce its new online competitive game. Battlerite is a team-based arena brawler focused on action-packed player vs player (PVP) combat and tricky mind games on the battlefields. The…
League of Legends – Tencent pursuing lawsuits against developers
If you did not know, Riot Games recently became a full subsidiary of China’s Tencent. Even before the deal was done, Tencent, as the majority shareholder, begun pursuing lawsuits against Chinese studios which made use of champions from League of Legends to…
League of Legends – Japan server to begin Open Beta next week
After years in preparation, the Japan server for League of Legends will finally open its doors on 1 March! Players should be exhilarated as Riot Games will be handling the game through its local office, rather than finding a publisher.…
Master X Master – Asian servers prepares for “global” test next month
While NCsoft is parading the test phase as a “global” one, the fact is, players will have to play on one of the Asian servers: South Korea, Japan, and Taiwan. I am talking about Master X Master, the first competitive MOBA…
League of Legends – Popular MOBA reigns supreme as top earner in 2015
SuperData Research, well-known for its various reports and insights on the gaming industry, recently revealed a list of top earning games for the year ending 2015. Among the 3 categories (Console, PC, Mobile), League of Legends came out tops with…
Core Masters – Failed PC MOBA title revives on mobile platforms
As the first game from Korean developer Soft Big Bang, Core Masters did not fare very well, shutting down both the Korean and SEA servers last year while the North America server did not even launch. However, the studio has…