Before I begin, Saint Seiya Online is currently licensed only for the China market, with no news of any overseas launch. With that aside, Saint Seiya Online is the 1 and only official MMORPG based on the franchise, and developed…
Swordsman Online – More game videos found in the wilds
The debut test phase in China is approaching for the highly anticipated martial arts MMO, Swordsman Online, and China news website Duowan has uploaded a couple of self-made videos. I really envy the local media there for getting early…
Swordsman Online – New trailers as debut test phase closes in
With Swordsman Online’s debut test phase arriving in less than a week, 2 new trailers have been shown, both using in-game assets powered by the in-houe Angelica III Engine. The first trailer is official, which actually tells a short story.…
Swordsman Online – Preview of Shaolin and Wudang
While I am most certainly unable to get a key for Swordsman Online’s debut test phase come 20th March in China, I though I should refresh some game content news for the game. There are 10 sects/ clans which will…
Saint Seiya Online – Silver Test Phase to begin later this month
After going through the debut phase, known as the Bronze Test Phase, earlier in January, Perfect World has announced the 2nd phase to begin later this month. Of course, going by the tradition of the level of armor in Saint…
Swordsman Online – Debut test phase codes selling for a small fortune
While the beta codes have not been given out for Swordsman Online’s debut test phase on 28th March, eager “businessmen” are already accepting reservations for them. On Taobao, 1 of China’s top e-commerce websites, current prices are at 1,500 and…
Swordsman Online – First beta test phase finally announced
After being delayed for around a year due to upgrading the game’s engine, Perfect World’s Swordsman Online is finally set to enter its first beta phase on 20th March 2013, lasting just a week. To celebrate this milestone, players in…
Neverwinter – Perfect World reveals Beta Weekends schedule
[Game website] Perfect World has been really quiet about Neverwinter’s Beta phase, although over the past few months there were new trailers, PR messages and stuff. Today, the Beta Weekends schedule was finally announced, which will allow different groups of…
Saint Seiya Online – First look at debut test phase
Well, I did not manage to get into the first test phase, but the Chinese media did. Perfect World’s Saint Seiya Online is finally available for the lucky public with keys to test play, and seen in this post are…
Saint Seiya Online – Leaked gameplay footage spotted in the wild
Following the leaked character creation footage just 3 days back, an actual leaked gameplay footage was apparently found online. It shows fights with several Gold Saints, and I am curious what the open world will be like since all materials…
Saint Seiya Online – Character creation footage leaked
Special thanks to Sabin for emailing me this, a leaked footage for Perfect World’s Saint Seiya Online was uploaded online a couple of days back. It was presumably taken at an offline private event, much like a Focus Group Test…
Swordsman Online – Preview trailer for new drama series appears
While the game itself has yet to even enter Closed Beta in China, the new drama series will apparently start airing in March. Although both works are based on the classic novel penned by Louis Cha (Jin Yong), information is…
Swordsman Online – New interview with product lead
I hesitated to post this article, purely because of the low-resolution video which irked me immensely. But still, I decided to go ahead, with the video below showing 3 different instanced dungeons from Swordsman Online, each with different plots, mechanics…
Swordsman Online – New footage shows off 6 clans’ combat
The special coverage for Perfect World’s Swordsman Online by Chinese gaming website 17173.com continues today, with focus on combat. 6 clans are in focus here, and I actually merged all 6 videos together to make the whole thing more epic.…