Final Fantasy XIV – Nexon roped in as partner for Heavensward update

Just a refresher, Final Fantasy XIV is published in South Korea by Eyedentity Mobile (formerly Eyedentity Games), developer of Dragon Nest and owned by a messed-up Chinese company known as Shanda. With the Heavensward expansion arriving next week, Eyedentitty Mobile…

Legend of Mir Mobile – 360MB game tops iOS grossing chart in China

When it comes to mobile games, developers and publishers always want the download size to be small, below 100MB, with the main reason to get players to download without waiting too long. Ironically, sitting at No.3 for downloads and No.1…

Dragon Nest – Chinese animated series gets a preview trailer

Announced back in July as part of Shanda Games’ strategy for the Dragon Nest brand in China, the preview trailer for the Dragon Nest animated series was recently revealed. Produced by a few different Chinese animation studios, led by TrioPen…

Dragon Nest – Machina ready to be deployed later this summer

With Dragon Nest Korea and China under the same company, it was always an aim for both servers get the same content at the same time. This is about to be realized with, Machina, who will be added in both…

Shanda Games – CEO dismissed by board of directors over differences

Shanda Games, one of the top 5 gaming companies in China, announced the dismissal of former CEO Mr Xiangdong Zhang earlier today. According to reports, the board of directors did not agree with Zhang’s management and business strategies, along with dismal…

Shanda Games – China MMO giant rumoured to be sold on cut-price deal

According to a flurry of reports from China today, 1 of the nation’s biggest online games publisher and developer, is rumoured to be sold for around USD 525 million. That is of course Shanda Games, 1 of the subsidiaries under…