Lost Ark – Smilegate reveals major competition for Lineage Eternal

Smilegate is better known as the Korean developer of CrossFire, which is the top earning free-to-play game in 2013 and the potential runner-up this year. With new found wealth, its has prepared several games for G-Star 2014, and today revealed…

Project Pentakill – Smilegate suspends MOBA with Marvel heroes

According to reports from South Korea, developer Smilegate has suspended development for Project Pentakill (Project PK), a MOBA featuring Marvel characters which was first announced back in November 2012. Nothing concrete of the game was shown thus far except concept art.…

CrossFire – China server is top earning Free-to-Play game in 2013

According to a new research by SuperData, CrossFire remains as China’s top online game in terms of both player count and earnings. CrossFire’s earnings of USD 957 million is a significant chunk bigger than its nearest competitor, League of Legends…

CrossFire 2 – Game engine reportedly confirmed for in-development sequel

[Source] After it was announced earlier that CrossFire 2 has started development and is currently hiring to fill the team, a new Korean report has claimed that the game engine of choice will be Unreal Engine 3. Content wise, it…

CrossFire 2 – Smilegate reveals development for sequel has started

[Korean source] According to an article from South Korea, Smilegate has revealed that CrossFire 2 is currently in development. The project started just this summer, and currently is looking to fill the team up with development staff. Smilegate is also…

Project Pentakill – Marvel goes missing from its own MOBA title

First announced back in November last year, the secretive Project PK made another secret appearance at ChinaJoy in July. At Korean developer Smilegate’s recent G-Star media event, the tentative name “Project Pentakill” was revealed, which will be developed by its…

Fighting Star – New arena fighting game revealed by CrossFire developer

Smilegate is currently 1 of the biggest independent developer in Korea, largely thanks to CrossFire, its 1-hit wonder which continues to rake in big money in China.  Over at a private G-Star media conference, Fighting Star (tentative name) was revealed…

Phantom Army – New online shooter set for release next year

[Game website] Zombie Studios, the developer behind Perfect World Entertainment’s Blacklight: Retribution, announced a new third-person shooter earlier, Phantom Army. The game is apparently co-developed with Korean studio, Smilegate.   If you remember, Smilegate is the developer of CrossFire, the…

Project PK – Marvel MOBA was apparently present at ChinaJoy 2013

Although ChinaJoy 2013 ended a couple of weeks ago, I just managed to dig up this suspicious photo while roaming on the internet. Project PK is the codename for the MOBA title based on Marvel characters, currently in development in…

Project PK – New Marvel online game set for Asia

Just a couple of hours ago, Disney Interactive officially signed a contract with Korean developer, Smilegate, for the development of a MOBA title based on Marvel characters. If you do not know, MOBA means Multiplayer Online Battle Arena, a term…