It’s been almost two months since Diablo Immortal officially launched all across the globe but Chinese players have yet to see it launch. The PC and mobile ARPG was supposed to launch in China on June 22nd along with other countries in the Asia Pacific but was delayed two days before launch due to unannounced reasons. Back then, it was [...]
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After launching in the west last year, Elyon is now headed to Southeast Asia courtesy of Playpark, the regional publisher for MapleStory, Flyff, Perfect World, and other popular MMOs. A launch date has yet to be announced but pre-registrations are now open for interested players in the region. Pre-registered accounts will get the chance to claim various buffs, enhancement items, [...]
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Lost Ark’s Korean version marks the end of its second season with the opening of a new continent and a new endgame dungeon with today’s Paradise of the Dreamless update. The continent, known as Elgacia, was sealed from the outside world in ancient times by the Guardian slayer Kadan and is home to a race of winged angel-like beings called [...]
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The Chinese government intensifies its iron-fisted control on the video game industry in the country with new restrictions for online platforms, including games, live-streaming, video, audio, and social media. According to the South China Morning Post, the Cyberspace Administration of China (CAC) has drafted new regulations as part of their efforts to limit minors’ access to internet services. Once the [...]
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Webzen’s Soul of the Ultimate Nation has officially relaunched as SUN Classic in South Korea, Japan, and Taiwan earlier this week to a boatload of issues. As expected, the first four channels are absolutely swamped with players and are currently experiencing long queues. Players are also having trouble logging-in and getting authentication server timeout errors. The team says that they’re [...]
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Webzen is relaunching Soul of the Ultimate Nation next week as SUN Classic and have opened pre-registrations on the fantasy MMORPG’s new global website. Pre-registered players will get a coupon that they can use to claim a variety of consumables on the official site. For those who’ve never heard about the game, Soul of the Ultimate Nation was a Korean [...]
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The barrage of Gran Saga trailers continues as the upcoming fantasy MMORPG moves closer to its scheduled January 26th launch date. One of the game’s key features is its Gran Weapon system that allows players to equip any weapon type regardless of their class. What we didn’t know is that some higher-grade weapons will also allow players to transform into [...]
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South Korean studio Smilegate has announced the closure of the tactical shooter CrossFire in its home market. Despite grossing over $1 billion last year, CrossFire has only found success in Mainland China where it is licensed by Tencent. The success of this licensing partnership has made the founder of Smilegate a billionaire and Korea's 8th richest man. An English language [...]
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Long before Monster Hunter World, Tencent and Capcom partnered up to produce the China-only MMORPG Monster Hunter Online. Now that experiment is coming to an end. Built on the CryEngine, Monster Hunter Online first released into open beta in 2015. The game was poorly supported and the launcher required to play the game came loaded with Chinese malware. Despite these [...]
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The mobile Blade and Soul spin-off Blade and Soul Revolution launched in South Korea earlier this week and quickly took the #1 spot as the highest grossing mobile game on iOS. Netmarble, the game's developer, had to expand server capacity 4 times already to accommodate the millions of users rushing to try the game. Unlike most mobile spin-offs, Blade and [...]
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