Chinese News and Beta Test Announcements

• King of Combat – Tencent announces collaboration with The King of Fighters.
• Bounty Hounds OL launches in NA and EU this month.
• TinyKeep – New dungeon crawler now seeking funds on Kickstarter.
• Icarus Online by Wemade is in CBT1 in Korea.
• Project Z – Perfect World teases its first action online game.
• War of Emperium arrives on RO2 Korea on May 15.
• Lineage: The Second Moon – First of many NCsoft mobile games to come.

Xbox One: Building a console with the "right amount of Microsoft" thrown in

Xbox One: Building a console with the "right amount of Microsoft" thrown in:
Xbox product planning boss Albert Penello tells us all about the evolution of Xbox, and how MS wasn't even thinking about Xbox One until late 2010

Hartsman: 'The traditional AAA style of development and distribution' is broken

Hartsman: 'The traditional AAA style of development and distribution' is broken:
Filed under: Business Models, Culture, Interviews, MMO Industry, News Items, Opinion A few days ago we reported on RIFT's impending free-to-play conversion,

Kings and Legends Global melds the TCG with the MMO

Kings and Legends Global melds the TCG with the MMO:
Filed under: Betas, Fantasy, Trailers, Video, New Titles, Free-to-Play, Trading Card Games Watch out: It's an unholy fusion of addictive trading card games with addictive

Dungeons & Dragons Online: Update 18 and the Shadowfell Conspiracy

Dungeons & Dragons Online: Update 18 and the Shadowfell Conspiracy:
Turbine recently invited us to check out some of the new content in Update 18: Disciples of Shadow and the upcoming Shadowfell Conspiracy expansion. Learn

Guns of Icarus Adventure Mode Successfully Kickstarted | Ten Ton Hammer

Guns of Icarus Adventure Mode Successfully Kickstarted | Ten Ton Hammer:
Muse Games will be expanding Guns of Icarus Online with a new Adventure Mode following a successful Kickstarter campaign.

New iOS Games Tonight: Hyper Breaker Turbo, Zombie Fish Tank and more!

New iOS Games Tonight: Hyper Breaker Turbo, Zombie Fish Tank and more!:
I don’t know about you, but I tend to like a nice dose of action with my weekly helping of new mobile games. And judging from the look of tonight’s new iOS releases, mobile

Free-to-play Fantasy MMORPG Blade 9 Launches on June 3

Free-to-play Fantasy MMORPG Blade 9 Launches on June 3:
Set in a fantasy world, Blade 9 Online brings you into a brand new 3D action space with stunning PvP and PvE experience. The free to play title not only features rich storyline,

The problem with investors and game developers

The problem with investors and game developers:
Charles Huang couldn't get investors interested in RedOctane when Guitar Hero was about to blow up. Has the success of Supercell or Puzzle & Dragons changed

Eclipse War (KR) to Begin Open Beta on May 29

Eclipse War (KR) to Begin Open Beta on May 29:
Featured for its transform system, the Korean 3D MMORPG Eclipse War Online will enter open beta on May 29. Developed by Dolphin Soft, Eclipse War Online is an

Vindictus EU shows off next episode of Season 2 with video, screenshots

Vindictus EU shows off next episode of Season 2 with video, screenshots:
Filed under: Fantasy, Galleries, Trailers, Video, Patches, News Items, Free-to-Play, Vindictus, Dungeons Vindictus fans in Europe don't have long to wait for the

Guild Wars 2: 'Consistent Steady Growth'

Guild Wars 2: 'Consistent Steady Growth':
With today's announcement that ArenaNet would be dropping the price of Guild Wars 2, lots of players have expressed interesting in knowing some of the reasons behind that

Mobile March of the Penguins: Chris Heatherly on Club Penguin's first mobile migration

Mobile March of the Penguins: Chris Heatherly on Club Penguin's first mobile migration:
As the head man in charge of Club Penguin, Disney Interactive Worlds Vice President and General Manager Chris Heatherly has a problem many people would love to have.

MapleStory: Monster Life Coming May 22nd

MapleStory: Monster Life Coming May 22nd:
Nexon has teamed up with MMORPG.com to bring our MapleStory fans the first news about a big content upgrade coming to the game on Wednesday, May 22, 2013. Called

Order & Chaos Duels (iOS/Android) review

Order & Chaos Duels (iOS/Android) review:
Order & Chaos Duels is a new iOS and Android game from Gameloft. It’s available now as a free download from the App Store and Google Play, and carries additional in-

Happy Cloud gets new CEO, raises $4.25 million

Happy Cloud gets new CEO, raises $4.25 million:
Online portal appoints Tamir Buchler as chief exec ahead of consumer launch

Age of Conan announces 5th anniversary event, new membership perks

Age of Conan announces 5th anniversary event, new membership perks:
Filed under: Fantasy, Age of Conan, Events (In-Game), News Items, Free-to-Play, Anniversaries Just because it's a tough and gritty world in Age of Conan doesn't mean

Tencent - China Tech Giant Now More Valuable Than Facebook and Samsung

Tencent - China Tech Giant Now More Valuable Than Facebook and Samsung:
According to the latest report by BrandZ, Tencent Holdings saw a rise in value of over 50% since last year, standing at 21st place in the 2013 list of most valuable global

World of Warcraft: v5.3 'Escalation' Hits Servers

World of Warcraft: v5.3 'Escalation' Hits Servers:
World of Warcraft players can update their game clients to the latest v5.3 version. Called 'Escalation', the new patch brings new scenarios, a new battleground and

Mobile market has stalled, says Capcom

Mobile market has stalled, says Capcom:
Publisher says business hurt by diversification of devices, waning popularity of some genres