In an effort to combat the growing (and highly controversial) threat of online gaming addiction, the Chinese government will soon be requiring the use of real names when registering online MMO accounts.
Continue reading...Saturday, December 6, 2008
It’s been an odd week for NetDragon. First, the Chinese online gaming company announces that they’re working on a Dungeon Keeper MMO. Now, they’ve sent out a press release announcing a Disney-based MMO which will release in China next spring. Titled Disney Fantasy Online, NetDragon is calling the game “the most highly anticipated game for the [...]
Continue reading...Monday, December 1, 2008
Gamesindustry.biz had some sweet news to report, as Electronic Arts have apparently licenced the Dungeon Keeper rights, in order to develop a massively multiplayer experience based on the franchise. NetDragon, for whom this will be the first 3D MMOG, will be keeping the title, which has already been named Dungeon Keeper Online, operational. The not quite [...]
Continue reading...Monday, November 24, 2008
Monsters & Critics learned via Xinhua News Agency that, on Sunday night, a fight erupted in a video-game center in the Nanping district of Chongqing city, resulting in the deaths of five people and leaving at least two individuals injured. What began as an argument between "several youths" and the manager of the Milky Way [...]
Continue reading...Wednesday, November 5, 2008
I've made no secret of my feelings on RMT -- the "real-money transfer" that exchanges actual currency for virtual goods, such as in-game property, character-leveling services, or vast hoards of Warcraft gold. As a gamer and not a gold farmer, however, the depth of my complaints extended only so far as such practices might affect [...]
Continue reading...Thursday, September 11, 2008
In an interview with IGN Australia, Dead Space executive producer Glen Schofield has confirmed that the title has been banned in Japan, and hints at difficulties in Germany and Korea as well. The Australian version will arrive uncut.
Continue reading...Friday, September 5, 2008
Though Dead Space will arrive earlier in the United States than originally anticipated (October 14th for consoles, 20th for PC), other countries may not be receiving the game at all. According to the game's community managers, Dead Space has been banned in Germany, China and Japan.
Continue reading...Wednesday, July 2, 2008
GameCyte has just learned that the 2008 China Game Developers Conference, commonly known as GDC China, has been canceled. Our source, who spoke on condition of anonymity, said that "relationship issues within China" are preventing conference sponsor Think Services (formerly CMP Game Group) from going forward with their plans for the event. Though the first GDC China [...]
Continue reading...Friday, May 23, 2008
This week on GameSpyte, Jesse explores Bill Gate's philanthropic side, harmful chemicals in game consoles, Microsoft's attentive customer service and Uwe Boll's latest theatrical disaster, Postal.
Continue reading...Friday, May 2, 2008
GameCyte speaks with Lisa Cosmas Hanson, founder of research firm Niko Partners, about the Chinese gaming market -- and the gamers who occupy it.
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