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Mabinogi II - New artwork revealed

Posted: 31 May 2011 05:13 AM PDT


(Source) Nexon Korea, which is holding the annual Nexon Developer Conference (NDC) currently, has revealed new artwork for Mabinogi II. The sequel to Mabinogi, the game was revealed to be in development since early last year. So far, only the technology used for creating the game was introduced. Personally, I am hoping more of Mabinogi II and MapleStory 2 will be revealed at G*Star 2011 later in November. The first 3 artwork portrays Morrighan, Macha and Neamhain, also known as the 3 Badhbh Cath Goddesses. You can see other returning characters as well including Cichol.

Perfect World buys over Cryptic Studios from Atari

Posted: 31 May 2011 01:12 AM PDT


Atari has announced the sale of Cryptic Studios, the maker of online games such as Star Trek Online, City of Heroes and Champions Online to China's Perfect World. Perfect World is paying 35 million euros, or $49.8 million in cash to fully acquire Cryptic Studios. Beijing-based Perfect World operates a number of its own self-developed MMO titles, with the company recently preparing to publish its first external MMO later this year in the form of Korean action game Rusty Hearts.

Mr Michael Chi, CEO of Perfect World, mentioned that the acquisition will add popular game titles to the company's current stable and help further penetrate into the North American and global online gaming markets. He said he had admired what the development team and technology platform at Cryptic has developed over the years. Atari's CEO, Jim Wilson, stated that Cryptic Studios has found a very strong platform to boost its Free to Play titles' portfolio.

Rumor - Civilization Online going to China

Posted: 31 May 2011 12:55 AM PDT


According to an anonymous industry insider earlier today, China's Tencent Games has acquired the rights for Civilization Online, which is the rumored title Take-Two and XL Games are working on for the past year. The insider stated that Tencent Games was the middle party who brought Take-Two and XL Games together, with Take-Two having an office in China and good working relationships with Tencent Games. The China mega company also has the rights for ArcheAge China, XL Games' maiden title.

Lineage and Lineage II (China) going to Tencent Games

Posted: 30 May 2011 11:42 PM PDT


As rumored several weeks ago, the rights for Lineage and Lineage II (China) were going to Tencent Games, the biggest online gaming company in China after NCsoft's contract with Shanda Games was not renewed. Despite signing Blade & Soul, no news about these 2 classic titles were heard until the official confirmation earlier today. If you haven't heard, the official servers for Lineage in North America will be shutting down soon. Lineage II is still going strong, with a new update apparently coming soon. With this, Tencent Games will be publishing Blade & Soul, ArcheAge, Lineage and Lineage II next year. Some other new titles for the company can be found here. The official website for Lineage 1 China can be found here while Lineage II's can be found here.
Posted by Shri Krishna

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