Cue Online: 3D pool, anyone?
March 26, 2009 by Joel Tan
Filed under Coming Soon, MMO Sports, MMORPG
It was bound to happen sooner or later. The online games industry has churned out quite a number of titles that feature sports, from football or soccer, courtesy of EA Sports’ FIFA Online 2, to virtual racing, like the one in Drift City.
Now comes online pool, thanks to the geniuses at Happy Nation. Dubbed Cue Online, the game is set to enter closed beta on March 30 and open beta in April.
Here’s the announcement story from Cue Online’s publisher, GamesCampus.com:
Empire of Sports: Not your usual online sports game
March 14, 2009 by Joel Tan
Filed under Asian MMO Players, Coming Soon, Giant Interactive, MMO Sports, MMORPG, MMORPG News, MMORPG Videos, Random Rants
Tired of playing online sports games that only feature one sport? Well, good news for online game fanatics in China. It seems our friends up at the Giant Interactive Group is bringing in Empire of Sports.
Wait a minute? Empire of Sports? For the uninformed (don’t worry, I was clueless about the game until only a couple of hours ago), here’s a brief backgrounder:
Empire of Sports is an online multisport massively multiplayer online role-playing game developed by the French company F4. The game was first unveiled at the Leipzig Games Convention in August 2007.
Despite having been demo-ed almost two years ago, …read more
The9 brings FIFA Online 2 to China
March 14, 2009 by Joel Tan
Filed under Asian MMO, Asian MMO Players, FIFA Online 2, MMO Sports, MMORPG, MMORPG News, MMORPG Videos, The9
Old news, I know. I wrote about the upcoming open beta of FIFA Online 2 in China on March 5, 2009, and this is confirmation of The9’s commitment to establishing a niche for the game in its country.
Let’s take a closer look at the announcement courtesy of China-based online games portal 17173:
The9 Gets FIFA Online 2 Beta Version to China
The development of open beta version of FIFA Online 2 is almost finished. On March 13, 2009, a group of executives from The9 flew to Korea to confirm the final copy of the game, which they plan to bring back to …read more
