One year of Asian MMO goodness on MMOtaku
November 29, 2008 by Joel Tan
Filed under 9you, Asian MMO, Asian MMO Players, Cabal Online, Character Customization, Counter-Strike Online, Dragon Nest, E-Games Philippines, Fantasy Westward Journey, Florensia, Granado Espada, Gravity, Guilds/Clans/Factions, Khan Online, Level Up! Games, MMO Action, MMO Dance, MMO Girl Gamers, MMO Guides, MMO Humor, MMO Sports, MMO-Etiquette, MMOFPS, MMORPG, MMORPG News, MMORPG Videos, My World, NBA Street Online, Pandora Saga, Perfect World, RF Online, Ragnarok Online, Random Rants, Top Ten Thursdays, Zhu Xian
Whew! What a year! Indeed, it’s been one hell of a ride for me and, hopefully, for MMOtaku’s loyal followers. What started out as a mote of light in fellow b5media Technology Channel blogger Jayvee Fernandez’s brilliant mind is now a good—not yet great (that has yet to come)—source of news for massively multiplayer online games in Asia and those made in Asia.
First off, I’d like to thank MMOtaku’s avid readers, those who visit the blog every day, those who come and go for a dose of MMORPG news, reviews and what-have-yous, and those who have dropped in just to …read more
LineKong launches Journey to the West
October 26, 2008 by Joel Tan
Filed under Asian MMO, Asian MMO Players, Fantasy Journey Online, Fantasy Westward Journey, LineKong, MMO Action, MMORPG, MMORPG News
I’m getting confused by the translation of titles from Chinese to English. Last time I checked, this latest online game from LineKong Entertainment Technology Co. Ltd. was called Blooded Westward Journey. Recently, online games portal 17173 labeled the game as Westward Journey. Now, in an official press release from LineKong, what was once known as Blooded Westward Journey and simply Westward Journey is now Journey to the West. Fortunately, the title of an MMORPG doesn’t really impact much on how it is received by players.
Here’s an excerpt from the official announcement:
LineKong Entertainment Technology Co. Ltd., a leading third-generation enterprise in …read more
Fantasy Westward Journey Online posts 1.66 million concurrent users
March 29, 2008 by Joel Tan
Filed under Asian MMO, Asian MMO Players, Fantasy Westward Journey, MMORPG, MMORPG News, MMORPG Videos
This one is definitely for the books. Fantasy Westward Journey, a massively multiplayer online role-playing game developed in China, has hit the magic number of 1.66 million in concurrent peak users.
According to online games portal 17173, this milestone is made doubly important as “the Chinese online game market has seen outstanding foreign products while locally produced games receive considerably less attention.”
“So many Chinese online game operators prefer to license Korean or American MMOs or are into the habit of copying classic games,” the portal said in an article. “Fantasy West Journey, as one of the few original games developed in …read more
