Giant Online: Big game for big wars
March 15, 2008 by Joel Tan
Filed under Asian MMO, Giant Interactive, Giant Online, MMOFPS, MMORPG, MMORPG News, Random Rants, WarRock
I don’t know about you, but I’m getting tired of MMORPG developers who claim that their game is “totally different from what’s in the market now.” Giant Interactive, one of China’s leading online game developers and operators, has fallen into such a loop shortly before announcing plans for its second MMORPG title, Giant Online.
In an interview published in China’s biggest video games portal, Yuzhu Shi, chairman of Giant Interactive, delivered that exact line, and went even further by submitting the idea that Giant Online would be one of the most popular games of 2008.
No, no, I have nothing against the …read more
What? Another Counter-Strike clone?
February 9, 2008 by Joel Tan
Filed under Asian MMO, Counter-Strike, Gunz Online, MMOFPS, MMORPG, MMORPG News, Random Rants, WarRock
There’s a new first-person shooter in town, and it’s not Counter-Strike, Gunz Online, or WarRock. It’s called Special Force, and the game is all about taking names.
“We invite those who loved and played Counter-Strike years ago to try this game as it gives the same feel and pulse-racing action as Counter-Strike, but online. It’s free-to-play, and players can customize everything about the way their avatars look from gear to weapons,” Paul Buencamino, marketing associate of Microgaming Technologies, told Hackenslash.
Well, I just have to ask: What makes Special Force special or different from Counter-Strike and the two other established and existing …read more
