Riot Games announced it has signed a long-term partnership with BAMTech, a subsidiary of MLB Advanced Media, for the monetization and commercialization of League of Legends esports, according to Yahoo. The deal will run to the 2023 season, and is…
Gigantic – Open Beta date announced with cross-platform play coming soon
[Game website] Perfect World Entertainment and developer Motiga today announced that Open Beta for Gigantic launches as part of the Xbox Game Preview program on Xbox One and on Windows 10 in North America and Europe on December 8, 2016.…
Penta Storm – Netmarble enters mobile MOBA market with new game
Announced last week, Penta Storm is the upcoming mobile MOBA game developer Netmarble is preparing. If you did not know, Netmarble is one of the world’s biggest mobile games studio now, with successful hits such as Marvel Future Fight, Seven…
Gigantic – First developer diary talks on hurdles faced as a new studio
[Game website] The team at Motiga is getting closer to releasing their first game, Gigantic. After years of development, the Free-to-Play and team-based action MOBA is back in Closed Beta, ready for new and eager players. Making games is tough.…
Master X Master – NCsoft MOBA game set to begin Alpha play test
[Game website] The first competitive MOBA title developed by NCsoft, Master X Master features several familiar characters from NCsoft game (Lineage, Blade & Soul, Guild Wars, etc) while also introducing unique ones. The game will begin Alpha play test on…
Lord of Vermilion: Arena – Square Enix shuts down another MOBA
Last year, Square Enix entered the competitive and PC games market in Japan by releasing a few games, including the now-defunct Gunslinger Stratos: Reloaded. Today, the developer announced the closure of Lord of Vermilion: Arena on 17 June, just a year…
Gigantic – Perfect World revealed as publisher for upcoming MOBA title
Perfect World Entertainment today revealed it has obtained the rights to publish Gigantic, the action MOBA developed by Motiga Games. According to Motiga Games, this partnership will expand Gigantic’s reach by supporting players with Win64 operating systems via the Arc Games platform.…
Master X Master – NCsoft reveals 2 new game trailers for upcoming MOBA
First announced for the Western market in January, Master X Master is the first competitive MOBA (multiplayer online battle arena) game by developer NCsoft. This week, 2 new game trailers were made public, one explaining how exactly what kind of…
Project A1 – Nexon teases Unreal Engine 4 MOBA at annual conference
This week, Nexon is holding its annual Nexon Developers Conference in South Korea, where its partners from all over the world attend and share their experiences in games development. While not necessarily the right event to announce a game, Nexon…
League of Legends – Asian popstar Jay Chou acquires Taipei Assassins
Following the recent announcement that Asian popstar Jay Chou will be revealing his eSports team for League of Legends, the cat was finally let out of the bag earlier today. Jay Chou’s eSports company revealed it has purchased Taipei Assassins and renamed the…
League of Legends – Over 10 sub-classes categorized for popular MOBA
[Source] As League of legends evolved over the years, developer Riot Games has been hard at work trying to categorize their huge roster of champions for players to easier understand them and their roles. Recently, it was announced there are…
Dota 2 – Project leader changed after disastrous Shanghai Major event
Earlier this year, Valve and domestic publisher Perfect World held the Shanghai Major 2016 at a grand 31,000-seat stadium, thought the whole event was littered with humourous and frustrating human errors which can be further read here and here. Just a…
League of Legends – Jay Chou signs agreement to form eSports company
Back in November 2015, Taiwanese popstar Jay Chou announced he will be forming an eSports team to take part in League of Legends. The avid fan even performed the game’s theme song in China (bottom). Earlier, a company known as China…
Hyper Universe – Final Closed Beta now live for side-scroll MOBA
Developed by Cwavesoft and published in South Korea by Nexon, Hyper Universe was described as a side-scroll MOBA when it was first announced. Nearly 8 months on, Hyper Universe has finally entered its Final Closed Beta last Friday, which is set…