"Although this was not an easy decision, this change will make our business more efficient and flexible in an ever-changing, competitive market"
Read More »Number of Chinese Steam users passes 30 million
Initial DOTA 2 popularity bolstered by region-specific content
Read More »Torchlight developer Runic Games shut down
Chinese publisher Perfect World has closed Runic developer Torchlight and stripped down Gigantic creator Motiga, both of which were based in Seattle. Perfect World says that it will continue to sell Runic’s existing titles (Torchlight, Torchlight II and Hob) while Gigantic will continue under the stewardship of a small handful …
Read More »Perfect World continues closures as Runic Games is shut down
Following the closure of Motiga, more jobs are lost as the publisher moves to games-as-a-service strategy
Read More »Counter-Strike launches in China as Valve partners up with Perfect World, F2P for verified users
Counter-Strike: Global Offensive has launched in China, with Chinese publisher Perfect World releasing a special version of CS:GO in collaboration with developers Valve. The changes are slight, with cosmetic changes removing several symbols in the game that rule the game out for sale in China. That, and every user who …
Read More »Dota Asia Championship qualifiers announced
The qualifiers for the Dota Asia Championship have been revealed, with the format and participants being announced. The qualifiers will be split into four regions, as the China qualifiers have already been played. North America, Europe, SEA and CIS will all get one slot at the tournament with eight teams …
Read More »Layoffs hit Perfect World Entertainment
Deleted tweets liken staff cuts to "a slaughter"
Read More »Perfect World and meat supplier acquire Warframe dev
F2P success for Canada dev attracts overseas interest
Read More »Perfect World opens console division
PC free-to-play company will bring games to consoles
Read More »Exploit leads to Neverwinter server rollback
Perfect World MMO's in-game economy faced with massive inflation during beta
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