![]() I stumbled across the site and have downloaded the software and got accepted into the closed beta. Ubisoft apparently licensed this game to some China company to develop into an online game. Next up is Heroes Of Might & Magic Online. is one example, offering the beta of its free browser games only to countries in South-east Asia. All the Westerners are rushing to launch something in Asia, including South-east Asia. Thankfully, all that was required was an Australian or US address and our good old local Singapore credit card was accepted.Īsia is now the growth region for online games, probably thanks to the huge population in China. The simple reason is that we are too small a market. Hogwash, because there is no way we were worse off than ANZ in those days. Even though Vivendi was HQed in Singapore for the APAC region, they bloody ignored us, amazingly on the grounds that they chose countries with stable Internet infrastructure. But the bigger problem – World of Warcraft was only launched in the US, Aust and NZ. Guild Wars, Star Wars Galaxies, Jump To Light Speed – all bought with my own money. Even though I was reviewing games for The New Paper, in those days the distributors didnt bring in MMOGs. When World of Warcraft launched in November 2004, I was among the first to buy a copy from Tec-drome at Sim Lim. I remember wanting to play Meridien 59 – the first MMO game – but it would have cost me my life savings connecting to a US server over 14.4kbps dial-up. It used to be such a pain to be living in Singapore as a gamer.
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