Beijing Perfect World, the company behind some of China's most popular MMOs, is charging ahead with their new MMO Zhu Xian (no English on that page, so you're SOL if you can't read Chinese, but you can look at the pretty pictures!). They're moving into beta testing, and while I don't do computer gaming, I have to admit being strangely drawn to this MMO, which is based on a super popular wuxia (martial arts) novel of the same name. But with press releases like this, how can you not be?

The Wu Xian story is very visionary and there are some aspects that take you away from ordinary life, but the real reason why you will be inspired is because of the Wu Xian spirit, which will affect your heart and sense of justice, and the passionate love the game inspires will make it so that you can't give it up. In cases like these, when we return to reality, to our real and busy society, we approach our lives in the same way as we play these games; so, the most important aspect is to try our best to express these true sensibilities and affect the players' hearts.

Remember kids, it's not about killing virtual people with friends, it's about being inspired by passionate love! Maggie Greene

Asian Star Cooperates with "Zhu Xian" for the Start of Closed Beta Testing [PR Newswire via Xinhua]