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Your average online gamer who is bilingual in Chinese and English, although he does try to play Japanese and Korean games sometimes. Online gaming since 1999, and has worked in the online gaming and mobile gaming industry (Journalist, Game Master, Community Manager, Operations Manager) since 2008.

Final Fantasy XIV – Sony announces live-action adaptation of popular MMORPG

Sony Pictures Television and Hivemind, the production company behind Amazon’s THE EXPANSE and Netflix’s upcoming adaptation of THE WITCHER, announced today a new partnership with global video game powerhouse SQUARE ENIX to develop a first-of-its-kind, live-action adaptation of a beloved…

Game of Thrones Beyond the Wall – Travel through time in new mobile RPG based on top TV show

Behaviour Interactive, GAEA and HBO today announce Game of Thrones Beyond the Wall, a new mobile collectible strategy RPG game based on the world’s most popular TV show. The game is planned for release in 2019 on the Google Play…

World of Warships – Battle royale mode in a new post-apocalyptic world goes live

[Play free now] Developer and publisher Wargaming just released a new post-apocalyptic Battle Royale mode for their popular naval combat game World of Warships. Rogue Wave, a temporary battle mode set in a dark and toxic sea world is coming…

Nexon – Second media day event introduces new games and other updates

Following the first edition back in March, Nexon today held its “Nexon Special Day Vol. 2” at the Nexon Arena in Seoul, South Korea. The gaming giant had previously stated it will hold a few of such media events throughout…

PUBG Corp – Developer hires Call of Duty veteran to expand PUBG universe

The PUBG universe is about to get bigger as PUBG Corporation, the company managing the insanely popular IP, today announced that it has named Glen Schofield as the CEO of its new game development studio, Striking Distance. Schofield is building…

TSUBASA+ – AR mobile game based on classic manga IP announced

Hot on the heels of the recent launch of Harry Potter: Wizards Unite mobile AR game, Japanese developer MIRAIRE today revealed TSUBASA+ to the global gaming community. Established in 2017, MIRAIRE is a studio focused on just AR titles, and…

Fist of the North Star LEGENDS ReVIVE – Pre-registration begins for new mobile action RPG from SEGA

SEGA today started the global pre-registration phase for Fist of the North Star LEGENDS ReVIVE, an action RPG planned for iOS and Android later this year. Fist of the North Star is a manga series written by Buronson and illustrated…

Cabal Mobile – First new class since launch added to mobile MMORPG

South Korean developer ESTsoft recently announced the first new class to join Cabal Mobile since its Korean launch a few months back, the Gladiator. Now available in the game, this class is somewhat similar to its PC version counterpart by…

Royal Crow – New studio reveals first artwork for unnamed military PC MMO

Korean developer and publisher ThumbAge was most recently in the news for announcing a mobile version of Dekaron. A few years back, it established an internal studio called Royal Crow, and the first pieces of artwork were revealed today. Definitely…

Sengoku Basara: Battle Party – Quick look at new Japanese mobile RPG from Capcom

While it has been a slow start to the week for exciting gaming news from Asia, a couple of games are also launching around this period. One of them is Sengoku Basara: Battle Party, a rather unique mobile RPG based…

Raziel – Quick look at new Chinese mobile action RPG launched by Tencent Games

Tencent Games, China’s largest games publisher and developer, recently launched a new mobile action RPG Raziel with little to no fanfare. Developed by Chinese studio Indra Soft, Raziel actually soft-launched in some overseas countries before back in 2017. It seemed…

Colopl – Japan studio exposes 2 employees caught manipulating ranking chart

Colopl, the Japan studio which made mobile games such as Dragon Project and White Cat Project, recently announced that it had “caught” 2 employees trying to manipulate the grossing chart of its new mobile game, Project Babel. Launched in Japan…

Lineage 2: Revolution – Quick look at the new Kamael race in Korean server

Lineage 2: Revolution is one of the first major mobile MMORPG titles to be crafted using Unreal Engine 4, and the game is still popular today all over the world. Developer NCsoft is not resting its laurels for the original…

Guilty Crown – Mobile RPG based on anime series launches in Taiwan

While we are not sure if the game had already launched in Japan before, Guilty Crown was made available in Taiwan recently by DeNA. A mobile RPG based on the Guilty Crown anime which aired between 2011 and 2012, it…