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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.

Lost Ark – Russian service begins selling Founder’s Packages

First announced late last year, Mail.Ru obtained the publishing rights for Lost Ark in Russia. If you did not know, Mail.Ru is the biggest internet company in the country, similar to how Tencent is the biggest in China. A multi-billion…

New Gunbound – Cross-platform sequel announced for Southeast Asia

Growing in status as the second biggest gaming exhibition in South Korea after G-Star, yesterday marked the end of PlayX4 in Gyeonggi-do, the most populous province in the country. While not many major announcements were made, Thailand-based games publisher Electronics…

Peria Chronicles – Quick look at first Korean test phase

As previously announced, Nexon held the first test phase for Peria Chronicles in South Korea over the weekend. One of the company’s few PC MMORPG titles scheduled to launch in the near future, it seems that many sandbox features have…

Dawn of Isles – Closed Beta quick look at new mobile MMORPG

NetEase Games might be known globally recently for its battle royale games such as Knives Out and Rules of Survival, but it is actually still building up a hefty mobile RPG stable for the global market. The latest is Dawn…

Durango: Wild Lands – Quick look at tutorial gameplay of unique survival mobile MMO

Durango: Wild Lands is a mobile game which Nexon and developer What! Studio invested much time and effort in. Having launched in South Korea a couple of years back and having an English soft-launch last year before being prepared for…

DeNA – Studio working with The Pokémon Company on new mobile game

Earlier today, Japanese developer DeNA revealed its financial report for the first quarter of 2019. The eye-catching announcement in the report is a collaboration with The Pokémon Company to develop a game based on the world-famous IP. Other than it…

Dragon Raja – Unreal Engine 4 mobile MMORPG gets official name

Epic Games and Chinese developer Loong Entertainment unveiled their highly-anticipated mobile game, Dragon Raja, at Unreal Open Day 2019. The game, which was originally revealed as Project:SU at GDC 2019, is being developed by using the powerful Unreal Engine 4…

Code: Odyssey – Chinese studio teams up with Improbable for UE4 sandbox MMO

You probably have not heard of the tech company known as Improbable or its advanced multiplayer platform known as SpatialOS. In a nutshell, SpatialOS is a cloud-based platform for building and operating any online game. This complete multiplayer solution lets…

MU Origin 2 – A quick look at the PVP modes found in new mobile MMORPG

Previously, I touched on the various key PVE modes in the new mobile MMORPG, MU Origin 2. Having played my main character to nearly level 300, it is time to touch on some of the PVP features in the game…

SINoALICE – Global pre-registration for new mobile RPG by Nexon begins

[Pre-register now] As announced by Nexon last week, the global pre-registration phase for SINoALICE has now started. Co-developed by Square Enix and Pokelabo, SINoALICE is a dark fantasy RPG filled with classic fairy tale characters such as Snow White, Cinderella,…

Project Eternal – Japanese studio Asobimo reveals new mobile MMORPG

Japanese developer Asobimo, renown for its many mobile MMORPG titles, recently revealed its latest game Project Eternal (most likely a working title). Project Eternal is touted as the culmination of Asobimo’s 11 years experience since launching Iruna in 2008, and…

Black Desert Online – Launch date announced for massive Underwater Ruins update

[Play free now] As previously announced on the content roadmap last month, Kakao Games and Pearl Abyss are proud to announce the new Underwater Ruins expansion that will be added to Black Desert Online (Europe and North America) on the…

PUBG Mobile – Tencent shuts down Chinese server and introduces new mobile battle royale

As some of you would have known, Tencent Games first introduced 2 mobile battle royales based on PUBG some time back, with the most popular one eventually becoming PUBG Mobile. Earlier today, the Chinese giant announced that the game’s beta…

Rohan Mobile – Playwith claims mobile MMORPG to launch in South Korea next month

First announced in November 2018, there has since been no updates on Rohan Mobile, the mobile MMORPG based on the popular PC title. According to a recent report in the Korean media, IP owner Playwith is working with developer NXGAMES…