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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.

Jelly Monsters on the Rocks – New casual game now available worldwide

NHN Entertainment just announced the global Android launch of Jelly Monsters on the Rocks, a brand new style tile-matching puzzle game which focuses on numbers to match and remove tiles, instead of matching same tiles together like other existing tile-matching…

Otherland – Unreal Engine 3 game revives under new developer

[Beta register] Over 20 months after development for Otherland ceased, the Unreal Engine 3 online game is now back under a new developer, and seemingly publisher as well. Drago Entertainment, a studio based in Poland, has opened a new website…

Perfect World – China games operations moved to new Arc platform

Perfect World China, otherwise known as Wanmei, recently moved its entire games operations to the new Arc platform. While the Western gamers have been using the similarly-named platform for some time now, it seems the one deployed in China will…

Bless – New game trailer as Focus Group Test announced for November

Korean powerhouse Neowiz Games made a couple of announcements today for Bless, starting with a new game trailer highlighting the cinematic development process. As Neowiz Games’ top priority MMORPG next year, much focus has been placed on every tiny detail…

Blade & Soul – Taiwan server to enter Open Beta phase next month

NCsoft Taiwan recently announced the Open Beta date for Blade & Soul Taiwan, which is to take place on 20th November. As mentioned in my previous post, the Taiwan server will be Free-to-Play, and unlike the China server, will not have…

King of Wushu – New game trailer revealed at Nvidia Game Festival 2014

Developer of Age of Wushu, Snail Games, recently revealed a new technical trailer for King of Wushu over at Nvidia Game Festival 2014, which took place at Shanghai. The trailer focuses on the living environment, as well character movements in…

League of Legends – Mata departs world champion Samsung White

Posted yesterday on his Facebook, Mata announced that he has departed world champion Samsung White, where he was also MVP for the recently ended 2014 World Championship. Best known for playing Thresh, he has certainly made a splash since starting out…

Lord of Vermilion: Arena – Gameplay videos from Alpha Test phase

Square Enix recently launched the Alpha Test for Lord of Vermilion: Arena over in Japan, with it being the developer’s first self-developed PC MOBA. Using several elements from the successful Lord of Vermilion franchise, the game was an instant hit…

Naruto Online – A brief look at the official browser game by Tencent

There are many Naruto web games around, but only the one in China under Tencent Games is officially licensed by its Japan counterpart. A co-development effort with Namco Bandai and CyberConnect2 (developer of the Naruto console games), the story starts right from…

Project AX – Nexon Korea signs new online game for domestic market

Unlike Peria Chronicles where Nexon signed the worldwide distribution rights, Project AX will be for the Korean domestic market only. First announced last year by developer Ngine Studios, Nexon is set to reveal a new name for the online game…

League of Legends – Popular MOBA poised to be top global earner in 2014

Poised to take over China’s CrossFire which held the throne last year, League of Legends is now the top worldwide earner for 2014 (Jan to Sep) in the MMO category. The final annual numbers have yet to be calculated since there…

NCsoft – WildStar developer takes major hit with latest round of layoffs

NCsoft just revealed that layoffs have hit the Western offices, including Carbine Studios, developer of WildStar. However, ArenaNet, developer of Guild Wars 2 and subsidiary of NCsoft, remains unaffected by this round of layoffs. Looks like Blade & Soul for…

World of Speed – The iconic McLaren F1 joins the racing roster

[Beta register] Slightly Mad Studios and publisher My.com released a brand-new trailer earlier today, welcoming the McLaren F1 to World of Speed’s extensive racing roster. The McLaren F1 is one of the most iconic cars of all-time and often said that…

World in Audition – Closed Beta is now live for new rhythm game

[Game website] Asiasoft today announced the dancing game, World in Audition, has entered Closed Beta and will be available to players till 27 October 2014, 0900hrs (GMT +8). Asiasoft has also launched a poll to invite players to vote for…