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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.

Gloria Victis – New website launches with Alpha access packages

[Game website] If you have yet to read about the game, do head on to my interview with the developer here. Gloria Victis, a low-fantasy medieval indie MMORPG, just refreshed its website with a new design. Along with that, packages…

Age of Heroes – New action 3D MOBA from China aiming for the big league

With the MOBA genre growing exponentially in China, no thanks for Dota 2, SMITE and League of Legends, a little-known developer there recently announced Age of Heroes, its very own action non-target 3D MOBA title. And to be honest, I…

Neowiz Games – Bless and Project Black Sheep heading to China

Earlier today, it was announced that ChangYou, 1 of the major gaming publisher and developer in China, has signed Neowiz’s Bless and Project Black Sheep for the region. Known as the biggest gaming market in the world, Neowiz is looking…

Black Desert – Developer teases gamers with first look at English client

Black Desert has got an eventful year in 2013, with the first Closed Beta phase being a roaring success and also being the star of G-Star 2013 in the public hall. I managed to slip in for Closed Beta, which…

Blade & Soul – Nearly 200 servers live with insane number of players

Officially launching just late last month, the number of servers for Blade & Soul China has reached 195 to cope with the demand. The latest group was added just a week ago (the green status column), and the problem of…

Bless – Developer reveals concept art and models for game weapons

Scheduled for its debut test phase early next year, the developer of Bless today revealed some concept art and 3D models of the weapons which can be found in the game. The designs are mainly based on the medieval theme,…

The Division – Ubisoft reveals new trailer for high-end Snowdrop Engine

Is it just me, or are game studios around the world starting to market their in-house engines more since the start of 2013? Not wanting to be left out of the race, Ubisoft revealed a new trailer for its Snowdrop…

Archlord – Game closure announced with sequel set for 2014 launch

[Source] Webzen recently announced the closure of Archlord on 1st January 2014, which was the English global server in the company’s game portal. First launching in August of 2009, the lack of new features and regular updates once again proved…

Dungeon & Fighter – Nexon reveals new female Knight class and more

Following MapleStory and Mabinogi Heroes, Nexon will also be granting Dungeon & Fighter its annual winter content update. Rather than introducing new advancements for existing classes, a brand new female Knight class was announced instead, coming January 2014.   Also…

Project AX – Everyone is an animal in upcoming isometric online game

Another day, another new MMORPG revealed. Currently in development stage, Project AX is the maiden project from Ngine Studios, located in South Korea. In this game, players assume the roles of students from a beastmen school, trying to save the…

Kritika – New trailer for upcoming character class gets high and hot

First revealed about a week ago at Tencent Games Carnival 2013, the Korean server for Kritika started previewing the 4th playable character class with a new teaser trailer. The official class name is now “Scyther”, with her first class advancement…

Mabinogi Heroes – 8th character teased for January 2014 update

Along with the recent announcement of the winter 2013 update, Nexon also teased about what is coming early next year to the Korean server. The 8th character is not the little bunny girl seen above, but rather a female fighter,…

Lime Odyssey – Developer said to be considering studio and game closure

According to a report in a fan forum, the CEO of Cykan Entertainment allegedly mentioned that he is considering to shut down the studio and Lime Odyssey, mainly due to “financial problem”. Founded by a group of Ragnarok Online developers,…

EverQuest Next Landmark – New trailer explains what is the game about

[Game website] After speaking to some of my gaming friends recently, most over them have heard or read about EverQuest Next, but some did not even know about Landmark. And lo and behold, a new introduction trailer was revealed by…