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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.

Webzen – Gala-Net is now known as Webzen West and Webzen Dublin

[Press release] WEBZEN Inc., a global leader in next-generation free-to-play games, announces that Gala-Net, Inc. and its subsidiary, Gala Networks Europe Ltd., a leading publisher of free-to-play online games and operator of the gPotato portals, will now operate under the corporate…

Aion 4.0 – NCsoft releases new storyline trailer for E3 2013

E3 2013 is still a week plus away, but NCsoft is not waiting till then before releasing the latest trailer for Aion 4.0: Dark Betrayal. The new content will arrive in the North American server later this month.   Different…

Holy King – Players encouraged to put funny things in their mouths

It seems like there are gamers who were fairly amused by 1 of Perfect World China’s latest MMORPG, Holy King, after being announced 2 weeks ago. Crafted using the in-house Echo Engine, more visuals were released for the interesting “swallow”…

HeroWarZ – Players to form army of unique characters in new online game

Known as Project MC back last year, developer A.Storm finally lifted the lid off its maiden online game, HeroWarZ. At the game’s media conference, the studio’s founders, who were part of the core team behind Dungeon & Fighter and Cyphers,…

Black Gold Online – Snail Game unveils new game logo for E3 2013

While I did not have the best of time trying out Black Gold Online, it doesn’t mean everyone else will have the same opinions. With that said, Snail Game will be bringing a couple of games to E3 this year,…

Phantasy Star Online 2 – Japan server celebrates 1st anniversary

With a blink of an eye, Phantasy Star Online 2 is already celebrating its 1st anniversary in Japan on 12th June! Developed by SEGA, it is still 1 of the top MMORPGs in the country, where the market is still…

Black Gold Online – Game fails to live up to its lofty ambitions

With grand features previewed and announced for Black Gold Online, I entered the China server’s debut test phase with high hopes, hoping for a quality MMORPG since developer Snail Game did a commendable job for Age of Wushu. Boy was…

Phantasy Star Online 2 – Southeast Asia publisher announced

With the North American server for Phantasy Star Online 2 getting a delay later into the year, the Southeast Asia English server was announced discreetly a few weeks back. The publisher will be Asiasoft, which is also hosting the popular…

Dungeon & Fighter: Defense – Nexon launches new Android title

Nexon is really making use of its own IP (intellectual properties), and using them well to invade the booming mobile gaming market. The latest game to roll out is Dungeon & Fighter: Defense, only for Android phones. Of course, the…

Legend of the Condor Heroes: Zero – Game engine focus for new trailer

Perfect World has been building up its catalog of self-developed game engines these few years, and the upcoming Legend of the Condor Heroes: Zero will be crafted using the ARK Engine. The company’s first in-house non-target action MMORPG, the trailer seems…

The Elder Scrolls Online – First official view of first person combat mode

[Game website] While the previous 20-minute video was leaked by a Closed Beta player, the video this time round is official and recorded by CVG. The journalists of the gaming website managed to show off first person combat, which is…

Black Gold Online – Debut test phase begins with huge amount of content

The debut test phase, or Closed Beta 1, for Snail Game’s latest online game, Black Gold Online, started about 2 hours ago. Leaving the essence of wushu far behind, players will not travel into a world where magic and technology…

MapleStory – Japan server sees major Magi anime content update

If you are a fan of Japanese manga and anime, you would have heard of the series known as Magi. I personally am a fan, despite the obvious Arabian Nights references, but who cares? Magi has invaded MapleStory Japan, with…

Swordsman Online – New combat mode added for 2nd test phase

Swordsman Online recently entered its 2nd test phase in China, and developer Perfect World added a new rectile combat mode, much similar to Blade & Soul’s. I am guessing this is to make the rather monotonous game more “action-y”.  …