cinderboy
9171 Articles134 Comments

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.

Core Masters – Closed Beta phase announced for April

The global MOBA craze, chasing the successes of Dota 2 and League of Legends, continues as a new title from the genre gets ready for Closed Beta next month. The debut title of studio Soft Big Bang, Core Masters will…

Hounds – Female character models teased for upcoming patch

While the game launched recently in Korea with only male characters, Hounds recently teased about adding the new female character models in the upcoming content update this month. Developed by CJ GameLab, this Korean shooter emphasize more on co-op PvE…

Viper Circle – Neowiz teases new Unreal Engine 3 shooter

While the avalanche of MOBA titles from both Western and Asian developers are occupying headlines within the industry, the FPS genre has taken a backseat, though still a very relevant genre. Neowiz Games, still smarting from a company-wide layoff, has…

Kritika – A brief look at the tutorial stages

With SimCity giving me tons of bugs and problems, I though it would be a good time to give Kritika a short run, thanks to the account of a newly acquired ninja. I only played till level 10, and thought…

Blade & Soul – Lyn race becomes a Pokemon in latest Skyrim parody

Released early last month, the video is part of a comedy series based in the world of Skyrim. In the latest Pokemon-inspired episode , Blade & Soul’s Lyn race gets featured as Meow Meow, a Pokemon. The whole video is…

Aion 4.0 – Dungeons galore for final update as 3rd class goes missing

Separated into 3 parts for the 4.0 update, Aion Korea will be welcoming the final part on 13th March. While 2 of the 3 new classes, Gunner and Bard, have been added, the final mecha-like class has gone missing, not…

Blade & Soul – Themed mouse from SteelSeries teased

More hardware news, this time coming from South Korea and SteelSeries. Blade & Soul will be getting its own customized gamer mouse, combining both keyboard and mouse functionality into 1. Which will most probably mean there are buttons on the…

League of Legends – New Collector’s Edition swag from Razer

Razer and Riot Games have worked together before on PC peripherals for League of Legends, but I believe this is the first time the term “Collector’s Edition” has been used. Razer has just released the League of Legends Collector’s Edition…

Dragon’s Prophet – New character class trailer as Closed Beta nears

With the North America and Europe publishers already confirmed a few months back, Dragon’s Prophet will finally enter Closed Beta in its native Taiwan on 13th March. Trailers for the classes were revealed, as seen in the merged version below.…

Sword Art Online: World’s End – Game launches in Japan

Delayed for several months, Sword Art Online: World’s End, finally launched in Japan under the GREE mobile platform at the end of February. The game has no flashy 3D graphics, and it is based mostly on 2D images and minimal…

ArcheAge – Breeding feature added into game

To summarize the latest update for ArcheAge, the new breeding feature was added. However, it is only for a certain livestock/ mount, Yata. This was teased previously, with gamers speculating that it was actually for their characters. Developer XLGAMES did…

Saint Seiya Online – Silver Test Phase to begin later this month

After going through the debut phase, known as the Bronze Test Phase, earlier in January, Perfect World has announced the 2nd phase to begin later this month. Of course, going by the tradition of the level of armor in Saint…

Tactical Intervention – Game goes live later this month

Just a foreword, the game is only available to players in North America and Canada. Yes, there is IP block implemented by the publisher, OGPLANET. Developed by 1 of Counter-Strike’s original creator (Counter-Strike started as a mod map), Minh “Gooseman”…

RIFT China – American Idol alumni revealed as final spokesperson

As you can see in the image below, the final American spokesperson for RIFT China was revealed to be American Idol alumni, Adam Lambert. After NBA star Dwayne Wade representing American sports, actress Maggie Q representing American media, Adam Lambert…