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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.

ArcheAge – Stellar numbers for Open Beta launch and P2P model teased

According to foreign reports, ArcheAge Korea has seen a CCU (con-current users) of over 100,000 since Open Beta began 2 days ago. With over 20 servers, the queue list to enter the game ranges from 500 to around 2,300. In…

TERA Korea – F2P announcement revitalizes game servers

According to foreign reports, the population of TERA Korea has grown 3 times since the Free-to-Play announcement, with the current “experience server” seeing a queue in the hundreds. Yesterday, yet another new “experience server” was added to cope with the…

League of Legends – Taipei Snipers formally announced

If you are a League of Legends fan or player, you would not have missed last season’s championship playoffs, where the team of Taipei Assassins (TPA) won every challenge thrown at them to lift the crown. Following the team’s success…

Kingdom Under Fire II – New graphic card specs revealed

This news is over a month old, and I apologize since I do pride myself on getting the latest news… Sometimes being a 1-man team is tough~! The much-delayed MMO-RTS hybrid, Kingdom Under Fire II, released a new trailer back…

Yulgang 2 – Yet another sequel prepares for Open Beta service

It seems like sequel-heaven is happening in Korea, as Yulgang 2 is the latest to get closer towards Open Beta after Ragnarok Online 2 and Cabal 2. Starting from today, Yulgang 2 will enter the Pre-Open Beta phase, lasting 3…

The Heaven of Three Kingdoms – Instanced dungeon quick look

As I mentioned in my previous post, The Heaven of Three Kingdoms was originally scheduled for release in 2012 under developer Hanbitsoft’s English MMO portal, T3Fun, but that did not happen. I continued to play the Taiwan server, and I…

Ragnarok Online 2 – IP ban announced for first English server

With the re-scheduled Open Beta set to start tomorrow, publisher Asiasoft also announced a worldwide IP ban for the game due to contractual agreements with developer, Gravity Games. Although it is the first English server, service will only accommodate gamers…

MapleStory: Unlimited – Xenon’s arrival imminent

MapleStory Korea is going through its annual Winter update, and part 3 of 4 will be arriving on 3rd January 2013. The new Xenon job will be introduced, and this is the first ever hybrid character in MapleStory’s history, featuring…

ArcheAge – Korean media confirms 3 different servers for the West

Today, XLGAMES announced the server opening time for ArcheAge Korea’s Open Beta phase, which will be on 2nd January at 8:00am (Korean time). The client has apparently been downloaded over 250,000 times thus far. Along with the news, the Korean…

Warframe – Setting the standard for next-gen MMO graphics

[Game website] As 2012 is about to end, I got an email informing me that Closed Beta access has been granted to me for Warframe, an online 3rd person shooter by veteran game studio, Digital Extremes. I was having doubts…

Absolute Force Online – Weapon Pack giveaway

[Game website] Absolute Force Online is the newest Unreal Engine online shooter in town, and MMO Culture has secured some cool weapon packs to be given away, free! Simply login and claim your key, with absolutely (no pun intended) no…

Ragnarok Online 2 – Open Beta delayed till next year

[Game website] In a message written by publisher Asiasoft’s Chairman announced that the Open Beta for Ragnarok Online 2’s first English server has been delayed till 3rd January 2013. This is due to several server issues, the most critical being…

Age of Wushu – Nine Swords of Dugu debuts in China server

Well, not all 9 parts are released yet from what I know, and getting even 1 part of the skill means you must be the best at something and stand out from the thousands of gamers in each server. Probably…

Mabinogi II: Arena – New name revealed for development team

After all the big announcements and tons of videos from G*Star 2012, news for Mabinogi II: Arena has gone pretty thin. The game is back in development, and the team has finally got its own name, N Square (direct translation).…