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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.

[G*Star 2012] Mabinogi II: Arena – Developed by Nexon and NCsoft

Surprise, surprise. While Mabinogi II: Arena was no doubt the star of Nexon’s pre-G*Star 2012 conference, a more surprising news was that the game is the first joint effort between Nexon and NCsoft. NCsoft’s CEO, Mr Mr Taek Jin Kim,…

Mabinogi II: Arena – Game trailer recorded at media conference

As posted earlier today, Mabinogi II: Arena was revealed as the mystery 7th title to be showcased at G*star 2012. While the trailer is still not officially available, the Korean media managed to record it live via a handy camera.…

[G*Star 2012] Project NT – Debut trailer revealed

First revealed last year, Nexon recently announced the global publishing rights for Project NT, a cel-shaded MMORPG which is currently in development.   The main feature of the game will be the classless system, with players equipping skills dropped by…

[G*Star 2012] Mabinogi II: Arena – Nexon confirms mystery title

In a preview conference for G*Star 2012 earlier today, Nexon confirmed the mysterious 7th title to be showcased, Mabinogi II: Arena. This time round, the Source Engine wasn’t use, but the new Silvervine engine was utilized instead to unleash the…

F.E.A.R: Origin Online – Closed Beta 1 announced

Announced last year, F.E.A.R: Origin Online has since been in stealth status prepping for the first Closed Beta phase, which will last from 22nd November till 25th November. The game is fully licensed by its American IP owner, Warner Brothers, and developed in…

Blade & Soul – All 7 levels of Tower of Mushin conquered

Before I begin, do note that the videos found below are taken from a couple of Korean websites, and they are absolutely not mine. That settled, NCsoft recently added the Wave 2 (out of 7) update for Blade & Soul,…

Heroes League – A new mobile MOBA title from Korea

As a pre-G*Star 2012 media conference, Korean online games developer and publisher, WeMade Entertainment, revealed several new mobile titles in development. Among those which caught my eye is Heroes League, which is a tablet-only MOBA title. Some of the characters…

Neverwinter – Control Wizard class preview

[Game website] Developed by Cryptic Studios and published by Perfect World Entertainment, Neverwinter has been in development for quite a while now. If I have not read wrongly, the “delay” was caused by the Foundry system, which is a massive…

Legend of Edda – Game revives in Korea under new publisher

After 19 months of laying dormant, Legend of Edda is set to be revived in Korea under the arms of MMO publisher, Yedang Online. Developer Eyasoft took a temporary break early last year to reorganize its business structure, with Nexon…

[G*Star 2012] Bless – Actual game combat captured in video

Earlier today, Neowiz Games held a media conference to preview its blockbuster MMORPG, Bless. Some in-game footage was shown, which was not officially released. Korean gaming website ThisIsGame.com managed to capture the important parts (I would if my stream didn’t…

Scarlet Blade – Korean adult MMORPG gets a new name

[Register now] As announced last month, Queen’s Blade Online, an adult MMORPG in Korea, is coming to the Western market via Aeria Games. The game has now been officially been re-branded as Scarlet Blade, where there are still no male…

[G*Star 2012] Bless – New trailer revealed at media conference

As a prelude to the upcoming G*Star 2012 beginning next week, Korean MMO giant held a special media conference to showcase the company’s biggest MMORPG ever, Bless. The project was so big with around 150 staff, a subsidiary call Neowiz…

Final Fantasy XIV: A Realm Reborn – Character creation footage

Straight from the Alpha client, Square Enix has just revealed a footage for the character creation feature in Final Fantasy XIV: A Realm Reborn. Vastly improved compared to that junk which is the original Final Fantasy XIV, the graphics and…

Daybreak – North America missing from global publisher list

While some view Daybreak as a “Dragon Nest clone”, I personally feel there is still much space for more action games, especially when they bring something new to the tables. The blockbuster hit for China developer and publisher, Linekong, boots…