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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.

X.A.O.C – International English website goes online

After going missing for a couple of months, I was wondering what happened to the game. X.A.O.C is 1 of the rare MMORPG titles developed by Taiwanese studio, Winking Entertainment, which sports a really unique art style.   While it…

[G*Star 2012] Bless – Teaser trailer and new images released

With G*Star 2012 coming up in a few weeks, Neowiz Games is busy preparing for the biggest online gaming show in the world. It is also important to note that with NCsoft and XLGAMES missing, the spotlight will naturally be…

Swordsman Online – New Focus Group Test begins mid-November

It has been nearly 3 years since Swordsman Online was first announced, and the game has gone through a couple of invite-only tests at its Beijing headquarters. The new FGT phase begins on 17th November, and will feature all 10…

Blade & Soul – Early Lyn race artwork shows a different vibe

See the cute Lyn race above from NCsoft’s Blade & Soul? Well, the original design wasn’t all that colorful and happy. The initial plan was for the race to be a “dark” one, with characters pulling out swords from their…

Kingdom Under Fire II – New mission trailer with no release date in sight

Announced since 2010, Kingdom Under Fire II, developed by Korean studio Blueside, has still yet to confirm a release date. According to Wikipedia, the RTS + RPG hybrid will have both single player and MMO modes. Below is a new…

Core Masters – New trailer shows off awesome MOBA combat

1 of the 2 new upcoming MOBA titles from Korea, with the other one being Steal Fighter, Core Masters has just released a new awesome trailer with a couple of new characters and action combat goodness. The game will have…

Blade & Soul – Live TV show debuts today

Although it is dubbed as “Blade & Soul TV”, this is actually a live stream program on the internet, not exactly on TV. In a joint effort between NCsoft and media broadcast company Daum, Blade & Soul will be having…

Aion 4.0 – 2nd new class revealed on developer blog

After the awesome Shooting Star class, NCsoft today revealed the next class, Troubadour (Bard or Minstrel will do as well). As expected, this will be a support class, having the ability to heal allies and weaken enemies.

[G*Star 2012] Hangame reveals lineup for the show

Hangame, the MMO portal for NHN Corporation, revealed its G*Star 2012 participating titles earlier today. The core focus will be on 4 games, but of course the majority of our eyes will be on Dungeon Striker and Asta: The War…

Cabal Online – 7th class teased as more content revealed

Despite Cabal II going into Closed Beta and expected to launch early 2013, developer ESTsoft held a 3-day camp in on Jeju Island to talk about Cabal Online’s immediate future. Inviting Cabal players all over the world to join the…

Dragon Nest – Nexon stepping down as publisher

In a shock announcement yesterday, Nexon confirmed that Dragon Nest Korea’s publishing rights will be handed over to Actoz Soft in a contract lasting 3 years. All current user data will be moved over as well starting from now till…

RaiderZ – North America and Europe servers prepares for Open Beta

[Game website] Perfect World Entertainment’s 2nd Korea-developed F2P game, RaiderZ, will be going into Open Beta on 24th October, which is around 2 days away if you have not bought the Founder’s Pack. An action-combat MMORPG, I personally feel the…

[G*Star 2012] Bless – Neowiz Games prepares to conquer the show

Bless, revealed by Neowiz Games at G*Star 2011, will once again be the company’s star attraction at this year’s show. What started out as just an internal ambitious project has now spawned a totally new subsidiary studio with over a…

[G*Star 2012] Icarus – WeMade reveals star attraction

First announced back in 2009 and known as NED: The New Era of Fantasy, Korean MMO publisher and developer WeMade Entertainment brought the game back to the drawing board for a couple more years of fine tuning. Developed using CryEngine…