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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.

Kritika – Closed Beta 2 gameplay videos

Kritika entered Closed beta 2 recently, with more content and skills made available. Developed by All-M, the makers of LuniaZ, Kritika’s core focus is on stylish, fast and graphically pleasing combat. From what I have seen since the game’s announcement,…

Aion 4.0 – NCsoft reveals Shooting Star preview trailer

1 of the 3 new upcoming classes for NCsoft’s Aion version 4.0, the Shooting Star class got its first preview trailer earlier. This made me realize why Blade & Soul’s new class isn’t a gunner-type, but rather a melee one.…

Forsaken World – Wolf race disappoints with uninspired design

I have always been a big fan of Perfect World, till the point that it was my dream company to work in when I first stepped into the MMO industry given its self-development and self-publish business model. But after playing…

Dungeon & Fighter – New zombie mode for Halloween

Nexon Korea added in a new zombie mode for Dungeon & Fighter recently, just in time for the Halloween season. In this mode, a minimum of 6 (maximum 8) level 15 characters will enter the dungeon, where 2 players will…

Asura – 6 classes’ trailers gather as Closed Beta phase looms

If you missed out on this game, Asura is a China-developed MMORPG launching in a few months’ time, with a single-player version as well, with some different elements compared to the MMO version. Created by Quantum Studios of Tencent Games,…

EverQuest Next – “Largest” sandbox MMO to be playable next year

Not to confuse readers, EverQuest Next will be playable at next year’s SOE Live event, not in retail. EverQuest Next, or EverQuest III, was teased nearly 2 years ago, and at SOE Live this year, more information was given out…

[G*Star 2012] Nexon confirms 1 new game to be revealed

Less than 3 weeks till the annual G*Star convention begins in Busan, South Korea, Nexon has announced the major online games it is set to display. These include FIFA Online 3, Warface, Counter-Strike Online 2, Pro Baseball 2K new content…

Dragon’s Prophet – North America publisher announced

[English website] The identity of the North American publisher kind of took me by surprise, as the company wasn’t dipping into Asia-developed games until recently. The publisher is Sony Online Entertainment (SOE), the developer behind the Everquest franchise and PlanetSide…

Star Wars: The Old Republic – Force(d) to Pay preview trailer

In another masterstroke by EA Bioware, the F2P options for SWTOR coming this fall were revealed a couple of days ago to ogling fans all over the world. With restrictions such as weekly passes required to join instances (called Operations)…

Archlord II – New mini-trailers showcase Human and Orc races

Webzen has never been enthusiastic about more promotional trailers for Archlord II, and it is puzzling why so. Hence, despite these 2 videos being real short, I guess it is better than having nothing. While loving the design, graphics and…

Core Online – Game images from Closed Beta 1

Core Online is a new MMORPG developed by Entwell, the studio which also made the cute-ish MMO, Nostale. After in development for 3 years and announced earlier this month, Core Online entered its first Closed Beta yesterday. The main feature…

Firefall – Celebrities to game and live stream event

Firefall is still in beta, and will “forever” be in beta according to an earlier speech by CEO Mark Kern, but that is not stopping the company from starting its marketing push. Putting the millions from its China parent company…

Aion – Cross-server PvP tournament begins registration

Earlier today, Aion Korea begun the registration process for its cross-server PvP tournament. Last week, over a period of 4 days, all 44 servers’ PvP results between the warring Elyos and Asmodian races were recorded, with the top 8 servers…

Defiance – New developer diary talks open world PvP goodness

[Game website] I was never a fan of open world PvP, and to some extent, I still am. The only exception now is PlanetSide 2, where I don’t get ganked while killing a PvE boss halfway. I sure hope Defiance…