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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.

Lost Saga – Character List 5

So, like I mentioned, a new character list will be created after every 10 heroes. To start list number 5 off, No. 71 will be the one and only Iori Yagami from The King of Fighters! Due to a new…

Hounds – Alien zombies galore

CJ GameLab’s Hounds was actually revealed way back last year with a trailer (below), but as usual there will be a stagnant period where intensive development will be going on. Despite being scheduled for release last year as well, the…

Metal Reaper Online – Focus Group Test announced

Metal Reaper was announced quite a few months ago, and it will be entering the very first Focus Group Test (FGT) tomorrow. The game is touted as a RPG with guns, and the latest gameplay video below shows how true…

Dungeon Striker – Closed Beta 1 videos

If you did not read about the game in my previous posts, here is a quick rundown. Dungeon Striker is the 2nd action MMO title from Korean developer Eyedentity Games, which is also the creator of the awesome Dragon Nest.…

Otherland – Game future in jeopardy ?

[Game website] I am sure a group of you readers have read about Otherland, an upcoming MMORPG based on Tad Williams’ Otherland novels. While the publisher has been confirmed to be Gamigo, the development studio Real-U (link) is actually located…

Kritika – Closed Beta 1 announced

Revealed back in 2011 (link), there hasn’t been news about Kritika, developed by Lunia Online’s creator, Korean studio All-M. But earlier today, it was announced that Kritika will be entering its very first Korean Closed Beta for a short period,…

PLA (CN) – The official Chinese army game

First announced back in September last year (link), the game has finally gotten an official name, PLA, which apparently stands for “Passion Leads Army”. Developed by Giant Interactive together with the Chinese military, it is no doubt a simple twist…

Guild Wars 2 – Beta Weekend thoughts

[Game website] The Beta Weekend event will be ending in less than 12 hours, but I think I have seen enough for now. As the first public beta with many, many more players, there are obviously various technical hiccups, though…

MAZE: The Treasure Hunters – China server trailer debuts

This game was actually revealed a couple of years ago to be in development over at G*Star (I think it was 2010), but since then nothing much was heard about it. This is MAZE: The Treasure Hunters, currently in development…

Queen’s Blade Online – Spokesperson confirmed

As with most Korean games, there is usually a spokesperson if budget allows. They can range from actress to actors, singers to athletes and most recently, politicians. Well, the most common is still models, and developer Liveplex (Dragona fame) confirmed…

Torchlight II – Pre-order and access Neverwinter CBT

[Pre-order here] A major investor in Runic Games and the owner of Cryptic Studios, Perfect World Entertainment is now cross-promoting Neverwinter and Torchlight II. By pre-ordering Torchlight II, gamers will have guaranteed access to Neverwinter’s Closed Beta phase. However, note…

War of the Immortals – Lost Omen update announced

[Press release] Perfect World Entertainment Inc. today announced Lost Omen, the first expansion to the widely popular free-to-play MMORPG, War of the Immortals , available to download for free on May 10, 2012. Lost Omen takes the Atlantean war between…

Survarium (RU) – From the creators of S.T.A.L.K.E.R

It is my very first time posting about a Russian (RU) online game, and it is special because I personally played S.T.A.L.K.E.R and this small blog apparently has many visitors from Russia as well. Ok, Survarium is not technically a…

TERA Japan – Blood graces new trailer

Talk about irony. In a week where TERA Europe removed the blood option 1 week from launch (link) and only to reinstate the effect after furious gamers hit out (link), TERA Japan released a new trailer showing a small, yet…