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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.

Firefall (CN) – Media confirms marketing deal

I reported this a couple of weeks ago (link), and here is the update on this news. According to foreign reports, it has now been confirmed that The9 and Shanghai Shenhua Football Club have signed an agreement where players of…

AIKA Epic III : Dispheron Warfare (KR) preview

First off, there are no new classes, new advancements or new features related to Prans (except a chance of getting rarer gifts when talking to them). AIKA Korea is now heading towards Epic III, which will see more combat content…

RF Online (KR) – Becoming an online shooter

I am sure most veteran gamers would have known about or even played this game. Rising Force Online, also known as RF Online (link), was a Pay to Play title in the English market before changing to a Free to…

GranAge (CN) – Chain combo mania

For the past few hours, I have been giving a shot at the Closed beta phase for GranAge (CN). Published in China by Shanda Games, I never really though I would come out of the short experience as a happy…

Mabinogi Heroes (KR) – Kay finally arrives

After being teased as the 5th character for over a year, Kay will finally be hitting the Korean servers of Mabinogi Heroes on the 17th, which is just days away. As the first physical ranged combatant, Kay packs a heavy…

Project Fiona – Razer’s latest hardware venture

Remember the USD 2,799.00 Razer Blade (link)? After drawing mixed comments for its efforts in trying to “save” the gaming world, the company is back with its latest device, the first gaming tablet, codename Project Fiona.The side control panel are…

Age of Wulin (CN) – Boss sidekick system

Amongst the many unique features and systems found in Age of Wulin, the boss sidekick system for normal players is perhaps the first of its kind I have seen in recent years. What is this about? Well, other than the…

Black Gold Online – Alpha trailer emerges from the dark

If you have followed my blog, you would have read about Black Gold Online some time back. The next online title coming from Age of Wulin’s developer, Snail Game Suzhou, Black Gold Online is a steampunk MMORPG which pits 2…

Age of Wulin – The 3 English servers explained

>So, there are a couple of folks confused with the English servers for Age of Wulin, the most anticipated 2012 martial arts online game in China and the Western regions. Fret not, as I am here to give you guys…

Aeria Games acquires Ijji Games

(Source) According to an official forum post, Aeria Games (link) has officially acquired Ijji Games (link), the North American online gaming portal for NHN Corp, which hails from Korea. Now, Aeria Games will be the global publisher for NHN’s games…

Age of Wushu – Renamed for North America server

(Game website) I am guessing most of you would have known that Age of Wulin is the European server published by gPotato EU (link). For the North American server, Snail Games USA, the subsidiary of the China HQ, will be…

Dragon Seeker (CN) – Crafted by Unreal 3 Engine

One of the prettiest online games to enter beta early this year in China, Dragon Seeker (roughly translated) is a new oriental MMORPG developed using the Unreal 3 Engine. It is the company, ZYGames’s 2nd Unreal 3 title, with the…

League of Legends (KR) – Cosplay downs website

One of the new characters released for League of Legends recently, Ahri the Nine-Tailed Fox is inspired by a spiritual being found in Korean folklore. Recently, Miyuko (Yun Jin Kang) of famous Korean cosplay group, Spiral Cat’s, cosplayed as this…

Rumor – NCsoft working on new secret project ?

Earlier today, news from Korean media posted the return of Juno Jung to MMO giant, NCsoft. Juno Jung was once a member of Lineage II’s design team, but is currently assuming the position of art director for an unnamed MMORPG…