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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.

Project FF – Upcoming military online game to feature all-around combat

If I remember correctly, this will be the 2nd online game to be developed around China’s military might. Currently codenamed “Project FF”, which actually stands for Final Fire, the first screenshots were sent to the Chinese media recently for public…

Angry Birds Epic – Rovio reveals new turn-based mobile game

Rovio today announced Angry Birds Epic, a new mobile game starring the cast from Angry Birds. Yes, turn-based battle, with an “extensive” item crafting system as well. I am intrigued. The game is soft launching in Australia and Canada this week,…

Unreal Engine 4 – Coming soon to a Firefox browser near you

After revealing plans for mobile devices, Epic Games (Unreal Engine 4) announced a partnership with Mozilla (Firefox) to port over the next-gen game engine framework. Basically, it means there will soon be browser games crafted using Unreal Engine 4, on…

ArcheAge – Russian server blocking overseas IP addresses

[Source] Mail.ru, the publisher for ArcheAge Russia, has released a new notice stating that overseas IP addresses will be blocked from now on, at the request of Korean developer XLGAMES. There wasa fan made English patch floating around, which probably…

WildStar – Pre-order packages revealed and launch date confirmed

[Pre-order] Carbine Studios, a subsidiary of Korean giant NCsoft, recently announced the pre-order campaign which will start on 19th March 2014, with the prices at USD 60 for the standard edition and USD 75 for the digital deluxe edition, with…

Kingdom Under Fire II – Thailand server to enter Closed Beta this week

[Game website] Blueside, the developer of ‘Kingdom Under Fire II’ which has the main feature of grand size troop battles, announced there will be a Closed Beta phase held in Thailand, the biggest market in SEA. The Closed Beta phase…

Black Desert – Closed Beta 2 recruitment date announced

While it is not the exact date for Closed Beta 2, the recruitment drive will apparently begin on 4th April 2014, with the actual Closed Beta 2 phase to begin in the same month (unconfirmed). There will be tons of new…

Guild Wars 2 – China server finally enters limited test phase

Earlier yesterday (China time), Guild Wars 2 finally entered its first test phase for users with an activation key. As mentioned earlier by publisher, KongZhong, the game will be using the same Buy-to-Play (B2P) model, which is somewhat a first…

Shikihime Garden – New anime-style browser card game launches

[Game website] Shikihime Garden is an original browser-based game of gardening and deck-building embedded with RPG elements where players must foster lovely Shikihime (characters with magic abilities), take care of beautiful gardens and collect a variety of cards through numerous battles.…

Star Citizen – Over $40 million in crowd funding achieved

[Source] With the product still in development, Star Citizen has achieved an astonishing USD $40 million in crowd funds, mostly through its own website rather than Kickstarter or IndieGoGo. Founder Chris Roberts has a lengthy message to the community, which…

World of Warcraft: Warlords of Draenor – Still no release date set

[Source] On the preorder page for Warlords of Draenor, the upcoming expansion for World of Warcraft, it is currently written that the game is “expected to release on or before 12/20/2014”. Having been announced last year, Blizzard is still unable…

Angry Birds – Rovio teasing new Angry Birds game via trailer

Rovio recently teased the next game in the Angry Birds franchise, and mentioned that it will be the “most epic soft launch ever”. From the looks, it seems the Angry Birds will be heading towards a medieval theme next, something…

Blade & Soul – Launch dates revealed for Japan server and new anime trailer

NCsoft Japan held a private “Premier Show” event for Blade & Soul earlier, and announced several new details. First, the “Limited Trial” will start from 13th May to 15th May, followed by the “Open Trail” from 16th to 19th May,…

Yulgang 2 – Assassin class launch date officially announced

[Game website] Coming 18th  March, the first English server of Yulgang 2 under Cubizone will welcome the start of commercial launch phase, along with the brand new, long awaited class, Assassin. This will be the 5th playable class in the…