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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.

Mabinogi Heroes – The incredible Hurk rampages his way through

As mentioned in my previous post, Mabinogi Heroes will be seeing its 7th character in its annual summer update starting from July. His name is confirmed to be “Hurk”, wielding a mean greatsword while destroying anything in his path. A…

Yulgang 2 – Mark of Chaos Wulin update sees the return of faction wars

Later today (20th June), Yulgang 2 will welcome its biggest content update since launching a few months ago in Korea. Named as “Mark of Chaos Wulin”, the update will see the 2 opposing factions’ (Order and Chaos) main cities appearing,…

Fantasy Frontier – From the makers of Spirit Tales and Grand Fantasia

X-Legend is perhaps the only premier MMO developer in Taiwan, with games such as Finding Neverland Online (or Eden Eternal), Spirit Tales and Grand Fantasia all being exported worldwide. The developer has just announced its new title, Fantasy Frontier.  …

World of Tanks – New artillery units prepare to rain down destruction

[Press release] Wargaming, the leading free-to-play MMO developer and publisher, today announced that Update 8.6 is now available in Europe and rolling out to the rest of the world later this month.   Southeast Asia will see the update go live…

Blade & Soul – White Blue Mountain Range update confirmed for late June

The new content, announced more than a month ago, will finally be hitting the Korean servers on 26th June, which is exactly a week from now. A new level cap, new PvP map, new dungeons, new gears, this is suppsoedly…

Monster Hunter Online – New screenshots with some brief details

Monster Hunter Online will be entering its debut test phase on 28th June, and I don’t think I will be able to get a key… Still, publisher Tencent Games’ news department gave the game a try, and below are some…

Cabal II: The Neoforce Era – Update sees major new content

Cabal II is operating rather smoothly in Korea after some launch hiccups, and today sees the new patch, The Final Battle. Other than a new map and a couple of 6-man dungeons, there are also new gears, new monsters, new…

Swordsman Online – Developer reveals Collector’s Edition

Swordsman Online will be entering Open Beta on 28th June in China, and developer Perfect World has revealed an exclusive Collector’s Edition box for the game. First off, there is the exquisite 16GB USB drive. It is designed after the…

Metal Gear Online – New online game in development

[Source] Somehow, I missed this piece of awesome news a few days back. Hideo Kojima, the mastermind at Konami overseeing the Metal Gear franchise, confirmed that a new Metal Gear Online is being developed over at the company’s LA studio. If…

Titan War – New 3D browser game coming to Asia Pacific region

[Game website] I was never really keen on browser games, but these days there seem to be quite a number of good-looking ones coming up. Published by WinnerHub, the English portal for Winner Online, Titan War is looking to wow…

Dragon Nest – Japan server announces new Assassin class

I am really surprised the Korean server did not announce this first, since the Japanese publisher, NHN Japan, is a competitor in Korea. No matter, as promised earlier, the Assassin class is a male character.   The class tree for…

TalesWeaver – Sword Art Online invades Japan server for limited time

Sword Art Online is still pretty popular in Japan right now despite the anime ending a couple of months back, and Nexon Japan found it appropriate to recently add content from the novel-turn-anime into 1 of its oldest online game,…

Monster Hunter Online – Classic wyvern monster makes appearance

First found in Monster Hunter Freedom 2, the Bird Wyvern monster known as Gypceros will be making its return in Monster Hunter Online as 1 of the monsters found in Kunbei Wetlands. A fitting monster for the environment, Gypceros has strong poisonous…

GunZ 2: The Second Duel – Release confirmed for the English market

[Steam page] Yes, GunZ 2: The Second Duel is finally confirmed on Steam after a successful Greenlight campaign on the platform. It looks like Korean developer Maiet Entertainment will be skipping the publisher route, instead hosting the game through Steam.…