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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.

Torchlight II delayed till July

Source – With the Xbox Live Arcade version of the original Torchlight going on sale on March 9th, Runic Games CEO Max Schaefer has announced the delay of Torchlight II, from the scheduled May till July 2011. The main reason…

Rumor – Webzen’s MU2 back in development?

Source – Once again, this is a rumor post, so please take the information with a pinch of salt. From now on, any news which is not confirmed will be getting this specific heading to avoid wild guesses and finger-pointing.…

TERA North America releases beta details

Source – It has been a few weeks since the fever of TERA’s Korea launch, and the spotlight will no doubt be casted on both the European and North American servers. En Masse Entertainment, the North American company under TERA’s…

S.U.N Online expands to Limited Edition

After the previous major update, World Edition, S.U.N Online Korea will be updated again tomorrow, with the new version coined as Limited Edition. So what major changes are there? Though details are vague, the overall skill system will be changed.…

DC Universe Online – Pay $29.99 every 3 months!

Well, I just thought I should share this information with the folks since this is my “in” game now. DC Universe Online is having a promo current;y, where players can choose the option for pay USD29.99 for every 3 months…

Neonga presents Dragon Soul

Just a few weeks ago, a good friend (and an executive at a renowned MMO company) told me about a new and upcoming MMO publisher in Europe, Neonga. Despite not knowing what game it will be publishing, he told me…

AIKA – The fight for players begins!

Nope, this is not about AIKA Epic 2, but rather the state of the game in both North America and Europe. Just a week ago, the North American server, published by gPotato, announced the unbanning of IP for European players.…

Forsaken World Interview – It is finally here!

Forsaken World is Perfect World Entertainment’s upcoming epic MMORPG, and I would like to stress that the word “epic” was not added just to make the game sound good. Forsaken World is arguably the company’s biggest MMORPG to date. The…

H2: Heroes Horizon – CJ reveals new 2D action MMO

H2: Heroes Horizon was actually announced 2 weeks ago, but I did not post it as there were no screenshots. Under the wing of Netmarble, CJ Internet’s Korean MMO portal, H2 is a classic arcade-style 2D side-scroller, much in the…

Realm of the Titans – Beta signup

As reported over the past few months, Aeria Games acquired a new China-developed MMO, which was in the style of the popular DOTA genre. If you do not know, DOTA stands for Defence of the Ancients, a popular mod for…

Chinese Lunar New Year

Well, the annual Chinese Lunar New Year is here, and being a Chinese, it is only right for me and my family to travel around greeting relatives and stuff. So much so, I will not be at home, or rather…

Alicia prepares for Pre-Open Beta

It has been some time since I last posted about Korean developer, Ntreev’s casual horse-riding MMO, Alicia (full name “The Story of My Horse and I, Alicia”). In just 8days, the public Pre-Open Beta for this much anticipated (it topped a waiting…

Rohan Korea teases major changes in 2011

Well, I am sure quite a few number of players who played the English version of Rohan are ticked off by the imbalance cash shop etc, but the game is still going strong in Korea since being released in 2006.…

Forsaken World launches on 23rd March

Well, it is official. After months and nearly a year of waiting, Perfect World Entertainment’s blockbuster MMORPG, Forsaken World, will be launching on 23rd March 2011. Together with the official announcement, it is revealed that 2 European servers in German…