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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.

World of Immortals – New trailer

Perfect World Beijing has released the 2nd trailer for their new MMORPG, tentatively translated as World of Immortals. It used to be an expansion for Battle of the Immortals and called Battle of the Immortals 2, but things changed since the company…

SM Online, anyone?

Well, as a hot-blooded young male adult nearing his mid-20’s the term “SM Online’ no doubt gave me some weird thoughts running through my mind. In Taiwan, a viral marketing campaign emerged on the streets recently, with 3 young ladies dressed as…

Webzen teases new MMO

Well, it is still a MMORPG currently in development, so do not get your hopes up it will be released for the English market soon. After announcing Firefall recently, this new MMO is codenamed Project U, with the design heavily…

Battle of the Immortals 2 now World of Immortals

After reporting about the huge update which will see the China server for Battle of the Immortals renaming to Battle of the Immortals 2, Perfect World Beijing has confirmed yet another name change for the entire game once the expansion…

[TGS 2010] Bounty Hounds Online – New game trailer revealed

Bounty Hounds Online is a upcoming sci-fi MMORPG developed by Taiwanese studio, XPEC. The developer also produced the PSP version way back in 2006 (Bounty Hounds), which was published by Namco Bandai. At last year’s TGS 2009, the game was…

[TGS 2010] Gamania out to prove ambitions

Taiwanese MMO developer and publisher, Gamania, certainly took the spotlight by revealing 8 new MMORPGs at this year’s Tokyo Game Show. As you might have noticed, almost all of the Free to Play MMOs in the show belong to Gamania,…

[TGS 2010] Tiara Concerto trailer debuts

Yet another of Taiwanese company, Gamania’s new MMORPG, Tiara Concerto is certainly anime-inspired at first glance. While aimed primarily at the rather untapped Japanese Free to Play market, the game actually packs some unique features. At the core will be the Tuning…

[TGS 2010] Langrisser Schwarz trailer debuts

Langrisser Schwarz, a classic console title (Langrisser), was recently revealed to be developed into a MMORPG by Taiwanese developer and publisher, Gamania. The game officially debuted at Tokyo Game Show 2010 much to the delight of its many Japanese fans.…

Core Blaze – 2 new gameplay trailers revealed at Tokyo Game Show 2010

After teasing the Tokyo Game Show crowd with a CG trailer on the first day of the event, Taiwanese MMO bigwig, Gamania, has released actual ingame footages for Core Blaze, its upcoming action MMORPG developed using Unreal Engine 3.   When…

Core Blaze – Official CG trailer revealed at Tokyo Game Show 2010

One of the many MMO titles Taiwanese MMO bigwig, Gamania, has on show for TGS 2010, Core Blaze is an action MMORG developed using the Unreal 3 Engine. While not much about the game is known now (except for the…

[TGS 2010] Interserv reveals Celestial Legend Online

Well, the game was originally codenamed as GR Online, and at TGS 2010, its Chinese name was revealed to be 界天傳說Online, roughly translated to Celestial Legend Online. And yes, this is yet another Taiwanese developed MMORPG after Gamania took the…

[TGS 2010] Gamania reveals Phantom Brave Online

At Tokyo Game Show 2010, which started earlier today, Taiwanese MMO developer and publisher, Gamania, announced a partnership with Japanese game developer, Nippon Ichi Software. This partnership will see both companies work together and bring console title, Phantom Brave, to…

[TGS 2010] X.A.O.C – New game trailer revealed in Tokyo

Tokyo Game Show 2010 started earlier today, and Taiwanese developer, Winking, has revealed a new trailer for its upcoming MMORPG, XAOC. If you have not read, I have briefly introduced the game a few months back.   Some new features…

Forsaken World – Closed Beta Phase 1 announced

As most of you might have read about it now, the Closed Beta (Phase 1) for Perfect World Entertainment’s upcoming MMORPG epic, Forsaken World, is due to start on 27th October, which is next month. With the release dates between…