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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.

Crayon Shin-Chan OL – Some new info

Well, here are some updates for the upcoming Korean MMO, Crayon Shin-Chan Online. From the screenshots, it seems that it will be a side-scroller MMO with tons of mini-games packed in. Since it is a MMO rated for everyone, do…

Microsoft announces Age of Empires Online

Just a few hours back, Microsoft sprung a surprise by announcing Age of Empires Online at Gamescon 2010. The game is developed by a studio called Robot Entertainment. It will be a free MMO for everyone who uses an authentic…

gPotato to publish Prius Online

Well, it is official. Gala-Net, through its MMO portal, gPotato, and Netmarble Korea has signed an agreement to bring Prius Online to the North American market. Having played a little of the Taiwanese server, Prius Online is sort of similar…

NCsoft officially signs Wonder Girls as spokesperson

On 19th August, NCsoft will be signing a new contract with Korean entertainment company, JYP Entertainment, for its various performers to be the spokesperson for NCsoft games. Celebrities under JYP Entertainment include current popular groups like Wonder Girls, 2PM and…

Karma: Operation Barbarossa Interview

KARMA: Operation Barbarossa is an upcoming MOFPS developed by Korean studios, Dragonfly, Futureport, Blueside and will be published by ijji for North America and Western Europe. With already a few online shooters in its library of games, including Soldier Front,…

Some updates

Hello folks, will like to thank you guys for coming to my small blog for the past year. My blog actually “celebrated” its first year anniversary on 8th August, but it seems I was so busy, I totally forgot about…

Keroro RPG Online

Well, here comes another new anime-inspired MMORPG! This time, it is based on the long running series, Keroro Gunso. Through the various screenshots and the very first trailer, it will seem to me Keroro RPG Online might play a little…

Dragonica – New continent revealed

The new continent was teased by Barunson recently, revealing a brand new ice-covered environment. It is said to be targeting a launch first in the Taiwanese version within this year, followed by the Korean version hosted by NCsoft. Players can…

Ragnarok 2 – Closed Beta application starts

As announced by Gravity on 11th August, they will be accepting Closed Beta applications for the newly revamped Ragnarok Online 2 Closed Beta till the 25th. The first phase of the Closed Beta will last 7 days, from 31st August…

Aion graces train cabin

After Blizzard launched a StarCraft 2 themed plane, we get back to the ground to a transport which is more… grounded. Technology giant, LG Electronics, which has teamed up with NCsoft to promote their new range of PC devices recently,…

Flagship alumni form BitFlip Games

Well, this is certainly some old news (their website was up since January this year), but it was a well-kept news I guess. 2 of the 3 founders of new studio, BitFlip Games, are alumni of the now defunct Flagship…

Gameforge buys 60% of Frogster

Well, even though some websites reported this news earlier, there weren’t exactly any figures. It has been confirmed that Gameforge, which only dabled mostly in browser-games till recently, has bought a 60% stake in Frogster Interactive, which essentially makes Gameforge…

Journey to the West Online – Global conference

As I have mentioned in June this year, Chinese developer, Linekong, has teamed up with Vietnamese company, VTC Online, to publish the games in 7 languages (including English, Spanish, Russian, Japanese, Bahasa Indonesia, Thai and Hindi) and in 12 countries.…

Arcadia Saga gets English publisher

According to foreign reports, Japanese developer Rosso Index’s latest MMORPG, Arcadia Saga, has been snatched up by German publisher, Innogames. Arcadia Saga, which was developed after Pandora Saga, puts players in a land 50,000 years in the future, where they…