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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.

Rumour – EA buying into Perfect World Beijing

Well, not Perfect World Entertainment, but the headquarters in China, Perfect World Beijing. According to reports, EA, which unsuccessfully tried to break into the China gaming market previously with The9 (EA had been dumping their shares in The9), is trying…

Soldier of Fortune Online – Gameplay trailer

Dragonfly, the developer for the upcoming Soldier of Fortune Online, has just release some screenshots of the game itself. While I doubt the gameplay trailer is an official one (some players were chosen for an early beta already), it will…

Transformers Online confirmed

Well well well, no one really thought this will happen, eh? Probably the biggest announcement (after Mabinogi Heroes China) so far at this year’s annual ChinaJoy convention, Hasbro and Netdragon has revealed that they will be working to develop Transformers…

Gameforge grabs new MMO at ChinaJoy 2010

It has been a rather quiet ChinaJoy 2010 with regards to new games being brought over to the English market (the biggest news so far was the unexpected revealing of Mabinogi Heroes China), so it was quite relieving to know…

A.V.A Interview – Not just about the pretty graphics

I know there has been an influx of interviews by me recently, but do bare with me ^_^ Alliance of Valiant Arms (or A.V.A) is a MMOFPS published by renowned MMO portal, Ijji. Developed using the Unreal 3 engine, the…

HoTK Interview – Staying true to a classic

Heroes of Three Kingdoms is one of Perfect World Entertainment’s upcoming MMORPGs due this year. The game is based on the historical Warring States Period, stamped into the annuals of history in Romance of the Three Kingdoms, one of China’s…

Swordsman Online – Trailer for Shaolin clan revealed

Just before I was about to turn in for the day last night, this video was uploaded onto the game’s website =.= Despite feeling grouchy, here is the latest trailer for Perfect World’s upcoming martial arts MMORPG, Swordsman Online. This…

Hero:108 Interview – The winning formula

Hero:108 is an upcoming action MMO developed through the joint efforts of Taiwanese developer Gamania and Cartoon Network. A similarly named cartoon is currently shown on Cartoon Network in several countries, including North America, the United Kingdom, Germany and Italy.…

Swordsman Online – Brief look at 2 ultimate skills

If you have not read about it, Swordsman Online is one of the latest MMORPG revealed by Perfect World Entertainment to be released for the English market in the future. Swordsman Online looks to be one of the most sophisticated…

Forsaken World – Rifts

The features found in Perfect World Entertainment’s upcoming MMORPG, Forsaken World, is so plentiful, I had to delay posting some just to make sure no one gets an overload over the game. As you have already knew, Forsaken World will…

Blade Wars Interview – Movie grade martial arts

ChangYou can be counted as one of the newest MMO publishers to set foot in the western market, who primarily focus on the development and publishing of Free to Play MMO titles. The company is no “newbie” to the MMO…

Soldier of Fortune Online – First trailer

If you did not read about my previous post, Activision and top Korean MMOFPS developer, Dragonfly, has jointly developed Soldier of Fortune Online, based on the hit console series of games bearing the same name. The game will be restricted…

ChinaJoy 2010 – Preview

The annual ChinaJoy is finally looming upon us again! If you are not sure what this convention is about, allow me to explain. Every year, MMO developers within China will gather at this convention to showcase their titles. Invitations will…

GamesCampus reveals Legend of Edda

As I posted in earlier this year in May, GamesCampus has gotten the rights to publish Legend of Edda for the English MMO market. The publisher has since revealed the game’s official English website, and is currently accepting registration for…