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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.

Seven Knights Idle Adventure – Netmarble reveals new global games for late 2023

Netmarble today announced its latest financial records for the last quarter of 2022 and the year as a whole, while also revealing new games which are in development and planned to launch in the near future. One title which caught…

Game For Peace – China server of PUBG Mobile reveals collab with top fantasy wuxia IP

Following the recent amusing announcement of Overwatch 2 teaming up with One Punch Man for a game collaboration, something unique is arriving in the China server of PUBG Mobile too. Now known as Game For Peace, the latest collaboration coming…

PUZZUP: AMITOI – NCSOFT reveals concept trailer for new puzzle game

After laying off 20% of the staff at NCsoft West, the headquarters over at South Korea today revealed a concept trailer for its upcoming mobile game, PUZZUP: AMITOI. As seen in the trailer, this is a puzzle Match-3 title not…

Phoenix Labs – Dauntless developer leaves Singapore owner Garena

Back in 2020, Singapore-based gaming company Garena (subsidiary of the SEA group) acquired US-based games developer Phoenix Labs for a reported USD 150 million. In our news article, we mentioned a few concerns that we had with this acquisition, citing…

Zenonia Chronobreak – MMORPG based on popular mobile RPG series gets new official name

First announced back in 2020, World of Zenonia was revealed as a MMORPG title based on the Zenonia mobile RPG series made popular by developer and publisher GAMEVIL. Since then, GAMEVIL has been absorbed into Com2uS and reformed into Com2uS…

The Legend of Heroes – Korean studio signs game development rights for Gagharv Trilogy

The Legend of Heroes is a legendary Japanese game franchise owned by Nihon Falcom, with the first game starting way back in 1989. The latest entry, The Legend of Heroes: Kuro no Kiseki II – Crimson Sin, came out just…

Uncharted Waters Origin – Global pre-registration begins on Google Play for massive naval RPG

Uncharted Waters Origin is the latest entry in the celebrated Uncharted Waters game series, with the IP belonging to KOEI TECMO. This new mobile entry is part of the series’ 30th anniversary celebrations, and perhaps the most ambitious naval RPG…

Project STAR – New anime-style game teased by Counter:Side developer

Korean developer Studiobside, most known for its maiden mobile RPG Counter:Side (Global) and (SEA), yesterday teased a new game currently known as Project STAR. Within the debut teaser trailer, players might spot some connections to Counter:Side in terms of characters,…

Argent Twilight – Nexon stops development on lackluster gacha mobile RPG

Around 5 months after soft launching Argent Twilight, Nexon today confirmed to the Korean media outlets that it has stopped development on the gacha mobile RPG with the game’s closure imminent. To sum up, the results from the soft launch…

Night Crows – New teaser trailer for Unreal Engine 5 MMORPG from V4 and HIT veterans

First announced around the G-Star 2022 period, Night Crows is an Unreal Engine 5 MMORPG from a new Korean development studio MADNGINE. It has since been confirmed that Night Crows will run on both mobile and PC as a cross…

Project D – Open world action MORPG aims to be more than Dragon Nest and not a sequel

Korean developer Hound13 made some waves in the gaming industry 2 weeks back when Project D was announced, given that it looks similar to Dragon Nest with the studio founded by formers core members of the Dragon Nest development team.…

Brown Dust 2 – Global Early Access test phase begins on Google Play

Publisher and developer Neowiz today announced the start of the Global Early Access test phase for Brown Dust 2, its new mobile RPG sequel. Exclusively on Google Play for Android devices, everyone with an Android device which runs on 64-bit…

Project DW – Nexon is working on new open world action RPG based on DNF

It was announced earlier today that Nexon Games, formed in 2021 after a merger, is now working on a new “open world action RPG” based on the Dungeon & Fighter IP. You might be wondering why this is news, since…

Night Walker – Nexon begins pre-registration in Korea for new PC action RPG

First announced at G-Star 2022 a few months ago, publisher Nexon today announced that pre-registration has started in South Korea for its new PC online action RPG, Night Walker. In case you are surprised that Night Walker is not a…