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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 III – Winter 2020 update arrives with exclusive pets, legendary gear and more

Perfect World Entertainment and Echtra Games recently announced that Torchlight III’s Winter-themed update Snow & Steam is now available on Steam, Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4 and Xbox One. The update is the largest patch to come to Torchlight III since…

Kritika: REBOOT – Southeast Asia server goes live for high-octane action MMORPG

Thailand-based games publisher Godlike Games today announced the opening of its new PC MMORPG, Kritika: REBOOT, for the Southeast Asia region. Once operated by Asiasoft a few years back, Kritika has since evolved through regular content updates from Korean developer…

Final Fantasy XI R – Mobile MMORPG rumored to be canceled by Nexon and Square Enix

First announced as a joint collaboration project between Nexon and Square Enix back in April 2016, Final Fantasy XI Reboot (or Final Fantasy XI R) was supposed to showcase the next-generation of mobile MMORPG using Unreal Engine 4. However, according…

MARVEL Realm of Champions – Global launch for real-time mobile multiplayer action RPG begins

Developer and publisher Kabam has officially launched its highly anticipated, real-time mobile multiplayer action-RPG brawler MARVEL Realm of Champions on the App Store and Google Play worldwide. Unique to MARVEL Realm of Champions, players will be able to customize their…

Wasteland Lords – City-building goes underground in new global strategy mobile game

Welcome to the wasteland! Obviously, Wasteland Lords took loads of inspiration from Fallout Shelter for the game design, while also incorporating elements from various SLG titles (where players build bases and raid each other). Rather than a surface city or…

Skylanders Ring of Heroes – There ain’t any heroes in this dull turn-based mobile RPG

While I understand that the Skylanders IP from Activision is popular in the western regions, personally I had only heard about it and not tried any of the games (except maybe for the first Spyro game decades ago). It puzzled…

MapleStory – Nexon Korea announces new job for massive NEO update

Nexon Korean recently announced the annual major update for MapleStory, this time titled “NEO”. As usual, the NEO update will take place across 3 dates over the winter season (17 Dec – 7 Jan – 28 Jan), each with new…

Kakao Games – Gaming giant adds new PC online survival shooter to its global portfolio

Kakao Games is continuing its efforts to boost its global expansion (since it is losing Black Desert Online soon), and today announced a global deal with Korean developer Reality Magiq for a PC online shooter, Terra Fire. This will be…

Mad World – New gameplay trailer revealed for upcoming HTML5 cross-platform MMORPG

We first posted about Mad World back in 2017 when it was first announced by developer Jandisoft, and the game has since grown from strength to strength. On the business side of things, the amazing cross-platform MMORPG developed using HTML5…

Black Desert Online – Nova, the Last Star of Calpheon announced for all platforms

During the recent Calphe:ON Ball online stream event by developer Pearl Abyss, a new class was announced for both Black Desert Online and Black Desert Mobile: Nova, the Last Star of Calpheon! Nova wields a Morning Star and the shield…

Shin Yulgang M – Quick look at launch of Taiwan server for new mobile MMORPG

When Shin Yulgang M was announced to launch first for the Taiwan region by Korean developer Mgame, we were quite mystified as the IP is consider strong in South Korea. No matter the case, the mobile MMORPG was recently launch,…

Just Cause: Mobile – Square Enix reveals new mobile action-shooter based on popular console franchise

Continuing on the success of MARVEL’s Avengers, Square Enix recently announced Just Cause: Mobile, a Free-to-Play action-shooter set in the explosive Just Cause universe, designed exclusively for mobile platforms. The game is created as a Square Enix globally-cooperated development project…

Back 4 Blood – Alpha Test signup is now live for new co-op zombie shooter from Left 4 Dead studio

Warner Bros. Games today revealed gameplay for Back 4 Blood, the upcoming first-person cooperative zombie shooter from Turtle Rock Studios, the critically acclaimed development team behind the ever-popular Left 4 Dead franchise. An Alpha Test for the PC platform was…

Joycity – Korean games company receives USD 40 million investment from US publisher

South Korea-based mobile games developer and publisher Joycity announced recently that is has acquired a massive USD 40 million investment from global games publisher Tilting Point. If you did not know, Tilting Point is one of the biggest games publishers…