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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.

Firefall – Shacknews’ interview with Morgan Romine

(Beta signup) Yesterday, Shacknews posted a video interview with Red 5 Studios’ CEO, Mr Mark Kern on the company’s maiden MMO, Firefall (link). Earlier today, a 2nd interview video was posted (source), this time with the latest recruit to join…

Primal Carnage – Humans VS Dinosaurs

(Official website) Once in awhile, there might be an indie online game which catches my eyes and I just can’t wait to share it with the folks. Primal Carnage is one example, developed by indie studio Lukewarm Media. As the…

Firefall – Shacknews’ interview with Mark Kern

(Beta signup) As some of you folks might know, the Closed Beta for the much anticipated Free to Play online shooter, Firefall, is now going on. Under strict NDA rules, there is not much information being leaked *smiles* until further…

Power Rangers Online – New online game officially announced

Well, after Crayon Shin-chan, Dragon Ball and Digimon were made into online games, I guess it shouldn’t be a surprise anymore as more Japanese franchise are made into MMOs. Next up on the line will be Power Rangers Online, which…

Martial Soul Online – Combat is the key ingredient

Netease, China’s 2nd largest online gaming company has revealed its latest title, translated as Martial Soul Online, which looks like one of Blizzard’s upcoming game. Martial Soul Online is said to be in development for the past 3 years though,…

Jade Dynasty: Prelude (CN) – New classes preview

A couple of weeks back, I first posted about the upcoming expansion for Jade Dynasty’s China server, which is titled Prelude (link). There are also 2 new god classes for both Athan and Human, each with different characteristics. In this…

Dragon Nest Japan – Cloud system revealed

Over at Tokyo Game Show 2011, NHN Japan, publisher for Dragon Nest Japan, revealed its new cloud system for the game, titled “G Cloud”. In a nutshell, a cloud system basically means that the game will run through the game…

TERA Japan – Tokyo Game Show 2011 goodies

So, Tokyo Game Show 2011 is in full gear over the past few days, but there was only a handful of MMORPGs in the show. TERA Japan, which went into the commercial phase recently, was no doubt present to push…

Dungeon Keeper Online (CN) – Exclusive preview

Back in May 2010 (link), I first posted about one of the biggest online game developer and publisher in China, NetDragon, working on Dungeon Keeper Online. The game is a joint production between NetDragon and Electronic Arts (EA), and there…

Weapons of Mythology Online – Debut trailer revealed

This year’s Tokyo Game Show, compared to last year’s, seems to dull in comparison in terms of online games releases. It is not helped by Gamania deciding to have its own game show and various MMO companies not taking part this…

F.E.A.R.: Origin Online – Debut trailer released

Back in September 2010, I first posted about the F.E.A.R. series of console and PC games going the online gaming direction. The popular horror franchise has since been in stealth mode, silently being developed by the guys over at Korean…

Warhammer Online: Wrath of Heroes – Game footage

(Official website) There ain’t really any interesting news these few days, hence I haven’t been posting much. There are a couple of awesome retails PC games coming and coming “soon” with the likes of Battlefield 3, Diablo III and more.…

Weapons of Mythology Online – New Taiwanese online game revealed

Taiwanese game developer, XPEC, recently revealed its upcoming 3D MMORPG, currently named as Weapons of Mythology Online. XPEC is known in the market for developing console games, with its previous foray into the world of online gaming yielding Bounty Hounds…

Gamania Game Show 2011 – New trailers for 4 titles

Gamania Entertainment is one, if not the biggest, online gaming publisher in Taiwan. Over the past few years, the company invested heavily in self-development teams, working on various MMO projects rather than relying on titles from other developers. 4 of…