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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.

[Hangame eX 2011] Fighters Club – Online brawling

Developed by studio KOG, Fighters Club is part of the Hangame EX 2011 lineup. A classic arcade-style brawler, the genre is brought back to live in the MMO genre. The game focuses on 3 major section of the character body,…

[Hangame eX 2011] Project R1 – Ragnarok’s successor

As posted a few weeks back, developer IMC Games joined NHN Corporation, one of the biggest MMO company in Korea. IMC Games was founded by Mr Hakkyu Kim, also known as the “founding father” of Ragnarok Online as he was…

[Hangame eX 2011] Acheron – Unreal 3 goodness

As you can see from the title, Acheron is an upcoming MMORPG developed using the Unreal 3 Engine. Created by Barunson Games (not the Dragonica developer), Acheron features 2 factions in which players may choose one to side. The faction…

[Hangame eX 2011] Echo of Soul – Going mobile

Originally known as Project N.O.A, the game was renamed to Echo of Soul and revealed as Hangame’s top title for 2012. The game’s story tells of a goddess who sacrificed her life in order to save the world, causing her…

Lineage 1 shutting down in North America next month

(Source) NCsoft has officially announced the closure of the company’s first major title, Lineage 1, in North America. Lineage 1 is still very popular in South Korea, the country of origin, as there was a new iPhone application made for…

Brawl Busters – Closed Beta signup

(Source) Originally known as Plan B during its testing phase, this game has now been officially revived as Brawl Busters for the English market. A rather whacky game, it plays much like Team Fortress 2, with players assuming the role…

ArcheAge Korea – Hoping not to clash with Blade & Soul

With ArcheAge Korea going into the 3rd Closed Beta phase soon, various Korean mdeia outlets had a chance to talk to the creator of the game and founder of XL Games, Jake Song. According to reports, the development of the…

Dragon Nest Global – Game title changed

Dragon Nest Global, published by Shanda Games International and based in Singapore (South East Asia), has officially changed its game title to Dragon Nest SEA. This comes around a week after the Closed Beta for this version was announced to…

GunZ 2: The Second Duel – First overseas server announced

GunZ 2: The Second Duel, the sequel to the popular action MMO GunZ: The Duel, has announced its first overseas server. Do note that the Korean version is currently still under development. If you are pinning for the English version,…

Age of Wulin (CN) – 70% completed

Age of Wulin, published by gPotato Europe and developed by Chinese studio, Snail Games, has confirmed that the original Chinese server is around 70% completed. The client size currently stands at a whooping 6GB, with the first small scale test…

Dragon Nest NA – Closed Beta delayed

Dragon Nest North America, hosted by Nexon America and originally scheduled for a May Closed Beta date, has delayed the testing phase until June with no specific date given. The Global server, hosted by Shanda International, is currently still on…

Dragon Ball Online (TW) – VIP Beta starts 12th May

Yes, the Taiwan server for Dragon Ball Online will be entering its very first beta phase in a few days’ time! Called the VIP Beta, the keys are really quite limited and this phase will only last for 4days at…

Infinite Worlds – A brief introduction of the game

Infinite Worlds Online is a MMORPG current still in the development phase, created by China-based MMO studio Quyou Game. I don’t normally post about foreign games which don’t catch my eyes, but Infinite Worlds’ concept is very interesting. Like the…

The Weekend Journal

A hectic week is coming to an end, and I am edging closer to the submission date of my 2 college assignments. Nevertheless, there are still some MMO news to talk about. I guess everyone know about Sony getting hacked…