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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.

Forsaken World – SEA server confirmed

Well, I am not very sure of this decision, I myself absolutely hate it. The publishing rights for Forsaken World in countries including Singapore, Malaysia, Thailand and the Philippines have been given to… Cubinet Interactive, via its MMO portal, Cubizone. This is…

Perfect World brings RaiderZ to North America

Just a few days ago, the European server for RaiderZ was confirmed to be published by Frogster Interactive. Today, Perfect World Entertainment has confirmed to be bringing the same 3D action MMORPG to North America as well! It will be…

Mabinogi 2 – New technology sighted

Well, I can’t think of any awesome heading for this post, so this current one will do. But still, Mabinogi 2’s new engine, called the Helper-Joint. The system was built from the bottom by the skillful developers over at Nexon…

Dragon Nest Global – Closed Beta Signup

After various lingering rumors about the English servers after North America’s, the answer is finally out – It seems that all the regions outside of North America will be consolidated into the Global server, including Europe since there is the…

The Weekend Journal

Ok, 2 weeks back I tried to come up with something call the Weekend Rant, and I know that it didn’t go as well as I planned with the content. So, I will be using the more generic term, “The…

HEVA Online – First impression

From time to time, I give some games a test run to see how it actually plays out. This is definitely not a review of any sorts, just my impression of the game during the first few levels and matching…

KnightAge – Cuteness overdose

In my over my 10 years of online gaming, I have seen my fair share of “cute” MMOs, the earliest 2 I can remember being Ragnarok Online (2002) and R.O.S.E Online (2005). Subsequently, there have been many, many anime styled…

Gamania previews Soul Captor Online

Last seen as a brief introduction at Tokyo Game Show 2010, Gamania has revealed more information about the game at its teaser website just hours ago. While I am sure the Taiwanese server will be released first judging from the…

MMOs switch to CryEngine 3

If you are an avid follower of my small blog or the Asian MMO industry, you would have heard about ArcheAge, one of the “Big 3” MMOs to scheduled to be released in Korea along with TERA and Blade &…

Cabal II teaser website goes live

Well, as written in the title, ESTsoft’s much awaited sequel to Cabal Online, Cabal II, has finally opened ts official website. Some months ago, I posted about the Cabal 2 domain link getting bought over by ESTsoft, and I was…

Forsaken World – Open Beta brought forward

Just a piece of quick news here, the Open Beta for Perfect World Entertainment’s 2011 flagship MMORPG, Forsaken World, has been brought forward 2 weeks. The Open Beta will now begin on 9th March 2011. This applies to the North…

Frogster Interactive gets RaiderZ for Europe

Just earlier today at Game Developers Conference 2011, Korean MMO developer, Maiet Entertainment of GunZ fame signed a contract with Frogster Interactive AG, with the latter gaining the publishing rights for RaiderZ Europe (see photo below). RaiderZ is an action…

Dragon Nest – Singapore SEA server confirmed

One of China’s MMO powerhouses, Shanda Games, has confirmed that Dragon Nest will be published in Singapore as the South East Asia server in 2011. Interestingly, the CEO announced at the Q4 2010 financial results conference that Dragon Nest SEA will be…

Luna Online developer to halt Korean services

According to Korean media, Eyasoft, developer and publisher of  Korean games including Luna Online, Iris Onlin, Legend of Edda and Mo Siang Online (or Dark Story Online), announced its decision to halt its game services from 1st June 2011. The…