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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.

Ragnarok 2 to relaunch in August

Ragnarok 2, which is the 3D successor of the hugely popular MMORPG, Ragnarok Online, was deemed as a total failure when it was first launched in 2007. Several issues threatened to spoil the game, including hacks and bugs. Luckily, Gravity…

Mythos Korea – An interview

If you are a PC gamer, you should have heard of Blizzard Entertainment’s Diablo series of games. First, there was the original game back in 1997, followed by Diablo 2 in 2000 (I remembering skipping class to get my local…

Lunia renamed LuniaZ

On 29th June 2010, Nexon Korea held a press conference to reveal the newly revamped Lunia Online. What are some of the major changes? The game will go into full 3D mode. Players can now turn their cameras 360degrees to…

StarCraft 2 to fly high in South Korea

Talk about being extravagant. On 24th June 2010, Blizzard Entertainment, developer of the upcoming RTS epic, StarCraft 2: Wings of Liberty, organized a special press conference in South Korea. The venue? A hanger right over at Gimpo International Airport. Attended…

Forsaken World – New instance bosses debut

If you have followed Forsaken World’s China server, or even hope on to the English server’s forum post, you should have found out the level cap was recently raised to level 70 in the Chinese Closed Beta. With this level…

[Gamescom 2010] Perfect World hints surprise for NA players

Right after wowing the crowds and online community at E3 2010, Perfect World Entertainment has another surprise up its sleeves again. I have just received an email from Jason (Varden), the PR Manager. While its main aim is to convey…

Gameforge grabs Elsword EU

This news might be a bit late, but I guess it is better than never. European gaming company, Gameforge, has acquired the rights to host Elsword EU from Korean developer KOG. Gameforge, previously known better for their browser-based games, is…

[E3 2010] Perfect World’s E3 trailers

I just received an email a few hours back from Perfect World, and in it were all of the company’s E3 2010 trailers for their upcoming games, including the surprise debut of the newly announced Swordsman Online. The other 2…

John Woo’s new movie MMO bound

If you are an avid movie fan, with not much preference of genres, you should at least seen or heard of director John Woo (above, extreme right). His Hollywood movies include Broken Arrow, Hard Target, Face/Off and Mission Impossible 2…

LEGO Universe starts pre-order

Yeap, you read it right. If you do not know LEGO had a MMO coming,you must be living under a rock for the past few months. The title even stole the top award from Massively’s E3 2010 coverage, the Best…

Swordsman Online – English trailer debuts

Well, its actually a remake (with the new English logo, cool~) of the original Chinese trailer I posted a few days back, but its awesome to see that some official English translation has already started at Perfect World Entertainment. Do…

Forsaken World – Dual instance system in development

What does the dual instance system means? Allow me to explain. In plain layman terms, it means there will be an entrance to another instance right after you complete one. The entrance is hidden, and players will have to find…

[E3 2010] 81 Keys’ popularity soars

With all the big MMO websites focused on the big players (like Perfect World, Sony Online Entertainment etc) over at this year’s E3, I thought I will just post some pictures of 81 Keys’ booth here. If you have missed…

[E3 2010] Swordsman Online – Perfect World announces new title

Yeap, Swordsman Online (or Swordman Online from the Chinese trailers), which was just revealed back in China a few weeks ago, has been re-revealed at this year’s E3 convention. This will no doubt indicate that the game will also see…