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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.

Warhammer Online – Taiwan server closes

Just yesterday, Warhammer Online Taiwan announced the server’s closure on June 17th 2010. The server has no even hit its one year mark, but have to shut down due to underwhelming number of subscribers. It was stressed that during the…

Atlantica Online – My Home

I know, the title sounds weird, almost corny. But the Korean server for Ndoor’s Atlantica Online has added in a new housing system, and the update is known as My Home. This new feature is aimed at allowing players to…

Zero: A Prelude to S.U.N

Webzen has just announced a new MMO, which was developed for around 3years specially for the China market. The game, directly translated to Zero: A Prelude to S.U.N, will be published by The9. From the title, you can guess that…

Digimon – New season confirmed

Well, this has nothing to do with Digimon Battle Online, the MMO which has just been released, but its still Digimon (and I am a HUGE Digimon fan having own all the Digivices). Though a week late, a new season…

Webzen buys over NHN Games

Well, this is a rather shocking piece of news. NHN Games, developer for MMOs such as Continent of the Ninth (C9)and Reign of Revolution (R2) has been bought over by Webzen, the MMO company which rose from the ashes last…

Funtasy Online – First impression

I was rather surprised when I received this assignment, given that the title is in Taiwanese Traditional Chinese rather than in English. But being the Chinese I am, I decided to give the game a brief spin with the Closed…

Global Agenda opens Singapore server

Wow, it sure is rare for a overseas MMO to notice Singapore. Hi-Rez Studios, the developer for Global Agenda, has added a new location for its Pacific region, right here in Singapore. It does not mean that players from Asia…

StarCraft II – Collector’s Edition

Blizzard has just officially announced StarCraft II – Wings of Liberty Collector’s Edition, and it will be priced at USD 99.99. After shipping and stuff, I think it will at least set me back SGD 150++. While certainly a princely…

Pokémon Black & White revealed

Yes, I know that Pokémon ain’t a MMORPG, or even a MMO, but as a Pokémon since the very first Yellow version, I thought I should post something about it. Hey, its my blog, right? ^_^ According to the website,…

Kingdom Heroes Interview

Kingdom Heroes is an upcoming large scale war MMORPG to be published by Aeria Games. The game is based on Romance of the Three Kingdoms, one of China’s Four Great Classical Novels. With the detailed and immersing storyline found in…

AIKA’s IP Ban – My personal rant

If you have played AIKA, you should have known by now Gpotato is going to IP block all countries outside North America. While IP ban is common when another server hosting for a different region pops up, how Gpotato (and…

Battle of the Immortals – Closed Beta soon

Perfect World Entertainment’s new MMORPG, Battle of the Immortals, is scheduled to start its Closed Beta on 13th April 2010. Battle of the Immortals is vastly different compared with other PWE games, mostly due to the different graphic engine used…

Hellgate: Tokyo goes live

Hanbitsoft’s Hellgate: Tokyo has officially gone live on the Korean server. Hellgate: Tokyo is an expansion to Hellgate: London, where players must first complete the original game before they can proceed to the new scenario. Do read from the previous…

Seal Online celebrates 10years

Yes, you read it right. YNK’s Seal Online will be celebrating it 10th anniversary this year, and tons of events and updates are lined up for the game. Its really hard to stay alive for 10years in the MMO market…