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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.

Silkroad Online heads to Egypt

Sorry to burst your bubble, but this is for the Taiwan server of Silkroad Online, not the global server. Yes, the Taiwanese server has added a brand new country/ kingdom into the game, the ancient Egypt. The official expansion name…

Steam Holiday Sale

Yeap, I’m helping Steam to advertise abit, since their Holiday Sale is really something to post about. They are having an incredible Holiday Sale, and tons of games, including some Pay To Play MMORPGs, are on sale.You still have to…

Alicia – Closed Beta 1

Alicia, Ntreev’s horse riding casual MMO, just went into its first Closed Beta, and a new trailer has been released. It shows the basic controls and features of the game, with moves like Jump, Double Jump, Slide, Glide and Booster.…

Perfect World International – Rising Tide Interview

Perfect World China (完美世界) has been around since 2005, while Perfect World International started its English service since 2008. Even though the game is technically young in the English market, it has gone through a number of content updates and…

Project EM – Chinese website up

Perfect World Entertainment’s 2010 blockbuster MMORPG, codenamed Project Empire (EM), has just confirmed the official Chinese name for the game, 神魔大陆, roughly translated as Continent of God and Demon. This will be the company’s first MMORPG where there will be…

TERA Online – Altar of Dakun

Altar of Dakun is located on Snake Isle, hidden deep within a narrow canyon. The alter is covered by rich greens, making it a majestic sight to behold from the exterior. Dakun’s followers use this alter as their headquarters, plotting…

X-Machine Online

X-Machine Online is a casual fighting MMO developed for 2years by Hong Kong’s C-Soft. The game boasts a gallery of characters for players to choose from, each with over 10 unique skills and various equipments. Players will have to master…

Final Fantasy XIV Beta Application

The Beta Application for Final Fantasy XIV is finally up, so I’m expecting that the game will be on course for a worldwide 2010 release on both PC and Playstation 3. Just a note, Suqare Enix has decided to abandon…

TERA Online – Barbarian Valley

The Aokan tribe was created for war against the gods initially, but was found by the evil god to be an unsuccessful creation. After using them as war sacrifices, the Aokan tribe was then abandoned. The tribe decided to stay…

Psychic

Developed by Lizard Interactive, Psychic is a new FPS/TPS MMO. Why the name Psychic ? The current 3 playable characters (gender locked) not only uses weapons, but each of them has certain psychic powers at their disposal. The Mover (normal…

Blade & Soul – Developer interview

The official Blade & Soul website has just been updated with a new video. Its an interview with the game’s Producer and Art Director, giving eager gamers a more indepth look into the game. I have not even finished watching…

MWO 2 – Ready for war in 2010

A spokesperson for Goldcool, developer for Magic World Online 2, has confirmed that the game will have an almost simultaneous release for both the China and English servers. The translations for the English version has already been going on as…

MWO 2 – Developer screenshots

Here are some of the screenshots a developer for Magic World Online 2 posted on his blog recently. This is the internal testing period, before the game goes into a limited testing phase in mid December. Only veteran players from…

Webzen sues The9

After 4 months of discussions, Webzen has decided to bring China developer/publisher, The9, to court. The charge was filed due to The9’s latest MMORPG, MUX, being a direct “clone” of Webzen’s MU Online. When Webzen took back the rights for…