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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.

Slam Dunk Mobile – Quick look at at Open Beta starting gameplay

Slam Dunk Mobile had been in Closed Beta for many months now in China, and yesterday DeNA China started the Open Beta phase for all gamers to get in. As mentioned in my previous articles, the core gameplay focuses on…

DokeV – First look at in-game environment for Pearl Abyss’ friendly new MMORPG

Pearl Abyss today revealed new content on the DokeV website, offering an extended look at the collectible MMO for console and PC first unveiled at G-Star 2019. Featuring a lyric video for ROCKSTAR, the DokeV soundtrack theme developed in partnership…

Devil May Cry: Pinnacle of Combat – More details announced for upcoming mobile action RPG

Chinese developer Yunchang Game today announced that the action mobile RPG based on Capcom’s popular franchise, Devil May Cry: Pinnacle of Combat, is scheduled to launch in China sometime in 2020 after a few rounds of alpha and beta tests.…

League of Legends – China streaming rights for Worlds reportedly sold for over 1 hundred million dollars

According to various reports from China and Taiwan, China streaming site Bilibili has won a bidding war to exclusively stream the next 3 League of Legends World Championship in the country. Other bidders are said to include the top streaming…

MARVEL Realm of Champions – The Ancient One reveals Temple of Vishanti house

Following the first house reveal of Patriot Garrison, developer Kabam recently announced the second house in MARVEL Realm of Champions, Temple of Vishanti. MARVEL Realm of Champions is an upcoming mobile title where players align with Marvel-inspired factions known as…

Blade & Soul – Part One of Unreal Engine 4 update arrives next week

As with most major game updates for Korean titles, they are usually separated into different parts. For the “Complete” update of Blade & Soul switching to Unreal Engine 4, it seems that developer NCsoft has split it into 2 parts,…

Blade & Soul – Mount system and more being planned after Unreal Engine 4 update

With the Korean server of Blade & Soul getting its major Unreal Engine 4 update later this month, publisher Tencent Games recently made a few announcements regarding this highly-anticipated upgrade for the China server. There is no confirmed date now,…

Legend of Mir Eternal – Unreal Engine 4 mobile MMORPG based on classic IP announced

The Legend of Mir 2 is literally the MMORPG which kick-started the online gaming era in China nearly 2 decades ago when Shanda Games brought the game over from South Korea. Until today, it is still one of the most…

Naruto: Slugfest – Pre-register begins for chance to take part in Closed Beta

First announced this October, Southeast Asia games publisher Cubinet Interactive today announced the start of Closed Beta pre-registration phase for Naruto: Slugfest. The game is touted as “the world’s first 3D Open World Action MMORPG based on the Naruto IP…

EVE Echoes – Sci-fi mobile MMO enters Open Beta in selected regions

NetEase Games and CCP Games today announced the start of Open Beta for EVE Echoes, following the completion of the game’s Alpha test earlier this year. EVE Echoes’ Open Beta is now available on both iOS and Android to players…

World of Dragon Nest – Southeast Asia server gets official launch date for mobile MMORPG

Last week, Nexon Thailand announced the grand launch date for World of Dragon Nest in Southeast Asia (Singapore, Malaysia, Thailand, Indonesia, the Philippines). Scheduled for 8th Jan 2020, the launch version of World of Dragon Nest will add in many…

Ragnarok Tactics – Quick look at new mobile strategy game based on classic IP

One of the many Ragnarok-based games revealed for G-Star 2019, Ragnarok Tactics is actually the first game from Gravity Game Tech, a new development subsidiary located in Thailand. As such, the current version of Ragnarok Tactics only has English and…

Dungeon & Goddess – Worst mobile RPG we tried this year launches worldwide on Google Play

If you followed this website over the past 10 years, you would know that I gladly try out indie games and hopefully help them spread the word. Some are bad and I don’t post anything, but Dungeon & Goddess is…

Vespa – King’s Raid developer suffers massive losses as global expansion continues

Korean developer Vespa Interactive, the team behind the super-popular mobile RPG King’s Raid, recently announced its financial numbers for the 3rd quarter of 2019 (from July to September). In all, this 3-month period recorded sales of around USD 15 million,…