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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.

TERA – Nexon introduces massive 30-man raid dungeon for Korean server

Developed by Bluehole Studio and published by Nexon in South Korea, TERA today received a massive 30-man raid dungeon update. The game’s current end-game and toughest dungeon (loosely translated as Destroyed World Gate), players must come face to face with…

WG Cells – World of Tanks studio shuts down mobile games division

Wargaming, the developer of World of Tanks, has confirmed WG Cells‘ closure in a statement to Gamasutra with over 60 job losses. Founded in 2013 as Dropforge, it received full funding from Wargaming to act as the company’s experimental division…

Battle Carnival – Point Blank studio is launching new MMOFPS in Russia

Zepetto, the Korean developer behind the popular online shooter Point Blank, is launching its new game of a similar first-person shooter genre in Russia first. Titled Battle Carnival, which was teased last month, local publisher GameNet will be handling operations…

Lineage II: Revolution – Netmarble unveils new trailer for mobile game

I am sure most of you would have heard of Lineage II: Revolution by now, a game which I have yet to extensively cover. Co-developed by Netmarble and NCsoft, Lineage II: Revolution is an Unreal Engine 4 mobile game which…

Destiny Child – Closed Beta trailer revealed for new stylish mobile game

Crafted by new studio Shift Up, founded by former Blade & Soul art director Kim Hyung Tae, Destiny Child was supposed to enter Closed Beta back in March, but was delayed indefinitely until this week. A new game trailer was revealed…

MU Legend – Graphics improved after comparison with mobile games

Set to enter Closed Beta 2 on 1 September, MU Legend is one of the most anticipated online games in South Korea (after Lost Ark) with millions of fans from MU Online and also jaded players of Diablo 3. Other than…

Pokémon Rework – Brief look at new China bootleg Pokémon mobile game

Riding on the wave of Pokémon GO’s worldwide popularity, you may have read about clones of the game being developed in China and South Korea. A small developer in China decided to instead clone the handheld version of Pokémon to…

Warframe – The Silver Grove goes live with new content and improvements

[Play free now] Following the very recent Specters of the Rail update and successful TennoCon 2016, developer Digital Extremes continues to release quality game content for Warframe on a regular basis. The latest, The Silver Grove, is now live for…

Age of Wushu 2 – Snail Games reveal land size of first region in wuxia sequel

While nothing of significance was revealed at ChinaJoy 2016 for Age of Wushu 2, Snail Games plan to post updates regularly before Closed Beta begins in China. Today, it was revealed the starting region of Jiangnan in Age of Wushu…

Seven Guardians – Chapter 8 update arrives with new Neflheim map

Mobile games publisher 4:33 Creative Lab recently expanded its popular side-scrolling strategy mobile RPG, Seven Guardians, with a massive content update. Chapter 8: Neflheim is now unlocked and players have to lead the charge into battle against Hel, daughter of…

BATTLECREW Space Pirates – New character videos unveiled at event

[Steam page] DONTNOD ELEVEN, an independent video game studio based in Paris, recently unveiled the first details about their upcoming title BATTLECREW Space Pirates, a competitive multiplayer shooter. The game takes place in an original and iconic Space Pirates universe, where…

Riders of Icarus – Exarahn Badlands update goes live with new area

[Game website] In the second massive update Riders of Icarus has received in as many months, large-scale PvP battlegrounds where players can take place in all-out mount warfare by land and air have been introduced to the action-adventure MMORPG. The…

Valiant Force – Exclusive Mystic hero revealed for pre-register campaign

[Pre-register] Developer XII Braves and FunPlus, a worldwide leader in social games, today announce the start of a new pre-registration campaign for Valiant Force, the new anime-style mobile RPG set to enter Closed Beta later this month for Android. New…

Lost Ark – Smilegate unleashes Closed Beta trailer for new action MMORPG

Set to enter the first Closed Beta phase later this month, a new game trailer for Lost Ark was revealed at a media event earlier today. Developer Smilegate went through the playable content with the audience, stating a level cap…