EA and Maxis is organizing The Ultimate Spore Creature Creator Dance Off Contest for Spore fans. It simply means you can upload a video of your Spore creature dancing, gyrating or doing any dance movements to YouTube and dance away with some prizes. Hit the below link for details.
The Ultimate Spore Creature Creator Dance Off […]
Korea got this Video Games Fashion Festival which you can see professional models sashaying on the runaway as characters from Korean online games like Lineage, Wonder King, AVA Online and more. Hit the link below to see more action of your favourite game character catwalking.
Image | Via: Sina Games
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There are really a lot of virtual worlds for under-18 out there. Incredible, I must say. Looks like anything related to kids, teens and tweens now can be virtualized.
Virtual Worlds Management, the leading media company tracking the virtual worlds industry, has announced the VIRTUAL WORLDS MANAGEMENTS YOUTH WORLDS ANALYSIS, based on comprehensive research available […]
We see Chinese classics such as Romance of the Three Kingdoms and Journey to the West translate into popular video games but this is the first time that the Chinese classic supernatural tales, Liaozhai Zhiyi (聊斋志异), translates into a 2D MMORPG. In this currently-developing game, you can choose to be a warrior, mercenary, hunter, Taoist […]
My programming skill is only up to the level of C. But this guy, Eskil Steenberg, is coming up with his own MMO project titled Love.
Image: Massively
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Japan Sanrio has worked with Hong Kong Typhoon Games to bring Hello Kitty Online, a English MMORPG which features Sanrio characters such as the invincible Hello Kitty, the cutish My Melody and Kermit-cousin Kerokerokeroppi. After creating your character, you start off from the Flower Kingdom (sounds familiar). As like most MMORPGs, you can slay monsters […]
A new educational MMO from IBM aims to raise the awareness of environmental issues among children. The game, PowerUp, is accompanied by carefully-designed classroom lesson plans (I’ve read one) for the teachers to use the game as a science teaching tool and a conducive learning virtual environment, rather than a mere MMO.
The game features three […]
Another China-Made MMORPG has failed in overseas market. Allias Story, a 3D MMORPG developed by China, is going into the deadpool after just 5 months of operation in Japan. Although China-made online games are well-received in Mainland, they are not able to achieve stellar success in overseas markets due to different tastes and demands of […]
New regulations in China will cause foreign online games and MMOs much harder to penetrate the Chinese market. It means China gives everything best for its local gaming companies while keeping foreign entities at bay. Selfish I guess.
The new regulations give China’s General Administration of Press and Publication (the group responsible for the rating and […]
59 million. This is the expected number of online gamers in China this year.
80%. This is the expected percentage of free-to-play games dominating the gaming market this year.
. This is the expected sign of gaming possibilties in China this year.
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The Ironic Gamer gives us a humorous look at games. We also feature gaming news from China, Japan, Korea, and other parts of Asia.
Written by Patrick Quek [email], and Amy Tucker [email] for b5media.
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