Albert announced: GTW created record high monthly revenue, Gama-bear won the champion title, Gamania is building childcare center and establishing clothing line.   The first Gama-townhall of 2011 took place on February 11th. CEO Albert made a statement regarding the “GASH card incident”, announcing GTW’s outstanding January revenue which proved the previous forecast to be true: GTW was not affected by the setback but created the best revenue of all time. Albert said that in the past, channel cost was way over the board and it’s unhealthy for the entire digital entertainment industry. Besides, nowadays, we have more than

Speaking of department activity planning and creativity, our youngest colleagues in Customer Service Center (CS) seem to be taking the lead. In addition to Uniform Day and Beach Day which are familiar to Gamanians, these colleagues planned a special game community activity that combines both the virtual and real worlds around the time of Dragon Boat Festival. GAMA CITY, a game that facilitates team spirit and interaction between rookie and veteran staff through fun and interesting ways, how do you play it? Well, read on to find out!  GAMA CITY is divided into three phases: Gama community, Gama Stake-Raise

Have you even been astonished by the opening title of a movie or video game? Have you even been attracted to the visual effects in commercial or the story told in Music Video accompanied with the audio? The secrets behind these dazzling and eyes-catching films are Motion Graphics. What is Motion Graphics? There are two kinds of amines, and one is Animation, stemmed from movies or documentations. Such motion graphics are directly sold as products and this kind of film was called animation movie. The famous [Monster Inc.] or [Cars] are the examples.  The other is Motion Graphics, according

The two of most vibrant and active “brands” in the world: Lady Gaga who has over 36 million fans following her on Facebook and Starbucks with 22 million fans. What sparks would they ignite when they collaborate?  In May 2011, Lady Gaga launched her much anticipated new album, Born This Way, comprising over dozens of brands such as Starbucks, Google, Amazon, members-only Luxury website, Gilt, Tapulous (music&game), Robin Hood (charity group) and Zynga etc, among which, the most interesting collaboration were the ones wih Starbucks and Zynga.  Lady Gaga + Starbucks = SRCH ( Search ) Starbucks and Layd

The 16th Gama-Cup was held in Window of China theme park (WOC) in Taiwan 2011. The weather did not complement the event as it started pouring, however, these rain drops didn’t quench the fire in every Gamanian’s heart but made it burn even more fervently! Before stepping in to the event, you could clearly notice the tiny buildings and architecture around you. In an instant, we all became giants. We felt like giants walking in the miniature city in the rain which was kind of special. Then we reached the train station. You must take the special MOC train to

June, 20th, Gamania invited a super-star guest – the designer, Ching-yang Hsiao, also known as Master Hsiao, who was nominated for 2005, 2008, 2009, and 2010 Grammy Awards. If you are a fan of Der-fu Hu, Mayday, A-Yue, Chi-zhen Chen, or Purdur Chen, or you’ve ever seen their album covers then you must have heard of the works of the Master Hsiao because all their album covers came from him. He designed more than 800 album covers and each had unique and touching story behind. Story Island - the album interweaved with paper-cuts and musical notes . In the

Although occupying different functions as operation and R&D, Gameastor and Fantasy Fish both take on oriental theme. Both parties decided to work closely together when there is a new project to work on jointly. Was there any particular reason behind this collaboration? They wanted to weigh in on the fronts of “operation+R&D” and created a new classic self-produced game. Gameastor and Fantasy Fish established a project team named GLP , the name stands for their goal of becoming a Grand Line Pioneer. This theme for the project is the most recognizable history in the East—Three Kingdoms. To ensure the

Oriental fantasy online game, Soul Captor, developed by Gamania’s Seedo Digital held a CB test in May 2011. The CB test round will follow closely by Taiwan which is about to begin from the period of June 16 to 20 2011.  One of the major features of the game is the tiny and delicate souls. Different from pet systems commonly seen in other games, the souls will stay with the players throughout the journey and after the players beat the monsters, the souls will help collect the souls of the monsters into the Soul Directory Book. Their styles may

▲（Source︰www.moleskine.com） Mobile device has been hot for years. Many paper-backed magazines were terminated accordingly and even the paper-backed notebooks are required to find an alternative way or develop by-business now. After launching Incase and not very convenient app for iPhone and iPad, the noted notebook brand, Moleskine now has some new stuff. On the Public Design Festival in Milan Italy, Moleskine showed several new notebook series, oh, no, not notebook, they were glasses, pencils, ball pens, portable lights, reading rack, and many types of bags. At the first glance, the move Moleskine acted this time was a bit confusing.

After 72 hours for the voyage of 966km, the Gamania Bravery has successfully returned Taiwan! The summer school hosted by Gamania Cheer Up Foundation had a topic of [Bravery] this year. The outpost event in June was started with the Gamania Bravery. ▲Picture taken before setting out A brave voyage from Hong Kong to Kaohsiung Gamania Bravery had recruited 10 brave youths to join the voyage. Their mission was to sail the powerless sailboat, Gamania Bravery from Hong Kong to Kaohsiung, Taiwan. Teenagers from all over the world had to establish the mutual understanding, learn how to lift the

Remember some 14 years ago when cell phone was first introduced, Far Eastone Telecommunications came up with the slogan, “With Far Eastone, distance doesn’t exist.” 14 years have passed, we really do live a life without hassles caused by distance. Telecommunications, internet, cell phones, computers and household appliances integrated into one, leading our life into a path of technology. On the notion of screen technology, smart phone changed our habits of viewing things, we went from looking at the screen to using it as keyboards. This groundbreaking technology enables us to rid of buttons and keyboards. Everything you need

This is definitely the first time as well as the most significant time for the group. PlayWork Campaign, initiated by Brand Center was officially launched on March 21st 2011. In addition to having simultaneous exhibitions in Gamania operating cities such as Taipei, Hong Kong, Tokyo, Seoul, Shanghai, Beijing, Los Angeles, Amsterdam, Blair and Berlin, the campaign also combines films, internet activities and video memorial books etc. The campaign serves as a retrospection for Gamania’s growth and glory over the past 15 years. In the meantime, Gamania will also continue to carry on the PlayWork spirit.    What named it

Joyce, GM of Playcoo   “Surrounded by the institution of reality, fame and wealth, we often forget our passion and dream. Growing up, we couldn’t tell the difference between training and education. Find a love one or watch the movie alone in one weekend evening, you’ll rediscover the passion and the learning method that fits you the best.”       Film Introduction   Rancho, Farhan and Raju are students of Indian Institute of technology(one of the finest universities in India), they’re roommates and best friends with one another. However, in the campus that grades determine everything, Rancho, the

Lucent Heart: Europe CB Test to be Launched!  Playcoo, R&D subsidiary of Gamania launched a more than a week long closed beta test in Europe on its self-produced online game, Lucent Heart in June 2011. In addition to testing the pressure on the server, players could enjoy playing all content of Lucent Heart. The character level limit has also been enhanced to maximum 65 Lv.  avel all around Acadia continent in the game. They could attend activities and events such as ride contest, village experience, holding wedding etc. The content is rich and interesting. Through this CB test, R&D

G!VOICE: Gamania’s always celebrated the Game Day in the form of Sports Day, and in private, Gamanians also like to form clubs and get involved in sports activities. Gamanians seem to have a thing for sports, do you know why?  Albert: Actually it’s kind of intriguing! I remembered back in 2005, “sports” is not really an element in Gamania’s culture. It was not until end of 2004 and beginning of 2005 while I was chatting with a few colleagues and someone suddenly mentioned, “Dare to challenge the Jade Mountain ?” Back then everyone cared a lot about their “faces”

For general companies, when engaging in critical policies, there will usually be a group of people sitting quietly at the meeting room, discussing and ruminating until a decision is being made. But for dynamic Gamania, that is never the case. “Move about, don’t sit it out” philosophy was adopted by all heads of units and supervisors. We want the strategic meeting to “pop”! Resolution can be triggered and inspired by outdoor activities, which is a necessary means to acquire for all to face future challenges with no fear.  Strategic Meeting Turned into Sports Races Remember couple of years ago,

▲(Source of picture: http://blog.regalmanners.com/ )     Open your mind and take a stride, let’s go for a grand tour!    Everyone deserves a grand tour in his/her life regardless of rich or poor. Quoting from renowned mime actor, John Barrymore, “A man is not old until regrets take the place of dreams.” Everyone always holds on to their dreams. Be it far-reaching or within reach, it all depends on the power of realizing because some things, if we don’t do it, we never will!        Grand tour is a journey of soaring aspiration    What exactly

▲Sacred Lake: Yamdrok Lake (Provided by: GCN, Sida Yuan)   For sports-loving Gamanians, they love to watch the gorgeous views around the world with their own eyes and explore the land with their own feet. Nature has created many world wonders with its exquisite and breathtaking craftsmanship. In Gamanians’ minds, where exactly are those dream destinations? Let’s take a look!       The “Highest” Sign for Bike Riders: Wuling ▲The highest mountain road in Taiwan, Wuling has a beautiful scenery along the way.  (Source of picture: Wikipedia )     Area: Nantou County, Taiwan    Location: Wuling