When it comes to the word “trendy”, we have to mention iPhone, the game changer in mobile phones. Besides the smooth hardware and first-rate man-machine interface that make iPhone distinctive, the featured applications are what make iPhone great. It has been more than 3 years since the iPhone App Store came into the market. It featured the function of “touch + sense” that has never been seen before and introduced many innovative Apps at the very start. What’s more, the originality of the developers makes one gasp in admiration. They always have a masterpiece coming out that makes them

For September’s feature activity, Gamania Mobilization, Gamania invited the pride of Taiwan cinematography, director, Lin Yu-Hsien (a.k.a Ah-Meow Lin) to give a speech on how he accomplished his dream and how he faced frustration and setbacks with all Gamanians.  The Birth of the Documentary, Jump!Boys Ah-Meow Lin once faced the plight of unemployment when he was younger. Without any financial support, he had no way but to head back to hometown and seek aid from his family. He had no other better things to do then so he took a camera and went to the local elementary school everyday

What would you do, if Taiwan’s tourism is handed down to ordinary people like you and me? You’re thinking, a country’s tourism affect many people’s livelihoods. Such significant task should go through the authority so that it could be packaged nicely and consistently. How could it be left to ordinary civilians, who may do a botched job?    Sweden thinks otherwise. Swedish Tourism Board initiated a campaign, “Curator of Sweden”. The Board thinks that “A country is constituted by people! There is no single channel that could claim to be the sole representative of whole Sweden and therefore, rather

圖片來源：http://postcardsfromwildwood.wordpress.com/2012/07/14/olympic-flame-on-the-isle-of-wight/ Home education has taught us since we were kids that carbonated drinks are detrimental to our health. In recently years, Coca Cola extended the most fundamental health problem to the issue of environmental protection. Each year the amount of empty bottles causes significant impact to our environment. Few years ago, Coca Cola’s factory in India overdrew underground water which led to land subsidence. As a leading beverage brand in the world, Coca Cola is facing environmental issue caused by consumption. How did it once again become a winning brand in the face of negative new coverage and adverse

  ▲GTW Project Manager, Ryan Hsu, accepts the award on behalf of all     Jan 24th, 2013   【Gama News】 the winner of the “Game Star” Awards, hosted by the Taipei Computer Association, is revealed on Jan. 24th. The voting started on Dec. 1st, 2012 Congratulations to <Web Koihime † Dreams> for winning the title of “Game Star’s” Best Annual In-house Browser Game Silver Prize. Our very own GTW Project Manager, Ryan Hsu, accepts the award on behalf of all gamanians. This browser game adapted from PC game of “Koihime Warriors”, known as <Web Koihime † Dreams>, was the

G!VOICE Recommend: “In 1984, the rock band, Anvil joined the to-be-mega-bands such as Bon Jovi and Whitesnake for world tour and enjoyed the glory on stage. Back then, their music even influenced Slash, the former guitar player of Guns N’ Roses and Lars Ulrich, from Metallica. Such influential bank should have made it in the music scene, right? But in real life, you need have the right people at the right time and at the right place. Anvil had some rough time in luck which caused them their deserved fame at crucial juncture. Time flew by and now thirty

▲The champion team of the “beanfun! National Games” is born!  Jan 28th, 2013   [Gama News] “beanfun! National Games” ended in perfection on Jan. 26th. Over 3,000 fans were present as to support their favorite players. The excitement and intensity had the crowds go wild! After one of the greatest battles ever, our champion is born! The CS Online tournament “Classic” and “Deathmatch” mode champion teams are “DownLoading” and “Sunny Craze”. For KartRider Dash “Team Match”, “Rush Battle” and “Zombie Shelter” mode winners, we have “Rumble Bears”, “SpecterCity” and “Bomb Hawaii Five-O”.   The winners of the “beanfun! National

Source of picture: http://www.getintunestupid.com/tag/madden-nfl-13   The was a movie called Any Given Sunday, directed by Oliver Stone and the lead actor was Al Pacino. The movie was about the fame, money, rights, conviction and honor between the victory and defeat in the professional football world. What kind of choice would you make? What do you believe in? There were a lot of ‘lecture’ segments such as negotiation, pep talks before the game and persuasion etc.  The trailer for the game, Madden NFL 13 adopted the same feature. Ray Lewis’s emotional and gung-ho performance, his talk with himself, and to

Erotic photography has been a part of Western history for quite some time, yet it still is a subject of controversy in Asian societies. Starting from this January, SPACE 17 take a bold move and introduces Maco Hsu, an self-proclaimed erotica artist whose works provoked much talk among our fellow gamanians.   SPEECH 17’s First Conference at the Branding Centre For last month’s SPEECH 17 topic, we invited photographer Maco Hsu to the Branding Centre at Gamania Headquarters to share his experience with us. This is the first talk held in the new Brand Centre; instead of chairs, there

Feb 22nd, 2013   The winners of “2012 Game Star Awards” hosted by Gamebase are honored at the Taipei Contemporary Art museum today (the 22nd). This year, over 700 games pitched in to participate for the title for the Game Star Award, including our very own “CS Online”, “KartRider Dash” and “Web Koihime † Dreams”, who snatched up three awards in total! GOBU Manager of GTW, Steve Liu, and GOBU Manager of GTW, Ryan Hsu, accepted the honor on behalf of Gamania. The current no. one FPS game in Taiwan, <CS Online>, wins the title of “Best Annual Distributed

  Thanking the Gods on the First Day of Work With the rumbling roars of lucky firecrackers, Gamania drives off the old and greets the new. With Albert in the lead, the corporation starts the first day by offering their appreciation to the gods, and wish that this year will bring ever more fortune and success!   ▲According to Taiwan’s customs, Gamania Headquarters are to gather and pray to the gods on the first day of work after CNY.  ▲One incense for each to send a prayer for a prosperous new year.    ▲Red firecrackers are set off in the

The rain poured down on July 8th 2012 in London, drenching the streets and the runners.  GEU-UK-Samantha Whale   This year’s British 10K London Run was particularly special because it also commemorated the 2012 London Olympics as well as Queen’s Jubilee. The ‘iconic route’ was designated from a section in the 40km marathon route in Olympics, which incorporated various famous London landmarks. However, on the day of the run, it was raining. Despite the rain, there were over 40,000 people participated in this charity run. GEU-UK, Samantha Whale took the opportunity and raise funds for charity organization, GamesAid. Initially

▲Alan Lan, GEU (first on the left) participated the local Futsal league and met friends from different countries when he was stationed in Netherland.  Alan Lan of GEU participated the Futsal League when he was stationed in Netherland. His team mates came from different countries, ranging from Taiwan, England, Ireland, Netherland, Italy, Morocco to Romania. 7 men from different countries teamed up as Amsterdam Futsal League. They took part in regional matches in Amsterdam which runs twice a year. Since they played the matches, they have had great results: two champions, and two runner-ups.  ▲Runners up of division 2

gdex 2012（Gamania Developers Exchange）Official Launch: July 2nd -13th !   A good R&D organization, in addition to having a well-rounded talent pool, creativity encouraging environment and an efficient R&D management process, another crucial key is whether or not it could establish a sound sharing culture.  Research and developing games is a creative-intensive job. The sources and materials for creativity come from all kinds of daily experiences. These are the elements that R&D persons get in contact with on daily basis and then internalize them into creativity. This is why R&D people get to create more fabulous games. Through a

GJP announced that Langrisser Tri-Swords, a webgame adapted from the classic console war-chess game, :Langrisser, is to conduct its official open beta test!  Langrisser is initially a console game series created by Masaya, the software division of Nippon Computer Systems. It is categorized as war-chess game. In the proceeding of the game, the drama element takes up a huge proportion which is why some players positioned it as tactic-role-play game. Since its launch in Japan and Asia in 1991, it has been sold over million sets and is said to be the ‘it’ war-chess game of the 90s. The

Before I get into the subject, I’d like to begin with a slogan from Nokia’s commercial, “Hunan Technology”. Through the design of emotion, a life-less product is given a friendly feeling, no longer a cold product or webpage. In fact, in the process of design, it does not always come from a brand new concept, on the contrary, we seek for something that is already rooted in people’s subconsciousness. I believe no one has ever taken a serious look at the footer on the webpage. Footer design is the most easily ignored or underestimated part of the webpage design.

For the longest time, the Olympic Games, held every four year, have been the heart of global attention.  All the best athletes gathered in one place, aiming to be faster, higher and stronger. It is a fight for the individual as well as the country. During the Olympics, the world seems to become ‘flat’, there is no time difference and no linguistic, cultural or ethnic barriers. All the audiences cheer for exceptional performances done by the athletes, regardless of winning.  Do you know that there are 76 countries in the world that have not won any single Olympic medal?

Sportsmanship of Olympics, the spirit of daring to challenge, fight and never give up and the pursuit of glory, are thoroughly embodied within each unit in Gamania. Operation is the unit that stands on the front line and thinks about how to win a battle in the market. They are like elite soldiers of Gamania group, doing market observation, adjustment, strategy proposal and execution etc. In this article, G!VOICE interviewed the manager of BU4-GTW, Marco and asked him to talk about Maple Story, a game that rewrote the history of Gamania and the challenge and obstacles behind the successful