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

  ▲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

▲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

Chief editor of the website, Mmorpgitalia, Mattia Lehmann (right) conferred Best Combat System for Gamania’s Core Blaze to William (left).  The biggest game exhibition in Europe, Gamescom was held in Koln, German between 15 and 19 August, 2012 with over 600 companies from 40 countries participating. Gamania was also one of the participating companies. We did not overtly promote ourselves during the exhibition, but we received a pleasant surprise!  The biggest online game website, Mmorpgitalia (http://www.mmorpgitalia.it) ranked Core Blaze as having the ‘Best Combat System’ of all online games in 2012. The chief editor, Mattia Lehmann personally conferred the

12 rare warlords released all at once!   [Gamania News] Gamania’s own webpage game, Web Koihime†Musou received fervent feedbacks from players during closed beta test and was widely discussed among major online game forums. It was also ranked among top games on game billboard. Web Koihime†Musou is expected to host open beta test from September 5th to October 4th 2012. In addition to the original 46 beautiful warlords, 12 additional EX version rare warlords would also be released. Many players were very excited about the news and couldn’t wait for the fun of collecting various warlords! In addition, all

Have you had an experience of trying to survive under cross fires? Have you ever experienced escaping with your partners in a dire situation?  This June, members in customer service unit participated fierce guerilla warfare. In addition to getting to know each other more, this activity also made the team more unified through collaboration.  There were also delicious BBQ and exciting team activities! The team activities consisted of three games so everyone had a field day. The winners also received lovely little gifts!  The three games were ‘A mouthful of fruit burst’, ‘Love & hug’ and ‘Who’s the rat’s

According to renowned Taiwanese medium, Management Magazine, out of the top 10 corporate management tools, ‘Staff proposal’ is ranked at number 4. It is not difficult to see how important ‘staff proposal’ is for companies to enhance competitiveness. Not only did the data show us that, but well-known global companies had already carried out such initiative, such as American internet giant, Google, French bank magnate, Société Générale, Asian automobile tycoon, Toyota and Taiwanese real estate frontrunner, Sinyi Realty etc. These companies all have their unique internal proposal mechanisms. In the past, Gamania had held many internal creative proposal competitions,

The much anticipated Mabinogi: Heroes was announced to be launched in Taiwan this year, immediately causing a surge of discussion on the web. Embodied three exclusive features: real fight, real interaction and real game scene, Mabinogi: Heroes’s ultra-real visual presentation and real-life fighting experience hype up player’s anticipation. The official website will be officially opened on June 1st, players can step into the world of Mabinogi: Heroes and experience the shocking sensation of ‘realness’ in the virtual world!  Mabinogi: Heroes: give you the sensation of ‘real fights’! Ultra-Simulated Fights: ‘Feel’ the Thrill and Sensation! The much awaited Mabinogi: Heroes

Cyphers—Brand New Attack Method: 3D Ground-Air Battle  First action DOTA mater piece, Cyphers provides players not only the fun of strategic collaboration but 3D ground-air attacks. Players can break through 2D limitation and the game challenges the players’ defense skills. In addition, the extravagant and fluent action elements elevate the awesomeness to a whole new level which players cannot stop talking about. The to be launched Cyphers has officially announced its Chinese title on June 13th. Cyphers is a game that features in attack tactics and strategies. Players cannot but marvel the new DOTA and hope that Cyphers can