You've probably seen it all when it comes to brand marketing for merchandise. You can probably think of solutions like advertisements, PR events, spokesperson and viral marketing. But what if the brand you want to promote is a city? Kumamoto, a traditional agricultural prefecture in Japan with a population of just 1.8 million, came up with a creative secret weapon - Kumamon. Thanks to Kumamon, Kumamoto Prefecture achieved nearly 90% national recognition, increased tourism by nearly 190,000 people, and sold up to 29.36 billion Yen in Kumamon peripheral merchandise in 2012! Even convenience stores in Taiwan are now getting

The MOBA blockbuster Heroes of Kingdoms co-developed by Gamania and Netease in China officially entered open beta (OB) on June 26. Netease Deputy CEO Wang Yi personally attended the OB press conference and joined Gamania Taiwan CEO Chuang Chengchi in announcing Heroes of Kingdoms's bid to dominate the MOBA gaming scene! Heroes of Kingdoms had already built up massive public support during closed beta by releasing the 10 vs. 10 grand melee and 5 vs. 5 classic mode. For the OB launch, six anti-heroes including Lu Bu, who everyone has been waiting for, will join the list of 60

With the approach of summer, the fun-loving nature of Gamanians stirs once more! That means Cheer Cup, Gamania's most hot-blooded sports carnival for the year is coming too! The town of Yingge with its cultural ambience was chosen as the site of the games this year. The venues ranged from an indoor gymnasium to the corners of the Old Street, so you can exercise indoors in air-conditioned comfort, or run and jump along the classical streets. There are even local delicacies to taste, making this a perfect itinerary for satisfying the mind and body! Come and feel the heat

Gamania's ultra-popular Maple Story game is now 9 years old. In readiness for a golden decade of Maple Story, Gamania announced that it will be launched the first wave of the YOU&I expansions that has been so enthusiastically welcomed overseas on June 26th. The outdoor and combat systems will be significantly upgraded to make monsters more unpredictable and exciting, and combat more fun and varied. Quests will also be simplified and the system interface made more intuitive to shorten the learning curve for players.  ▲《Maple Story is almost 9 years old. The first wave of the YOU&I expansion will

The popular sci-fi blockbuster Phantasy Star Online 2 (PSO2) developed by SEGA Japan and distributed by Gamania will release the new emergency order: Dark Falz from July 1st onwards, inspiring players' fighting spirit. In this expansion, the class level cap will be increased to LV. 50, greatly boosting player characters. Orders will also be upgrade with the Very Hard (VH) difficulty, so players may only challenge rare bosses but also have a chance of finding +10 weapons! Also in this release is the summer Bikini Costume and Taiwan-only Martial Arts Costume so players can get together with their friends

Summer has arrived and following on from the success of the giant outdoor boss expansion to Elsword, Gamania's most hot-blooded action online RPG game, a new heart-pumping 9th character ADD will be added on July 3. The new addition should add more firepower to the game content. In Elsword, ADD is a young yet rebellious genius who makes his first appearance as Nasod Conqueror, the natural enemy of the Nasod race. Using his powerful Nasod Dynamo, he can switch freely between long-range and melee attacks. Compared to other characters, ADD not only has a rich background but is also

The finale for this season of Mabinogi Heroes, the most realistic and elaborate game under the Gamania banner, will launch on July 22 and catapult players into the exciting adventures of Annwyn, a fiery land covered in burning lava that will test their wits and skill. On the way, two giant bosses will stand in their path. One is Ulchas, the arch mage and fallen hero, while the other is Lavasat, the fierce giant gatekeeper with a body of stone. To celebrate these upcoming adventures, Mabinogi Heroes will launch a series of Golden Time celebrations on July 22.  ▲Epilogue Ulchas

The most monumental game expansion of the summer is here! In a crossover between Gamania's most realistic and elaborate Mabinogi Heroes online game and Japan's popular fantasy anime Sword Art Online (SAO), the biggest SAO makeover this summer will take place between Jun 24 and July 22. Apart from the release of permanent limited edition sets based on popular SAO characters Kirito and Asuna, players will also receive SAO rewards or BUFF items for completing certain quests. During the summer break, players will have the chance to become popular SAO characters in a new age of sword and adventure!

The new battle mode for the long-running Lineage online game at Gamania was released on free servers in mid-February. The simultaneous release of Castle Siege 2.0 at the same time as Korea will keep things exciting all the way through summer break! In answer to the enthusiastic response from gamers and bring top gamers flocking to Lineage, the Lineage Reunion: Call of The Red Knights special event will be rolled out on monthly subscription servers from June 12 onwards that will provide gamers with free game time, useful equipment and consumables. A new server, Dawn Goddess, has also opened

The popular sci-fi blockbuster game Phantasy Star Online 2 (PSO2) by SEGA Japan, distributed by Gamania, has released the latest Floating Continent instance. On these islands floating high in the sky, ARKS explorers will not only face all kinds of dragons but also brace themselves against surprise crystal attacks by the big boss Quartz Dragon! As mid-summer approaches, the PSO2 lobby now features a magnificent dragon boat and steamed rice dumplings for decoration. Players that complete the new event-only missions will receive the first Camo Gunslash to be released for the Taiwan edition. In keeping with the hot summer

The multi-player online battle arena (MOBA) blockbuster Heroes of Kingdoms co-developed by Gamania and Netease, a leading Chinese game company, recently held two waves of closed VIP betas which received an overwhelmingly positive response from gamers. The no-reset closed beta that everyone has been waiting for will now launch on June 14. In addition to unlocking the widely popular 10 vs. 10 grand melee mode, the fast-paced classic 5 vs. 5 mode with new original maps will also be released at the same time. The Yellow Turban Uprising and Dong Zhuo the Usurper instances of the historical RPG mode

Creative Center Director, Pongo Kuo, “Sometimes people don’t want to love each other, so they love dogs. The film plays a joke on everyone. People gave up mutual communication and turned into one way communication with their pets. However, the funny thing is, right now with all the abuse, animal abandonment incidents going on in the society. In the film, the old doctor couldn’t afford to keep all the puppies, after little Tulip gave birth to 7, 8 of them, so he had to gave away the puppies. Later on he realized that these puppies had to suffer through