If you got to the ATM to withdraw some money and instead of money, it dispensed a plane ticket to Disneyland, or "gives you 1 dollar when you wanted 50 cents", how would you react?  TD Trust, a Canadian Bank, launched the "TD Thanks You" campaign to give customers a surprise. To convey the message "TD Trust is a bank that understands you", the Automated Teller Machines (ATM) in some regions were secretly converted to Automated Thanking Machines. These machines look just like a normal ATM. It's only when you insert your card and prepare to operate the machine

Gamania's leisure racing game Kart Rider released its biggest expansion this year simultaneously in Taiwan, China and Korea: Transformers. The first two new karts are of course Optimus Prime, the leader of the Autobots, and Galvatron, the leader of the Decepticons! The two new karts completely overturned players' impression of the game because when the players hit the boosters while in motion, their kart immediately turns into a transformer and keeps going. Along with the all new karts, Kart Rider is also releasing the all new Transformers Track and the official website has also been revamped with a Transformers

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

To thank its large fan base for their support after many years in the Taiwanese market, Gamania's most thrilling shooter game, Counter strike Online, began conducting a large-scale player survey in April this year to learn what players hope to see in game content and future expansions. The Taiwanese and Korean operation teams will roll-out progressive changes to the game content based on player feedback and breathe new life into Counter Strike Online! The expansion being rolled out tomorrow (24th) will focus on the three main expectations of New Classic Mode, Auto Warehouse Expansion and Weapon Try-out System. Players

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 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

Group CRO Alan Guo, “Secret stories hidden behind these classic arts, through the first visual interactive art technique in Taiwan, presented in front of our eyes as if they’re real. At the exhibition scene, you could see the process and thoughts these painters had when they created these arts. You could see them talking and interacting with one another. You can even wave and say hello to Mona Lisa and ask her questions. You could even walk into Van Gogh’s famous painting, ‘The Starry Night’ and take a picture. This lively and interactive way to re-connect with classic arts

Men and women dressed in 70s retro outfits: head scarf, bell-bottomed pants, over-the-top makeup, dancing feverishly on the stage, the uproar through the roof. The venue was NTU stadium, this was the “Agogo Night”, Gamania’s 2010 year-end party.  For Gamania, the year-end party is the one of the most important annual events. A day when group shows their gratitude and appreciation towards the staff and when Gamanians can relax, have fun and show their passion towards fun.  In the past, the year-end party always had a theme and this year was no exception. 2010 was the “battle year” for

Gamania Fiercest Award December Winner: 恋姫†夢想 ▲GJP-Chief of Operation, Hideki Nakajima 恋姫†夢想 was based on a PC game, 恋姫†無雙 launched by BeaseSon in 2007. The background of the game was set at the “Three Warring States” in China, but replacing all the male characters with beautiful maids. The game was well-received in Japan since its debut launch and gradually moved on to other fields such as cartoon, console game, comics and other spin-off products. The game won the “Moe-Style Game Award” in 2009, and is truly a well-deserved work.  GJP developed恋姫†夢想, a webpage strategic game based on the existing

GHK’s annual spring banquet has come to an end. This year’s Spring Banquet got pump up through the roof, because not only did everyone enjoy a prize of their own but the management dressed up and danced and sang for the staff! Opening Address Before the dinner began, we were honored to invite many senior management to give opening speeches. Albert said that GHK has achieved impressive result in the past year, it was an exhilarating news for everyone! Albert then gave a toast along with GHK-COO, Yaling and GUS-COO, David and announced the beginning of Spring Banquet.  International

Gamania’s self-produced game, DIVINA received positive results in Japan and Hong Kong markets and won the Game of the Year at Tokyo Game Show in 2010. To give Taiwan comic and animation fans a chance to watch it in advance, Gamania decided to show it at the booth in Comic World Fancy from February 19 and 20 2011.  Thousands of players flooded in Comic World Fancy. DIVINA booth not only exhibited brand new games but giving away free gifts, causing quite a game trial frenzy. There were many interesting events and anecdotes at the scene, we will show you

Gamania’s self-produced game, Lucent Heart began it’s second CCB in February 2011, releasing 1,200 accounts and launching “Prepare for Love Beta” campaign. Participants would receive a “Cupid Key” and be paired up with others to go through different tasks. The final winner who successfully pass all the tasks would receive extravagant garment from Gamania and would host a grand wedding ceremony in Lucent Heart.  Let’s take a look at some of the memorable CCB scenes in the campaign: ▲ Paired up players arrived at the wedding party riding a fancy wedding carriage offered by Gamania ▲ After finishing the

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

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