In 1989, the British scientist Tim Berners-Lee invented the World Wide Web, allowing people that can perhaps have nothing in common to connect with one another regardless of distance and time. The figure below is a map showing the link of the geographical locations of Facebook friends around the world in 2010. The brighter the lines, the more Facebook friends there are between the two cities. Internet-related technologies and services continue to grow. The Internet has become a major mean for us to communicate with our friends and family both in life and in the workplace. ▲ Source of Photo:

Gamania's popular game, "Maple Story" announces today (1st) that from today onwards until 27th March, it will be collaborating with the iconic anime, "Evangelion". In this collaboration, Aliens from "Maple Story" summons "Evangelion"'s Angels by mistake, thereby causing a chaos of invasion at the main village at the world of "Maple Story". Players will team up with "Evangelion"'s pilots like Shinji Ikari, Rei Ayanami and Soryu Asuka Langley, to complete missions in order to protect the world of "Maple Story". "Maple Story" is launching a series of limited quests for the collaboration. Players will earn "EVA Coins" upon completion

Look at the above movie poster, who do you think the owner of this advertisement is? Recently, the foreign marketing industry has popularized a new form of expression: disguising the brand's marketing advertisement as a movie, and even produce a trailer for it! Why would the brand make its customers spend so much time examining the piece of advertisement as a movie trailer, to only find out it is actually an advertisement at the end? What is this method of product marketing really about? Crocodile Dundee is back! Is it for real? The most representative example would be "2018

Gamania's online RPG "Elsword" opens its final stage of job-change, the 3rd 3Line, thereby allowing a third job-change for a total of 37 classes of heroes. The heroes are reinterpreted with Dark Powers, thereby successfully capturing the attention of Taiwanese players even before its launch. To celebrate the opening of the final stage of job-change, a series of events follows. From now on until maintenance on 22nd March, players that complete the 3rd 3Line and relevant quests will be rewarded the special 3rd 3Line Commemorative Accessory, as well as the different supporting Items such as potions, admission tickets for

Looking back at 2017 for Gamania, whether it’s strategic planning or brand development, the word of the year could very well be “Creation”! (At least that is the keyword in the opinion of this humble G!VOICE editor). In the term “Wave of Creation” (“創勢代” in Chinese) includes “Chuang” – “創”, the word for new energy, the momentum to propel the Group into the new year, and “Shi” – “勢”, the wave we ride to the top. “G!VOICE” hereby joins Gamania to review the year 2017, and welcome the new Wave of Creation! The Best of G!VOICE in 2017 From

Imagine the two following scenarios, what would you do? 1. You witness a child being bullied in front of you. Do you step up to stop it, or pretend you haven't seen anything, and slip away in fear of trouble? 2. In another situation, you bought a "bullied" hamburger, would you remain silent and accept it, or immediately talk to the store employee? This social experiment by Burger King is meant to highlight the fact that bullying is being ignored in real life. Rather than bore you with a speech, why not have you experience it for yourself? Burger

The highly anticipated, cross-generation NO. 1 mobile game "Lineage M" officially launched the servers today. The game was created by the Korean gaming giant NCSOFT and distributed by Gamania. Gamanis also has 2 Taiwan hero celebrities to endorse "Lineage M": Chen Chin-Feng and Tai Tzu-Ying. The athletes are a perfect match for the games megastar status. Since the pre-registration begun on October 10, which is Taiwan National Day, 2.5 million members have signed up and broke the record in Taiwan. Chen Chin-Feng and internationally renowned designer Aaron Nieh attended the press conference on December 11 to announce the astonishing

The highly anticipated launch of "Lineage M" was a immediate hit on the market. The sophisticated game design is one thing, but the choice of celebrity endorsers is even more interesting. "Lineage M" chose 3 celebrity endorsers: Chen Chin-Feng, Tai Tzu-Ying, and Aaron Nieh. All 3 are top players in their fields, and every narrated line in their ads connect their expertise with the game. However, some gamers still said "I don't see a direct link from the game to these endorsers, what do they have to do with Lineage M?" ▲ The Lineage M ad with Taiwan baseball

The highly anticipated, cross-generation NO. 1 mobile game "Lineage M" officially launched the servers on December 11. The game, created by the Korean gaming giant NCSOFT and distributed by Gamania, performed exceptionally in number of logins and broke several industry records with historical success. In order to provide Taiwan, Hong Kong, and Macao gamers the ultimate experience, Gamania has been preparing for years, while NCSOFT also deployed a hundred-member team to Taiwan for support. The "Lineage M" IP attracted cross-industry partnership with significant brands in transportation, telecommunications, foods, lifestyle, and ticket sales, bringing "Lineage M" into daily lives of

   ▲"The Great Buddha+" poster  ▲ "The Bold, The Corrupt And The Beautiful" poster This year's Golden Horse Awards was a sweeping success for Taiwanese films. The awards won between the two films "The Great Buddha+"and "The Bold, The Corrupt And The Beautiful" include Best Leading Actress, Best Supporting Actress, Best Supporting Actor, Best Feature Film, Best Director, Best Cinematography, Best Original Film Score, Best Adapted Screenplay, and the Audience Choice Award. One could call the two films shining lights in the dark, as they both carry a sense of darkness in the stories. "The Great Buddha+" is a

Gamania's hit game "MapleStory" is offering a limited period new gaming mode Level 10 Player Boss Challenge "LAB Special Server". The new mode is available to gamers in Hong Kong, Macao, and Taiwan until December 27. Gamers can fight monsters and gain experiences as much as they wish with the enjoyment of rebirths and unlimited equipment upgrades. Challenge a tougher monster in LAB server, experience beyond the MapleStory world. The new Level 10 Player Boss Challenge "LAB Special Server" is available until December 27. Any gamer who completes the LAB mission will receive a corresponding reward, part of which

PIXNET UX Lab had previously shared some insight regarding "Beauty Readers" and "Travel Readers". This issue, we will talk about the last part of reader experience that everyone has had before: looking up restaurants and food online. What really goes on in the foodie reader's mind when they are searching for food online and ultimately makes a decision? We will unlock the secrets of a foodie reader in this issue of UX Experience! ▲ "Location + type of cuisine" search behavior of a foodie The responders have two types of restaurant search methods. One is to run a general

Tommy Chen opened the speech by saying "If you follow my daily regimen for three years, I guarantee you will be able to compete in the 700km Yukon Arctic Ultra race in Canada." The audience's laughter indicates "Not likely!" The crowd's immediate inner thoughts are the very ones that Tommy overcomes each and every day. Tommy's road to the race in an arctic marathon was long and full of challenges. In 2008, his dream began at Gamania, where he teamed up with CEO Albert Liu and Kevin Lin to win third place in the 650km arctic ultramarathon. However, he

Coture is Taiwan’s largest original content video platform. Its show “Fujin Street - Stories of the Street” has received rave reviews after initial broadcast. Shortly afterwards, Coture’s second original series - the boy’s love (BL) drama “Dark Blue and Moonlight” chose to announce its filming at Gamania Group. The religious ceremony was attended by Coture CEO Homme Tsai, the show’s director Adiamond Lee, the filming crew, and the show’s Golden Bell Award-winning writer Wu Luo-Ying. The up-and-coming actors stood side-by-side in a row like a collection of tall statues that could rival boy band F4! ▲ Coture’s original drama

Coture’s popular original drama “Ghost High School” is running now, and has exceeded 1.5 million views while ratings climb at exponential speeds. Edison Song hides his good looks and image in the series; he raps, farts, gets diarrhea, rolls his eyes, and completely destroys the persona of “Days We Stared at the Sun II”. The Internet is in disbelief with the transformation and concluded “That is totally Chunibyo”. Wu Chien-Ho also commented on this second collaboration with Song “I didn’t know Edison and I could act like that!” Episode 3 will broadcast at 23:00, and the viewers are looking

“Lineage” - if ever there ever was a game that transcends generations, and makes those teenagers who have become adults still reminisce with joy, if ever there was a game you could plunge into a virtual world of unique socioeconomic culture, “dare to attempt what you could only dream”, it would be the one and only online game - “Lineage “. In 2000, Gamania began to distribute NCsoft’s hit online game “Lineage”. Taiwan was still using dial-up Internet at the time, and “Lineage” created a public frenzy for online gaming, and started a brand new chapter of Gamania’s online

This is a meaningful case of brand marketing. "Heineken" has its eyes on the "+Pool" project which "a group of crazy people wants to use non-chemical methods to filter 2.27 million liters of river water per day, and allow New Yorkers to jump into a clean and clear East River to swim once again". Once the number of supporters reach 100,000, Heineken will donate USD $100,000 to make this dream come true. ▲ Imagine what a floating swimming pool would look like on the East River in New York City. Why is it important? If this project is feasible,

Gamania recreational racing game "PopKart" will be introducing the brand new racing model - "Golden Paragon 9", to the gamers of Taiwan, Hong Kong, and Macao from September 1 to 15. "Golden Paragon 9" is released in Taiwan, ahead of Korea. This collector's item is designed based on the popular Taiwanese children's game "hoop rolling", and decorated with golden metal, showcasing a unique local Taiwanese style. The game introduces new characters "Qianqian" and "Tuta" with the 90s classic student fashion. Their story of young love is a reminder of those youthful years in school and adds a fresh storyline

Taiwan has one of the highest density in scooters among the countries in the world. Major scooter brands in Taiwan are extremely competitive in terms of prices and creative marketing campaigns. Everyone wants to become the top consumer's choice. The scooter market usually target (high school seniors to) college students. First, the target group are pursuing new purchases; second, their first purchase often determine future purchase considerations; finally, brand management must gear towards the youth. Therefore, the mission for the brands is to understand the different demands of various generations of college students. The basic task would be to