The Game Awards 2024 has made a special presentation for all indie games and companies to showcase their upcoming 2025 titles, as a way to hype up tomorrow's The Game Awards 2024 livestream at 8:30am GMT+8. Also, these titles might drown under the weight of potential megaton bomb news tomorrow, so it's good that there'

From the 16th to the 17th of November 2024, THE MAGIC RAIN’s Indie Jam returned with its signature Southeast Asian independent games showcase and industry conferences. Taking place at Xsolla Curine Academy in KL Eco City Mall, the event aimed to celebrate upcoming indie titles and student demos from across the region

[Update 24/10: games list for tomorrow added] First Australia, now New York City! Malaysia's own gaming community hangout for underrepresented folks, OutCrowd, is hosting an upcoming games showcase alongside Brooklyn, New York-based game developers collective Gumbo. The latter group will be showcasing 10 indie ga

Last week, we took a deep dive into Malaysia’s vibrant indie game development scene at Level UP Play 2024, and it’s all captured in our latest episode of Apa Gamers Mahu? (or What Gamers Want?). From exploring unique game projects to picking the brains of local developers about their inspirations, we got to the hea

Solo-dev Walaber, otherwise known as Tim, has announced that in response to fan requests, Parking Garage Rally Circuit will be coming to additional platforms…well, on the condition that the game sells enough copies, that is. While the game has already been announced for PC and Linux (yes, that means Steam Deck too

How wonderful it is as gamers that we have all these amazing games to play, great and small. As the years have passed, indie games have been making waves like never before in the gaming industry. But with all these big AAA games releasing constantly, half these Indies realistically don’t make it. Indie developers oft

The Games Exchange is an event being held as a collaboration between Outcrowd Malaysia and Noble Steed Games Australia. The collaboration saw both companies sharing 5 Indie games from their country. The games being showcased are all games you've probably never seen or tried before so if you're interested, it's being he

On the 26th of March, we were privileged enough to be invited for a special ID@Xbox Digital Session, previewing 4 new Indie games from across Asia. For those who don't know what ID@Xbox, here's the breakdown: the ID@Xbox is one of the Developer programs alongside the Creator Program created by Xbox to collaborate wi

Fancy a game built for speedrunners like yourself? Then this Digital Devolver-published 2D platformer might be your 2024 cup of tea. Pepper Grinder is a 2D platformer with lovely pixel art and a solid hook: you play a girl named Pepper who wields an awesome human-sized drill that lets her burrow through dirt, water,

December is the month when we recollect our thoughts and present them yet again in a retrospective fashion. Like in the form of a "Best Of Year" list to remember the good times while forgetting the bad times. While we do have a Best Games of 2023 list already out, we also have to praise the work done by the region w

Update [21/12/2023]: Persona Theory Games has posted an official statement. See below for the update. Update [11/12/2023]: Names have been added from recent Twitter posts to the story for better context. It's always unfortunate to uncover news of terrible workplace ethics and sexual harassment in any working field,

The name Jeff Minters may not mean much to this generation of gamers, but in the 80s and 90s he was a British legend and best-known game maker in the block. He's known for Tempest 2000, but also for classics and obscure hits like Gridrunner, Revenge of the Mutant Camels, and Llamatron. And now we're getting an inter

Among Us, developed by InnerSloth, has undoubtedly achieved remarkable success as an indie game. With its overwhelming popularity, the game has swiftly become a global sensation in recent years. Surprisingly, it seems that Among Us will be collaborating with other renowned indie games for an upcoming crossover event.

Cuisineer is out for PC and is a lovely roguelike and Diner Dash tribute mashup courtesy of Singaporean devs Battlebrew Productions. Because of how tight-knit the game development scene is in Southeast Asia, you're going to see some cameos and homages to other SEA games. Cuisineer is no different, as the game has ca

If you wish to show some love to your fellow Malaysian game developers and indie creators, this new hub page might sort that out for you. Hosted by one of our freelancers Sophie Azlan (game designer, game journalist), this Itch.io page features games from the SEA What I Made (SWIM) initiative that started in PAX Aus

It's going to be the end of 2023, and what better way to celebrate gaming than with a Southeast Asian showcase close to home? The upcoming Southeast Asia Games Onward (SEA GO) showcase is an upcoming video presentation from a Twitter group called South East Asia Game Aesthetic. The presentation aims to showcase game

Platform: PC (version reviewed), PlayStation 5, PlayStation 4 Genre: Puzzle game and walking sim In Viewfinder, Sad Owl Studios' latest adventure title, you explore a simulation filled with puzzles galore, with degrees of walking involved. What sets this one apart from other walking simulators is that the puzzles i

The adorable-looking adventure title Mineko's Night Market is getting a physical edition for a couple of platforms. Merge Games has announced a partnership with publisher Humble Games and developer Meowza Games to bring physical editions of the cat-filled adventure title to PlayStation 5 and Nintendo Switch. While t

Like perception and perspective puzzles? Then you'll love developer Sad Owl Studios' upcoming single-player adventure Viewfinder, which now has a release date and a sweet demo! Publisher Thunderful Games announced that Viewfinder will be out on 18th July for PC and PlayStation 5. Furthermore, a demo is out now for y

Spirit Interlude is a relaxed and cozy autobattler filled to the brim with spirits to discover, each with their own abilities. You can assemble and split your team into unique patterns that perform attack and defence, and the game allows for you to play in a casual way, or in a way that puts your tactical brain to work