To say that 2023 is full of game releases is underselling the year. It's a helluva bounty. Because of game release reschedulings and other factors involving real-life quarantines, a lot of pushbacks had to happen and as a result, 2023 became "that" year where everyone just dogpiles their releases with little to no c

The Game Awards 2023 took place on 8 December 2023. Baldur's Gate 3 from Remedy Entertainment is the biggest winner of the night, with a total of 6 awards. Check out the full The Game Awards 2023 winner list below: GAME OF THE YEAR Alan Wake 2 (Remedy Entertainment/Epic Games Publishing) Baldur’s Gate

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

The Game Awards 2023 is taking place on 8 December 2023 from 8.30 am GMT+8, but Geoff Keighley has announced the nominated games. You can vote now on the official website here. You can also head on over here for last year’s winners and announcements. Survival-horror title Alan Wake 2 from Remedy Entertainmen

The annual SEA Awards during Level Up KL 2023 celebrates the best and brightest in the Southeast Asian video games business. From small-scale indie games to student titles, these are the games and companies that are worth your attention and adoration. Here are your winners for this year's SEA Awards.   Best

Mojiken Studio has been around a lot longer than you might realize. The Indonesian game studio, based out of sunny Surabaya, has been alive and kicking since 2013. Originally an outsource studio for illustration work, now the studio is known for being behind the global hit A Space for the Unbound. https://www.youtub

Last Time I Saw You is an upcoming narrative game by Maboroshi Artworks, telling a melancholic story of heartbreak and emotion, set in Japan in the late 80s. The art style of the game radiates a sense of warmth, and the story is set to tug at your heartstrings. We had the chance to do a quick interview with game dir

In this day and age, story and narrative are just as important as gameplay in video games these days, especially in the indie space where people want to tell their stories to captivate, entertain, and inform. As such, incredibly-focused game design expos like LudoNarraCon are very crucial in keeping this segment of the

Platform(s): PC (version reviewed), PS4, Nintendo Switch Genre: Adventure game set in 90s rural Indonesia It's rare to see a January video game title at the start of a year to captivate and entice my jaded palette, much less one made by a small studio that took 7 years and even went through some publisher kerfuffle

Happy new year to everyone! What are your new year’s resolutions? Over here, we’re really excited to get our hands on as many new games as possible, especially ones produced in Southeast Asia! The landscape of gaming in our own backyard has continued to change and evolve with every coming year, and 2023 is no ex

MDEC and Level Up KL recently hosted the SEA Game Awards 2021, where they pick the best of the best in indie games and Southeast Asia-made titles for the year, as well as upcoming ones. The majority of categories were dominated by Indonesian video game companies, followed by Malaysia at a close second. Here's the fu

Level Up KL 2021 has recently announced the full list of nominated games for the SEA Game Awards 2021. The motley crew of games are definitely a mixed bag, ranging from visual novels to 2D platformers. Here's the full list along with each title's respective trailer: •The Company Man by Forust Studio M Sdn B

The Malaysia Digital Economy Corporation (MDEC) via its LEVEL UP KL initiative, announced the hosting of SEA Game Awards 2021. In its fifth iteration, the SEA Game Awards is set to recognise and celebrate the creativity, artistry and technical genius of the finest developers and games from the South-East Asian video ga

2020 is coming to a close, and it sure is filled with a ton of games from your triple-A stuff to indies. Is 2021 going to be the same? You bet! Thanks to the Xbox Series and PS5 existing, and possibly being available mid-2021, there's going to be a need for games to entertain yourselves. From the bigwig titles

Level Up KL 2020 once again played host to the SEA Game Awards for the fourth time in a row. The awards show aims to recognize and celebrate the creativity, artistry and technical genius of the finest developers and games from the Southeast Asian region, as well as upholding creative and technical excellence in the

We're in the middle of June, and we've already seen a boatload of game previews and a couple of new console showcases. It's nice to know that digital events can still thrive amidst COVID-19, but we do miss playing demos of upcoming games. Well, you can do that in this Summer edition of the Steam Game Festival, where t

Just like with Chinese New Year, Hari Raya Aidilfitri comes with its own specialized green-themed holiday cards. Video game companies from all over Asia create special ones to celebrate this glorious time. Check out our favourites below: Metronomik Zuke and Mayday are in traditional garb in this simple-but-sweet Met

We're in the middle of the Steam Game Festival: Spring Edition now, and there's dozens of free demos to play. I like the word "free", as well as the idea of trying out upcoming games in a virtual event space, so I had a go with about 15 demos, which is just a small slice of what you can try. I didn't like everything I

We checked out Coffee Talk from Toge Productions and it was really fun. So naturally, we look forward to anything they're either developing or publishing. Well, if you want more slice-of-life games set in esoteric locations, you may want to check out A Space for the Unbound. The adventure game is developed by Mojiken

Platform: PC (version reviewed), PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5 Genre: End Times-Setting Visual Novel Philosophy Pondering Written By Juveniles In Malaysia, there is a derogatory term called "syok sendiri" which is basically "self-conceited/self-absorbed", a dangerous feeling and mentality to have when making games i