This story is still in development... This year's Evolution Championship Tournament boasts a number of cool finishes, upsets, and surprise moments. If you're a fighting game fan, you should know that these moments will echo in the annals of FGC history worldwide. Full disclosure: I recently got into BlazBlue Cross Ta

History has been made in one of the world's most prestigious comic book awards ceremony. During the Eisner Awards nomination and winners ceremony, the Hall of Famer segment has announced its first-ever female mangaka artist to be in this prestigious category. That artist is Rumiko Takahashi. You may remember her as th

In case you’ve been offline as the world passes by, the fourth edition of Visual Arts Expo 2018 was held over the weekend on 21-22 July at Shah Alam Convention Centre (SACC). Their special guest lineup include comic artist Dave Ross, Studio Orange’s Waki Kiyotaka, Studio Frontwing (FUMIO, Yosai Kuchu and

Last weekend (14 – 15 July) was a loud and a lit one for Battle Arena Malaysia. Between button smashing and filthy comebacks, both local and international fighting game players fought their best in the esports battleground much to the delight of the cheering spectators.     https://www.facebook.com/

Major Singapore telecommunications company SingTel and peripheral company Razer -that sometimes dub itself a Singaporean company when needed- are joining forces with a bunch of others to host a new Southeast Asian Esports tournament. It's called the PvP Esports Championship and it will be featuring the following games:

Man, Thailand is on a roll when it comes to major video game events, eh? First, it's the PlayStation Experience SEA 2018 expo, and now this Overwatch World Cup bombshell of an announcement. Blizzard recently announced that it is now selling tickets for the Overwatch World Cup Group Stages event. And one of the locatio

This story was originally posted on 22 June. This story is still in development, at least until July 6. So we announced this early morning on Facebook that the official Steam Intergalactic Summer Sale just started. Valve sure likes surprising people with these things, eh? In any case, it's that time of the month wher

Platform: PS4 Genre: Action, Gundam Gunpla Grindfest These days, the only successful toy franchise that is killing it with video games is LEGO. From the LEGO Star Wars titles to whatever the hell LEGO can grab nowadays -see LEGO Dimensions- you can't help but enjoy these games because of their "klik klak" collectable

Meet Jonne "Lyonaris" Lyonne and Alex "Angelican" Wong. They are but a few of the guys who help organize and flourish the Super Smash Bros. community in Singapore. They are also pretty good at the game and are training younger players to be better than them at the fighting game. In case you didn't know, Super Smash Br

We're at the last presentation of the week, but E3 2018 isn't over yet since the show floors open in the LA Convention Centre right now as we're typing this. So what's up, Nintendo? Getting Smashed True story: we were contemplating on doing a video on the new Nintendo Direct video just like with PlayStation and Bethesd

This feature is still in development; we have a new TCSS podcast coming up to cover the bottom topics, so stay tuned for those videos! Also, we're going to be streaming our live reactions on our Facebook page. Join us in the wee hours of the morning during the many E3 presentations! So now that we have a schedule to

Street Fighter history has been made, at least in Malaysia. CFN IAmChuan, a veteran player from the country, took first place in the Capcom Pro Tour SEA Online tournament during the past weekend. The online tournament featured 70 players from all across Southeast Asia, including a guy named Aronmanurung who trashed me

Ryan Mennen is an anomaly in Singapore society. Rather than confine himself to the norms of the country's expectations, he would rather make comics. And he is doing just that, albeit in a part-time method. Still, he is close to keeping the comic-making dream alive while still doing his best in maintaining relevancy wh

With the new Overwatch pink Mercy skin catching headlines since it's tied to a charity cause for breast cancer, it's only a matter of time until a prominent Southeast Asian streamer take up arms to amass more funds for a worthy cause. Enter the Philippines' very own Riku. Yeap, the same Riku we featured on our SEA str

Platform-makers like EnjinCoin and Bountie want its services to complement both hardworking gamers and players who want to train themselves into esports. Naturally, these sites are doing their best in keeping tabs on the market, as well as contribute to it in some shape or form. Based on recent reports from The Esports

Remember that old-school 2D RPG MapleStory from AsiaSoft? Of course you do; you're probably still playing it right now as we speak. That game's been around since god-knows-how-long; probably just as long as Ragnarok Online. Well, it's about time the series is getting a 3D sequel. Check out the Nexon trailer below: ht

Mark your calendars as BlizzCon is returning to Anaheim this November and tickets will be on sale next month. Officially announced earlier today, you can expect awesome stuff from the event as you immerse yourself with everything Blizzard - be it Starcraft II, World of Warcraft, Hearthstone to Overwatch. Like last year

Yes, we know that Southeast Asia runs on one season: Summer. But having the four Seasons calendar template makes it easy to segment our features. In this case, we're focusing on upcoming anime releases that are due this month and onwards. Here are our 12 personal picks of anime shows that will be out in this lukewarm

Ever wanted to see a bunch of fighting game community pro gamers and trolls hash it out in a reality TV-style backdrop, vying for a coveted slot for the upcoming ELEAGUE Street Fighter V tournament? No? Well too bad; you're getting one anyway. ELEAGUE will be releasing an online reality TV show called The Challenger.

There's nothing as hype-inducing as a short news piece about a new console, especially when it's dealing with the next PlayStation. The latest batch of rumours come from a source called SemiAccurate (via ResetEra). Previously, these guys have predicted that NVidia and Nintendo collaborated to make the Nintendo Switc