Dragon Quest is basically Dragon Ball in a dungeons-and-dragons-like fantasy setting with the same artist and character designer; the legendary Akira Toriyama. Considering the success of 2018’s Dragon Quest XI: Echoes Of An Elusive Age, it’s the best time for Toei Animation to announce a whopping

When's the last time you've seen a film that pays proper respect to Gary Gygax's Dungeons & Dragons and LARPing? I'm waiting. While Pixar's latest 3D animation offering Onward doesn't outright focus on D&D, but it does pay homage to its numerous established fantasy tropes from tabletop fantasy games to collect

Disclaimer: this feature will be updated periodically as new info gets revealed... It's been two decades since the release of Bioware's Baldur's Gate 2. Here we are, 20 years later on the cusp of Larian Studio's follow-up, Baldur's Gate 3. Does it look like it retains the mature old-school isometric spirit of the orig

A Hasbro investor event at New York Toy Fair this weekend confirmed that Baldur's Gate 3 will be out in Early Access form via PC later this year. Not only that, but the presentation also highlighted seven new Dungeons & Dragons games, including Dark Alliance. Hasbro plans to release one D&D game every year u

It's been about a month into 2020, but some of us are still hung up over what to call the best game last year. 2019 was probably one of the best years for gaming within the past few years. We saw companies rise above previous trials, and others with their armour cracking, revealing the true monsters inside. But enough

The Game Awards 2019 just concluded, and it was probably the biggest iteration of the annual event yet. It featured tons of surprises in the form of new game announcements, trailers, reveals, and a slew of guest appearances. The "so-called biggest night in gaming" (as creator and host Geoff Keighly calls it) is certai

Now that Netflix has its own dedicated team/division for Malaysia, it's easier to discover what's coming to our own regional lineup. The official Netflix Malaysia Twitter account has revealed everything new that's arriving here in December 2019, which you can check out below. 6/12: Marriage Story Three Days of Christm

I still recall playing Elder Scrolls: Skyrim for the first time. I felt accomplished as I knocked out quests, explored dungeons, picked flowers while stealing anything and everything in sight to sate my endless hunger for wealth… yeah. Countless hours later, I found that I had nothing left to do, combat felt s

The name Gary Gygax will always be remembered by nerds all around the world. Widely considered the "Father of role-playing games" for co-creating Dungeons & Dragons, Gygax passed away in 2008 and ever since then, his widow Gail Gygax has been working hard to preserve his legacy. [caption id="attachment_42441" alig

2019 has been one of the biggest years for comic book adaptations, with movies like Avengers: Endgame and Shazam!, as well as a slew of incredible TV series like Doom Patrol, The Boys, and the upcoming Watchmen. The same goes for the source material, as the comics industry is bursting with great new comics all the time

Roll for initiative, Dungeons & Dragons movie rights. Directors Jonathan Goldstein and John Francis Daley, who were supposedly going to direct the Flash standalone film before their exit, will be the dungeon masters for a possible Dungeons & Dragons big-screen revival (via Variety). The duo will be replacing

After seeing that pretty grotesque teaser trailer of a knight turning into a Dungeons & Dragons mind flayer, and a possible demonic invasion, most of us old-school CRPG players are psyched for Baldur's Gate III. Here's what we know about the upcoming game from developers Larian Studios, famous for the Divinity: Or

Larian Studios is best known for developing the Divinity series of games, most recently of which was 2018's Divinity: Original Sin II Definitive Edition. Now it seems that the developer is teasing a new game, which looks a lot like it's going to be Baldur's Gate 3. The developer attracted attention when a teaser image

In February 1995, a bunch of guys and their close friends and cousins, some of them with medical degrees and programming, decided to create a medical simulation programme to help people. They also happen to play video games during their spare time. With their medical field funds and profit, they figured "screw it", lau

Since the season of giving is still ongoing this month, this piece will be updated periodically. Welcome to Kakuchopurei's first-ever holiday gift guide special, where we suggest a bunch of games and gaming-related hardware for you to buy. Treat this feature as a guide to help shop awesome pop culture gifts for your

Disclaimer - This guide is under development; MapleStory 2 is an ever-changing MMO after all, so keep watching this space periodically for updates. So MapleStory 2 is out in open beta form, and you have no idea what to do. Despite its colourful aesthetics and googly eyes, there's a lot to take in once you're knee deep

Capcom released a beat-em-up collection called the Capcom Beat Em Up Bundle, which is also called Capcom Belt Action in Southeast Asia. Naming oddity notwithstanding, it's a collection of Capcom's finest beat-em-ups that aren't licensed fares; no Aliens vs Predator, no Cadillacs & Dinosaurs, and no Punisher. It's s

Dragalia Lost is the least innovative title among Nintendo's mobile game offerings, and this is coming from the folks who did Super Mario Run and Fire Emblem Heroes. It’s basically White Cat Project but with a new skin and that Nintendo touch. For those not in tune with the mobile gaming scene, White Cat Projec

This post is originally from The Last King podcast. Do check out their awesome audio shows here.  Adaptations are a tricky thing to pull off. Steer too far from its source material and you get an alien product that may not gel with its target audience. Stay too close to the source word for word, and you'll chase of

After a week of digestion, it’s time to unpack Asia Comic Con (ACC) 2018! Held on 13-15 July at the Sunway Pyramid Convention Centre, this geek convention was pretty hyped up in the past few weeks. If you had read our previous ACC write-up, you probably had a good guess regarding what’s on the menu for th