Ever since Activision-Blizzard was made official, nay, back even to when Diablo III came out with its auction house nonsense, Blizzard hasn't been the same since. Many developers in the company back in 2010 onward felt this, which is why many of them have left to create their own studios, with their own freedoms and au

Article originally published on 27th March 2020. We're bringing it forward because of Malaysia's lockdown week starting 1st June. With Malaysia’s Controlled Movement Control Order back again after months of some normalcy, we may need to social distance ourselves a lot longer than usual. And also wash our hand

The PlayStation Store is having a massive Sega sale from 26 May to 9 June, featuring a bunch of Sega and Atlus titles with awesome discounts. Here are the highlights: Yakuza: Like A Dragon for 50% off for the PS4 version at S$37.45/RM114.50. Yes, you should get this RPG if you haven't: it's the best version o

Creative Assembly has officially announced Total War Warhammer 3. Total War Warhammer 3 is the culmination of a trilogy after 2016's Total War Warhammer and 2017's Total War Warhammer 2, and is an elaborate turn-based strategy series shot through with intimate, real-time battles. It builds on Creative Assembly’

Creative Assembly is working on a new multiplayer FPS game. The Total War UK-based developer is best known for its epic real-time strategy games on PC like Total War: Three Kingdoms and Total War: Warhammer 2. However, the UK-based developer has also dabbled in other genres in the past, including the hack and slash

For the rest of the best in 2020, head here. #2: 13 Sentinels - Aegis Rim On the surface, the plot of this PS4 exclusive seems typical and bears a ton of anime tropes. Kids on mechas, giant monsters called kaijus invading planet Earth, short skirts and long legs, well-endowed school nurses. Once you've reached yo

Platform: PS4 Genre: Adventure game/visual novel/real-time strategy/all the animes When you think sci-fi epics, you think of the names Frank Herbert, Isaac Asimov, Ray Bradbury, Robert A. Heinlein, Orson Scott Card, and a few others. There are a good number of talented authors who set the standard and template of t

Last week, Blizzard announced that they have stopped the development of new content for StarCraft 2. Now, a group of former Blizzard developers and veterans (who previously worked on StarCraft 2, amongst others) have formed a new studio called Frost Giant Studios. The new company will focus primarily on real

A Total War Saga: Troy was free for its first 24 hours on the Epic Games Store last week, and Creative Assembly has announced that a whopping 7.5 million people claimed the game during the 24 hours that it was available for free. Creative Assembly chief product officer Rob Bartholomew said (via PC Gamer): "We

For the few of you who bought a Wii U, you probably enjoyed its library of titles like the action-puzzle "strategy type" Pikmin 3. Well, you can rest assured that the sequel will be getting the deluxe treatment on Nintendo Switch this 30th October. Pikmin 3 Deluxe Edition will feature full story mode co-op, new side m

Atlus has announced the English release date for Vanillaware's sci-fi action-slash-strategy art-savvy title 13 Sentinels: Aegis Rim. The game will be out 22nd September for PS4. The game will have English voiceovers via a Day 1 patch. If you are able to pre-order the physical version of the game, you can score an excl

Genre: First-Person Shooter & Real-Time Strategy Half-And-Half Combo Platform: PC, PS4, Xbox One When you're a high-end game designer and producer who want to break off from your long-standing employer-slash-contractor, and create something brand-new, it can be scary. Sometimes it pays off in the long run, like De

First up, here's the gaming news recap for the week of 31st May to 5th June. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9SbnKSjVrxk&t=2s Apart from the weekly news recap, we've also added our 2 cents on companies suddenly caring about people's political agenda right after the past weekend's protests and riots. Head to 4:43

The wait is over, Command & Conquer fans who want to replay their classic real-time strategy games in 4K high res glory & reworked assets. We'll be getting this collection, which includes Command & Conquer: Tiberian Dawn, Command & Conquer: Red Alert, and their three respective expansion packs, this 5th

While we wait for Doom Eternal to release in March, it seems like there aren't any interesting games at the moment. Or are there? The arrival of Metro Exodus on Steam aside, there are actually a few interesting-looking titles that came out this month. Let's have a look. Death and Taxes (RM30) Release Date: February

Good news for UK studio Ndemic Creations: the company has recently seen rising sales in its game Plague Inc., a real-time strategy that lets you destroy the world with an ever-evolving pathogen. This is clearly coinciding with the recent Coronavirus outbreak that killed 26 people in China so far. Most of the sales are

Blizzard is feeling extra jolly this year, with a Holiday Sale taking place from now to 7 January 2020, where there are discounts on many of the publisher's major titles. It's the best time to indulge in a shopping spree of new games. Here are some of the best deals: World of Warcraft Celebrate Winter Veil with th

Platform: PC Genre: Sid Meier's Civ + Command & Conquer + 2019 spit & shine = this The second Age of Empire is being repackaged once again, but at least there's a few new things added to make its price justifiable. The Definitive Edition straddles between being a remaster and a remake. Its art and AI has been

Sometimes, you just have to suck it up and improvise when things don't go as planned, or when the seemingly bottomless money pit is finite. Just ask Singapore studio BattleBrew Productions. The original idea for its BattleSky Brigade game was going to be a meaty real-time strategy title with its own three playable rac

Relic Entertainment recently unveiled the first-ever glimpse at the gameplay in Age Of Empires 4 last week during the X019 London Inside Xbox live stream. Creative director Adam Isgreen was there during the weekend to reveal more details about the upcoming game. According to PCGamesN, Isgreen confirmed that Age Of Emp