The Bangkok Qualifier for the 2018 Overwatch World Cup kicks off today as six more teams vie for two playoff spots at this year's BlizzCon. After two earlier stages which saw host countries South Korea and United States joined by Finland and Canada respectively, the Thailand stage appears to be the hardest one to call

Platform: PS4 Genre: Action Adventure, Spider-Man Simulator Amazing. Astonishing. Spectacular. Sensational. Those are but a few of the adjectives games media journalists who review the game would choose to describe Marvel's Spider-Man for the PlayStation 4. But if you were to ask me what word I would choose? It

This feature is brought to you by the folks from The Last King podcast. Check out their awesome show & website here and here. Adventure Time is an ambitious Cartoon Network show that balances its fantastical absurdities with long-spanning narratives. In-between the 10-minute episodic adventures concerning (mis)adv

The Asian Games 2018 Esports demonstration tournament is done and over with. Sure, this whole week was a week-long exhibition. The medals don't count towards the official Asian Games tally. Still, it doesn't mean that its significance is lessened, far from it. This bold step into worldwide legitimacy means that we're

It's still early days for Konami's Pro Evolution Soccer (PES) 2019 but we've figured out a useful tip that should increase your chances of scoring from direct free kicks up to 25m from goal. We've tried and tested this method multiple times with a high success rate, even when using players whose free kick rating being

A playable demo of Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice was available at Gamescom 2018 and oh boy, there's a lot we need to talk about. Keep in mind that this isn't the final version of the game so some details and features might change. If you've played any of the Soulsborne games, you'll definitely compare Sekiro to its olde

With Dota 2 International season being the highlight this week, we're very sure that other new esports teams will want to jump in on this for next year's grand Dota 2 tournament, or even on any other esports-worthy game. But where should you start? What are the legal knowhows you need to know before forming a team so

Let's face facts: a movie like The Meg is only for the kind of audience who appreciates a certain kind of film of B-grade pedigree, like that one movie with the CGI dragons and Craig Robinson or the one where a giant shark fights a mega octopus. If you've seen the trailer, you've already made up your mind about the fil

After aeons of waiting, we finally have goddamn Castlevania characters in a Nintendo Smash Bros fighting game, and the last boss from the Donkey Kong Country games. According to the latest Nintendo Direct video an hour ago, Simon and Richter Belmont are now playable characters in the upcoming Super Smash Bros. Ultimat

It is finally here. After eight months of competition, 240 regular season matches, ten stage final matches and twelve exhilarating playoff contests, we are down to two teams competing for the big prize in the inaugural Overwatch League season's Grand Finals. In one corner, we have the Philadelphia Fusion; a rag-tag tea

At San Diego Comic-Con 2018 recently, Disney announced that Star Wars The Clone Wars CGI animated series would be returning for a seventh season containing 12 episodes. This news was totally unexpected, although recent successes of animated series revivals like Samurai Jack and Young Justice must have contributed to it

  You know what they say: if the adult entertainment industry is interested in a particular tech or digital fad, chances are it'll blow up. DVD, Blu-Ray, VR: everything is made more popular when porn is factored into the mix. You can now add "esports" as the world's first "adult-themed" esports tournament is ann

It's one thing to report about developers getting fired over community outrage or over something silly you said in a public landscape. It's another to somehow frame the whole story and narrative to make it seem like the fired parties are the true victims here, being oppressed by the very same fanbase who are toxic in n

Earlier this week, PlayStation Asia teased its PlayStation Experience (PSX) SEA gaming expo. We even came up with a few predictions ourselves on where it may take place. Turns out that it'll be in Bangkok, Thailand on the 18 and 19 August at the GMM Live House. Unlike the one last year in KL, this new PSX SEA will las

So earlier today, we ran a news article confirming that after a successful event in Kuala Lumpur last year, PlayStation Experience is returning to Southeast Asia in 2018. However, not much was revealed apart from the teaser posted on PlayStation Asia's Facebook page. No dates, no additional info, no location, the non-w

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

Remember that guy from the Konami E3 2010 press conference? Here, let's send you a reminder: https://youtu.be/l1vmrMAqeWM?t=1m35s The man's name is Tak Fujii and he's renowned for selling us Ninety Nine Nights 2 with his extreme delivery. Fast forward to now after his hiatus from Konami, he's now directing a new rhyt

E3 reaction videos have been a staple since the ex-Gametrailer guys (who now formed Easy Allies) started losing their collective s**** during the PlayStation press conference back in 2015. https://youtu.be/WY1p8ZgvqYM?t=3m28s Yes, we know these videos have been around since, but there's been quite a resurgence of the

Let us go back to the way-back-when machine, during the early and late 2000s. Before From Software became synonymous with Dark Souls, Bloodborne, and "goddamn tough-but-fair JRPGs with so much goth & despair", they used to make a ton of action games. https://youtu.be/MfPmRnheQKY?t=14m31s Action games with mythica

This report is based on an article by reputable Microsoft Xbox 'insider', Brad '@bsams' Sams whose leak about Halo Infinite last week being spot on. In his follow-up article  related to Halo Infinite on Thurrott.com, Sams pointed out that "the next iteration of Halo may only be a single player game and if all goes a