Miss the fighting game offline scene? Well, Flash Vision has the next best thing: a major online fighting game tournament. The fighting game group will be hosting the upcoming FV Major X Level Up KL 2021 fighting game tournament from 20th to 28th November; a nice long week of 2D tournament fighting among Malaysia's

The Malaysia Digital Economy Corporation (MDEC) has announced the MY Digital Creativity Festival is a month-long event, brought to you by LEVEL UP KL and Kre8tif! to bring you the latest and greatest animation and games from the Southeast Asian region. MY Digital Creativity Festival is a combined animation and game

How wonderful it is as gamers that we have all these amazing games to play, great and small. As the years have passed, indie games have been making waves like never before in the gaming industry. But with all these big AAA games releasing constantly, half these Indies realistically don’t make it. Indie developers oft

The International Game Developers Association (IGDA) is known to have different chapters across different countries, acting as a resource channel, support network, and community hub for game developers across the country - the Malaysian chapter is no different, known mostly for organizing the Game Dev Hangout events th

Malaysian games developer Ghost Machine has announced that their upcoming action game Katana Rama will launch for PC via Steam on 15 September 2023. Katana Rama is a mobility-based and fast-paced action game with retro Dreamcast-like visuals where you play as a hacker program, with the mission of breaking out of a d

Art is sometimes described as the expression or application of human creative skill and imagination; a medium that transcends various experiences and senses, ultimately coming together to make something transformative in some shape, way, or form. Jaime Lau is one such transformative artist, a concept artist by trade, b

Let's face it. Female gamers are on the rise. Whether gaming is done for stress relief, competitively, or even just gaming development, us women, we're finally being seen for the big badass bosses that we are. That's why this month of March (on International Women's Day), we're celebrating women gamers that you may or

Malaysian games developer Ghost Machine 1.0 has announced that their upcoming action game Katana Rama will no longer be released for PC in February 2023. It has been delayed indefinitely with no new release date or specific month as a release window. However, in their statement (via Twitter), the developer mentions

Here's one of our guest posts for the end of 2022 from our lovely pals and industry friends. Go check out Arief's work at Twitch.tv.  To say that 2022 has been an eventful year in the Southeast Asian games industry is a deep understatement. This year we’ve seen everything from the return of major in-person trade

Malaysian developer Persona Theory Games has announced during Level Up KL 2022 that Kabaret is slated to release on PC via Steam and Epic Games Store, Xbox One and Xbox Series X/S in March 2023. The dark fantasy folklore narrative game will also be launching for the PS4, PS5, and Nintendo Switch at a later unannounced

Platform(s): PC (via Steam and Epic Games Store), PS4, PS5 Genre: Brawler, Party Game, Multiplayer We've been looking forward to Malaysian developer Passion Republic Games' GigaBash for years now, ever since we had a hands-on experience with the locally-made game at Level Up KL 2019. GigaBash is probably the bigges

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

Malaysia Digital Economy Corporation (MDEC) will be holding the Malaysia Digital Creativity Festival (MYDCF) 2021 throughout the month of November 2021.  With the aim to strengthen and catalyse the creative industry, MYDCF will seek to elevate the interest of the public and push forth the nation's digitalisation

It's been a while since we've heard about Malaysian developer Passion Republic's multiplayer arena brawler GigaBash. This Pax Online East 2021, GigaBash will launch its store page on Steam and Epic Games Store. The game is set to release on PC & PS4 in early 2022. Exclusive to PAX Online East 2021, a new

Hades is a force to reckon with. From the addictive gameplay & story to the music which heightens the gaming experience. I’ve been listening to the soundtrack; here are the top 10 things I love about it. 1. Those Awesome Odd Meters https://youtu.be/SqFaCDvHxU4 "Out of Tartarus" brings me back to

Platform: PS4, Android, iOSGenre: Narrative Adventure, Indie I played a bit of Malaysian indie developer DreamTree Studio's DeLight: The Journey Home at Level Up KL 2019. It turned out to be one of the event's highlights for me, leaving with a memorable experience, and I was excited to see more of th

505 Games and developer Magnus Games have announced that Re:Legend will launch for PS4, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch, and PC via Steam sometime in spring 2021. Re:Legend is an RPG featuring simulation mechanics like farming, crafting, fishing, and even Pokémon-like monster breeding. In our review,

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

2020 is a pretty crappy year for a lot of folks, especially for those looking for a job. Anyone who specifically needs a job in video games, especially in Malaysia and Singapore, would probably need a heads up for this sort of thing. Luckily, we're here to help. Rather than relying on the usual job portals that can

Last year during Level Up KL 2019, Sony Interactive Entertainment announced that they were going to open a new PlayStation studio in Malaysia. Sony Interactive Entertainment Worldwide Studios Malaysia Sdn. Bhd. (SIE WWS Malaysia) will provide art and animation services as part of SIE WWS activities, developing PlaySta