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This year's Level Up KL 2023 gaming B2B and B2C expo is a big one indeed. With companies like Shueisha on-board giving talks about game industry expansions, as well as publishers like Neon Doctrine and Toge Productions educating would-be developers and publishers, the weekend of 28 September to 1st October is a prime time for Kuala Lumpur to be a l...
It's a bold new day for the Malaysia Digital Economy Corporation (MDEC) as it is now fully venturing into gaming and web3 technology. MDEC is teaming up with Acxyn, one of the world's first Web3 IP tokenization platforms. The latter will be receiving a RM750,000 grant from the Malaysian government to mark "a significant milestone in the collabor...
Isekai Studio, a Malaysia-based gaming firm, is pleased to reveal “Star Symphony'', its highly anticipated competitive rhythm game with integrated blockchain technology. At the "New Frontier of Rhythm Games" event, held today at DADI Cinema - Pavilion KL, the studio presented its latest progress on their game which brought together industry leade...
Earlier this year we participated in a survey by Big Games Machine along with multiple other video game journalistic firms to help improve industry understanding of the media landscape and the working conditions in which video game journalists operate. Today we're going to share with you some of the key findings from this survey. ON AVERAGE, HOW M...
Rockstar co-founder Dan Houser, a rather important figure in the 2000s Grand Theft Auto games era, is the latest game maker in line to put money in blockchain and gaming. More specifically, Dan Houser has joined the advisory board of blockchain games firm Revolving Games after taking part in a US$13.2 million funding round. The game studio launc...
The new mobile idle card game Midgard Saga is available now in in Southeast Asia, Hong Kong, Macau, and Taiwan on the Apple App Store and Google Play Store. Developed by Yeeha Games, the game is a strategy-focused RPG that transports players to the lands of Midgard. Players will follow the arduous journey of Prince Forseti after the mysterious d...
Matrixport, one of the world's largest digital assets financial services ecosystems, and leading Southeast Asian esports house, Resurgence (RSG), today announced a joint initiative to prepare the esports gaming community for a future where financial services networks will be powered by blockchain technologies and digital assets will become commonpl...
Non-Fungible Tokens (NFT) games have been making the rounds across the web, and many of the faces behind the games may have been involved in some of your favourite games, whether you like it or not. For example, a Riot Games higher-up leaves for a chance to make NFTs work in brand-new games. Justin Hulog, is a former employee of Riot Games, the ...
It seems like almost every company in the video games industry is currently evaluating going into NFTs or the Metaverse. However, the backlash against NFTs and the Metaverse has made their sales and adoption slower than expected. According to statistics provided by a recent report from Newzoo, this will change soon. While many companies have exp...
Over the weekend, Mike Shinoda of Linkin Park fame has brought up interest in NFTs (non-fungible tokens) and wants to find out more about it via a civil chat online on Twitter. https://twitter.com/mikeshinoda/status/1479862699022372867 The result is the following take from the spinmaster himself: Great convo here. What I think I learned: - Peop...
The 1st of January 2022 means a ton of welcome messages from various video game companies. We'll be sure to compile the best ones in a separate article, but this one from Square Enix is attention-grabbing for the wrong reasons. In a New Year's open letter, Square Enix president Yosuke Matsuda expresses personal enthusiasm for blockchain tokens. ...
Earlier this week, Stalker 2/S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2 developers GSC Game World announced it would be selling off NFTs/non-fungible tokens/expensive receipts that grants it owners a presence in the game. A day later, they've cancelled those plans. Here is GSC Game World's official statement: "Dear Stalkers, We hear you. Based on the feedb...
Yes, this is a heckuva reality we're in. EA CEO and fistbump in human form Andrew Wilson calls non-fungible tokens (NFT) and "play-to-earn" blockchain games the "future of our industry". To be fair, he did add that the tech is still too early to figure out. This was during an EA earnings call this week: "I think that in the context of the games...
Fortnite, now in the middle of pitch battle of controversies, is still looking to jump into uncharted waters. Unlike its latest efforts to get into the mobile space, which has turned sour pretty fast, this one is a risky venture. In fact, it's pretty off-kilter even for an industry that is infamous for its constant experimentation. Making such a m...
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