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Steam Autumn Sale Brings Thousands of Discounts for Gamers; Here Are The Best Ones

The leaves might be falling, but your game library doesn’t have to. Steam has kicked off its much-anticipated Autumn Sale, offering gamers the perfect excuse to dive into new adventures or revisit old classics—all at discounted prices. Running now until 2:00 PM (GMT+8) on 4 December, this annual sale is packed with what Valve promises to be ...

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This Malaysian Honkai Star Rail Voice Actor & Studio Are In Diablo 4: Vessel Of Hatred

Score one for Malaysia yet again in the gaming industry, as one of the country's top-tier voice talents & studios are in one of this month's big games. First up: SuLing Chan, known for portraying Mayday in hit indie title No Straight Roads and Bailu in gargantuan JRPG-made-in-China Honkai Star Rail, has landed a part in the latest expansion ...

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Happy Malaysia Day: A Journey Through Malaysia’s Game Dev Evolution

Significant milestones and contributions have marked Malaysia’s journey in the video game development industry. From the early days of outsourcing to the rise of local studios making global waves, Malaysia’s game development scene has evolved remarkably. In celebration of Malaysia Day, we explore this evolution through a detailed timeline of ke...

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VTubers & Game Studios Celebrate Malaysia’s Independence Day With Songs & Artwork Aplenty

VTubers are still ongoing with their crusade of entertaining viewers and fans with their game-playing, karaokeing, and watchpartying ways. On the other end of the spectrum, game developers in the local scene are taking a nice long weekend from all the hard work in games-making. With 31st August ongoing right now, the Malaysian versions of these ...

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Happy Independence Day: Top Game Development Studios in Malaysia

Malaysia's game development industry has been steadily growing over the years, and on the occasion of Malaysia's 67th Independence Day, it's a great time to shine a spotlight on the top game development studios in the country. These studios have been instrumental in putting Malaysia on the global map in the gaming industry, and their creative work ...

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Masahiro Sakurai’s Latest Game Design Video Highlights Two Southeast Asian Games

The legendary Kirby, Kid Icarus: Uprising, and Super Smash Bros. game designer Masahiro Sakurai has used two fine Southeast Asian indie games in his latest game design talk, this time on graphics and their impact on gaming fun. In his talk, he brings up two Southeast Asian gaming examples when going through titles with impactful visual appeal: T...

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We Talk To The Director Of Hi-Fi Rush About How They Kept It A Secret, Its Action, & The No Straight Roads Comparison

Hi-Fi Rush is out now for PC and Xbox, and it's a helluva trip from the developers of The Evil Within series and Ghostwire: Tokyo. What's really cool is that it's a 5-year project in the making that didn't even leak; it just came out of the woodwork during the Xbox and Bethesda Developer Direct livestream. We managed to be the first Southeast As...

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No Straight Roads Music Director Has Words About Hi-Fi Rush; Points Out Easter Egg [Update]

Bethesda and Tango Gameworks' new action game Hi-Fi Rush is a lovely blend of 3D action ala Devil May Cry, cel-shaded presentation like Viewtiful Joe, and music rhythm mechanics from Rhythm Heaven. In fact, the action-music-rhythm game hybrid is clearly inspired by 2020's Malaysian-made title No Straight Roads, and inevitable comparisons will be ma...

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No Straight Roads Director Talks About Hi-Fi Rush

Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery and is a pretty common trend in video games. The recently-released Hi-Fi Rush from Tango Gameworks is a really fun action game that is similar in mechanics to a 2020 indie video game made in Malaysia: No Straight Roads. One might even say that the game's executive producer Shinji Mikami and his team m...

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Hi-Fi Rush Is A New Action Rhythm Game From Tango Gameworks; Out Right Now

During the Xbox Bethesda Developer Direct live stream earlier today, Tango Gameworks announced their next game, the action rhythm game Hi-Fi Rush. The developer is best known for previously releasing horror or horror-adjacent titles such as The Evil Within, The Evil Within 2 and last year's Ghostwire Tokyo (check out our review of that here). Th...

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Metronomik Is Currently Hiring For Their Next Game, Ondeh-Ondeh

Malaysian games developer Metronomik has announced that they are currently hiring and have opened a lot more job positions. According to their tweet, they are giving priority to local talent from Malaysia, so fellow Malaysians should definitely try it out if any of you have ever had dreams of working at a video game company. Other details on the...

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Rhythm Game Unbeatable Collabs With Malaysia’s No Straight Roads

D-CELL GAMES has announced the Unbeatable x No Straight Roads collaboration. Starting from today's patch V1.0.8, Unbeatable players can play One Eye Closed's Low, the ending theme of No Straight Roads. In addition, a new stage inspired by NSR's "Vinyl City'' is featured alongside the song in Unbeatable. Unbeatable [white label] is a special ...

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No Straight Roads Developers Announces Audio-Centric Game Ondeh Ondeh

Metronomik, the folks behind the acclaimed 2020 action music game No Straight Roads, has announced its new upcoming title named after Malaysia's famous klepon snack: Ondeh Ondeh.  Ondeh Ondeh is billed as a fantastical audio-centric game. Based on the trailer, it's looking like a 3D action-adventure title with most likely some platforming, pu...

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No Straight Roads Is A Few Steps Short To Action Gaming Greatness…

Review originally published on 25th August, 2020. It's bumped up due to the Steam version that's out right now. Platform(s): PC (Epic Games & Steam), PS4, Xbox One Nintendo Switch Genre: Uniquely Malaysian music-rhythm action mash-up Readers on this site may notice my affinity to hyper-stylized action games like the Bayonetta games and r...

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Su Ling Chan Of No Straight Roads Is The First Malaysian To Voice A Major Anime Series

Kageki Shoujo!!, a pretty popular anime series about acting troupes practising to be the best, will be one of the first major titles to sport a Malaysian talent in its official English voice casting. Su Ling Chan, whom you may know as the VO of Mayday from hit 3D action music-laced game No Straight Roads, will play Akiya Shirakawa's mom as well ...

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No Straight Roads Encore Edition Drops On Steam Later This Month

Malaysian developer Metronomik has announced that No Straight Roads Encore Edition will launch for PC via Steam on 21 October 2021. The PC Steam version of No Straight Roads was originally announced in August 2021. No Straight Roads Encore Edition includes the base game along with brand new exclusive content, including an expanded collection of ...

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Metronomik Is Working On Next Game; No, It’s Not No Straight Roads 2

Metronomik has announced that they are already working on a new game during a live stream to celebrate their first-year anniversary of No Straight Roads. During the live stream, Metronomik CEO Wan Hazmer confirmed that the Malaysian developer's next game will be a brand new IP and it won't be No Straight Roads 2. He doesn't reveal any other d...

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No Straight Roads Steam Version Announced

Metronomik has announced a Steam PC version of No Straight Roads during a live stream to celebrate their first-year anniversary. The stream is still ongoing at the time of writing, so more details will be added soon. Check out the Steam page for No Straight Roads Encore Edition here. The title of the Steam version is No Straight Roads Encore ...

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The Malaysian Video Games Scene Deserves More Respect

I recently came across the following tweet making its rounds in the Malaysian Twitter-sphere. Essentially, the caption read "If you think that there's no future in video games, look at them" accompanying the photos of two leading video game streamers in Malaysia, Mohd Faris “Soloz” Zakaria and the other, Imran 'Vokey' Rosli. Whil...

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This No Straight Roads Fanzine Features Great Artwork For Free

Here's a treat for all you fans of Malaysian studio Metronomik's No Straight Roads. You can grab this No Straight Roads Fanzine digital artbook for free, and it features over 60 pages of rocking illustrations from more than 40 amazing artists dedicated to the game's unique visuals and characters. https://twitter.com/NSRZine/status/136443...

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