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Malaysia Indie Game Studio Accused Of Sexual Harassment & Workplace Abuse

Update [21/12/2023]: Persona Theory Games has posted an official statement. See below for the update. Update [11/12/2023]: Names have been added from recent Twitter posts to the story for better context. It's always unfortunate to uncover news of terrible workplace ethics and sexual harassment in any working field, especially in the video games...

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Indie Jam 2023: Southeast Asia’s Vibrant Celebration of Indie Gaming, Creativity, & Community Spirit

Our community is a small one but we are for sure a vibrant and close-knit community. A community full of passionate individuals. Passionate about what? Well, games, of course. All kinds of games. This weekend saw us fellow Southeast Asians celebrate our own Indie games. In a world where mainstream gaming often takes the spotlight, The Magic Rain, a...

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Indie Jam 2023: What You Need To Know

Experience Southeast Asian indie games at the Indie Jam 2023, at LaLaport BBCC in Kuala Lumpur. From the 18th to the 19th of November, this event will bring together gamers and developers for an exciting weekend. Indie Jam 2023, organized by The Magic Rain is the perfect opportunity to discover and support talented indie game developers from Sou...

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Unity Engine Announces New Runtime Fee; Developers Are Furious & Here’s Why

The Unity Engine came out in 2005 and has been a great cross-platform game engine used by many, many indie game developers to create their dream projects. The Ori series, Hollow Knight, Cuphead, Beat Saber, Monument Valley: you know an indie game, Unity's probably powering it. The company behind the engine, Unity, are shaking things up with its ...

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Kabaret Guide, Tips & Tricks: Monster Mastery

Kabaret is a dark fantasy folklore narrative game (visual novel, basically) based on Southeast Asian culture and myths. The protagonist, Jebat, is cursed and uprooted from his small town to a mystical and unforgiving monster realm. Kabaret’s mystery unfolds as Jebat interacts with other Southeast Asian monsters in Kabaret while uncovering the tru...

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Kabaret Monsters List: All The Southeast Asian Monsters In Kabaret

Kabaret is a dark fantasy folklore narrative game (visual novel, basically) based on Southeast Asian culture and myths. The protagonist, Jebat, is cursed and uprooted from his small town to a mystical and unforgiving monster realm. Kabaret’s mystery unfolds as Jebat interacts with other Southeast Asian monsters in Kabaret while uncovering the tru...

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Kabaret Is A Macabre Mythical Malaysian Game That’s Proud To Be Southeast Asian

Platforms: PC, Xbox One, Xbox Series X/S Genre: Visual Novel, Fantasy, Horror, Myth, Legends, Malaysian/Southeast Asian Back in 2020, Malaysia-based developer Persona Theory Games burst into the games industry with their spicy debut game, Fires At Midnight, a visual novel that covered controversial and mature subject matter that most other deve...

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Persona Theory Games’ Kabaret Launches Next Month

Malaysian developer Persona Theory Games has announced that Kabaret is slated to release on PC via Steam and Epic Games Store on 5 April 2023. Kabaret is a dark fantasy folklore narrative game (visual novel, basically) based on Southeast Asian culture and myths. The protagonist, Jebat, is cursed and uprooted from his small town to a mystical and...

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International Women’s Day 2023: Celebrating Malaysian Women In The Gaming Industry

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 may not know of in Malaysia. ...

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Malaysian Indie Game Kabaret’s Updated Demo Is Out Now

Developed by Malaysian indie studio, Persona Theory Games, Kabaret's demo is finally out so go give it a try! The game's plot centres around a character named Jebat who has been cursed into a monster. To break the curse, Jebat journeys into a realm called the "Alam Bunian" and seeks the help of the charismatic owner of Kabaret, known only as The...

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Level Up KL 2022 Highlights

The week of October 6 is when Malaysia and Southeast Asia's finest game developers and game makers gather in Kuala Lumpur for the annual Level Up KL video game business conference. After a number of years being online, this 2022 iteration is the first time the event is done offline courtesy of MDEC (Malaysia Digital Economy Corporation) and its sle...

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Persona Theory Games’ Kabaret Launches In March 2023

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 date. Kabaret is a dark fan...

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Persona Theory Games’ Kabaret Showcases Its Music At Save & Sound Event

Malaysian developer Persona Theory Games gave us a taste of the music from their upcoming game, Kabaret, at the Save & Sound Gaming Music Event on YouTube. It's a sneak peek of an original song from Kabaret titled Song Of Mothers, which is a collaboration with Indonesian musical group SambaSunda. Kabaret is a visual novel game similar to tit...

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Games Bagus To Host Game Design & Behavior Change Talk With Persona Theory Games & Lightspeed

Games Bagus, a Malaysian game creator program that empowers developers to produce socially conscious games, is hosting a talk about game design and behavior change. The upcoming online talk will be on 26 March at 11am and features Persona Theory Games managing director Saqina Latif and Lightspeed L.A game designer/developer Michelle Olson. Moder...

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The Lonely Hearts Petshop Demo From Malaysia’s Persona Theory Is Now Available

The Lonely Hearts Petshop is a new adventure game from Malaysian developer Persona Theory Games. The demo of the game is now free to download and play from the itch.io website. The Lonely Hearts Petshop is described as a cat to human matchmaking visual novel game. In this narrative-focused experience, players are tasked with helping ...

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Persona Theory’s Next Visual Novel Looks Spooktacular

Persona Theory, the Malaysian indie developer studio behind last year's remarkable visual novel Fires At Midnight, has just launched the PC Steam page of its upcoming horror visual novel title Kabaret. We checked out the prototype of Kabaret a while ago, and it seems that the team has taken a lot of feedback to finish up and perfect the game...

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Fires At Midnight Is A Bold Erotic Fever Dream With Malaysian Spice

Platform: PC (On Steam) Genre: Malaysian-made visual novel sexytime The 90s was a weird time for many of us, especially near the end as we entered the new millennium, heralding the arrival of new technological marvels like the Internet as well as fears of the world ending. The latter is much very real in the alternate reality of Fires At Midnight,...

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