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Good news, budding Singaporean game developers and technical experts. Riot Games is opening a new development studio in Singapore. The Singapore studio will be focusing on upcoming games while also supporting existing titles like League of Legends. This office's dev team will be lead by studio head Nathan Beemer. The studio will open officiall...
The COVID-19 pandemic has been putting a damper on many businesses, particularly in the food and beverage industry. Conversely, other businesses like video games and video game retail are seeing a huge spike in demand, at least on the online retailing front. While it's definitely a good business opportunity for game retail shops to net some profit...
A seven-year-old girl from Singapore has earned herself the title of 2020 Oceania Pokémon VG Junior Champion via Pokémon Sword/Shield for the Switch. https://twitter.com/playpokemon/status/1231416426944024576 As IGN reported, Simone Lim earned her title after beating last year's Pokémon Oceania Junior Championship winner Justin Miran...
The Last King folks Shafique, Eccentric Tom, and Mr Toffee (yes, the same one who co-runs this site) talk about their favourite video games, TV shows, and films of 2019. It's an epic podcast ride, so tune in and enjoy the show! https://soundcloud.com/thelastkingpodcast/episode-154-our-favourite-videogames-of-2019 https://soundcloud.com/thelastkin...
Singaporean professional esports team Impunity Esports, renowned for its top-tier Vainglory & mobile gaming team, will be dipping its toes into the fighting game division for the first time. The group has recruited three high-level Singaporean players into the fold: Ashley "Asher" Seek, Shane "Oreoz" Goh, and Cleon "VGD" Wong. They will be rep...
Star Wars The Rise Of Skywalker is the first film in the franchise's 42-year history to feature LGBT representation in the form of a same-sex kiss between two women. There are spoilers ahead, so keep in mind for those who haven't watched the movie, which was released just last week. The authorities in several countries have decided to cut th...
Singapore will be launching the first phase of the new Thomson-East Coast Line (TEL) on 31 January 2020. Before that, the government will also be holding an open house on 11 January 2020 for the public to take their first official look at the new MRT line. For that purpose, acclaimed director Makoto Shinkai of Your Name and Weathering With You fam...
It's the last day of the SEA Games 2019 Esports event, with only Tekken 7 left. At this point of typing, StarCraft 2 is done and over with. Let's see who came out on top today: StarCraft 2 The Philippines vs Singapore (4-1) Tekken 7 The Philippines vs Thailand (2-3) Heartiest congratulations to The Philippines' EnDerr for winning the gold me...
Government-involved kerfuffles aside, many of us are excited for this year's Philippines 2019 30th SEA Games, largely because it's the first time we'll be seeing esports as a competitive field in an Olympic-level scale and setting. You can watch the esports tournament here. https://youtu.be/mmCBkYBymrM Here's the schedule (via Esports Inquirer)....
Sometimes, you just have to suck it up and improvise when things don't go as planned, or when the seemingly bottomless money pit is finite. Just ask Singapore studio BattleBrew Productions. The original idea for its BattleSky Brigade game was going to be a meaty real-time strategy title with its own three playable races. However, the team mentione...
Publisher Garena has announced that they will be hosting the first-ever regional Call Of Duty Mobile esports tournament in Southeast Asia (SEA). Clan Invasion will involve players from three SEA countries; Malaysia, Singapore, and the Philippines. Each of the three SEA nations will host its own national tournament, with separate prize pools, which...
One of the great things about attending an event like Level Up KL 2019 is that I get to see a lot of interesting ideas and concepts in new games being made by developers in the Southeast Asia region. One of the more cuter ones I got to check out was Sushi Wildlands. Currently being developed by Singapore-based Mezmedia Studios, Sushi Wildlands p...
In case you missed it, the Death Stranding World Strand Tour will be visiting Singapore as its one and only stop in Southeast Asia. The event will take place at the Victoria Theatre in Singapore on 17 November 2019, where Hideo Kojima himself will be appearing. Earlier today on Facebook, PlayStation Asia finally revealed how members of the public ...
One of the reasons why Arena of Valor became popular was thanks to its inclusion of some DC Comics characters such Batman, Superman, and Wonder Woman. It prompted many of us to wish for a Marvel mobile MOBA. Well, that's exactly what we're getting soon, folks. Chinese gaming giant NetEase has just announced Marvel Super War, a free-to-play mobile ...
Southeast Asia Major. As a member of the Malaysian fighting game community for almost the past decade now, it seems like we’ve always acknowledged that SEAM is the biggest, most important annual fighting game tournament in our region. Whether or not that will actually hold true in years to come remains to be seen, especially given the mass...
Southeast Asia's premier fighting game tournament is done and over with, and it's quite a spectacle for Asian fighting fans. There's also the last edition of a Southeast Asian video game event called GameStart Asia, but one can argue that the crowd was mostly in it for the annual tournament. And probably for the RetroDNA booth. Regardless, here ar...
For those of you who grew up with a Mac (the old square ones released before 1990), you've probably played one of its outdated pre-installed games: Where in the World is Carmen Sandiego? General Interactive, the developers of the upcoming detective game Chinatown Detective Agency were mainly inspired from Where in the World is Carmen Sandiego. Chi...
SecretLab has announced that it has secured a massive investment and funding Temasek subsidiary Heliconia Capital Management. According to the Straits Times, the value of the partnership is estimated between a whopping US$200 and US$300 million. Gamers will know SecretLab as a Singapore-based company that specializes in those gaming chairs used by...
Singapore-based online gaming platform Bountie recently opened its first esports arena last week, aiming to cement its position and develop the local esports community. But does it really need one in the first place, especially with former cybercafes like Spout Arena/Alienware Arena and Oasis shutting down after being around for so long? Accordi...
It's always a pain to know that you will miss out on your MMORPG daily quests and weekly quests, be it for the still-friggin' popular World of Warcraft or for the Square Enix nostalgia-laden Final Fantasy XIV: A Realm Reborn. Whether it's due to real life or lack of time and commitments, it sure would be nice to keep track of every single MMO quest...
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