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By Alleef Ashaari|January 7, 2025|0 Comment
After a binge-fueled 2024 that saw breakout Korean series Moving, A Shop For Killers, The Worst of Evil, and The Tyrant, take home a wealth of awards, and that introduced audiences to other unmissable stories including Light Shop, Gangnam, B-Side, Red Swan and more, 2025 on Disney+ Hotstar promises audiences so much more. More action, more drama, m...
By Alleef Ashaari|November 14, 2024|0 Comment
Netflix series Squid Game Season 2 is ramping up excitement with the release of a new key art featuring the Stair Maze and 12 new stills from the show. Season 2 dives into the intense showdown between "Gi-hun" (Lee Jung-jae), who returns to the game determined to stop it, and "Front Man" (Lee Byung-hun), who awaits him. [caption id="att...
By Jonathan Toyad|September 18, 2024|0 Comment
We now know what's next from Korean film auteur & writer Bong Joon-Ho: a scifi film about a guy who dies a lot and gets 3D printed to life as a result. The new Warner Bros. Pictures-distributed film is called Mickey 17 and it answers the age-old question: "what's it feel like to die?" The film is about the titular character Mickey Barnes (Ro...
By Lewis Larcombe|August 26, 2024|0 Comment
In a climactic end to the 2024 VALORANT Champions Tour season, EDward Gaming emerged victorious after a nail-biting 3-2 win against Team Heretics. The Chinese champions of VCT China 2024, who only lost once in South Korea, overcame formidable opponents to claim the coveted title. The Journey to Victory EDward Gaming’s path to the ...
By Alleef Ashaari|July 30, 2024|0 Comment
Plane-hijacking action movies aren't anything new. They were popular in the '90s (like 1997's Air Force One) and early 2000s, some even had outrageous premises (2006's Snakes On A Plane). South Korean movie Hijack 1971 is the latest in those lines of films and it's an action thriller drama based on true historical events. Airborne The issue w...
By Alleef Ashaari|July 18, 2024|0 Comment
Sony Pictures Malaysia has unveiled a new trailer for the upcoming Korean movie Hijack 1971, which is based on the true historical events of the hijack attempt of a Korean Air F27 airliner in 1971. The synopsis reads: Winter of 1971, Sokcho Airport. Pilots Tae-in (HA Jung-woo) and Gyu-sik (SUNG Dong-il) are set to fly to Gimpo. Under the guida...
By Alleef Ashaari|May 21, 2024|0 Comment
In a new financial report released by the company, South Korean developer SHIFT UP has revealed that they are considering not only a sequel to Stellar Blade (or Stellar Blade 2), but also a Stellar Blade PC version. Other interesting details from the report include: Stellar Blade sales are "exceeding expectations". SHIFT UP will continue...
By Jonathan Toyad|May 2, 2024|0 Comment
Good news for fans of last year's Lies of P and this year's sci-fi action RPG Stellar Blade; Korea from developer Shift Up will keep making console games for a long while. In a recent announcement from Korea's culture ministry via First Vice Culture Minister Jeon Byeong-geuk (in Korean Times), Korea will focus on fostering the console game indus...
By Alleef Ashaari|April 19, 2024|0 Comment
Sony Interactive Entertainment, PlayStation and South Korean developer SHIFT UP have released a new music video for Stellar Blade titled “Eve” in collaboration with K-Pop artist BIBI. Clearly they're putting a lot of money into the marketing for this game. Stellar Blade will launch for the PS5 on 26 April 2024. While Stellar Blade is Shift...
By Jonathan Toyad|April 15, 2024|0 Comment
The Korean-made action game Stellar Blade will be out for PlayStation 5 later on 26 April. Malaysia will be celebrating the festivities via a launch event with a live-action Eve cosplayer. The cosplayer in question is Le Josette, a Malaysian-based content creator, game streamer, and cosplayer. She has a 209k following on Instagram and has cospla...
By Alleef Ashaari|February 20, 2024|0 Comment
After a bumper 2023 that saw Korean originals Big Bet and Moving take home a steady stream of international awards and saw Moving become the most viewed local original of the year on Disney+ Hotstar, Disney+ Hotstar has announced it would continue to build on the early success of its local original content with an exciting expansion of its 2024 Kor...
By Alleef Ashaari|February 13, 2024|0 Comment
Open-world action RPG Rise Of The Ronin is not getting released in South Korea. It's developed by Team Ninja, the Japanese studio best known for games like Nioh, Nioh 2, and Stranger Of Paradise Final Fantasy Origin. As reported on the Korean community site Ruliweb, Sony Interactive Entertainment Korea has released a statement confirming that Ri...
By Alleef Ashaari|January 16, 2024|0 Comment
Disney+ Hotstar is kicking 2024 off to an explosive start with the 17 January 2024 release of the thrilling new Korean action series A Shop For Killers. Set in modern-day Korea, A Shop For Killers sees college student Jeong Jian diving for cover in her childhood home after a series of highly skilled assassins get her in their sites. Desperately ...
By Alleef Ashaari|December 29, 2023|0 Comment
Sony Interactive Entertainment and South Korean developer SHIFT UP have officially delayed the action-adventure game Stellar Blade from its previously planned 2023 release window to sometime in 2024. It's in development for the PS5. While Stellar Blade is Shift Up’s first console title, the hack-and-slash title puts players in control of the s...
By Alleef Ashaari|December 27, 2023|0 Comment
Lee Sun-kyun, the South Korean actor who starred in Bong Joon Ho’s Oscar-winning film Parasite and the Apple TV+ series Dr. Brain, has died at the age of 48. He is survived by his wife, the actress Jeon Hye-jin, and their two sons. According to South Korean news agency Korea Times, Lee was found dead inside a car at a park in Seoul on Wedn...
By Jonathan Toyad|December 6, 2023|0 Comment
Sad news for South Korean Twitch streamers working for the platform, or using the platform for their own needs: the service will be shutting down next year. According to an official post, Twitch in Korea will be shutting down on 27 February 2024 KST. The big reason is due to cost: it's expensive to run a big service like Twitch in Korea, especia...
By Lewis Larcombe|November 13, 2023|0 Comment
Chinese team JD Gaming, considered favourites for the League of Legends Worlds 2023, faced a surprising defeat by Faker's T1 in an intense 3-1 semifinal showdown, ending their aspirations for "The Golden Road." (NOTE: The Golden Road refers to a team that has won their region's Spring and Summer Splits, the Mid-Season Invitational, and Worlds al...
By Xandria Morden|October 4, 2023|0 Comment
The HoYoverse has revealed more information about the Honkai Star Rail Time to Feast! Astral Express Pit Stop culinary tour event. There will be stops all over the world, but let's get to the Southeast Asian countries involved! Time to Feast! is a global food event featuring dishes inspired by the Honkai Star Rail universe, with fan-exclusive merch...
By Alleef Ashaari|July 17, 2023|0 Comment
Prime Video has announced that the suspense thriller series The Killing Vote, broadcasted by SBS and produced by Pan Entertainment and Studio S, will be available on Prime Video in Malaysia and more than 240 countries and territories worldwide starting Thursday, 10 August 2023. The first two episodes of this 12-part series will land on the debut da...
By Lewis Larcombe|May 26, 2023|0 Comment
T1, the dominant force in the LCK league, will be heavily represented in South Korea's national League of Legends team for the upcoming 2022 Asian Games, as revealed by the Korean e-Sports Association (KeSPA) in their announcement on 24 May. This six-man squad will proudly represent the country in Hanghzou, China, during the 19th Asian Games. T1...
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