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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...
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...
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 "lickety" 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 "lickety" 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...
By Alleef Ashaari|May 12, 2023|0 Comment
While it may sound like a superhero, it's not. Black Knight has nothing to do with the Dark Knight, but it's a new Korean series by Netflix. It's always interesting to see Asian perspectives on science fiction concepts in movies and TV series, so Netflix's Black Knight is one of those with high production value to boot. Mad Max [caption id="attac...
By Alleef Ashaari|May 10, 2023|0 Comment
Courtesy of Netflix Malaysia, we were lucky enough to participate in a Black Knight press conference featuring cast members Kim Woo-bin, Song Seung-heon, Kang You-seok, and Esom, as well as director Cho Ui-Seok. During the press conference, director Cho Ui-Seok was asked about the origins of the name, "Black Knight". He said: "So, in the day...
Neowiz will be releasing a new JRPG called Brown Dust 2 for mobile phones everywhere, and it'll be free-to-play like the company's past works. Clearly a sequel to the last Brown Dust game, Brown Dust 2 is filled with turn-based combat and fantasy world-exploring aplenty. It also comes with a cast of colourful characters ranging from warrior knig...
By Alleef Ashaari|April 6, 2023|0 Comment
What Park Yoonjo lacks in qualifications and experience she more than makes up for in tenacity and drive, but when everyone in the company discovers that several recent hires were made as part of a newly created diversity program, Yoonjo will have to overcome the insurmountable to win their approval in RACE, a new Korean workplace dramedy coming 10...
By Alleef Ashaari|February 16, 2023|0 Comment
Pearl Abyss announced today that it has donated US$50,000 to support the earthquake recovery for the immense crisis that occurred in Türkiye. The donation has been made to “Doctors Without Borders,” an international humanitarian medical NGO, to support their humanitarian relief efforts in the affected areas. Pearl Abyss CEO, James Heo, s...
By Alleef Ashaari|December 1, 2022|0 Comment
Several of Korea’s biggest entertainment stars and creatives touched down in Singapore today to attend the Disney Content Showcase. Featuring announcements for over 50 titles, including an upcoming slate of movies and series from Marvel Studios, Walt Disney Animation Studios, Pixar, Lucasfilm and an expanding collection of APAC Originals for Disn...
By Lewis "lickety" Larcombe|November 28, 2022|0 Comment
T1 has announced that Faker has re-signed with them on a three-year contract. Lee “Faker” Sang-hyeok first broke out onto the League of Legends scene back in 2013 when SK Telecom wanted to build a team solely around him. At the age of 26 and with him resigning Faker will most likely finish his career in T1. Over the past couple of offseasons...
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