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In case you are wondering; no, it's not Call of Duty. One of Southeast Asia, Korea, and China's biggest online PC first-person shooter, CrossFire, is getting a movie. According to a Variety report, Sony Pictures has landed the rights to make a film out of the Smilegate-published game. Producer Neal Moritz (Fast & Furious series) and writer Ch...
By Alleef Ashaari|February 6, 2020|0 Comment
Netflix has announced that its Korean period piece zombie series Kingdom will be returning with its second season on 13 March 2020. The streaming giant has also unveiled the main poster for the upcoming second season of Kingdom. In Kingdom season 2, Crown Prince Lee Chang continues his desperate and bloody struggle, with no one he can trust to hel...
South Korea sure got a thing for fantasy MMOs, eh? So much so that they want to cram in other genres into the mix. The latest hybrid process now involves the battle royale genre in the form of Hunter's Arena: Legends for PC. Part action MMORPG, part MOBA, and part battle royale, this fantasy game from development studio Mantisco features the follo...
By Alleef Ashaari|January 14, 2020|0 Comment
Remember the shrine that the main characters in Weathering With You visit? The one where they learnt about the legend of the weather maiden? Well, a priest from a shrine just like that one in Japan has announced on Twitter that he is banning all tourists from now on. 韓国人観光客を制é™ã—ã¾ã™...
By Alleef Ashaari|November 26, 2019|0 Comment
Last weekend, 16 of the best teams in the world battled it out to be crowned the victors of the inaugural 2019 PUBG Global Championship (PGC), the Grand Finals of which took place in Oakland, California, with a total prize pool of US$4 million. The Grand Finals of the tournament saw Chinese team FaZe with Gen.G from South Korea with 90 points each...
By Burhanudin Zamri|November 14, 2019|0 Comment
G-Star 2019, the South Korean equivalent of Gamescom, just began today. Renowned games studio Pearl Abyss has announced a bunch of new games that they are working on. One of them is an MMO shooter that seems to be a combination of The Surge and Tom Clancy's The Division. [youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qX_Vab2KQAw&w=560&h=315] Ju...
By Burhanudin Zamri|November 4, 2019|0 Comment
As per every year for gamers all over the world, November started with a bang. The recent weekend was filled with awesome announcements and happenings at BlizzCon 2019. Aside from the Overwatch 2 being unveiled, the Overwatch World Cup (OWWC) 2019 was also happening and now we've got a winner. [caption id="attachment_42823" align="aligncenter" wid...
By Alleef Ashaari|October 26, 2019|0 Comment
Korean developer Lionheart Studio recently announced its first-ever, Project Odin. What's intriguing about Project Odin is that it is an MMO developed for mobile platforms, but looks more like a AAA console game instead, in terms of production value and sheer ambition. According to MMOCulture, Project Odin will be powered by Unreal Engine 4 and...
Not to be outdone by Epic Games' Fortnite, the battle royale game that started it all is getting an upcoming worldwide tournament. Because the world needs more friggin' battle royale esports nonsense. Fresh off its gameplay updates (see video here), the PUBG Corporation is launching the PUBG Nations Cup which will be hosted in Seoul, South Korea, ...
By Team KKP|February 11, 2019|3 Comments
We sent Mr Toffee down to Japan for a few days during the mega-arcade event JAEPO and the International Challenge Cup 2019. During the latter, teams from Japan fought teams from Asia in different games over the course of 2 days. Mr Toffee managed to talk to the Street Fighter V participants about, well, Street Fighter V and fighting game esports s...
As of now, all teams are set for Overwatch League Season 2. Let's recap what was revealed so far. Washington is now Washington Justice with Full Rosters! Washington decided to go with a very patriotic with the USA by announcing the team branding as Washington Justice with the colour red, blue, & white alongside their team colours. https://twit...
Hello, esports fans! This week in Overwatch news, we have more roster announcements & a surprise wedding. Amidst the hectic week, one pro player even decided to retire from the Overwatch. Monte & Susie Surprise Wedding! For days, the community was teased with the hashtag #EsportsMystery. Analysts, broadcasters, players & other folks beh...
Hello! We're back again! This week has been full with off-season Overwatch League news. I can't wait to tell you all about it! Hangzhou Is All Cotton Candy As Hangzhou Spark! We get to see the new team branding & team colours of one of the Chinese Expansion team: the Hangzhou Spark! The team decided to go with pink and blue to stand out from th...
The Overwatch World Cup 2018 Semifinals and Finals is the best, the most interesting, & most entertaining series to date. I have seen team USA throwing the biggest upset in the World Cup history. I have witnessed the rise of team China crushing the community's perception that the China scene is not on par with the rest of the world due to S...
Blizzcon is upon us. You know what that means for for us Overwatch fans: The annual Overwatch World Cup! What's interesting about the OWWC this time is that it will be running in the latest patch, Patch 1.29 which means, rework Torbjorn! We've seen Wrecking Ball, the latest addition in the Overwatch pool of heroes, made a fantastic debut in the c...
Chalk up one more Olympic-sanctioned gold medal finish for China: they just won the entire Asian Games 2018 League of Legends exhibition tournament which took place in a span of 3 days at Mahaka Square in Jakarta, Indonesia (which is friggin' huge FYI). China fought hard against South Korea, but in the end, it was a 3-1 victory for the former. For...
We had fun with the MapleStory 2 closed beta session a few weeks back. But you know what this means: the game is pretty close to launching later this year. Lo and behold, it is. Nexon announced that the game will be available for everyone on 10th October. When we mean "all", we mean American clients. There's still no word about a Southeast Asian r...
Defending champions South Korea finally revealed their Overwatch World Cup squad today with two huge names missing from it; last year's breakout star Yeon-oh "Fl0w3R" Hwang of XL2 and two-time World Champion, the Ana God himself, Je-hong "ryujehong" Ryu of Seoul Dynasty. But that does not mean that this year's squad is any weaker. Actually, w...
By Kenn Leandre|December 6, 2017|0 Comment
If you are reading this, guess what? You now get the 2018 Overwatch World Cup jerseys as well! Details here:Â 2018 Overwatch World Cup Jerseys Now On Sale Yes. You read it right. As of last night, you are now able to purchase the team jerseys as worn by the players at the recent 2017 Overwatch World Cup from the Blizzard Store. However, this i...
By Kenn Leandre|November 27, 2017|2 Comments
So as we head towards the final days of 2017 and with the upcoming Overwatch League pre-season just around the corner, we look back at what a year it has been for the Overwatch community - burgeoning scene especially in the South Korean OGN APEX scene with the emergence of GC Busan dethroning the old guards, EnVyUs boosting their team on and off sc...
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