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Are you a game creator in Malaysia with a passion for making a difference in Southeast Asia? If so, the YSEALI Game Changers Program may be the perfect opportunity for you. This exciting program offers seed funding and mentorship with industry experts to help you create games that address some of the region's most pressing social a...
Dr. JC Lau is kind of a game development superstar, and that’s putting it lightly. I first met her on a zoom call as we were both inducted into The Game Award’s Future Class 2022 - and hearing the list of her achievements and accolades with such a sense of accomplishment but still, humility. When she’s not leading her project team at Proba...
EA and Respawn will be pulling the plug on the mobile version of Apex Legends eight months after being active. The game will shut down on 1st May. The decision was due to the studio's side of things. Respawn said that while the game had a "strong start" the "content pipeline" has begun to diminish in terms of quality and quantity. Respawn will s...
Chalk one up for Malaysia's awesome voice-acting talent. Thanks to a recent update on the Honkai Star Rail character page, we now know that there's a familiar VO in the cast section hailing from the Southeast Asia country. Su Ling Chan, a VA known for her work in No Straight Roads as the main character Mayday, will be voicing a character in the ...
Toge Productions just hosted a 14th-anniversary livestream to talk about its games, and one of them is about the second Coffee Talk game. The next episode of the chill coffee visual novel title, Coffee Talk Episode 2: Hibiscus & Butterfly, will be out on 20th April for PC, Nintendo Switch, PS5, PS4, Xbox Series, and Xbox One. https://www....
Is Ubisoft trying to go for a world record of "most-delayed game"? It seems to be doing so with this latest news. Ubisoft announced that it has delayed Skull & Bones (via IGN), the Ubisoft Singapore-made pirate game that has been in development for 10 years or so, for the sixth time. The game will now arrive "early" in Ubisoft's next fiscal ...
As a result of a significant partnership with web3 media startup Avium, Malaysian esports organization Geek Fam has undergone a name change to Geek Slate. Ivan Yeo, the former CEO of EVOS Esports, co-founded web3 media start-up Avium in 2022. The company, which previously launched its own esports vertical called Slate Esports, raised $2 million ...
Riot Games today celebrates the relaunch of League Of Legends and Teamfight Tactics in Southeast Asia. This relaunch signifies the start of Riot server operations and publishing for both games across the Philippines, Malaysia, Singapore, Thailand, Taiwan, Hong Kong, Macau, and Vietnam, concluding their 12-year publishing partnership with Gare...
The chairman and chief executive of Creative Technology, Sim Wong Hoo, has passed away yesterday on Wednesday. He was 67. The cause of death was not disclosed (via Straits Times), though Creative said he died peacefully. Here is the official statement: "On behalf of all staff of the company, the board expresses its deepest sorrow over the death...
Some folks have taken a leap of faith (heh) with us. And now we have our first Official Media Partner (Bahasa Melayu) for LEAP 2023! Our friends at Amanz media, via their video games news portal in Bahasa Melayu, Aksiz.com are now part of Liga Esports Antara Parlimen (LEAP 2023). As described by their CEO, Ikhwan "Tekong" Nazri, Aksiz is ...
Here's one of our guest posts for the end of 2022 from our lovely pals and industry friends. Go check out Arief's work at Twitch.tv. To say that 2022 has been an eventful year in the Southeast Asian games industry is a deep understatement. This year we’ve seen everything from the return of major in-person trade shows like Gamescom Asia, Leve...
Comic Fiesta returns after two long years with their last live event being in 2019. This year's rendition of Malaysia's largest anime, comics and game convention will take place on 17 and 18 December at the Kuala Lumpur Convention Centre. Both days will run from 10:00 AM until 8:00 PM. Labelled as one of the largest anime, comics and gam...
Valve's pocket gaming rig, the Steam Deck, will rolling out in several Asian markets starting 17 December. The Asian territories that will be selling the Steam Deck next month will be: Japan Hong Kong Taiwan South Korea You can get the Steam Deck via the Komodo website in 64GB, 256GB, and 512GB configurations. So if you know som...
The Walt Disney Company Asia Pacific has announced the debut of “The Creative Experience” (www.disneycreativeexperience.com), an invitation-only exchange program that connects leading APAC storytellers with top executives and creatives from Disney’s key brands and studios. Created with the goal of sharing The Walt Disney Company’s almost...
Who knew that an online gacha MMO would spawn an esports circuit? Well that's what HoYoverse is trying to do with its new esports event involving Genshin Impact. Dubbed the Genshin Impact SEA Carnival, the tournament incorporates both online and offline elements of the game; it's an event and invitational tournament all in one. The Southeast Asi...
Riot Games has announced that they will be taking over the publishing of League of Legends and Teamfight Tactics in Southeast Asia and Taiwan starting from January 2023. Whilst self-published by Riot Games across Southeast Asia, Riot will appoint Taiwan Mobile and VNGGames will be appointed as the new publishers of League of Legends and TFT in T...
Updated on 23 November 2022: Sorry, folks. HypeTrain has been postponed indefinitely. Stay tuned on Kakuchopurei for more future updates! https://twitter.com/Kakuchopurei/status/1595358415366549505 At Kakuchopurei, we love our video game events. Having experienced world-class shows such as E3, Paris Game Week, GamesCom and Toky...
Looking to celebrate the release of God of War Ragnarok beyond the game? Happen to live in Malaysia? Then come on down A Place Where (APW) in Bangsar from now until 7th December where you get to see a couple of cool-looking murals featuring God of War's Kratos and Atreus in a wayang kulit art style, as well as a suspended Leviathan Axe and Mjoln...
Activision Blizzard's fifth action RPG iteration (since Diablo Immortal is the fourth) will be out in the next six months according to trusted sources. A report on Windows Central states that the game will be out on April 2023. The game's release date will be announced and made official at this year's Game Awards/The Geoff Keighley trailers show...
When you see RM799 for a phone, you expect it to be a middle-of-the-line kind of deal and not flagship phone material, especially ones that are meant for gaming. After all, gaming phones like the latest ASUS ROG command a crazy sum of RM3,599+ and beyond for all of its bells and whistles, as well as performance power much like a gaming laptop or a ...
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