Video game commerce company Xsolla will be partnering with Curine Ventures for a new game development initiative. Announced during Level Up KL 2023/MYDCF arranged by the Malaysia Digital Economy Corporation (MDEC), the initiative is called the Xsolla Curine Academy. It's a program dedicated to nurturing and empoweri

Malaysia's tourism board will be getting into games. Tourism Malaysia will be launching a virtual experience show called "Let's Go MRXD Season 2" on an online gaming platform called Spatial. If you don't know what that is, that's because it's part of the metaverse. The virtual experience travel vlog stars Thomas

This year's Level Up KL 2023 gaming B2B and B2C expo is a big one indeed. With companies like Shueisha on-board giving talks about game industry expansions, as well as publishers like Neon Doctrine and Toge Productions educating would-be developers and publishers, the weekend of 28 September to 1st October is a prime t

The annual SEA Awards during Level Up KL 2023 celebrates the best and brightest in the Southeast Asian video games business. From small-scale indie games to student titles, these are the games and companies that are worth your attention and adoration. Here are your winners for this year's SEA Awards.   Best

It's a bold new day for the Malaysia Digital Economy Corporation (MDEC) as it is now fully venturing into gaming and web3 technology. MDEC is teaming up with Acxyn, one of the world's first Web3 IP tokenization platforms. The latter will be receiving a RM750,000 grant from the Malaysian government to mark "a signifi

Ahead of Level Up KL 2023/MYDCF this weekend (28 September to 1st October), the Malaysian Digital Economic Corporation announces its successful overseas booth at this year's Tokyo Game Show 2023. MDEC and the Malaysia External Trade Development Corporation (MATRADE) hosted a Tokyo Game Show Malaysia Pavilion booth w

A year after its 5th June 2023 launch, Diablo 4 is changing things up in a massive manner following its upcoming Vessel of Hatred expansion pack. According to a recent Blizzard post about the state of the game, Diablo 4 will be updating how leveling up works. The current level 1 to 100 process will be replaced with

Diablo 4's newest Season is up and ready for playing right now, featuring a new loot system that lets you customize your gear and items tenfold. And with each new Season comes a revamped power curve among its classes. Diablo 4 Season 4 has buffed and nerfed all its five classes, with the Rogue getting the short end

2023 was a phenomenal year for gaming, but it was also just as much of a brilliant year for movies and TV. The box office in 2023 was shaken up with many surprising flops, including several comic book movies such as The Marvels and The Flash. However, in its place, a few movies rose to the top, such as The Super Mario

SEGA has recently made an exciting announcement regarding the Steam SEGA Winter Sale, which is currently taking place on Valve's Steam platform. This sale offers a fantastic opportunity for players to avail themselves of remarkable games without breaking the bank. Starting today until 4 January 2024, this sale offe

To say that 2023 is full of game releases is underselling the year. It's a helluva bounty. Because of game release reschedulings and other factors involving real-life quarantines, a lot of pushbacks had to happen and as a result, 2023 became "that" year where everyone just dogpiles their releases with little to no c

PlayStation Asia has announced even more titles joining the PlayStation Plus Game Catalog. December’s lineup is playable from Tuesday, 19 December 2023, headlined by GTA V, letting even more players travel to Los Santos to experience the exhilarating single-player story campaign, then craft their own career on the ci

Sony Interactive Entertainment has announced the November 2023 Game Catalog lineup for Extra and Premium subscribers, and Classics Catalog titles for Premium subscribers. PlayStation Plus Extra and Premium | Game Catalog Teardown | PS5 Plan the perfect heist using creative problem solving, brute force, and eve

Platform(s): PC (version reviewed), Xbox Series, Xbox One, PS5, PS4, Nintendo Switch Genre: 2D speed-based platformer but with multiplayer I don't know why it took Sega this long to add "same screen co-op multiplayer" for their long-running 2D Sonic games -momentum-heavy platforming with sprawling maps for explorin

SEGA has recently made an exciting announcement regarding the SEGA Publisher Sale, which is currently taking place at the PlayStation Store. This sale offers a fantastic opportunity for players of PlayStation 4 and PlayStation 5 to avail themselves of over 10 titles at incredibly affordable prices. For a limited tim

In the gaming industry, we hear about the developers, but what about the publishing companies? The role of game publishing companies is nothing short of pivotal. These companies serve as the bridge between visionary game developers and the eager, ever-expanding audience of gamers worldwide. With strategic foresight, fi

In the ever-evolving landscape of the global game development industry, Malaysia has emerged as a promising hub, teeming with talent and potential. As the country's game developers continue to make their mark on the world stage, Virtuos KL, a leading game development studio, stands at the forefront of this transformati

Sony Interactive Entertainment has announced a bunch of new games coming to PlayStation Game Catalog in September 2023. All the titles will be playable from Tuesday, 19 September 2023. Check them out below: PlayStation Plus Extra and Premium | Game Catalog*  NieR Replicant ver.1.22474487139… | PS4 Fight ba

The Tokyo Game Show 2023 (TGS 2023) will take place from 21 September to 24 September 2023. That means a whole bunch of major video game showcases, live streams and presentations are still in store. We have companies like Bandai Namco, Xbox, Konami, and more. Check them out below: (All times are in GMT+8 a.k.a. M

Platform(s): PC (version reviewed), Xbox, Nintendo Switch Genre: 90s-style Japanese Role-Playing Game recreated for modern sensibilities Sabotage Studio's game-making mission is to modernize retro games for the current generation while maintaining what makes these experiences special in the first place. The Canadia