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By Melvyn Tan|March 6, 2020|0 Comment
Over two decades after he saved Private Ryan, Tom Hanks is returning to World War 2 with his latest movie, Greyhound, which he also wrote. Inspired by real events (probably referring to the Battle of the Atlantic), the movie follows a convoy of Allied ships who are hunted by Nazi U-boats while en route to England. Tom Hanks plays the first-time ca...
By Melvyn Tan|March 6, 2020|0 Comment
Gamescom has announced the first wave of exhibitors who've signed up for Gamescom 2020. Among the 29 names are Bandai Namco, Capcom, CD Projekt Red, Microsoft, Nintendo, Ubisoft, NCSOFT, and THQ Nordic. https://twitter.com/gamescom/status/1235609439668817920 While this is only the first batch of exhibitors, Sony's absence is still noticeable, ...
By Melvyn Tan|March 6, 2020|0 Comment
Creative production company iam8bit has announced that they are resigning from their role as E3's Creative Director. "We’ve produced hundreds of gaming + community events and it was a dream to be involved with E3. We wish the organizers the best of luck," they wrote on their Twitter page. https://twitter.com/iam8bit/status/1235686367264301...
By Melvyn Tan|March 5, 2020|0 Comment
Google has set up a new Stadia game development studio in Playa Vista, California, revealed Jade Raymond, the VP and Head of Stadia Games and Entertainment in a blog post. She also announced that the new Playa Vista studio will be led by Shannon Studstill, the executive producer of 2018's God of War. Studstill was previously the boss of Sony Santa...
By Melvyn Tan|March 5, 2020|0 Comment
In case you haven't heard, Valve is looking for cities to volunteer themselves and bid to be the host city of The International 2021. In the words of Valve themselves, The International is "a multi-week esports tournament for its game Dota 2" that's held every August. After learning of this Olympic-style procedure, some of us felt that Kuala Lumpur...
By Melvyn Tan|March 5, 2020|0 Comment
Gaming brand Razer has announced a new, mini addition to the Razer Viper family. https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=1&v=rk5LTWHLQ7I&feature=emb_title The Razer Viper Mini is the company's lightest mouse so far, with a weight of 61g. It retains the same ambidextrous design and ergonomics as its bigger sibling, and also comes with ...
By Melvyn Tan|March 5, 2020|0 Comment
Half-Life: Alyx is Valve's long-awaited return to the series that gave us the G-Man, the Gravity Gun, and Half-Life 3 memes. While it's not Half-Life 3, Valve say that Alyx is very much a proper series entry and tease that there's more to come. "Half-Life: Alyx is a full-fledged entry in the Half-Life series, both in terms of the sheer amount o...
By Melvyn Tan|March 5, 2020|0 Comment
Updated 5/3/2020: My Hero Academia: Heroes Rising will begin screening exclusively at GSC Cinemas nationwide starting from 26 March 2020. My Hero Academia: Heroes Rising, coming soon exclusively to GSC! pic.twitter.com/HJKpKFH32H — GSC (@GSCinemas) March 5, 2020 Film distributor Odex has revealed Facebook that the My Hero Academia: Hero...
By Melvyn Tan|March 4, 2020|0 Comment
The classic Castlevania: Symphony of the Night game has made a surprise appearance on mobile, ahead of the animated series' March 5 release on Netflix. Available on both the Play Store and App Store, the Play Store description calls it a "direct port of the classic console action RPG". "Jump, dash and slash your way through Dracula’s vast ...
By Melvyn Tan|March 4, 2020|0 Comment
It's the middle of the week, and Steam has decided that it's the time to launch a brief visual novel sale (March 3 to March 6, 10 am PST; it ends on March 7, 2 am in Malaysia). Don't know what to pick? Don't worry, we've picked out some highly-rated visual novels and personal recommendations to help you out. Higurashi When They Cry Hou Bundle (RM5...
By Melvyn Tan|March 4, 2020|0 Comment
The Violet Evergarden: Eternity and the Auto Memory Doll side story movie is coming to Netflix on April 2. The streaming service, which also has the series, made the announcement on Twitter. https://twitter.com/NXOnNetflix/status/1234871283545825280 https://twitter.com/NXOnNetflix/status/1234872653573447685 The first half of the movie follows th...
By Melvyn Tan|March 4, 2020|0 Comment
If the rumours are to be believed, Sony will be releasing two PS5 consoles this year. As reported by TweakTown, vetted NeoGAF user VFXVeteran claims to have heard of both Sony and Microsoft developing two consoles each. In Sony's case, there is the base PlayStation 5 model with nine teraflops and another "top of the line" model to go head-to-head ...
By Melvyn Tan|March 3, 2020|0 Comment
Valve has dropped three gameplay videos for its upcoming VR game Half-Life: Alyx, and it's looking pretty darn good. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LTLotwKpLgk&feature=emb_title The first video focuses on ambience as Alyx navigates a zombie-infested train station, while the second video takes place in a ruined building. The third video sees ...
By Melvyn Tan|March 3, 2020|0 Comment
Need for Speed Heat is getting a March update which will see new cars, customization, and fixes added to the game. The new cars - an Aston Martin DB11 Volante (2018) and McLaren F1 (1993) - are coming courtesy of the Black Market Delivery, which is debuting with this update. Here's the description of how the deliveries work: "During Black Market D...
By Melvyn Tan|March 3, 2020|0 Comment
Apex Legends' masked hunter is getting some changes to his Eye of the Allfather ability via Patch 4.1. In episode four of the Apex Devstream, lead game designer Carlos Pineda says that Bloodhound's scan range will increase from 1000 units to 3000 units. In exchange for the buff, however, the ability's activation time will go up from 0.4 seconds to...
By Melvyn Tan|March 3, 2020|0 Comment
Disney has released the first official trailer for its Kenneth Branagh-directed Artemis Fowl adaptation, and it reveals a lot of differences from the source material. In the first book, the 12-year-old was a criminal mastermind who captured an elf for ransom, after learning about the existence of fairies before the start of the story. The elf is H...
By Melvyn Tan|March 3, 2020|0 Comment
Updated 3/3/2020: The PC version of Death Stranding will launch precisely at 12am GMT+8 on 3 June 2020 in Malaysia and other countries in Southeast Asia. 505 Games have announced that Hideo Kojima's delivery simulator Death Stranding will be hitting Steam and the Epic Games Store on June 2. It was predicted earlier on last year, FYI. https...
By Melvyn Tan|March 2, 2020|0 Comment
The idea of an open-world game sans combat is an interesting one, but the upcoming Sludge Life is a bit more than just interesting. It's a "tiny open-world" experience where you mark your presence with graffiti, play games on your in-game laptop, and fart with a dedicated fart button. I'm not making that last one up. https://www.youtube.com/watch?...
By Melvyn Tan|March 2, 2020|0 Comment
Subverse is an upcoming "kinky" sci-fi RPG that combines shoot-em-up and turn-based tactic segments with spaceship sex. The game, which has so far amassed £1,668,626 (RM8,983,634) worth of funds on Kickstarter, recently released its roadmap for 2020. It's not all kinky stuff, just so you know. For Q1 2020, developer Studio FOW Interactive is us...
By Melvyn Tan|February 29, 2020|0 Comment
Square Enix are releasing a new 6-part dev diary series for Final Fantasy XIV: Shadowbringers. Its first episode, aptly called Telling a Tale, dives into the story and writing aspects of the well-received MMORPG expansion. As someone who's never played Final Fantasy XIV before, I found it to be an interesting watch. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v...
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