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The finals of the second Asian Games 2018 tournament, which featured mobile game wunderkind Clash Royale, was a doozy. China and Indonesia were the finalists of the Clash Royale tournament at the Asian Games 2018 Esports Exhibition Tournament at Jakarta, Mahaka Square. In fact, China's Lciop was pretty close in winning another esports gold medal, ...
The Asian Games 2018 marks the first time a slew of Esports tournaments are hosted in an Olympics-sanctioned environment. Granted it's a demonstration match but it's still a significant step towards making esports great again. And we already have our first winner of one of the tournaments: the People's Republic Of China. The country is the first t...
There are tons of Overwatch news this week and since us folks at Kakuchopurei.com are also swamped - being in Jakarta for the Asian Games, we decided to compile everything under one roof for a quickfire, bite-sized (but still informative) Overwatch roundup. New Cinematic! Yes we reported this earlier in the week; Blizzard just released their ...
A few days ago, Overwatch fans in South Korea were treated to the reveal of the new Busan map and that pretty hype D.Va short. Fans managed to also check out the custom sneaker works of upboy, who used Air Force 1 shoes and transformed them into these bad boys. We get to see sneaker colour variants based on D.Va, Widowmaker, Genji, Mercy, and Zary...
Want to buy a Neo Geo Mini and get your retro-gaming groove on, but don't know how? Well, we're here to help you out. But first: the bad news. If you want to buy it old-school via brick and mortar stores, you can only do it in Hong Kong at these addresses: Perfect Denki:Â Shop M19 ,Sino Centre, Nathan Rd, Mong Kok, Hong Kong DreamStore: G04,1...
The San Francisco Shock earlier today announced that they have parted ways with three players; Hitscan specialist André 'iddqd' Dahlström, Rein main David 'nomy' Ramirez and Lucio specialist, Daniel 'dhaK' MartÃnez. Today we say goodbye to three amazing players and friends, @Nomy @daitchaK @iddqd, who made history with us this year ...
Great news! Free game! Yep you read it right. Ubisoft is giving away its realistic, medieval combat simulator, For Honor for free for a limited time, til August 27th. The best part of it all, no catch! Download the game now and it is yours to keep forever. But what's the deal, Ubisoft? Why are they giving away their game for free? If you ask us, we...
Remember that Ubisoft Singapore interview I did with managing director Hugues Ricour? I asked him about whether the Assassin's Creed games were going to be an annual thing lately, so he responded with a series of PR answers to deflect it. Well, now he can officially say that 2019 is the year Assassin's Creed takes a break. According to a GameSpot ...
This is truly a sad day for Southeast Asia in the competitive Dota 2 scene. The three main Southeast Asian Dota 2 esports representatives for The International 2018 (or TI8) are eliminated from the tournament. We have to wish "GG" to Mineski, Fnatic, and TNC as they fought their damnest in the gruelling bouts against China, Europe, and many other ...
The gift just keep on coming as not only Blizzard released a new animated short focusing on D.Va today, they also revealed the latest map set to drop soon, a Control Map called Busan. Sharing similar aesthetics of Hanamura and Lijiang Tower but with a dash of Korean flavor to it, Busan looks to be the most beautiful Control Map on Overwatch to date...
The latest Overwatch short is out and this time around, focuses on our favorite Dorit- munching Meka pilot, Hana 'D.Va' Song. Entitled 'Shooting Star', the animated short focuses on D.Va's heroics saving the city of Busan from a surprise attack from the omnics. Check it out. [youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q7j2d6YCQbg&w=560&h=315] ...
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...
It's great to be an SNK fan, seeing that it's the company's 40th anniversary this year. And what could be better than an opportunity for SNK to create a long craved-for sequel to a fighting game if fans showed their support? According to a One Million Power translated piece of a recent Famitsu interview (via ResetEra), we have quite a bit of tr...
Update: Added the game's release date. After hearing that addictive battle theme for Nero and seeing a stunner of an Xbox E3 showing, I should be excited for the upcoming Devil May Cry 5. Lo and behold, Gamescom has presented us with new gameplay footage of the game (via IGN), and... https://www.facebook.com/kakuchopurei/videos/20928057076361...
Electronic Arts is in serious trouble in regards to Battlefield V if a report by diversified financial services firm, Cowen is true. As posted on CNBC, the projected sales figures for EA's Battlefield V is severely lagging compared to its competitor, Activision's Call of Duty: Black Ops IIII. According to Cowen managing director and senior resea...
Fans of FromSoftware and samurai games, rejoice! Activision has just announced that Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice will be released on the 22nd of March 2019. If you're dying to be one of the first to play the full game, you can start pre-ordering a digital copy right now. Can't wait that long to get a taste of the game? Then head over to Hall 7.1 atÂ...
In a 'why didn't they think of it earlier' sort of transfer, former London Spitfire and Los Angeles Gladiators main tank, Chan-hyung "Fissure" Baek has joined the Seoul Dynasty for an undisclosed fee. The move was confirmed via both Gladiators and Dynasty Twitter accounts thus vindicating Rod 'Slasher' Breslau's tweet in July which suggested tha...
In an effort to make people still buy graphics cards for exorbitant prices, Nvidia stepped up with their latest effort: the RTX 2000 series. Straight out of Gamescom 2018 a few hours ago, this new Nvidia card is using its own brand of Turing architecture and features new real-time ray-tracing effects, making it superior to its current GTX 1080 lin...
All good things have to end, unless you're called Naruto and Dragon Ball in which case a revamp or series continuation is inevitable. Gin Tama, a manga/anime about a freelancing samurai during an Edo period conquered by aliens -I really should read this manga sometime- is going to end. According to Shonen Jump (via Nlab), the final chapter of the ...
Last weekend, PlayStation fans were in for a treat. At least the ones in Bangkok, Thailand, and the ones who managed to fly down there on time. The PlayStation Experience 2018 took place at the GMM Live House, featuring upcoming titles like that Spider-Man game, SoulCalibur VI, and Kingdom Hearts III, as well as guest appearances by Low Cost Cospla...
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