BloodPop, Oscar-nominated and Grammy-winning songwriter and producer who worked with renowned artists such as Beyoncé, Lady Gaga, John Legend, and Justin Bieber, has founded a new game studio named Genpop Interactive, alongside Aubrey Tennant, former DeNA and BANDAI NAMCO executives. They've got some serious backin

Malaysian Creative Multimedia Art institution Claz'room College has announced its partnership with Level Infinite, a global gaming brand under the world-renowned Tencent Games, to enhance education quality and support the development of young talent in Malaysia's digital creative industry. The recently signed Memorandu

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 Sla

This here's a guest post for our 2022 year-end feature celebration featuring our friends in the industry. Follow SirCloud's work here.  2022 has been an eventful year for Malaysian Esports. The relaxation of movement control order (MCO) has allowed has allowed various activities to return to the scene. Here are my

University e-League (UEL) Season 3's Grand Finals are just around the corner and will showcase the highest level of collegiate esports in Malaysia. The Grand Finals will be on 10–11 December. This season, over 60 universities from across the country participated in the preliminary rounds held over four weeks betwe

A recent PUBG Mobile announcement involving the World Cup just came out: football superstar Lionel Messi will have his likeness and themed gear appearing in PUBG Mobile. Yes, it' sounds pretty silly, but star athletes and sports icons appearing in video games that aren't in the sports genre, or even headlining their

Following the recent launch of its third season, the University e-League (UeL) kicked off its collegiate esports competition with its first out of four game titles – FIFA 22. This round of competition saw 50 students representing their universities competing in a Qualifiers and Playoff round to earn the top spot

Yoodo, Malaysia’s first truly customisable and 100% digital mobile service, has announced its ‘Wheel-Yoo-Win’ campaign, designed to reward loyal Yoodoers with some cool prizes just in time for the end-of-year celebrations. In collaboration with SEA Gamer Mall (SEAGM), the campaign will run until 21 December an

The Malaysian government has unveiled a smaller budget for 2023 and has warned of an economic slowdown. At the same time, it's announcing cash aid, tax cuts, and some money reserved for esports and film ecosystem. So how much is reserved for Malaysia's esports scene? According to the live report (via New Straits Tim

University e-League is back bigger than ever with a prize pool of RM20,000 covering four of the biggest game titles including Mobile Legends: Bang Bang, PUBG Mobile, VALORANT and FIFA 22. A joint venture between The Gaming Company (TGC) and Prime Sports International (PSI), University e-League (UeL) returned with it

In May 2022, AniManGaki announced that they were returning this year with a live event for the first time since 2019. It’s slated to take place from 27 to 28 August 2022 at Mines International Exhibition & Convention Centre. Activities include artist alley, cosplay alley, a Vtuber showcase, game tournaments,

The OCA (Olympic Council Of Asia) previously announced that the 19th Asian Games was postponed due to COVID-19, but now they have finally revealed the new dates for the upcoming first-ever Asian Games to feature esports as a medal sport. The 19th Asian Games will take place in Hangzhou, China, from 23 September to 8 Oc

So you want to get into esports but know nothing about the teams and players of their respective esport. Well, luckily I'm here to help you all out. Now the concept of esports may baffle boomers but in this day and age, esports is easy to understand. For those who just can't wrap their heads around watching esports

The Olympic Council Of Malaysia has announced the AESF (Asian Electronic Sports Federation) Road To Asian Games 2022 (via Twitter). The esports tournament will serve as the national qualifiers for the upcoming 19th Asian Games in Hangzhou, China, which was recently postponed to 2023 due to problems arising from the pan

The OCA (Olympic Council Of Asia) Executive Board (EB) has announced that the upcoming 19th Asian Games has been postponed. It was originally slated to take place in Hangzhou, China, from 10 to 25 September 2022. The new dates of the 19th Asian Games will be announced at a later date after an agreement between the OCA,

South Korea has chosen her champions for the upcoming 2022 Asian Games. According to a press release (via Not A Gamer) by the Korea e-Sports Association (KeSPA), the initial shortlist of players for the Korean League Of Legends team for the 2022 Asian Games include the LCK Spring 2022 champion and three Gen.G Esport

During the PUBG Mobile 4th Anniversary event held at Sunway Pyramid earlier today, the Olympic Council Of Malaysia (OCM) announced that they will be organizing a national selection event in May 2022 as part of the Road To Asian Games (RDAG) Huangzhou 2022 programme. It will aim to select the best players to represent M

It seems as if a future Apex Legends roadmap has been leaked. According to a Reddit post detailing the leak (with many others confirming it to be legitimate), the development build seems to showcase nine new legends for the game, as well as a new map called Divided Moon. And the usual new weapons and heirlooms of co

The hippity hoppity Snoop Dogg has officially joined FaZe Clan, a so-called esports and entertainment organization. FaZe Clan’s esports division includes nine competitive teams in Fortnite, FIFA, PUBG, PUBG Mobile, Rainbow Six, Call of Duty League (Atlanta FaZe), Rocket League, VALORANT and CS: GO with dozens of

It looks like esports will be part of the 2030 Commonwealth Games. That is, if the town of Hamilton in Canada wins the bid to host the upcoming games in eight years. 2030 will also mark the Commonwealth Games' 100th anniversary, as the very first Commonwealth Games took place in Hamilton, Canada, all the way back in 19