Video games publisher Curve Digital is delighted to announce that the highly anticipated debut title from Swedish indie studio Neon Giant, The Ascent will be released on 29 July 2021 on Xbox Series X/S, Xbox One and PC and be available on Xbox Game Pass. The Ascent was originally announced during the Xbox Series X S

Marvel's What If...? animated series now has a release date and a slew of episodes slated for its Disney+ Hotstar run this August. So far, we know that the show will touch on Peggy Carter's Captain Britain stint and T'Challa being a Guardian of the Galaxy. We don't know what the rest of the episodes will be like, bu

Platform(s): PC, PS4, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch, PS5, Xbox Series X Genre: Vertical Roguelike, Platformer Action Game, Indie, Bullet Hell This year alone, I've reviewed several roguelike and roguelite games, including Gods Will Fall, Nigate Tale, and Returnal. It seems like everyone's trying their hand at the genre

Donkey Kong is one of Nintendo's biggest and oldest characters in its stable of mascot characters, so it's only right that Nintendo needs to make a new game using the giant tie-wearing ape. There are rumours floating about that Nintendo will be resurrecting the series by bringing it in-house, with development curren

As far as demo tapes go, the music rhythm indie game Unbeatable's got potential. I sure as heck want to find out how the full album/game sounds like. Unbeatable sports a Studio Trigger-esque anime art style that's energetic, accompanied with a rocking soundtrack from sample-heavy hip hop to pop rock you find at both

Swedish game developer Turborilla AB has announced that Mad Skills Motocross 3 will launch for Android and iOS mobile devices on 25 May 2021. The highly addicting side-scrolling racing sequel is next up in a franchise that has seen more than 55 million mobile downloads and has become a part of the culture of global

Platforms: Your country's health organization & body Genre: Life-saving initiative against worldwide pandemic As part of the initiative to speed up the distribution and uptake of COVID-19 vaccines in Malaysia, the Malaysian government recently made limited quantities of the Oxford-AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine (

Mythic Quest is one of the best and most refreshing sitcoms of recent times. Produced by the creators of It’s Always Sunny In Philadelphia and Ubisoft Film & Television, the first season of the Apple TV+ series showed that it wasn't afraid to be both funny and over-the-top while also being hard-hitting an

PlayStation has announced the PG 5 PlayStation 5 colorway. According to PlayStation Blog, Nike and PlayStation designers, including Yujin Morisawa – the artist behind the PS5 console’s design – worked closely together to bring the spirit of basketball player Paul George and the look of PS5 to life

AirAsia is set to introduce its first virtual idol, Aozora Kurumi ushering in a new age of streaming content in ASEAN. The virtual idol is part of AirAsia's Project Kavvaii, a programme to discover and develop the next big virtual idol in Asean launched in March this year. Clad in a Victorian-style outfit with her tru

The multiplayer online shooter Scavengers is out now and is in Early Access for PC (via Steam). Right now, it's looking like a potential hit even in its current state. To recap, Scavengers is a battle royale third-person shooter that's similar to Fortnite, except: You're in a snowy wasteland. You win games by s

Ubisoft has announced a new limited-time event for Tom Clancy’s Rainbow Six Siege Year 6 Season 1, Apocalypse, beginning from 4 May 2021 until 18 May 2021. Apocalypse introduces a post-apocalyptic version of Outback, where players will have to fight for their clan, hope and freedom to revitalize life. In the wo

Sony Interactive Entertainment has announced a partnership with Discord to integrate the communication service with PlayStation Network starting from next year in 2022. PlayStation has also made a minority investment as part of Discord’s Series H round. In a blog post, Sony Interactive Entertainment presid

Microsoft has announced new titles coming to Xbox Game Pass for Console and PC in early May, including Outlast II, Steep, Final Fantasy X | X-2 HD Remaster, Red Dead Online, and more. Dragon Quest Builders 2 (Console and PC) – 4 May 2021 A block-building RPG set in a fantasy land threatene

The Resident Evil Village demo for PC is live now, and still comes with a 30-minute timer (per section) like the PS5 version. And in typical fashion, someone's found a way to bypass that restriction. See, the demo is set to a timer, giving you one hour to roam the castle grounds and village. Once these 60 minutes ar

Amazon's Invincible series has wrapped up its first season, and it's pretty epic. Sure, the spotty animation at times & the terrible music choices for key emotional scenes (think crappier versions of Post Malone's Spider-Verse song) can be distracting. However, the whole series delivers the goods from the optimist

The pretty-famous music rhythm all-girl band game Bang Dream! Girls Band Party will be getting a Nintendo Switch port. According to publisher Bushiroad and developer Craft Egg, the port will get a physical and digital release for 7,678 yen on 16th September. There's no word on an English release date yet. If

Developed by Housemarque Studios exclusively for the PS5, Returnal is a next-gen roguelike third-person action bullet hell game. In my full review of the game, I emphasized that it's hard as hell and extremely punishing in difficulty. I don't want to resort to cliches but it does sort of feel like the Dark Souls of Rog

Last year's pretty amazing arena/maze rhythm-savvy first-person shooter BPM: Bullets Per Minute is getting a few ports this year. BPM will be on PS4 and Xbox One later in 2021. In addition to all the perks & awesome challenges in the PC original last year, these new versions of BPM will include five brand new ch

This guide is updated with the most recent Hangouts since 28th April. Genshin Impact's 1.4 update is here and available for everyone to test out. Not only are there some new quality-of-life changes, but you can now hang out/date four of the 20+ waifus and husbands via the Genshin Impact Hangout Event. Basically,