This here's a guest post that goes with our Best 30 Games Of 2022 feature. Check out Nat's Twitch work here. She's also the EIC of The Magic Rain. When everything normal about the world was uprooted two years ago, like many others, I turned to streaming as a source of comfort and variety. First beginning as a viewer

Does gaming longer make you happier? How many hours of gaming in a day would it take to make you happy? One, two, three, 24? Well, according to a study made by the Oxford Internet Institute (via BBC), gaming longer does not make you happier. The research conducted by the Oxford Internet Institute on a whopping 39,00

Nintendo announced in its latest earnings release that it has sold 107.6 million Nintendo Switch units as of 31 March, 2022. A totally of 4.11 million Nintendo Switch hardware units and 55.77 million software units were sold during the three months ended 31 March. On a related note, Pokemon Arceus is the top-sellin

The British Academy of Film and Television Arts has announced the winners of the 2022 BAFTA Games Awards, with Sony Interactive Entertainment’s and Housemarque's PS5 exclusive Returnal winning the most awards of the night. The roguelike third-person shooter won in four categories, including Best Game, Best Perform

At the 25th DICE Awards 2022, Hazelight Studios' It Takes Two wins Game Of The Year, but it's actually PS5 exclusive Insomniac Games' Ratchet & Clank Rift Apart that was the biggest winner of the show. Besides Game Of The Year, It Takes Two also won the Outstanding Achievement in Game Design award. Meanwhile, Ra

It's a helluva windfall for Nintendo. The company has sold 89.04 million Nintendo Switch units as of 30th June 2020, according to its latest earnings release. Nintendo has sold 4.45 million Switch hardware and 45.28 million software during the past three months that ended on 30th June. Speaking of software, here are

The PS5 is certainly doing well, especially in the United States Of America. In its first five months on the market, the PlayStation 5 is now the fastest-selling console in U.S. history in terms of both unit and dollar sales. That's impressive, considering that the Xbox's hold in the U.S. is pretty strong compared t

Amazon Singapore has opened its very first dedicated gaming stores It's a great place to get great deals on video games, everything from hardware to peripherals and games. The new Amazon Singapore Gaming Store is now open. Basically, it featured a special page with a massive selection of gaming products and ac

Last year's Hades was a godsend for fans of indie gaming, good storytelling in games, and action titles in general. So it's no surprise that Supergiant's Hades won big at this year's prestigious BAFTA Games Awards ceremony. The BAFTAs, or the British Academy Film Awards, is a pretty big deal for the entertainment indus

It looks like the times might be a-changing. The Xbox Series X and S were the UK's best selling consoles in January 2021, outselling both the PS5 and the Nintendo Switch for the first time since launch. According to GamesIndustry.biz, overall console sales increased a whopping 148 percent in the UK, with the Xbox Se

The DICE Awards games celebration show for 2021 is going to be a thing this 9th April (GMT+8), and with it are the nominees for this year. First, let's celebrate the fact that a Southeast Asian-made title made its way into the DICE Awards this year. Coffee Talk, a visual novel we recently elected as one of our best

2020 has been rough, but there was a good chunk of bright spots here and there. Like a heckaton of games to play, next-gen making its way to people's home entertainment setup (sorta), and a lot of us picking up new hobbies and reconnecting with loved ones using online chat tools. But screw all that; 2020 gave us the

Gamers are dominating social media, more so in 2020 than in previous years. According to a report by Twitter Gaming, there were more than 2 billion Tweets about gaming in 2020, which is a whopping 75 percent increase from 2019. The Countries That Tweeted Most About Gaming Just like in previous years, Japan once again

2020 is not the best year for everyone, with a global pandemic forcing businesses and other industry sectors to shut down or put in a crawling state, and everyone staying indoors for safety precautions. However, this doesn’t stop us to enjoy playing video games, in fact, it gave us more time to finish some of ou

Gaming has brought me so much joy in this strange, terrible Twilight Zone episode of a year. 2020 gave us humongous releases like Final Fantasy 7 Remake and The Last of Us Part 2 - games that some folks have been looking forward to for years. It brought new console generations. It brought us Hades. It brought us Palm

The Game Awards 2020 just concluded, and it was probably the biggest iteration of the annual event yet. It featured tons of surprises in the form of new game announcements, trailers, reveals, and a slew of guest appearances. Here are the winners of The Game Awards 2020 (they're highlighted in bold): Game of

The Game Awards 2020 is taking place on 10 December 2020, but Geoff Keighley has announced the nominated games three weeks earlier. Despite being plagued with the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, this year has seen some pretty good games. You can vote now on the official website here. Check out the full The Game Awards 2

One of the world's biggest public-voting games awards is back for its 2020 entry. Made by Future Publication's conglomerate of publications like GamesRadar and PC Gamer to partly appease their shareholders and video game industry business partners, it's live right now and you can determine what the best game of 2020 is

The video game industry is always changing and growing in tandem with improving tech and facilities like the Internet. According to statistics gathered by WePC from various sources (and published earlier this year), Asia is currently leading the world in terms of overall revenue in the video games industry. The Asia P

The COVID-19 pandemic has caused the world and the Southeast Asian region to go into lockdown, leading gamers to find solace in games. According to statistics provided by the iPrice Group, the Nintendo Switch is the most popular console in Southeast Asia, followed by the PS4. That statement is based on 1.5 million sea