Malaysia's game development industry has been steadily growing over the years, and on the occasion of Malaysia's 67th Independence Day, it's a great time to shine a spotlight on the top game development studios in the country. These studios have been instrumental in putting Malaysia on the global map in the gaming indu

Valve has released the official trailer of some of the upcoming games to be discounted during Steam's Summer Sale, taking place from 27 June at 10:00 am PT/28 June at 1:00 am MYT to 11 July 2024. Some of the games included are: Rain world Palworld iRacing Disney Dreamlight Valley Supermarket Simulat

How wonderful it is as gamers that we have all these amazing games to play, great and small. As the years have passed, indie games have been making waves like never before in the gaming industry. But with all these big AAA games releasing constantly, half these Indies realistically don’t make it. Indie developers oft

Xsolla, a prominent company in the video game commerce sector, and Curine Ventures, known for incubating profitable startups in Southeast Asia and the Americas, are thrilled to announce the opening of the Xsolla Curine Academy (XCA) in Kuala Lumpur. This initiative, supported by Malaysia Digital Economy Corporation (MD

Valve has announced the Steam Deck OLED, a new version of Steam Deck featuring an OLED display. It will launch on 16 November 2023 in 512 GB and 1 TB variants for US$549.99 and US$649.99, respectively. Check out the specs below: 512GB OLED 512GB NVMe SSD 1280 x 800 HDR OLED display 7.4? Diagonal display

Xbox's Game Camp initiative is going to spread its wings to Asia next year. Starting on February 2024, Xbox Game Camp Asia will kick off a 2-month learning experience in the following Asian locations: Malaysia Philippines Indonesia India Singapore The main goal of Xbox Game Camp is to enable

Malaysia Digital Economy Corporation (MDEC) has announced that they welcome the mandate by the Minister Of Communications And Digital, YB Fahmi Fadzil, on the Budget 2024 announcement themed ‘Economic Reform, Empowering People’ in line with MDEC’s mission for a more inclusive, equitable, and sustainable growth of

In the ever-evolving landscape of the global game development industry, Malaysia has emerged as a promising hub, teeming with talent and potential. As the country's game developers continue to make their mark on the world stage, Virtuos KL, a leading game development studio, stands at the forefront of this transformati

Video game commerce company Xsolla will be partnering with Curine Ventures for a new game development initiative. Announced during Level Up KL 2023/MYDCF arranged by the Malaysia Digital Economy Corporation (MDEC), the initiative is called the Xsolla Curine Academy. It's a program dedicated to nurturing and empoweri

This year's Level Up KL 2023 gaming B2B and B2C expo is a big one indeed. With companies like Shueisha on-board giving talks about game industry expansions, as well as publishers like Neon Doctrine and Toge Productions educating would-be developers and publishers, the weekend of 28 September to 1st October is a prime t

This week's Malaysia Digital Content Festival (MYDCF) event celebrates not just the best in video games in Malaysia & Southeast Asia, but also the booming animation circuit. And this week's 25th DigiCon6 Asia Awards was no exception in highlighting the best of the business. Animasia Studio won the coveted Audien

Tokyo Game Show 2023 has come and gone. Suffice it to say, it was a blast! While the big turnout is due to the last one being restrictive, thanks to COVID-19 and all, it was nonetheless a great show featuring loads of good games to play that will be out next year, a lot of booths with lovely photo-op moments, live p

Malaysia Digital Content Festival (MYDCF) is an annual digital content industry gathering, from developer to consumer brought to you by MDEC. The 5-day event is held at the Kuala Lumpur Convention Centre, and this year, it will be happening from 27 September to 1 October 2023. The B2B part of the event will take pla

The Sarawak Game Developers Community (SwkGDC) concluded its second edition of the SwkGDC Game Jam that ran from 31st August, Thursday, to 2nd September, Saturday. This year’s game jam was held in partnership with Tabung Ekonomi Gagasan Anak Sarawak (TEGAS) and The Malaysia Digital Economy Corporation (MDEC), providi

Xsolla, in collaboration with Mohan from Malaysia Digital Economy Corporation (MDEC), Sam from Circle Studio, Jeffrey Patrick from Ammobox Studios, and Dean from Epic Games, celebrated a resounding success with their recent Unreal Engine Meetup. The event, held at Xsolla KL, brought together passionate developers, indu

YouTube filmmaker and cancer survivor Jared Lee accomplished another filmmaking milestone at the 2023 San Diego Comic-Con (SDCC) in the United States, on Wednesday, 26 July. Lee's Horologist short film won the Best Animation award at the San Diego International Independent Film Festival held as part of SDCC 2023. Th

The SEA Game Awards are making a comeback. Yep, it's that time of the year again when Malaysia Digital Economy Corporation (MDEC) takes the reins to host this thrilling event. Can you believe it's already the 7th year since it all started back in 2017? This annual extravaganza is all about celebrating and giving props

It's that time of the year again when esports enthusiasts gather to witness their favourite games in the SEA Games. This year's event, hosted by Cambodia, marks the 3rd time that esports will be contested as a medal event in a multi-sport competition sanctioned by the International Olympic Committee. Excitingly, Mobile

ASUS has entered the handheld gaming device fold with their newly unveiled ROG Ally. At first, many people thought the announcement was just an April Fools’ joke, but ASUS later confirmed that it's the real deal. https://twitter.com/ASUS_ROGNA/status/1642885253697261568 When it comes to portable gaming, Nintend

Let's face it. Female gamers are on the rise. Whether gaming is done for stress relief, competitively, or even just gaming development, us women, we're finally being seen for the big badass bosses that we are. That's why this month of March (on International Women's Day), we're celebrating women gamers that you may or