Southeast Asia has emerged as a vibrant hub for the video game industry, producing a diverse array of engaging and culturally rich experiences. From breathtaking adventures inspired by mythology to groundbreaking multiplayer games, the region boasts a wealth of titles that are truly worth discovering. To champion these

Originally published in 4th June, 2019. Updated for 2024. Selamat Hari Raya! As the period of Ramadan and fasting is ending soon, many of us are happy to celebrate the upcoming festivities that is Hari Raya. And with that comes the part where your relatives come to visit and make merriment. We're very sure that a

The makers of Genshin Impact and Honkai Star Rail, miHoYo also known as HoYoverse may potentially develop a new game due to recent Chinese trademarks and a newly-opened channel on streaming platform Bilibili. In a recent Reddit post, eagle-eyed fans observed that miHoYo registered a new trademark on the official

Platform(s): PC (version reviewed), Nintendo Switch Genre: Romance, Visual Novel, Strategy, Dating Sim, Management   Finding meaningful love is indeed an imperative aspect of our lives, albeit not to the same extent in the realm of video games. While it is possible to engage in romantic endeavours through v

Platform(s): PC (version reviewed) PlayStation 5, Nintendo Switch, Xbox One, PlayStation 4, Xbox Series X and Series S Genre: Cozy farming simulator No friends? No problem. Ikonei Island has your back! Ikonei Island: An Earthlock Adventure is a cozy title by Norwegian studio Snowcastle Games. If you enjoy who

In the fast-paced world we live in, finding peace and relaxation is crucial to our overall well-being. One way to achieve this is by playing wholesome and cosy games that offer a delightful and comforting experience. In this list, we've put together a special selection of the best cosy games to play in 2023, with the g

Microsoft has announced the next wave of titles coming to Xbox Game Pass in early November 2023, which includes the highly anticipated action-adventure Yakuza spin-off, Like A Dragon Gaiden: The Man Who Erased His Name. Even if you're not a fan of the Yakuza series, players can look forward to football management, a fa

Publisher Humble Games and developer Stairway Games have announced their anticipated tropical farming sim, Coral Island will be leaving Early Access on PC after over a year and will be getting a 1.0 release for consoles and PC in November. Coral Island is a farming simulation game that draws inspiration from pop

If you want a cozy building-slash-JRPGing game, Pixelshire might be for you. Heck, you can try out the game's demo right now.  Developer Kappa Bits and publisher Merge Games have released a brand new PC demo for Pixelshire, which lets you play the first 5 days. You'll get to learn how to terraform land, build the v

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

Here's one of our guest posts for the end of 2022 from our lovely pals and industry friends. Go check out Arief's work at Twitch.tv.  To say that 2022 has been an eventful year in the Southeast Asian games industry is a deep understatement. This year we’ve seen everything from the return of major in-person trade

Move over, dad God of War; there's a new sheriff in town. Stray has become the highest user-rated game on Steam this year according to aggregate site Steam250. As of now, Stray's rating is at 8.61 based on 42,665 mostly positive votes. For comparison, God of War (2018) has a score of 8.56 based on 53,101 mostly posi

Update: added new GIFs of the game's many areas. Life sim games are always going to draw a huge crowd be it a Stardew Valley, Animal Crossing, or even an online game like Second Life. Disney wants to cash in on it with its new game Disney Dreamlight Valley. As you can tell from the trailer below, Disney Dreamligh

From late December to mid-January 2022, we'll be revealing our top 30 games of 2021 bit by bit. Here's number 13! #13: Moonglow Bay Platforms: Xbox One, Xbox Series, PC If there's a title that adds an incredibly relaxed vibe to an ever-growing tense games list, this RPG-lite using voxel graphics will fit the b

Steam, that digital distribution PC platform everyone loves to get discounts from, just released its list of top-selling games of 2021. The games are divided into a number of tiers: Platinum (1st to 12th place), Gold (13th to 24th place), Silver (25th to 40th place), and Bronze (41st to 100th place). Basically, 2021

The Lion Speedrunners Assembly will return at the upcoming Singapore Comic Con 2021 with another great event for fans of speedrunning. For those unfamiliar, they organised the first speedrunning event in Singapore two years ago and have since been active in the local scene, including joining charity live streams and mo

There comes a time when one gets overwhelmed with so many games, they have no choice but to give a short impressions list of games in a one-pager feature. Here is one of those times. I'll be going through some indie titles that need some mentioning. Why? Because these slew of titles are really fun for the first few

If you're sick of triple-A games, this online presentation is for you. Xbox is giving its livestream platform for its indie game partners, featuring new titles that are slated for 2021 and 2022 (or beyond). Here's what we have: Lightyear Frontier https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V2WMoUwHVeo You pilot a mecha

Congratulations, Valve. As of 2nd January 2021, Steam's all-time peak concurrent connected user count has broken the 25 million mark (via SteamDB). The actual number is 25,415,080. For reference, 8.1 million gamers were in-game in March 2020. So which games caused this 25 million all-time peak? Counter-Strik

We're only a few days away from the end of 2020 and the start of a new year. Steam has unveiled its Best Of 2020 lists, including the top-selling and most-played games of the year. The Top Sellers category features Platinum, Gold, Silver, and Bronze tiers. However, Steam doesn't exactly reveal how much revenue that