Whether you’re a Star Wars fan or not, Grogu aka The Child oozes irresistible cuteness with his adorable giant ears and huge eyes, catching everyone’s heart. With the third season of The Mandalorian almost upon us, here are five facts about Grogu you probably didn’t know. Grogu and Master Yoda are NOT the sa

Dr. JC Lau is kind of a game development superstar, and that’s putting it lightly. I first met her on a zoom call as we were both inducted into The Game Award’s Future Class 2022 - and hearing the list of her achievements and accolades with such a sense of accomplishment but still, humility. When she’s not lea

When the COVID-19 pandemic went global, the world as we knew it changed. From work culture to habits, the video games industry was also severely affected.  Employing more than 3,500 people all around the world which include three studios in China — Shanghai, Chengdu and Xian — Virtuos was affected when the lock

Valve's pocket gaming rig, the Steam Deck, will rolling out in several Asian markets starting 17 December. The Asian territories that will be selling the Steam Deck next month will be: Japan Hong Kong Taiwan South Korea You can get the Steam Deck via the Komodo website in 64GB, 256GB, and 512GB conf

The week of October 6 is when Malaysia and Southeast Asia's finest game developers and game makers gather in Kuala Lumpur for the annual Level Up KL video game business conference. After a number of years being online, this 2022 iteration is the first time the event is done offline courtesy of MDEC (Malaysia Digital Ec

Malaysia's premier industry event for game developers is back for its 8th year. With public offline expos now in a resurgence, now's a great time as any to have Southeast Asia's finest gather to discuss games, games-making, indie, business, and everything in-between. As such, PlayStation Studios Malaysia is hosting

Virtuos, a leading global video game development company, has announced the official launch of its studio in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Virtuos Kuala Lumpur delivers full game development, engineering, and art production services to some of the world’s biggest game developers and publishers. It is part of Virtuos’ glo

After the incredible conclusion to the Call of Duty League 2022 Season's Championship on Sunday, 7 August, an equally impressive amount of information dropped at Champs during the show announced the dates where you can learn more about Call of Duty’s future, as well as the dates for the Call of Duty: Modern Warfare I

The first of its kind, Good Game Asia (GGA) is a gaming reality show by Yup.gg on Warner TV. Formatted like reality game shows, Yup.gg's take on the genre pits 15 streamers and gaming personalities throughout Asia-Pacific to face off to earn a grand prize of US$200,000 in cash goods and be crowned the title of the "Nex

Galaxy Racer, a world-leading esports, lifestyle and content organisation, has recently announced its expansion into Malaysia’s esports ecosystem and has plans lined up to accelerate the country’s esports and gaming economy growth.  In 2020, Malaysia was observed to be the 3rd largest game marketing in Southeas

The ASUS Ramadan Bonanza promotion is happening from 14th April to 30th May 2022, with discounts of up to RM500 on some of their latest models, with a total of 16 models in varying specifications. You can head on over here for more details: https://bit.ly/ASUSRamadanDeal_f https://www.facebook.com/asusmalaysia/p

MDEC and Level Up KL recently hosted the SEA Game Awards 2021, where they pick the best of the best in indie games and Southeast Asia-made titles for the year, as well as upcoming ones. The majority of categories were dominated by Indonesian video game companies, followed by Malaysia at a close second. Here's the fu

Malaysia Digital Economy Corporation (MDEC) will be holding the Malaysia Digital Creativity Festival (MYDCF) 2021 throughout the month of November 2021.  With the aim to strengthen and catalyse the creative industry, MYDCF will seek to elevate the interest of the public and push forth the nation's digitalisation

There are many gamers out there who dream of having a job in the video game industry. Of course, the road to getting a good job is preparing for it with the appropriate skills, knowledge and qualifications. To obtain all those, you'd need to study at a university, college or any Institutes Of Higher Learning (IHL). How

Level Up KL 2021 has recently announced the full list of nominated games for the SEA Game Awards 2021. The motley crew of games are definitely a mixed bag, ranging from visual novels to 2D platformers. Here's the full list along with each title's respective trailer: •The Company Man by Forust Studio M Sdn B

The biggest game festival in Malaysia is back. The Level Up KL 2021 Industry Conference will take place on 21 and 22 September 2021. According to the official website, there will be virtual conference sessions featuring international industry leaders and practitioners. The list of speakers include: Level Up

Valve has announced the Steam Deck, which is essentially a portable handheld PC capable of playing Steam games. It is slated to launch in December with three versions featuring different specifications. Basically, the Steam Deck can play games on Steam just like a PC, and it can also be docked, similarly to the Nint

I recently came across the following tweet making its rounds in the Malaysian Twitter-sphere. Essentially, the caption read "If you think that there's no future in video games, look at them" accompanying the photos of two leading video game streamers in Malaysia, Mohd Faris “Soloz” Zakaria and the ot

2020 is a pretty crappy year for a lot of folks, especially for those looking for a job. Anyone who specifically needs a job in video games, especially in Malaysia and Singapore, would probably need a heads up for this sort of thing. Luckily, we're here to help. Rather than relying on the usual job portals that can

Malaysia fighting game group Flash Vision will be hosting its FV Cup 2020 later this November, bringing a whole slew of fighting game folks and players together from all over Malaysia, be it the Klang Valley or the east sides of Sarawak and Sabah. This time, they come under the Level Up KL banner, meaning they have ful