Garena has announced that the Free Fire World Series, Free Fire’s largest and most iconic esports tournament, will be held in Singapore in May 2021. The Free Fire World Series 2021 Singapore (FFWS 2021 SG) will feature Free Fire’s largest-ever prize pool of US$2,000,000. It will also mark the beginnin

Niantic has announced a Pokémon GO Lunar New Year event, where Mega Gyarados will be available for the first time in the mobile game. The event will also feature a limited research event for Tauros to celebrate the Year Of The Ox; while Pokémon representing other years will become temporarily more common.

Embracer Group has announced that they have entered into a merger with The Gearbox Entertainment Company in a transaction worth up to US$1.3 billion and set to close within three months, Aspyr Media through its wholly-owned subsidiary Saber Interactive, and Easybrain in a transaction set to close in approximately two m

The Girls Frontline mobile game is doing pretty well for itself, to the point where it's getting an anime adaptation this year. The show will be produced by Warner Bros. Japan and Asahi Production. The plot will be the same as the Sunborn Network-developed game: set in an alternate Earth during the 2060s, the show w

Square Enix and developer Aiming have announced that Tactical RPG mobile game Dragon Quest Tact will launch for iOS via the App Store and Android via Google Play on 27 January 2021. Pre-registration is available now. A limited time “King Slime” early access bonus will be available to all p

Games publisher and social gaming community app Storms has announced its inaugural hyper-casual game competition, offering indie mobile game studios and developers from around the world the chance to win a total prize pool of SG$360,000 (roughly US$270,000) and publishing contracts.  The ‘Storm the World 20

2020 was a s***show, if we're being nice about it. Yes, we had a lot of games to play and the games industry has seen an uptick in engagement and interaction. But there was a lot of nonsense, disappointments, and all-around crap and crummy things that happened. Here's a list of them, in no particular order. https

There is no doubt that Genshin Impact is currently one of the best games that you can play on your smartphone. This successful game released a 1.2 update on 23rd December which included new characters, a new snowy region, new storylines, and a fair amount of balancing changes. Genshin Impact caused a big stir when i

Under the Ministry of Youth and Sports (KBS), Esports Integrated (ESI), is launching the Malaysia Esports Championship (MEC 2020). First introduced during the launch of ESI in October 2020, the launch of MEC is a key pillar in the esports development roadmap which serves as a springboard that will establish the e

It looks like Take-Two's acquisition of Codemasters has failed. EA has officially announced that they have acquired Codemasters for a whopping US$1.2 billion. According to the press release, the acquisition is anticipated to be completed in the first quarter of calendar 2021. Codemasters Chairman Gerhard Florin

Thanks to COVID-19, Cygames will need to host its upcoming Granblue Fantasy fiesta online. Luckily, that's been the norm worldwide, meaning no need to spend so much on logistics and whatnot. In any case, Cygames will be unveiling its Granblue Fantasy plans in the Granblue Fantasy Fes 2020 live event on 12th and 13th

Anime action RPG wunderkind Genshin Impact, renowned for making gacha games cool, mainstream, and possibly annoying for everyone who plays an iota of games, is getting some prestige from Google Play. The recent Google Play Awards have bestowed the game and its creators Mihoyo the following Google Play awards: B

Thailand’s EXP Esports has been crowned champion of Asia at the Free Fire Continental Series (FFCS), the mobile game's flagship tournament of 2020. The team claimed the title of continental champion earlier today in dramatic fashion, edging out second runner-up (and fellow Thai team) King of Gamer’s C

Doctor Who Series 12 ended earlier this year in March 2020. The BBC has announced that the long-running sci-fi series will finally return with a special New Years Day episode on 1 January 2021. Revolution Of The Daleks will feature the return of the main cast, as well as special guest stars like John Barrowman's fa

Coda Payments and 4399 NET LTD have announced that users in Southeast Asia can now top up Goddess MUA Ingots on Codashop by heading to this link. Goddess MUA is an MMORPG mobile game, where players can select the genders of their heroes and personalize their looks with plenty of cute designs and customization

After 2018's Final Fantasy Brave Exvius' first crossover with the Kingdom Hearts franchise, another crossover is happening yet again. This time it's with the new mobile game Kingdom Hearts Uχ Dark Road. From now till 9 December 2020, players can participate in themed events and earn exciting rewards in both gam

Platform: PS4, Nintendo SwitchGenre: Rhythm Game, JRPG Good job, Square Enix. You've officially pulled an Atlas move. What's an Atlas move, you ask? A rhythm game spinoff from a JRPG franchise isn't anything new. Atlus has done it multiple times, which means that they must at least be selling pretty

Marvel's first official MOBA mobile game, Marvel Super War, welcomes a new playable character into its roster; Taskmaster. Taskmaster is a skilled tactician and an adept martial artist. Thanks to his photographic reflexes, he is able to replicate the physical movements of anyone he witnesses. He is also set to

Riot Games has announced that League Of Legends: Wild Rift has launched its first Regional Open Beta in Indonesia, Japan, Malaysia, the Philippines, Singapore, South Korea, and Thailand, with many more regions to follow in the rest of 2020 and early 2021. During this Regional Open Beta, the mobile game will also be

Developer & publisher Mihoyo's online RPG Genshin Impact is out now, and so far it's been doing gangbusters and is the talk of the online and mobile gaming town. It's not a huge surprise, as the China-based game maker has worked hard in making the title the biggest international launch in its country's history. Af