Grab your Phasers and helm your stations, Starfleet cadets, the next Star Trek movie might be announced soon. Earlier today, the official Star Trek Twitter account was 'taken over' by Klingons for several hours. It seemed like a harmless joke at first, perhaps a way for the social media folks to spice up the account j

Just a heads up: in this review, we will be treating Call of Duty: Black Ops 4's Blackout as a standalone game and compare it against other games of its genre such as PUBG and Fortnite. Having said that, is this brand new battle royale entry any good? Where does it stand compared to the two behemoths monopolizin

No one likes a faker, especially in the video games industry. If we're talking LoL's Faker, that's a completely different story. But that's beside the point. There are far too many new players encroaching the games industry who want to create an app or at least sell the promise of making and implementing one. Not gam

After 15 or so hours in Assassin's Creed Odyssey, we can safely say that this game is definitely a little more than just an expanded version of Assassin's Creed Origins, last year's Ubisoft sandbox game featuring assassins, Egypt, and a pretty cool protagonist. While they're not major changes, the differences are more

Dragalia Lost is the least innovative title among Nintendo's mobile game offerings, and this is coming from the folks who did Super Mario Run and Fire Emblem Heroes. It’s basically White Cat Project but with a new skin and that Nintendo touch. For those not in tune with the mobile gaming scene, White Cat Projec

It's only been a week or so, but somehow Nintendo and Cygames' latest White Cat Project-esque action RPG is raking in the big bucks. According to analyst firm Sensor Tower (via Variety), the mobile game has grossed US$3.5 million or so since its launch on 27th September worldwide. The game was officially released i

We at Kakuchopurei.com are very selective on what we review but one device which recently came into the market piqued our interest: the Huawei Honor Play. Is it all that? Is this THE phone to get to solidify one's gaming cred? Will it increase my chances of winning more chicken dinners in PUBG? Am I getting value for m

To celebrate the 40th anniversary of SNK, Kakuchopurei and Retro DNA are teaming up to publish a series of weekly features about SNK, the Neo Geo, and its slew of first-party titles. This one's a personal OP ED piece to get the ball rolling. I remember browsing through a copy of EGM back in Malaysia at the Indian-owne

Top image credit: Gam3Asia, The Pantheon All default money/$ value is in US unless stated otherwise.  With an estimated population of over 650 million people across 11 countries, the Southeast Asian region is home to roughly 10% of the worldwide population. But what else do we know about its gaming habits and gamin

Capcom, the folks behind making a ton of sequels out of old properties like Street Fighter and Mega Man, just released its first quarter report for the fiscal year 2018/2019 which concluded in March 2019. To quote what they started off with their announcement: "After closing its most profitable first quarter since the

The Hong Kong Tourism Board has confirmed that the ICBC (Asia) e-Sports & Music Festival Hong Kong which is set to take place this 24-26th August 2018 will feature three international esports tournaments including League of Legends, CS:GO and PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds.  Details of the tournaments ar

Want to find out which country in the world has the highest video game revenue this year? Look no further than this latest Newzoo chart. If you want to see how each Southeast Asian country fare, keep scrolling all the way to no. 17. Here are our takeaways: Indonesia is placed at 17 with US$1,130 million in game re

Last weekend (14 – 15 July) was a loud and a lit one for Battle Arena Malaysia. Between button smashing and filthy comebacks, both local and international fighting game players fought their best in the esports battleground much to the delight of the cheering spectators.     https://www.facebook.com/

  You know what they say: if the adult entertainment industry is interested in a particular tech or digital fad, chances are it'll blow up. DVD, Blu-Ray, VR: everything is made more popular when porn is factored into the mix. You can now add "esports" as the world's first "adult-themed" esports tournament is ann

Another season from the Gregorian calendar, another bunch of anime you should tune into. Just like last time, we'll be listing down the standout shows for the next four months. Keep in mind that the release dates are for Japan broadcasting, so you'll have to figure out how to stream all these new animes on your own. H

You've seen the news and coverage about the big titles of E3 like that one Halo Infinite game and that one action game with Nero and his mechanical arm. But what about the smaller indie titles or the quirky games that were on the show floor? We're going to miss out on a lot of them; it happens, right? Have no fear: we

So we stayed up late (or woke up early - whichever of the two that sounds more appealing) today to catch the first of many E3 2018 press conferences, the one by Electronic Arts. Yes. The folks in desperate need of a 180-degree turnaround considering how their reputation nosedived in 2017. How was it? Well, read on. We

EA and DICE are going back into the World War II well with its fifth mothership multiplayer shooter title. After a major livestream a few hours ago, the duo plan to shake things up in the military shooter genre. Check out the trailer & presentation first. Trevor Noah is a Battlefield fan; who knew? https://www.yo

Ubisoft -of FarCry, Rayman, Assassin's Creed, and Beyond Good & Evil fame- has recently ended its financial battle with media company Vivendi. Vivendi's Ubisoft shares have been bought up by, surprise surprise, giant Chinese gaming publisher Tencent. According to a Forbes report, the Chinese conglomerate bought ou

A long while back, a mobile gaming RPG by the name of Brave Frontier made headlines by being one of the more-played games out since at the time there was no Final Fantasy mobile game in tow. It also made headlines down south in 2014 where it tried to win the equivalent of Best Made-In-Singapore game in the Digital Lif