Looking at the rapid rise of esports these past few years, it's hard to avoid fantasizing about a future where those games are played at the Olympics. Well, we're not exactly there yet but we're getting closer. The International Olympic Committee (IOC) and Intel are working together to host the Intel World Open, a tou

So Tokyo Games Show 2019 is happening later on 12th to 15th September; no doubt you have plans to visit Tokyo and its surrounding prefectures before or after the legendary week. But you have no idea where to begin. Let us help you. Because we love writing about food articles once in a blue moon, it's high time we put

It's 26 August again, my friends which means it's International Dog Day! Here at Kakuchopurei, we want to celebrate International Dog Day by sharing with you guys our favourite barkers and woofers from films and video games. Think of this as an expanded version of our previous Chinese New Year canine feature from a wh

Hideo Kojima finally gave us several minutes of uncut Death Stranding gameplay at the end of the Gamescom 2019 Opening Night Live press conference, and we're still no closer to really understanding what the highly-anticipated game is about. Death Stranding Gameplay Trailer What we saw was Norman Reedus' protagonist Sam

The story is in development and will be updated as we receive more information regarding the event. Malaysia's very own exhibition of video game industry developers and projects Level Up KL returns this year on November 2019. The conference was established to present and showcase the latest developments and going-ons

We're only one year away from the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games and the organizing committee has already unveiled the beautiful new designs of the medals for the world's biggest sporting event. A nationwide competition was open to both professional designers and design students in Japan, with more than 400 entries submitte

The month of August is going to be an interesting and exciting time for Street Fighter fans in Asia. The Street Fighter V: Asia Invitational 2019 will be held in Japan at the Tokyo Game Show (TGS) 2019 this September. To see who deserves a spot at the Asia Invitational, the Street Fighter V: Road To Tokyo Asia Invitati

E3 2019 is over and done with; there's a ton of video game reveals and some locked-down release dates for anticipated titles for this year and the next. So, which games deserve the coveted Kakuchopurei Best of E3 Gold Star award which we just made up on the spot for this feature? Let's find out! Kenn Leandre Halo: Inf

Want to bust ghosts and feel good doing so? Well, Bethesda's Tango Gameworks is gonna do that with its upcoming action game Ghostwire Tokyo. In Ghostwire Tokyo, you are given the task to uncover the source of disappearances happening in Tokyo and purge the city of a strange new evil. You have spectral abilities to hel

Update: Gamescom Asia got back to us; we've made some additions to the current piece to set some records straight.  Singapore has recently scored a win of sorts; it will host the first-ever Asian edition of Gamescom in 2020; the conference is from 15-16 October 2020, while the exhibition is from 16-18 of the same m

We're getting a possibly stellar Virtua On collection soon, right after the Twin Stick controllers are finished. Specifically, around this November, give or take. According to a Famitsu interview, Tanita’s Business Planning Department Representative Akiko Kubo mentioned that development of Twin Stick control

In case you couldn't tell from the Kakuchopurei Instagram page (yes we have that, please follow us kthanxbai), I was down in Tokyo for the JAEPO 2019 game festival arcade esports extravaganza. And there are tons to do if you love games, arcade games, cosplay, anime, and the culture. Like, a TON. There's a number of ar

To celebrate the highly-anticipated release of Kingdom Hearts 3, Tokyo Disney Resort has announced that special Kingdom Hearts-themed rooms will be coming soon to the Disney Ambassador Hotel very soon. Although the long-awaited game will be arriving later this month, these hotel rooms will only be available for a limit

Winter is finally here. The snow’s out in full force, so there’s no better time to dive under the blankets, sip on a nice cup of hot chocolate and watch some of the newest anime offerings. Well, unless you're in the steaming tropics of Malaysia - in that case, tough luck. The New Year is filled with bran

I took the PlayStation Classic for a spin recently. And while a few of the games deserved to be on the retro-throwback cube, I felt that there should be other worthy titles in the mix. As it stands, the motley of games on the mini retro console is, how shall I put it, lacking. I'm not saying I know better, but as some

Want to win a PS4 Pro and PS VR set just for voicing out your favourite PlayStation game? Of course you do. Sony PlayStation just opened up the User's Choice Award voting bit for its upcoming PlayStation Awards 2018 event on 3rd December. If your entry gets picked, you win the aforementioned prizes. We'll break dow

Word on the street is that Devil May Cry 5 will feature optional microtransactions to save players from grinding your Neros and Dantes. According to a GameSpot report during Tokyo Game Show 2018, players can pay real-world money to purchase the series' in-game currency, red orbs. Much like halos in Bayonetta, red or

Wan Hazmer, a Malaysian game designer renowned for working on Final Fantasy XV at Square Enix, formed a game company called Metronomik following his departure from the FF-making house in 2017. So what has the new Malaysian studio been working on since then? A pretty nifty indie game called No Straight Road, which w

Sony PlayStation made a preemptive strike a week before Tokyo Game Show to announce its slew of new titles. Let's highlight the best ones, shall we? Samurai Shodown Slated For 2019 https://www.facebook.com/kakuchopurei/videos/715437335484148/ We wrote about this earlier. Long story short: 2D weapons-based fighting, cl

Update: Added the game's release date.  After hearing that addictive battle theme for Nero and seeing a stunner of an Xbox E3 showing, I should be excited for the upcoming Devil May Cry 5. Lo and behold, Gamescom has presented us with new gameplay footage of the game (via IGN), and... https://www.facebook.com/kaku