Dogs: man's best friend in the real world. Fluffy, loyal, and/or able to fetch frisbees and other things for you if they weren't distracted by pointer lights. Humps anything on sight if you don't keep them in check. In the digital realm of video games, dogs are useful. They can fetch items for you, become assists when

The biggest game convention in Southeast Asia (apart from ESGS and Thai Game Show) is back again for another year. Yep, GameStart 2018 is made official and will happen on October 13 and 14 in Singapore, with a theme on "fantasy". Just like the past few GameStarts, the South East Asia Major (SEAM) tournament will also

Just before Tokyo Game Show 2017, we were invited by Bethesda to visit their studio in Tokyo for an early look at their upcoming survival horror third-person shooter: The Evil Within 2. Along with it, we were fortunate to be allowed the opportunity to chat with the producers of the game from Tango Gameworks, including

Toei Animation has teamed up with developer Toydium to unveil Noroi Kago: The Grudged Domain, a four-player cooperative survival horror game set for release on Steam in 2025. The game is slated to debut at the Tokyo Game Show 2024, running from 26-29 September at Makuhari Messe, Chiba, Japan.   A Nightmarish J

D3 Publisher and developer Yuke’s have released the teaser trailer for Earth Defense Force: World Brothers 2, highlighting the game's new content and the roster of playable characters. Moreover, the new teaser confirms that Earth Defense Force: World Brothers 2 will be playable at Tokyo Game Show 2023, which takes p

Take Two Interactive sure loves money, don't they? In keeping up with tradition via GTA Online, Take Two and Rockstar Games announced Red Dead Online, the multiplayer online component for its upcoming open world action game Red Dead Redemption 2. Here's the breakdown: Just like GTA Online, Red Dead Online will use t

Bad news: Soulslike RPG title Enotria: The Last Song is getting delayed. Good news: it's not for the PC and PlayStation 5 versions. Instead, the Xbox Series version is getting delayed to "an unannounced date", according to developer Jyamma Games. The reason? A ton of challenges that may be technical. Here's the offi

Independent developer Operaludica has announced that their turn-based mystery dungeon fantasy RPG Dragonero The Rise Of Draquir, will be released on PC via Steam on 26 September 2024. Coinciding with the release date, Operaludica will be also exhibiting at the Makuhari Messe from 26 to 29 September 2024 for Tokyo Ga

After 33 years, the NES action title Shadow of the Ninja is coming back in current gen form. Yes, it's still a 2D pixel graphics game, but it's a lot more colourful and animated now, with the two ninjas being a bit more "well-formed" than before. Right now, there's a playable demo of the game now ready on PC (via St

WhisperGames and developer Mistold Games have revealed their upcoming strategy role-playing game where every action taken will affect two realms, which means the characters act simultaneously on both sides of the world in this game. That's already a promising new mechanic in the realm of turn-based tile-based combat RP

Capcom is planning to count to 9 with its survival horror game series Resident Evil, and will take place on an island unlike any other in the series. According to survival horror game leaker specialists Dusk Golem, Resident Evil 9 will be out for PC and consoles on January 2025. The survival horror game will be open

Blizzard Entertainment has announced that BlizzCon 2024 is cancelled and no longer happening. However, they also reassured fans that BlizzCon might still return in "future years". Here is the full message from Blizzard Entertainment on BlizzCon and its plans for 2024: After careful consideration over the last year,

There comes a time when the stars aligned; when a project that has been in the works for a good number of years since its Kickstarter debut has come close to the finish line. A franchise that has a handful of developers teaming up to do what its parent company should have done aeons ago, but because of legal and licens

Capcom has announced that Street Fighter 6 has sold a whopping three million copies worldwide, with the Street Fighter franchise itself having surpassed 50 million units in cumulative sales. Street Fighter 6 was originally launched for PS4, PS5, Xbox One, Xbox Series X/S and PC in June 2023. Street Fighter 6 has

In a bold move, Capcom has officially entered the US$70 gaming price point with their highly anticipated release, Dragon’s Dogma 2. The company wasted no time, opening pre-orders shortly after unveiling a slated release date of 22 March 2024. The standard edition of Dragon’s Dogma 2 in the United States is set a

Bandai Namco has revealed four new characters for its upcoming 3D fighting game Tekken 8. Wait, I meant "new", as these are characters that have previously appeared in past Tekken games. They are Zafina, robot girl Alisa Bosconovich, Lee Chaolan sporting a brand-spanking new look, and Devil Jin. This now puts the re

Update: added ESGS to the mix. Just when you thought the crowds in Malaysia and Indonesia's biggest comic conventions weren't getting any bigger, along comes this bombshell news. Sega will be participating in the following upcoming comic conventions at the tail end of 2023: ESGS (Electronic Sports and Gaming Summ

This year's Level Up KL 2023 gaming B2B and B2C expo is a big one indeed. With companies like Shueisha on-board giving talks about game industry expansions, as well as publishers like Neon Doctrine and Toge Productions educating would-be developers and publishers, the weekend of 28 September to 1st October is a prime t

In the late 90s, two JRPG makers split up to make their own version of an action RPG -Wolfteam and Tri-Ace- after making the hit Bandai Namco RPG Tales of Phantasia. As a result, the latter company Tri-Ace turned to sci-fi as a trope to launch its take on the genre: the Star Ocean series. The second game basically made

Ever wanted to have a woman by your side while piloting a mecha, instead of a disembodied voice like in most anime-inspired mecha games? Well, Bandai Namco is taking it one step further with Synduality: Echo of Ada, with a demo out during Tokyo Game Show 2023 last weekend. In this new action game, you will be piloti