As with all good stories, this one begins with murder. The official Apex Legends Season 4 - Assimilation trailer has finally dropped. Respawn managed to bamboozle some of us by introducing Forge as the next playable Legend but it's confirmed now that the long-awaited Revenant is our new guy. [youtube https://www.yout

Listen up agents, I've got a new mission for you. The folks over at Media Prima Digital and Common Extract are working on a new game called Agents' Arena. It's a 3v3 mobile MOBA where you can play as a number of the awesome characters from the Ejen Ali animated series. The game is planned for a May 2020 release but

Gaming expos and conventions these days are usually esports-centric and driven. Some of them feature the latest upcoming games and a bunch of queues that entail said play session. All I'm saying is that the more things change, the more they remain the same. If you've been to more than one of these, you'll probably k

Update: As expected, users are review-bombing the game. Warcraft 3: Reforged now has the lowest Metacritic score of 0.5. Let's hope that this becomes a wake-up call for Blizzard to fix its game. Original story The long-awaited remaster to the 2002 strategy classic that created games like Dota is now out on Blizzard

It's time once again for Apex Legends to reel in another season to get more people in on a superior battle royale experience. With new ranked mode updates and a new Battle Pass, Respawn is definitely keeping things fresh. So what new changes and updates can we expect in Season 4? Here's what we know so far. Map Cha

Rockstar Games have announced that Grand Theft Auto Online and Red Dead Online recently experienced another record-breaking holiday season. December 2019 was the largest month ever in terms of player numbers for GTA Online, while GTA V had its biggest year ever for views on YouTube, hitting a new record for engageme

Pokémon developer Game Freak announced a bunch of exciting things during the Pokémon Direct livestream including two major expansions for Pokémon Sword & Shield and Pokémon HOME. Details regarding the latter have been revealed. Pokémon HOME is basically a service that will allow you to store, trad

Have some money to spare during the weekend until the 28th of January 2am, PST? Then you should check out these Steam PC gaming deals. Here are our top picks during this auspicious Chinese New Year period, featuring a rodent known for carrying diseases worldwide being cute and cuddly. Black Desert Online Remastered (R

Dragalia Lost is still a-tickin' in 2020 with its new Gala summoning event and a slew of new stuff. One of them is this crossover with Capcom featuring everybody's favourite giant-killing simulator. The game's timed event is called Primal Crisis, and it'll last from 28th January until 17th February PT. Here's a tra

Legends of Runeterra, the digital card game spin-off of the incredibly famous and South Korean-slash-China-centric MOBA League of Legends, will be in open beta during this Lunar New Year. Pre-registered players can actually jump into the game right now. Which means it's time to address the Baron Nasher in the room: wh

Despite some people saying otherwise, 2019 is friggin' awesome games-wise. In fact, I had a hard time keeping track of a ton of games, be it the indies or the big ones. Kinda like 2017 and 2018. Maybe some honourable mentions first... Fire Emblem: Three Houses (Nintendo Switch) I'm still trying to finish up my first

Who would have thought that an id Software game about killing demons in hell and an idyllic village simulator would go hand-to-hand with each other? The internet did, and it has produced some tender moments between Doom Eternal's Doomguy/Doomslayer and Animal Crossing: New Horizon's Isabelle in art form. Maybe it has

I don't know what people are talking about when they say "X year was bad for gaming" because as far as I can remember, there's never been a bad year for gaming. Especially not since the release of the PS4. The console has been continuously getting great games after it came out. With that being said, I've heard numerou

What do games like Crackdown 3, Goat Simulator, and Limbo have in common? The answer is UK game studio Double Eleven. The studio isn't the primary developer for any of those games but contributed in a lot in the development process. Great news for video game developers in Malaysia, Double Eleven is opening a new offic

Monster Hunter World: Iceborne is perhaps the only game I've played the most in 2019. So to finally put a bow onto last year, here are my top 10 favourite moments and features in Capcom's latest in game-killing and loot-crafting. Enjoy! #1.Arm Wrestle Win parts 1 & 2 [wpvideo k8MtH6rN] There's a barrel in the new

When it comes to comedy shows that showcase nerd culture or gaming as an interest, most people quote The Big Bang Theory and The IT Crowd. However, a new challenger is making its way to Apple TV and the producers are confident it'll be a hit. [youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pMaPCYRPhY0&w=560&h=315] R

Oh Metroidvania genre, how fast and bountiful you've flourished. Yet for every Hollow Knight and Axiom Verge out there claiming all the praise and awards, it would be nice to see a gothic vampire-laden horror-bound "anime" version of that. Especially from the king of the genre himself, Koji "I love whips & cowboy

MMO fans will be getting a kick out of WoW's latest update. Just before the upcoming Shadowlands expansion releases, Blizzard will be capping off the week with Visions of N'Zoth update. It opens with the Alliance and Horde banding together to defeat the Old God N'Zoth who is spreading corruption across Azeroth. https

It's common knowledge now in 2020 that Final Fantasy Tactics is a verified classic; great battle system, lovely customization with its Job System, and a detailed Shakesperean story for the ages (mangled by its localization in the PS1 days). But you know what else? It's also a modder's favourite as the game has been ha

Hello, I’m Amirul "meckronos" Ashraf, resident writer over at gamermatters.com. So I may know a thing or two about video games.  2019 was quite a strong year for games as we are entering the twilight of the current console generation. With so many good games coming out, most of the time I just can’t k