This here's a guest post that goes with our Best 30 Games Of 2022 feature. Check out Nat's Twitch work here. She's also the EIC of The Magic Rain. When everything normal about the world was uprooted two years ago, like many others, I turned to streaming as a source of comfort and variety. First beginning as a viewer

The Malaysian elections happening this weekend, which means a new world order might happen. And just like any anime we've seen then and now, we can expect a lot of battle of wits between your Barisan Nationals to your Pakatan Harapans. In fact, some of them are so outspoken and passionate about their ideals and self

Sonic Frontiers is a new open-world action game in the franchise, and it's releasing for the PS4, PS5, Xbox One, Xbox Series X/S, Nintendo Switch and PC on 8 November 2022. You can check out my spoiler-free full review of Sonic Frontiers by heading over here. Here are some tips and tricks I wished I knew before play

Article originally published on 26 June. Pushed to 16 September close to the event date. 2022 is going to be hectic when it comes to offline gaming events. In the fighting game side at Southeast Asia, we can rely on Rev Major to sate our 1v1 competitive fighting game craving. Rev Major 2022 will be the de facto S

Update(15/9/2022): Bumped to 15th September, on the big day. Tokyo Game Show 2022 is coming soon mid-September, and will feature a ton of news from many of Japan's finest. We're talking Capcom, Bandai Namco, Koei Tecmo, and even others like Xbox who will be showcasing the latest and greatest. The Computer Enterta

Thailand recently hosted its annual fighting game tournament major in the form of Thaiger Uppercut 2022, which took place at Bangkok. The premiere fighting game tournament is one of the majors under the Tekken World Tour 2022 circuit. It also features a huge number of top players from around the world like K-Brad, U

PlayStation Asia has announced what's in store for the month of September 2022 with both the Monthly Games lineup for all members and the Game Catalog for Essential, Extra and Deluxe members on PlayStation Plus. The Monthly Games are available from 6 September 2022, and the Game Catalog and Classics from 20 September

EVO 2022 is happening this coming weekend, with the best fighting game players from all across the world converging for one major tournament hosted in Las Vegas, USA. Here is the schedule for you to refer to. All times are in GMT+8. Disclaimer: this feature will be updated with results and player names. How To W

The Warner Bros.-developed 2D platformer fighting game MultiVersus may just be the ticket to bring the genre further into the mainstream. The brawler title, which is still in early access open beta mind you, has a recorded peak concurrent player count of 62,433 via SteamDB. Right now within the last 24 hours, the ga

For the first time in three years since 2019, San Diego Comic-Con has returned in its full glory with a live event at the San Diego Convention Center from 21 July to 24 July 2022 (22 July to 25 July 2022 in Malaysian time). Stay tuned for our coverage in the coming days. Check out the schedule below for timings o

The organizers of the upcoming EVO 2022 fighting game tournament this early August just revealed the number of entrants in its stable of fighting game competitions. Unsurprisingly, Guilty Gear Strive is in first place with 2,161 entrants. This is followed by Street Fighter 5 with 1,320 entrants and Tekken 7 with 1,2

DNF Duel is out now; it's the hot 2D anime fighter right now featuring characters from the hit Korean MMORPG that's influenced by the Guilty Gear series. It also features a ton of busted characters with cancels and game-ending touch-of-death combos aplenty, with high-level play only allowing players three mistakes or l

One of this year's premiere fighting game tournaments and expos, Community Effort Orlando (CEO) in Florida, USA, took place during the weekend. Many of the country's best are fighting for top spots in Street Fighter 5, Guilty Gear Strive, and other popular fighting games. Even overseas players like Thailand's Book and

One of the major fighting game esports tournaments is going offline for the first time in years. Combo Breaker 2022 saw a huge crowd turnout, with a 1,000 people participating in the tournament's Guilty Gear Strive segment. Top players like Arslan Ash, Tempest NYC, SonicFox, and MenaRD have attended. Sadly, no Infiltra

If you're in Malaysia and are hankering for a fighting game tournament on a big and offline scale, look no further than Flash Vision's latest. Flash Vision has announced that it's hosting an offline tournament called FV Major 2022 on 5th to 6th November in Kuala Lumpur. The tournament will feature the following game

The biggest fighting game tournament is making an offline comeback in 2022 from 6th to 7th August GMT+8. The games that will be in this year's EVO tournament are as follows: Street Fighter 5 Guilty Gear Strive Mortal Kombat 11 Ultimate Tekken 7 The King of Fighters XV Melty Blood: Type Lumina Dragon Ball Fig

Platform(s): PC (version reviewed), Xbox One, PS4, Nintendo Switch Genre: 1v1 2D sports game that's secretly a fighting game The 90s era of arcade gaming was really packed with underrated gems, especially on the Neo Geo arcade hardware. If there's one game that really, REALLY needs to make a comeback from the SN

CyberConnect2, the developers renowned for the Demon Slayer fighting game, Asura's Wrath for Capcom, and one of 2021's best games Fuga: Melodies of Steel, will be hard at work this year and the next. The company will announce a new game in February, with its release date planned for Summer 2022 according to the comp

Ubisoft and Overlook Events have announced Assassin’s Creed Symphonic Adventure, a new official symphonic concert created especially to celebrate the 15th anniversary of the globally acclaimed video game series. Assassin’s Creed Symphonic Adventure features a full orchestra and choir in a unique and imme

Fighting game fans and casual Korean MMO players had a chance to try out the DNF Duel open beta for PS4 and PS5 this weekend. Brought to you by the combination that is Neople, Nexon, Arc System Works, and Eighting, this 2D fighting game combines anime fighting with one of Korea's popular MMOs that's basically a 2D braw