Write what you are looking for and press enter to begin your search!
Home covid-19
Live News
By Alleef Ashaari|June 16, 2020|0 Comment
Stuck at home due to quarantine from the COVID-19 pandemic? Nintendo has the perfect exercise game for you with the Nintendo Switch's latest exclusive game; Jump Rope Challenge. Introducing #JumpRopeChallenge, a free simple game from Nintendo! Grab a pair of Joy-Con controllers and take an active break in your day by jumping rope! Available for do...
By Alleef Ashaari|June 13, 2020|0 Comment
There's more bad news for movie fans, as the COVID-19 pandemic strikes again. Warner Bros. has announced that they have delayed Christopher Nolan's Tenet and the upcoming Wonder Woman 1984. Tenet will now premiere on 31 July 2020 (instead of 17 July 2020), while Wonder Woman 1984 has been pushed back several months to 2 October 2020 (from its most...
Article written by The Magic Rain. Check out their stuff here. 2020 was meant to be a promising year for anime with many studios producing new seasons and new adaptations. Unfortunately, things had to change when the COVID-19 pandemic hit the world. Since then, TV series and movies have been cancelled or postponed left and right. It may be hard t...
Just this morning, I came across this pretty nifty Facebook challenge post on my feed. Basically for the next 30 days, you have to list down a song matching the criteria listed. Of course, the added challenge here is that you cannot repeat titles. One song per game. So let's do this. For these 30 days -including today- I will put on my SoundScap...
As someone who used to collect retro games 10 years or so ago, I always wonder how long the industry will last when it comes to physical items. Seems like with the COVID-19 pandemic, it may not for very long. According to Frontier Developments CEO David Braben (makers of Elite Dangerous), he believes COVID-19 has accelerated the shift towards digi...
By Alleef Ashaari|May 27, 2020|0 Comment
Yet another video game event has been cancelled due to the COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic and this time it’s BlizzCon 2020. The highly-anticipated annual event would usually run in November. It’s worth pointing out that this is the first major gaming event as late as November 2020 to be officially cancelled. In an official statement, ...
By Alleef Ashaari|May 19, 2020|1 Comment
The video game industry is always changing and growing in tandem with improving tech and facilities like the Internet. According to statistics gathered by WePC from various sources (and published earlier this year), Asia is currently leading the world in terms of overall revenue in the video games industry. The Asia Pacific region reached a revenu...
COVID-19 sure has wrecked a lot of plans, be it offline events or game development schedules. At the very least, it's not affecting the upcoming release of PlayStation 5. According to Sony's recently-out company-wide fiscal year 2019 quarter earnings report, the company and PlayStation group address the effects of the pandemic and its associated l...
China's biggest video game expo is still going to open as scheduled despite the ongoing worldwide COVID-19 pandemic. According to Shanghai Daily, ChinaJoy 2020 will be held this summer as usual. Details below: Date: 31st July - 3rd August Venue: Shanghai New International Expo Center, Shanghai The show's organizers will be taking extra precautio...
Disclaimer: This list will be updated on a daily basis. With the COVID-19 MCO restrictions being a bit more relaxed now, a lot of folks are slowly able to hang out in restaurants and cafes as well as go about their usual lives. Almost. Most importantly, we are seeing a handful of businesses opening up shop, tech and video games including. So whic...
By Alleef Ashaari|May 9, 2020|0 Comment
Yet more video game events have been affected by the COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic and this time they're both by organizers ONE Esports; the upcoming Dota 2 Singapore Major and the Mobile Legends Invitational in Indonesia. The news was announced via their official website earlier today. The Dota 2 Singapore Major has been cancelled. It was origina...
One of the biggest video game events on the planet is cancelled due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. We're talking about this year's Tokyo Game Show. Here is the official statement so far: "Due to the outbreak of novel coronavirus (COVID-19) on a global scale and the situation remains unpredictable in Japan as well, the organizer and the co-orga...
By Alleef Ashaari|May 8, 2020|0 Comment
Yet another video game event has been cancelled due to the COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic and this time it's the Paris Games Week 2020. It was originally scheduled to run from 23 to 27 October 2020. It's worth pointing out that this is the first major event in October 2020 to be officially cancelled. Now, Paris Games Week 2020 organizers S.E.L.L. (...
We would start this piece with phrases like "new normal" and "the COVID-19 pandemic has done so-and-so", but you're probably sick of that. Let's cut to the chase then: Nintendo Switch exclusive raccoon debt settlement simulation Animal Crossing: New Horizons is making more bank for the Big N due to the past month or so. According to a recent Ninte...
By Alleef Ashaari|May 6, 2020|0 Comment
The COVID-19 pandemic has caused the world and the Southeast Asian region to go into lockdown, leading gamers to find solace in games. According to statistics provided by the iPrice Group, the Nintendo Switch is the most popular console in Southeast Asia, followed by the PS4. That statement is based on 1.5 million searches made on various online s...
Influence is a double-edged sword. No matter how trashy you are as an entertainer, a peripheral maker, or a content creator, 4 million viewers who watch your every move is a very, very huge number. Guy "Dr Disrespect" Beahm, a Twitch FPS gaming streamer with that many followers and influence, recently shared two pieces of widely-debunked COVID-19 ...
By Melvyn Tan|April 28, 2020|0 Comment
The upcoming Sword Art Online Alicization Lycoris game has been postponed thanks to the COVID-19 coronavirus. Originally due to release on 21 May for consoles and 22 May for Steam, it will now be out on 9 July for the former and 10 July for the latter. https://twitter.com/sao_gameinfo/status/1253579428480901121?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweet...
This "new normal" world set in a COVID-19 environment is bringing out the good in people. Companies as well; Bethesda Softworks said it will donate US$1 million to local and international "front-line organizations" working to support the effort to fight the pandemic. The ginormous cheque will be split three ways: US$500,000 will be given to Dire...
By Alleef Ashaari|April 25, 2020|0 Comment
Yesterday, we covered a Malaysian who managed to recreate authentic Ramadan bazaars in the Nintendo Switch exclusive Animal Crossing: New Horizons. Today, we have discovered another Malaysian in the same spirit of using games to inspire local festive vibes, especially during the currently-ongoing MCO (Movement Control Order). A Malaysian named @Nu...
By Melvyn Tan|April 24, 2020|1 Comment
Fortnite may be a ridiculously massive gaming phenomenon, but here in Malaysia, where I've yet to stumble on any Fortnite streams, it feels almost non-existent to me. And while Travis Scott seems to be quite the successful rapper - his third album, Astroworld, peaked at #1 on the Billboard charts - and has a child with Kylie Jenner, I wasn't very f...
By Mr Toffee|February 2, 2024
By Team KKP|July 1, 2023
By Alleef Ashaari|August 2, 2021
By Alleef Ashaari|February 9, 2022
By Mr Toffee|February 2, 2024
By Team KKP|July 1, 2023
Copyright @ Kakuchopurei 2024