SEA Major 2020 Is Cancelled

Bad news, fighting game fans in Southeast Asia. The region's premier fighting game tournament for this year is postponed thanks to the offline esports killer known as COVID-19 coronavirus. The tournament will instead come back in 2021. The tournament is renowned for hosting the regional portion of Capcom Pro Tour (Street Fighter V), the Tekken Wor...

Gamescom Asia Addresses Questions Regarding Upcoming 2020 Event

The folks behind the upcoming Gamescom Asia 2020, Koelnmesse, have released an official response to our recent article where we brought up some concerns and questions pertaining to the upcoming event. We were told that Singapore was picked as the host for the inaugural event due to its "thriving gaming ecosystem, excellent infrastructure, accessib...

Is Gamescom Asia A Good Idea, Especially In This Generation?

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 month. In case you've been in ...

Anime Festival Asia & GameStart Asia Join Forces

Our neighbours down south just made a continent-shaking announcement: the creators of Anime Festival Asia and GameStart Asia (SOZO and Eliphant respectively) will be joining forces to  "develop ACG (Anime, Cosplay, Gaming) contents in SE Asia" and create new events in Southeast Asia. For those not familiar, Anime Festival Asia is an anime (duh)...