The League of Legends Pacific Championship Series (PCS) begins on 29 February!

The inaugural season of the League of Legends Pacific Championship Series (PCS) will be starting this weekend on 29 February! Featuring 10 teams across Southeast Asia, Taiwan and Hong Kong, this will herald a new era of competitive League of Legends in the region. You can catch the PCS livestreams kicking off at 5PM GMT + 8 on Saturday in English, Mandarin and Thai languages. Matches will run every Saturday and Sunday until 4 April.

Catch the live broadcast of matches of the PCS streams through Twitch or Youtube. Already, the competition starts out burning hot with a clash of giants between J-Team and ahq Esports Club! The league season format will follow a double round-robin Best-of-Ones, with each team facing one another twice during the Regular Season.

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Catch an increased number of games across a series of best-of-ones and a new double-elimination playoff format. Watch the top teams of the former League of Legends Master Series and Southeast Asia go head to head! The PCS is co-organized by Riot Games and FunPlus Esports, while Garena publishes League of Legends in Southeast Asia, Taiwan and Hong Kong.
Check out the full list of teams who will be competing below!
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ahq Esports Club
Established in 2012 and led by team captain Ziv, ahq is a team of lively, passionate players who call Taipei home. Having represented the LMS region at multiple World Championships, ahq’s sense of unity, discipline and a “never say never” attitude have seen them grow from a young and scrappy team to one of the most celebrated esports organizations in the region. With an unconventional and unscripted playstyle, ahq excels in breaking deadlocks and getting out of the stickiest of situations. The team believes that skills speak louder than words, and are determined to write a new page in history this year with the PCS.

Alpha Esports
Alpha Esports, a Taipei team established in 2017, is entering the PCS with a brand new roster. Having made their debut at Season 9 of the LMS, the team has grown in strength and has held firmly to their philosophy of rising together. Alpha’s top laner, Rock, will be one to watch as the team’s shotcaller. Alpha has surprises in store for the PCS audience, and are confident that their assertive playstyle and unwavering team communication will have them playing at their very best.

Berjaya Dragons
One of the youngest teams in the region and in the league, Berjaya Dragons is not to be underestimated. The team makes its professional esports debut at the PCS this year, representing their home city of Kuala Lumpur and waving their flag as the “Pride of Malaysia”. Backed by Malaysian conglomerate, Berjaya Corporation Berhad, Berjaya Dragons is set to ignite and leave its indelible mark on the region’s LoL esports scene.

Machi Esports
Established in 2014 by music and entertainment maven Jeffrey Huang, Machi Esports has long aspired to represent Taipei in the international esports scene. As one of the very first League of Legends esports teams in the region, Machi Esports has enjoyed much international success. After a subsequent rebrand to M17, followed by a break in 2018, the team is returning once more as Machi Esports and resuming their League of Legends journey at the PCS.

Hong Kong Attitude
Established in 2013, Hong Kong Attitude is considered amongst the top esports organizations in the region. With an experimental playstyle that pits team members against new strategies and tactics, Hong Kong Attitude is always looking to change up their game. The team is determined to groom the best possible team to glorify the region, and aims to push the esports envelope at PCS this year.

J-Team
J Team is the evolution of S2 World Champions Taipei Assassins. J Team first debuted during the 2016 LMS Summer Split, and after years of consistently strong performance, won the 2019 LMS Summer Split and clinched a spot in the World Championship Top 16. Owned by acclaimed musician Jay Chou, J Team is ranked as one of the region’s top teams today and believes that anyone has the potential to be a star. This year in the PCS, they are determined to nurture top-level players – giving them a chance to shine, and at the same time creating a truly exciting experience for their fans.

Liyab Esports
In just a short span of time, Liyab has become synonymous with Filipino esports. Fans may be familiar with their aggressively punishing playstyle and top talent like DoeDoii – whom many tout as the best jungler in the Philippines. Despite having undergone several changes recently (including a change from their former name of Mineski), Liyab has kept their Filipino heart and spirit intact, valuing mentality and attitude above raw skills, and keeping their eye on the prize.

Nova Esports
Having conquered several mobile game championships since its inception in 2016, Nova Esports now represents Bangkok in the PCS and is committed to bringing their championship DNA to the league. The team believes in nurturing and mentoring young players into the next generation of esports stars. With their tenacity, robust management support and undeterring will to win, Nova Esports is set to show us just how #NOVASTRONG they really are.

Resurgence
Established in 2017, Resurgence is the largest esports organisation in Singapore. Inspired by the phoenix that graces their team logo, Resurgence is passionate about creating positive impact in their community, and steering the growth of esports in Singapore and Southeast Asia. Known for their highly methodical and objective-driven playstyle, Resurgence’s core values lie in discipline, accountability, and open communication. Key players to watch include Raven, whose strong reputation ranks him amongst the most talented players in the country. With the goal of empowering and building sustainable careers for aspiring esports players, Resurgence aims to take esports in the region to the next level.

Talon
Much like their namesake, Talon is a sharp and hungry team from Hong Kong that makes its debut in the PCS this year. Though new to League of Legends esports, Talon is no stranger to the scene, having won championships for many competitive games. With electrifying players such as Hanabi, River and Kaiwing, Talon focuses on teamwork and synergy, and will be calling for one and all to #BLEEDCRIMSON as they seek to dominate the PCS in 2020.

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Genshin Impact Deletes Elon Musk Tweet After Fans Say They *Really* Don’t Care

Fans have taken to Twitter to voice their disdain for Genshin Impact ‘s recent community event, which wants to feature Elon Musk playing the gacha game.

Before it was deleted, the announcement for the event has 19.7k quote retweets, almost universally a sign of fans speaking out against the event.

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For context, the purpose of this event was to follow a secondary Genshin Impact account based on the NPC Ella Musk, named as a nod to the egocentric owner of Tesla corporation.
At several milestones, fans would be rewarded with the following:
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Needless to say, a lot of the quote retweets for the challenge have been urging people not to take part in the challenge, partially motivated by the fallout of the anniversary fiasco as well as just the fact that at no point does this campaign ever actually help the community.
“We really don’t give a fuck, give us primos???“, says Twitter user 7thsense127.
“i [swear to god] everytime (sic)  mihoyo makes a community event it feels like “Dear Travelers, Fuck you” “, says Twitter user fkkinnoodlehead

Of course, some of the community aren’t just mad because they’ve mad a vapid, clout-chasing exercise and pretended it was for the community. Some fans also expressed their disdain for Elon Musk himself, who covers up his anti-union reputation by pandering to the anime community and gaining a cult-like following.
“and we should want to stroke this self-obsessed, anti-union’s tiny little man meat because…?”, writes user delusionx, equally perplexed at what miHoYo are trying to accomplish other than fortify their new second account.

It’s not just Elon Musk haters either- even Elon Musk fans themselves have come out to mock the campaign, saying their space meme God-emperor is too important to play Genshin Impact, no matter how much he posts about anime.
“Elon Musk is busy making spaceships do you think he has time to play your little video game”, writes sy4kurajima, seemingly unaware that Elon Musk spends pretty much 0 hours a week physically assembling spaceships.

miHoYo And The Community Management Woes (Editorial)
Although it’s largely considered settled for now, there’s still a lot of tense air between miHoYo and the Genshin community following the anniversary rewards debacle some weeks ago.
A big part of that was that the community didn’t feel listened to- miHoYo was told repeatedly in the leadup to the anniversary what the community wanted, but was treated to sub-par rewards that felt less like a thank-you for the one year of fun and more like getting your girlfriend a coupon for 10% off your next fries at McDonalds as an engagement present.
To a lot of fans, this new “Community event” is just more of the same- literally none of the rewards benefit the community. The Genshin Twitter changing back to Paimon is cute, but what does it help the average Genshin player?
Having the next tiers be pandering to a mainstream pseudo-celebrity is just another slap in the face: like Spider-Man 3 when Gwen Stacy realizes her date was all about Peter Parker showing up MJ, at the end of the day this “Community event” wasn’t about the community- it was about getting a big named celebrity to play miHoYo’s game for an hour.
The fact that the highest community reward was giving one of the richest men in the world a trip to China is pretty obviously gonna ruffle some feathers- and it’d probably be better if miHoYo just thought of some new way to engage the community before things spiraled out of control again.

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Project Sekai Colorful Stage ft Hatsune Miku Streams Opening Theme Song

Co-developed by SEGA Games and Craft Egg’s Colorful Palette, Project Sekai Colorful Stage ft Hatsune Miku (プロジェクトセカイ カラフルステージ！ feat. 初音ミク) streams the opening theme song MV, “Sekai ft. Hatsune Miku” and “Wa Wa World ft. Hatsune Miku & Kagamine Len”.

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– Opening Theme Song MV –
Sekai ft. Hatsune Miku
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Wa Wa World ft. Hatsune Miku & Kagamine Len

– Theme Song Producers –
Sekai (セカイ) is produced by DECO*27 and kemu

Wa Wa World (ワーワーワールド) is produced by Giga and Michie M

The two songs feature a special version performed by the Vocaloid singers, as well as another version performed by the game’s original characters.
– Pre-registration Milestone –
Not only that, the game will be giving out rewards based on one of the pre-registrations stretch goals.
While the game has been open for pre-registrations for a while now, the stretch goal of 300,000 pre-registration users have been reached.

The reward is a total of x 1800 crystals which is equivalent to 6 times of gacha will be given out ot all the players!
Players can look forward to crystals equivalent to 11 times gacha, special costumes for the virtual singers and ★3 or a character guarantee gacha ticket when the stretch goal of 600,000 pre-registration users is reached.

For more future updates on Project Sekai Colorful Stage ft Hatsune Miku, you can check out their official Twitter page.

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Pokemon Unite Asia Champions League Finals Will Be Held in Malaysia

The Pokemon Unite Asia Champions League 2023 Finals will be held in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia as announced during the Pokemon Presents. The Pokemon Unite Asia Champions League will be an invitation-only event and teams who win their way through each league will come together in a face off on 18th and 19th March.

Additionally, a brand new update to Pokemon Unite will feature the Legendary Pokemon Zacian joining the fray. Its Unite move is called Sovereign Sword, which is an AOE attack that can deal more damage the longer you charge up the move.

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A new event called Adventure in Zacian’s Weald is also currently underway in Pokemon Unite. Players can complete missions to earn rewards such as Zacian’s Unite license.
The new Boss Rush event is underway where players can stand against formidable foes with your allies to earn rewards. Moreover, players can receive a gold Zacian boost emblem by redeeming a code in commemoration of Pokemon Day. Players will need to redeem the gift code before 26th March 2023. at 4:59 p.m. PDT.
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To check out the Pokemon Unite Asia Champions League 2023 happening in Malaysia, be sure to tune into the official Pokemon Unite Youtube Channel here.

Pokemon Unite is a free-to-play MOBA game developed by TiMi Studio Group for mobile devices and the Nintendo Switch.
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Trainers unite in Pokémon UNITE! Experience a new kind of Pokémon battle in the Pokémon UNITE regional beta test! Team up and face off in 5-on-5 team battles to see who can score the most points within the allotted time. Work together with your fellow Trainers to catch wild Pokémon, level up and evolve your partner Pokémon, and defeat the opposing team’s Pokémon to prevent them from scoring points. Put your teamwork to the test, and take home the win!

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The Machines is bringing AR Competitive Gaming to another level

During Apple’s iPhone 8 event last week, we are introduced to an AR competitive multiplayer title – The Machines. The game was a part of Apple’s augmented reality platform – ARKit who allows developers and designers to publish their AR-based apps for iPhone to try them out.

In the game demo, we could see The Machines turning real-life surfaces into battlefields, where players are able to point-and-shoot just using their iPhones. As the player moves around, the scene showing on the iPhone get closer and if the player leans into the battle, the volume increases. Navigating a battle looks natural and effortless. The game is a MOBA-like game, so your aim will be battling out your opponents and thus destroying their bases. You can also play the game locally with your friends over a shared table or through the internet.

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AR technology is not new to us as we got it on Nintendo 3DS and the popular Pokemon GO. AR element adds fun to the game but in fact, it is not applicable as it seems to be. For example, most of us get excited when Pokemon GO came out with AR technology but the longer time we play it, we would rather turn AR off to catch Pokemon easier (you will need to stick your camera at an angle to catch the Pokemon when AR is on).
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Apple obviously improved the technology, enabling you to view the game at any angle you want and giving a more immersive experience. However there is still some downside: You will need to hold your phone up straight whenever you are in the game, you will also need an absolutely flat and clean surface to project your game on it. The battery life will be a big problem too as you will need to activate the camera all the time (especially for iPhones).

Well, AR game is still at its primary stage so there is still a lot of space to improve. The Machines will probably go live together with iOS 11’s ARKit in the coming few days, so maybe we should give it a try and leave our opinion later!

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Mario + Rabbids Sparks of Hope announced

Mario + Rabbids Sparks of Hope has been officially revealed at Ubisoft Forward, featuring good ol’ Mario alongside the Rabbids once more. Check out the premiere trailer, as well as the alpha gameplay!

Cursa, a mysterious and malevolent entity seeks out energy to further its nefarious plans, plunging the galaxy into chaos. Twisting the planets with its evil influence, it’s determined to consume all the energy of the Sparks, uncanny creatures formed by the fusion of Lumas & Rabbids, and destroy all who stand in its way. To bring order back to the galaxy and save the Sparks, Mario and friends team up with Rabbids heroes in a journey through mysterious and ever-surprising planets.

Explore and uncover mysterious secrets while meeting each planet’s curious inhabitants. Use your heroes` skills in an innovative combat system, which combines freedom of movement and strategic turn-based decision making as you take on new and familiar foes. Take control of your heroes to dash your enemies, team jump on your allies, hide behind cover… and make the best out of your turn.
Mario + Rabbids Sparks of Hope will launch 2022 on Nintendo Switch. It’s time for Mario, Rabbid Peach and friends to save the galaxy once again!

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SINoALICE thanks both players and rerollers

Those who are still playing Yoko Taro’s fairy tale-themed smartphone RPG SINoALICE recently gotten a New Year’s greeting and a very honest message thanking everyone who the 100 million installs.

The puppets starts by talking about the 100 million installs, while expressing to gratitude to those who rerolled. The game then thanked those who actually played, and that number is 3 million. Hilarious and sad at the same time, one wonders if Yoko Taro himself wrote the message. Plagued by downtime and prolonged maintenance periods at the start of its life, SINoALICE finally found its footing in the market as a solid mobile RPG with exceptional writing. Despite some flaws pertaining to gameplay itself, SINoALICE is an enjoyable experience for fans of works by Yoko Taro as he reinterprets classic fairytale characters.

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Get Boosted with Apex Legends Season 6!

Apex Legends Season 6, dubbed “Boosted” is pretty much here! With the game’s boisterous newest Legend, Rampart, the update also comes with the all-new Crafting system, an aptly named energy weapon The Volt SMG, a brand-new Battle Pass filled with exclusive content, and much more. Hammond Industries continues to take over World’s Edge in Season 6 with new pathways, rocket launch sites, Blast Walls, and more.

Don’t miss out on seeing Ramya “Rampart” Parekh’s unique abilities, showcasing how offense is the best defense. The Outlands best modder can hold down her squad with the following abilities:

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Modded Loader (Passive) – Increased magazine/heat capacity and faster reloads/recharge when using LMGs and the minigun
Amped Cover (Tactical) – Build a crouch-cover wall which deploys a full-cover ampex wall that blocks incoming shots and amps outgoing shots
Emplaced Minigun “Sheila” (Ultimate) – Place a mounted machine gun with high ammo capacity, but long reload time, that anyone can use

As mentioned, the Apex Legends Season 6 Battle Pass will feature new and exclusive content for players, including skins, music packs, loading screens, charms, new skydiving emotes and Holo-sprays to leave one’s mark in the arena like never before.

Jump right on in to the season and build Rampart’s way to victory!
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1/7 Scale Figure of Chainsaw Man Power is up for pre-orders

Japanese hobby products manufacturer GoodSmile Company has just announced that the pre-orders for the 1/7 scale figure for Power from Chainsaw Man is now available on their website.

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Manufactured by FURYU, the scale figure of Power, priced at $256.99 (Approximately MYR 1,145) is made from ABS & PVC and also includes a stand that shows off an oil barrel along with some broken pieces of blood weapons made by Power.
The 1/7 scale figure stands tall at around 220 millimeters in height (around 8.66 inches) and features Power holding a scythe and standing in a powerful and confident pose which replicates her overall personality in the Manga.
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It’s no surprise that Goodsmile Company would release figures about Chainsaw Man with the recent surge of popularity, probably largely due to the announcement of the anime adaptation done by MAPPA Studio.

Although it’s kind of surprising to see that Power is the first one of the cast for Chainsaw Man to get a scale figure done by Goodsmile Company since the community and the fans are bonkers over Makima instead. But maybe we’ll get to see a Makima scale figure in the near future since the hype for Chainsaw Man is still at large.
Fans can get the pre-order of the figure over at the Goodsmile Company website here.

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Aster Tatariqus livestream will feature Hololive’s Suisei and Koyori as ambassadors

A livestream has been announced for Aster Tatariqus, presumably to showcase more information about the game. Scheduled for 22 December 2022, 20:00 JST, the stream will feature producer Jun Imaizumi, art director Masato Kimura, and Hololive’s Suisei Hoshimachi and Koyori Hakui as VTuber ambassadors. Composer Yoko Shimomura is also named as a special guest.

While the official Twitter is a little coy about what the livestream will actually be about, we should be able to at least get more previews of what Aster Tatariqus is, if not necessarily news. Misuzu Yamada (voice of Dinadan) and Hayato Dojima (voice of Lancelot) will be present as well.

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If you haven’t heard of this game before, this is a joint work of Fuji and gumi Games under Studio FgG, and is an upcoming mobile SRPG slated for release in 2023. It has a flavour of Arthurian legend as its base, proclaiming to have one of – if not the – most bombastic stories told through a mobile game. There’s mention of branching stories based on your choices which then lead into different endings, reminiscent of Sin Chronicle‘s own storytelling method.
In any case, the screenshots of the game looks quite promising thus far that one would hope it could some day be available to global audiences.
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Sausage Man, A Weird Battle Royale, Soft-Launches In SEA Region

Sausage Man, a new battle royale featuring bizarre visuals has soft-launched in the SEA region, letting fans in Singapore, Malaysia and Indonesia try it out ahead of its full release. The game’s currently available on Android, though an iOS version is coming soon.

The game features explosive 100-player battles, a huge combat zone to compete in, and customizable Sausage combatants, Sausage Man is a battle royale game that lets you dominate rival Sausages in hilarious fashion with clever wits and outrageous tricks.

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In addition to hardcore gunplay with realistic bullet physics and weapon modeling, Sausage Man’s wild and weird battle royale gameplay features a variety of gadgets and map elements  that give you the freedom to come up with your own ridiculous methods of owning the competition and showing everyone that you’re the craziest Sausage of all such as launching yourself with a cannon, using wormhole grenades and an exosuit that transforms into a jet-powered vehicle.

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Aspiring Sausages in Singapore, Malaysia and Indonesia can download and play Sausage Man now and enjoy tantalizing 14-day login rewards that include tactical supplies and wacky cosmetics. Soon, this soft-launch phase for Sausage Man will expand to The Philippines, Thailand, and other SEA countries. Players can expect seasonal updates with wildly different themes that bring new outfits, gadgets, and other game content.

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Parachute into the battlefield and fight with other players in competitive, lighthearted battle royale action in Sausage Man! You can play Sausage Man anytime, anywhere. Using highly customizable sausage characters, swaying your weapons, team up with your friends to become the “King of the Party”.

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Pokemon Mooncake to Be Sold in Taiwan

What would the Mooncake Festival be without some mooncake? Well, the Pokemon Company is giving Taiwan an extremely special gift this year with Pokemon themed mooncake.

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This Festive gift box will hold authentic hotel-grade Cantonese mooncake, with 4 flavours:

Wood Bean paste and Egg Yoke
Milk Yoke and Macadamia Nut
Date Paste and Walnut
White Lotus Seed Paste and Golden Egg Yoke

The Pokemon mooncake are reportedly being made with top-quality ingredients and are vegetarian friendly.
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These will be encased in a Pokemon-themed box with the pocket monsters Pikachu, Scorebunny and Morpeko on the cover. It’ll also be coming with four Pokemon-themed paper coasters for the mooncakes and a carrying bag, the former of which are environmentally friendly and practical. Perfect to share with family for the Festival.
The price of this set is 1280 Taiwanese Yuan (45.87 USD/193.59 RM). Preorders will open on August 12th on Taiwanese online stores. Check Pokémon Company Taiwan’s Official Facebook to learn more.
The Mid Autumn Festival or Mooncake Festival will take place on September 21st this year. It is a traditional festival primarily celebrated by Chinese communities across East and South East Asia.
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Who is Kson: An Introduction to Vshojo’s Legendary Delinquent

During the live Vshojo Panel that happened during Anime Expo 2022 on the 3rd of July, CEO of Vshojo, Justin Ignacio, or better known as “The Gunrun” announced that Kson will be joining in the company’s new Japan branch along with new talent, Amemiya Nazuna.

But who is Kson actually, and why is that her joining Vshojo is such a big deal? Here’s a little backstory on who she is, and why Kson is considered to be one of the most popular independent vtuber.

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Kson ONAIR
Kson, or better known as “Kumichou” or “Souchou” which literally translate to boss, or yakuza boss to be exact, is an independent vtuber who initially debuted way back in 2016 on the Japanese video-sharing server Niconico Douga, where she described herself to be “a foreigner who speaks poor Japanese”.
But with Niconico douga being a Japanese majority fanbase, it was when Kson branched out to stream on Youtube in 2017 where her popularity really shone for both Japanese and Foreign fans alike.
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The Tale of the Legendary Delinquent
With majority of independent vtubers having their audiences be in relation to the language they speak in, it is safe to say that one of Kson’s biggest appeal was her fluency of both Japanese and English.
If you are to tune in to her streams, you’ll be able to hear her interchange between the two languages without much trouble. Thus, not needing to isolate either the Japanese or Western audiences.
One of her most tuned in streams would be her language lesson classes where she either teaches her Japanese audiences English lessons or vice versa by teaching her English audiences Japanese.
Though these lessons aren’t like your average Duolingo lessons.
 GMMF!
With the root of the vtubing culture stemming from idol culture, especially in Japan, where idols are revered to be these angelic beings who can do no wrong, swearing is out of the table. But for Kson, that’s far from the case.
You could say that, one of Kson’s charms is how quick she is to swear during her streams, it’s surprising that she’s called a delinquent and not a sailor with how much she swears.
One of her most iconic catchphrases that Kson has is “Good Morning Motherfuckers!”, the catchphrase is so iconic even to the point where it is extremely common to see the initials “GMMF” during the pre-chat before Kson starts streaming.
Big Kusa
One of Kson’s well-loved and popular streams would probably be her meme review series, where Kson handpicks a set of memes and goes about by explaining the English memes to her Japanese audiences.
It’s safe to say that Kson shines the brightest during her meme review series. While explaining the memes, Kson doesn’t just directly translate the meme to Japanese, but she does it in a way that entertains her audiences, which is a difficult feat to achieve.
Creativity in the making
Fans consider the appeal of vtubers are that they are people behind the vtuber model who play into the role of their characters.
Thus showing their real identity isn’t particularly considered to be normal, at least in cases of the vtubers being in an agency.
But people already know how Kson looks like in real life, even to the point where Kson showed up during the live Vshojo panel in cosplay.
During a Trash Taste Podcast interview, Kson quotes: “From my perspective, Japanese viewers don’t want to see my 3D, High-Polygon stuff, it’s not like don’t love me in that style, it’s like they could relate to the anime (referring to her vtuber model)”.
But that doesn’t stop Kson, one instance being her plastic model making stream where she combines both her vtuber model as well as her IRL cam that shows her in her vtuber model cosplay outfit, or a “2.5D stream” as Kson calls it.
Kson is also extremely talented at making her own cosplay with her prowess being shown in multiple occasions such as making the cosplay outfit for both of her vtuber models.
Along with cosplaying as Bayonetta and Tifa while she streams herself playing their respective games.

Kson joining VShojo

With the announcement, fans were worried that if Kson would no longer be considered as an independent vtuber, but thanks to reddit user, Horohorolive and their summary of the Kson’s vshojo answer stream, Kson will be remaining as an independent talent.
According to the summary, Vshojo will neither own nor oversee Kson’s content and channel, instead, Vshojo will be acting as a networking group that provides their talent supporting services in terms of technology, legal, administrative and logistics.
Kson and Nazuna Amemiya’s Vshojo debut will be on 17th July, 2022. For more information on that, do check out the official Vshojo Japan twitter account here.
So, what’s next on the list for Kson after joining Vshojo? Well, only time can tell, but just like how Kson bridged the gap for her Western Audiences to Japanese culture, her joining Vshojo might be able to introduce her Japanese audineces to western culture.

Kson has been an inspiration to both fans and other vtubers alike, and we hope to see what kind of new interesting content she will bring to the table.
If you’re interested, do check out Kson’s Twitter account, Youtube Channel and Twitch Channel.

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Virtuos CEO Gilles Langourieux, Says Yes To Mobile Games, But No To NFTs For Now

Virtuos CEO Gilles Langourieux, describes Virtuos as “platform-agnostic” when describing the work scope for Virtuos Kuala Lumpur, though he says they aren’t so quick to jump on the controversial NFTs

Update: a previous version of this article had Gilles mention CESA, when in fact he said CSR. The article has been amended accordingly

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At the launch for Virtuos Kuala Lumpur on Friday, he shared that the company has not been investing aggressively in NFTs yet due to gameplay and environmental reasons.
“NFTs, we are not investing aggressively yet”, the Virtuos CEO says. “We’re testing, but we’re not investing aggressively because we see too many issues. We see ethical issues, gameplay issues, environment issues. For example, CSR (Corporate Social Responsibility) policies says we have to reduce our carbon footprint. Most NFTs rely on blockchain, which is sucking up energy. It’s a contradiction”.
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“We’re just saying they have some problems right now we’d like to help solve those problems. Once they are, then we’ll begin our investment. We’re just avoiding the gold rush”, he says.
That being said, while he didn’t confirm any ongoing projects, he did say that Virtuos would be just as open to working on mobile games as they are triple-A titles.
“Recently, mobile devices have become as powerful as previous generations of console devices. Today, about 30% of our business is related to mobile titles. We contribute to titles from Activision, Candy Crush by Zynga”, he says. “Developers in China, Korea mostly focusing on mobile, are also working with us”

Similarly, Mufizal Mokhtar, General Manager of Virtuos Kuala Lumpur also said there would be no bias between the two types of games- the Virtuos plan is to make games, period.
“We should be able to work on every type of game because game development at its core essence, should be the same”, he says. Of course there are some special requirements, like on mobile vs consoles or PC, but for Virtuos Kuala Lumpur, our ambition is to be able to work on all platforms”.

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Yo-kai Watch World – a new location-based Yo-kai game for mobile announced

If you love cats or Yo-kai Watch, we got a good news for you! The Yo-kai Watch franchise just get a new mobile title – Yo-kai Watch World today, and you can now download it from the App Store or Google Play Store in Japan!

Developed and published by Level-5 and GungHo Online Entertainment, it is a location-based game where yo-kai from the Yo-kai Watch series such as Jibanyan and Komasan will appear in the real world. You will be able to battle them – winning a battle allows you to befriend them, you can then train them to fight even stronger yo-kai.

Your yo-kai can follow nearby players to new areas too and brings back another yo-kai or even some souvenirs. Also, you can plant trees at your discovered location to attract yo-kai (yo-kai gathers around trees).
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Yo-kai Watch World is out now for both Android and iOS in Japan! For more information, you can visit their official site.

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Floodland Demo Review – An Atmospheric City Builder Game About a Post-disaster Era

Developed by Vile Monarch and Published by Ravenscourt comes the upcoming strategy city-builder game – Floodland, a game that takes place in a world where planet Earth has been destroyed by climate change and in our demo review of the game, here’s our thoughts on it.

In Floodland, with the shrinkage of land mass is at hand, along with society at the brink of collapsing, it is up to the players to lead their clan to explore, develop and rebuild society back to whole.

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I personally think that the way Floodland went with their overall art direction and aesthetic successfully captures the vibes of being in a desolate and deserted place mixed in with remnants of past man-made structures and nature, which fits in the post-disaster era.
Despite the game’s more sombre undertones of the aftermath of climate change caused by the ignorance of mankind, I can’t help but enjoy the art style of Floodland and how colourful and atmospheric the game is.
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What caught my attention the most from Floodland is probably the 2D art-style that they went for, most notably with the character art and portraits in the game.
They have a painting-esque style to them which shows off a handful mixture of colours that really brings out a certain unique charm which does appeal to me a lot. Although, the icons of the resources from the UI aren’t as memorable as the character portraits are, it still manages to carry over the necessary information of what each resources is, so that’s fine.
Going more into the UI, I think the main one isn’t as cluttered as other city builders which is great since it doesn’t overwhelm you with too much information on the screen. But one minor gripe that I have with it is that I personally wish that the “Technology Development” tab would be a little more neatly organised. The main Technology Development tab is nice and clean but once you go into one of the sub-tabs, I personally felt that they could’ve displayed the buildings in a more neat arrangement so that it can include all the buildings within one page. Because with the arrangements right now, I feel like there’s too much wasted space and that they can fit in more stuff without having the players scroll through the tab, but that’s just my own personal nitpick issue.
As for the soundtrack of the game, it has an overall calming ambient music that is very mellow and relaxing which unfortunately doesn’t make it very memorable per se, but it does succeed in giving off a soothing vibe when listening, which I think fits in with the atmosphere that the game wants to present to the players.
Gameplay
At the start of the game, one thing that really struck out to me was being able to choose between 4 different clans where you can start off your playthrough with, each with their own “worldviews” and “clan traits”. A clan’s worldview is essentially what sort of values they prioritise when trying to rebuild society, while the clan trait is a permanent passive you can get from picking that clan. So for an example, for my playthrough I went with the Berkut-3 clan where their worldview is called “New World Autocracy” which means its a clan that values science and rational thinking, but also order and security, while their clan trait is “Explorers” which gives a passive 50% boost when it comes to clan search and collecting goods.
Although, from the demo I didn’t quite get to see the clan’s worldview playing a part during the gameplay, but I’m assuming it will affect your clan’s overall satisfaction as a whole when you pick the right decisions that fit into their views. But having the ability to pick between different clans with their own distinction is really cool to have, and hopefully when the full game releases we get to see more of that gameplay feature.
The game also offers a customisable difficulty where you can temper with that let’s you choose how hard some of the features like resources or disease severity are, I just went with the default difficulty but I think it’s pretty cool that the game gives you the accessibility to change how challenging you want the game to be.
Another neat feature for Floodland is that you’re able to task your workers to do an area search instead of individually clicking on the resource patch and select the “search” feature for each of the resources which can save you some time from micromanaging because you’re going to do a lot of that for the game, from assigning workers to specific buildings and balancing it out so that there’s no vacant spot on your important buildings. But you can assign your workers even when the game is paused, so there’s really no rush.
I think they’ve integrated the tutorial into the story, so once you’ve collected the necessary food supply before setting up camp, the real fun begins. Your next assigned task would be to find the scouts in the nearby ruins and have them join your clan but you’ll need to have the required amount of food to be able to host them, you’re also given the choice to turn them down too if you don’t have enough food at the moment.
Once that task is completed, you’re then opened up to the main meat of the gameplay of rebuilding society. The progression of the buildings that you get to unlock is tied to an important resource called “Research” points where you can get from completing tasks, there’s also a building which lets you produce these Research points in exchange for another resource but for now, this is the only way you’re getting these points.
Some buildings you can research right off the bat given if you have enough Research points but there are a lot of buildings that require you to invest those points into the what I call the “Resource wheel” where it’s a tier based format that you can only unlock the next resource after you have the prerequisite unlocked.
Another thing that’s worth mentioning is that the buildings that help you with gathering resources, you’ll need to place them down next to those resource patches because each building has its own search range and can only gather resources within that area. So you’ll need to properly place down those buildings to maximise the amount you gather, you also can’t move your buildings once you’ve place them down, only destroying them.
From my playthrough of Floodland demo, the gameplay especially in the early days felt really slow, and there’s a lot of downtime where you just have to wait for the necessary resources to progress through the game, pair that up with your workers only working through the day and resting at night, which can be a tad bit annoying at times where the only thing I can do is just to wait, but there are two different speed up options and I tend to rely on the fastest one when playing through the game, so the early days are still doable. At the same time you can say this does play more into the relaxing side of gameplay so if you’re into that, this game might be your cup of tea.
There’s also some point in the game where you get handed with a scenario where you have to pick between different option choices that might affect the overall satisfaction of your clan which does gives off an interesting gameplay narrative.

Verdict
Overall, I had a pretty enjoyable time playing through the demo for Floodland, there’s a lot of cool concepts in terms of the game’s features but I didn’t get the chance to dive deep into those, like there’s this clan profile page where you can assign a specialised clan member’s skill where you can spend points to level up, like having your people be more efficient in resource gathering.
The game felt very atmospheric and pretty, which builds up into a chill and relaxing gameplay experience overall. Though, my one gripe with the game is just that the early game felt very slow to go through but once you get access to more buildings to play with and open up the map a bit more, Floodland makes for a super interesting game.

Floodland is set to be released on 15th November 2022 for PC.

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Google Android Instant – Try Before You Buy!

There are tons of apps that’s available on the Play Store. Some of them are free, some would require you to purchase before you download it. Though there are lite versions, it usually does not allow you to use it to its full capability. Google recently introduced us with Android Instant for developers which will enable the devs to develop Android Instant Apps for users to try a portion of their app.

For example, if you’re eager to try a game but you’re not sure how well the game would run on your mobile and it requires payment, you can try out a portion of the game without making purchase or fully downloading it. Of course, this is all up to the developers if they made it available as an Android Instant App. So instead of downloading the full version, you will download a small portion of the game and play-test it before purchasing it.

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Because Google just recently introduced Android Instant, it is still not available on Google Play yet but it will be coming soon. Currently the program is in its closed beta phase and developers can already try converting their APKs into an Android Instant App. It shouldn’t be too long for players to test out bite-sized versions of premium titles in the future.

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Sword Art Online: Integral Factor Now In Stores!

Good news to SAO fans and RPG gamers alike, the mobile MMORPG Sword Art Online: Integral Factor is now live in stores! The game is now available for download in both Japan’s App Store and Play Store. Though the series is well known around the world, it is still unknown if Bandai would have an English version release since they had an IP block to prevent outsiders other than Japan to play.

Since its CBT launch back in October, the game was seemingly well received as it follows the original animated arc of the series. Players will be able to experience the mobile MMORPG based on the story and being trapped with among thousands of other players in Aincrad. Of course, your goal is to beat all 100 floors of Aincrad just like in the series.

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Dragalia Lost 1 1/2 Year Anniversary Digest Highlights!

The Dragalia Lost 1 1/2 year anniversary is here, with its accompanying Digest! You can watch the entirety of the Digest below:

Starting off with Gala Dragalia from 26 March 2020 23:00 PT to 1 April 2020 22:59 PT / 27 March 6:00 UTC to 2 April 2020 5:59 UTC, we have Gala Alex!

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Her gameplay notes are absolutely ridiculous, with various appellations to her skills, so please peruse the official news post for the full details.
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Abilities:

Reduced Defense Punisher +30%

Increases damage to enemies with reduced defense by 30%.

Guardian Shadow II

Reduces susceptibility to blindness and paralysis by 100%.

Poisoned Punisher +30%

Increases damage to poisoned enemies by 30%.

Log in bonuses will be available from 26 March 2020 23:00 PT to 14 April 2020 22:59 PT / 27 March 6:00 UTC to 15 April 2020 5:59 UTC, rewarding the following:

1 x Tenfold Summon Voucher
1 x Mini Zodi
40 x Exquisite Honey
1 x 5-star Wyrmprint: The Red Impulse
1 x 5-star Summon Voucher (Adventurer)
40 x Blessed Ethon Ashes
1 x 5-star Summon Voucher (Dragon)
1 x Damascus Ingot
100,000 x Eldwater
1,200 x Wyrmite

Daily free tenfold summons will be available during Gala Dragalia from 26 March 2020 23:00 PT to 1 April 2020 22:59 PT / 27 March 6:00 UTC to 2 April 2020 5:59 UTC.
There will also be special Platinum Showcases for Gala units from from 26 March 2020 23:00 PT to 12 April 2020 22:59 PT / 27 March 6:00 UTC to 13 April 2020 5:59 UTC. The first one will guarantee Luca, Cleo, Ranzal and Sarisse, while the second will guarantee Elisanne, the Prince and Mym. These Platinum Showcases will not contain Gala Alex.
Up to 5,000 wyrmite can be earned with the limited-time Champion’s Road campaign endeavours from 26 March 2020 23:00 PT to 19 April 2020 22:59 PT / 27 March 6:00 UTC to 20 April 2020 5:59 UTC. The social reward will also be reset to earn up to 2,500 wyrmite!

There will also be triple drops from a variety of quests across different times, alongside double stamina recovery speed:

Elemental Ruins
Dragon Trials
Imperial Onslaught

The next Raid event has been announced for 30 March 2020 23:00 PT to 12 April 2020 22:59 PT / 31 March 6:00 UTC to 13 April 2020 5:59 UTC – Scars of the Syndicate. It will come with new summonable characters and dragons, starting off with Bellina and Andromeda.
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Chain co-abilities will be added to the game to encourage different team building. These abilities will be affecting the whole team, like regular abilities. Co-abilities will now also change, using abilities from members in your team rather than participants of a quest.
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Other updates include:

The Event Compendium will be coming, where you can play past events anytime
A new item, Fafnir Medals, will allow you to trade for a variety of materials
Skills will see an update where the team leader can pick from two skills from other adventurers
Encyclopedia, with bonuses depending on how many you have acquired
Return of the Fire Emblem Heroes collaboration late April

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Whew, that’s the 1 1/2 year Dragalia Digest out done! What will the second anniversary proper bring? Stay tuned to find out.
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Dragalia LostPublisher: NintendoDeveloper: CygamesRelease Date: 2018-09-27Android, iOS
Follow your heart and pursue the dream to defeat the evil with the bonds between humans and dragons!

Dragalia Lost is a swipe-controlled action RPG about the bonds shared between humans and dragons. Conquer your enemies using an array of powerful attacks and special skills and even by transforming into a dragon yourself!

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Scott Pilgrim Vs The World Delayed

The hotly anticipated re-release of Scott Pilgrim Vs The World has been delayed, missing its original Holiday 2020 release date.

In a tweet by Scott Pilgrim creator Bryan Lee O’Malley, the game’s new release date is 14th January, 2021. Rather than post an image with a long essay full of PR speak, Lee O’Malley took his usual frank approach, summarizing his point in one sentence.

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“Game comes out January 14th now”, he says.
The game will be a digital release, although he hasn’t ruled out the possibility of a physical release. He does say, however, that any physical release would only be after the game’s 14th January launch.
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While Lee O’Malley had been vocal in the past about Ubisoft stonewalling the game’s re-release, he’s said that this time it wasn’t the company’s fault.
“Ubisoft is not a person, it’s an abstract corporate entity that we project feelings onto,” he said in a follow-up Tweet. “Real people are the ones doing the coding and behind the scenes work to make the rerelease happen. They deserve your thanks and love. Thank you guys”
Scott Pilgrim Vs The World is one of the most highly anticipated re-releases, seeing its 10th anniversary since the game’s original release on the PS3 and Xbox 360. The game was mysteriously de-listed after its release, leading to no way to legally obtain the game since.

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PS5-compatible Pulse 3D Headset launches with new colour

Capitalising on the 3D audio features added to the PS5 in this month’s update, a new colour for PlayStation’s Pulse 3D Headset is revealed.

The headset will launch in Southeast Asia on October 29, 2021 with the new colour, Midnight Black, matching the colour scheme of the DualSense Midnight Black wireless controller. It will be priced at SGD149 / MYR469 / IDR1,699,000 / THB3,490 / PHP5,590 / VND2,699,000.

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While all PS5-compatible headsets can be used to experience 3D Audio with PS5 games, the Pulse 3D headset is specifically designed to take full advantage of the console’s Tempest 3D AudioTech, with a fine-tuned frequency response to help players more precisely place sounds in exact locations to match on-screen gameplay.

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The headset will be able to make use of the new equalizer control feature within the PS5’s sound settings that was added in the September update. This feature lets users fine-tune their audio preferences by choosing between three presets — Standard, Bass Boost, or Shooter, the latter enhancing footsteps and gunfire sounds. In addition, users can also customise and create their own presets, with up to three settings being able to be saved and accessed on the fly. Equalizer settings can be adjusted in the middle of gameplay through the Control Center.

For more details, you can refer to this post on the PlayStation Blog or head to the PlayStation official website.

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EA Announces Cliffhanger Games, a New Studio Developing a Black Panther Game

Publisher Electronic Arts (EA) announced that a Black Panther game is currently in development at a newly formed triple-A development studio, Cliffhanger Games.

Cliffhanger Games says that the game is still early in development, but is described as a third-person, single-player action-adventure game focusing on telling an original story featuring the titular character.

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The Seattle-based studio, Cliffhanger Games is led by Kevin Stephens, former studio head of Monolith Productions who has previously overseen development of the Middle-earth: Shadow series.
“We’re dedicated to delivering fans a definitive and authentic Black Panther experience, giving them more agency and control over their narrative than they have ever experienced in a story-driven video game.” Kevin says.
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Cliffhanger’s development team is said to be composed of industry talents who have worked on critically acclaimed franchises including the aforementioned Middle-earth: Shadow series, God of War, Halo Infinite, Call of Duty and among others.
Black Panther’s last video game appearance was in Crystal Dynamics’ Marvel’s Avengers, published by Square Enix | Image Credit: Crystal Dynamics/Marvel
In their mission statement, Cliffhanger Games said they aim to craft an expansive and reactive world in which fans of Black Panther can explore a culturally rich Wakanda and what it feels like to take on the mantle of it’s protector.
The development team is currently being assembled and the studio is actively hiring talents, encouraging developers to join them, though it’ll be a while before there’s any more news on it.

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“LasDan” mobile game announced

LasDan will be getting a mobile game adaptation, with a brand new Twitter account opened to announce the fact, which you can follow here. If you’re unfamiliar with the name, you might recognize it from its original mouthful of a title, “Suppose a Kid from the Last Dungeon Boonies moved to a starter town?“, a light novel series by Toshio Sato with illustrations by Nao Watanuki. It has a currently airing anime series slated for 12 episodes by Liden Films.

For the moment, there’s no mention of a publisher and/or developer of the game, and no separate portal for the LasDan mobile game either, besides a notice on its overall series website. It will, however, launch sometime end of 2021, in both Japanese and Traditional Chinese according to an official tweet. It appears to show in-development screens for the game as well, likely a turn-based RPG of sorts with the usual cut-in animations for special attacks, the little 3D models and in-game story mode.

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LasDan centers around the protagonist, Lloyd Belladona, who hails from the village of Kunlan. He’s considered a weakling in his village, one situated in the most dangerous region of the world. As such, his power level is actually far higher than most, but the apparent cinnamon roll cannot be convinced of his true strength.

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For the productivity seeker in the new normal – Asus VivoBook 15 K513E review

ASUS continuously works on providing a powerful machine in compact form, and certainly, the Asus VivoBook 15 K513E resumes that trend in the Ultrabook category. In brief, it comes with a 15.6-inch display with a pretty decent CPU / GPU combination for photo editing and light gaming sessions. Read on for a more detailed review!

THE BUILD

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For the understated design, you can pick between Indie Black or Transparent Silver, with the option to pop with Hearty Gold. The body is made out of a mix of aluminum alloy and plastic for a light yet durable machine. It does feel more plastic than metal, though, and it can be quite easy to leave fingerprints.
On opening the lid, you’ll find a full sized keyboard with numpad with white backlighting, and a trackpad with a fingerprint scanner. It has to be pointed out that the arrow keys are on the smaller side, and the Enter key has the same yellow outline as with other VivoBook models. The power button is located above the Num Lock. As for the bottom side, there are two speakers, and the air vents for circulation.
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DISPLAY
As mentioned, the Asus VivoBook 15 utilizes a IPS 15.6-inch NanoEdge FHD display with 60Hz refresh rate, 178 degree viewing angle and a 84% screen to body ratio. The angle and colours are pretty good, but it doesn’t hit the same colour adjust highs, as this is more suited for basic editing. The display is at least quite clear and bright.

It also comes with a few quality of life features, including TUV Rheinland Eye Care, and Tru2Life technology to increase clarity, colours and contrasts to optimize image quality the best it can.
KEYBOARD AND PORTS

Despite the earlier gripe about small arrow keys, the keyboard is still quite nice to use. The material used is comfortable, it’s responsive, and the numpad is especially appreciated when it’s often excised in smaller notebooks. As with many things, the keyboard might need a little time to get used to. The touchpad isn’t especially exceptional, but it does have the fingerprint scanner for that layer of security.
Port wise, you get:

3 USB Type-A
MicroSD card reader
3.5mm jack
USB Type-C
Charging port

Most of the connections are placed on the right side, so for the right-handed mice users, this might be a tad troublesome.

BENCHMARKING
Utilizing Asus Intelligent Performance Technology, also known as AIPT, it works to set processor Power Limit values to give it an overall performance increase by up to 40%. Simply open the companion MyASUS software and put it on Performance Mode, ensuring a longer battery life, better power efficiency, quieter operations and lower temperatures, the latter with the aid of the new IceBlade fans, featuring 87 blades measuring a mere 0.2 to 0.3 mm.

It’s powered by an Intel Core i5-1135G7, Intel Iris Xe iGPU and NVIDIA GeForce MX350 GPU. Memory wise it packs a 8GB DDR4 RAM 3200MHz and 512GB Intel 660p NVMe SSD. For a laptop that slants towards productivity, these are fairly impressive specs. Adding a bit more RAM would only help make the user experience smoother. Check below for more benchmarks:

Cinebench R20
3DMark

PCMark 10

All tests place the ASUS VivoBook 15 K513 firmly in the below average performance bracket, but then again, this wasn’t marketed as some high spec gaming machine. Still though, it can run games decently well, even if you have to mark down the quality for a stable 35 to 40 FPS tops. At least you can play Genshin after work.
Genshin Impact

Troy: A Total War Saga

Rocket League

MyASUS

MyASUS is a companion software to assist users in monitoring their machine. Here, you can update your drivers, change fan settings, select charging mode, run diagnostics and many more. You can eve fiddle with the display settings like colour modes and blue light through ASUS Splendid. The WiFi SmartConnect feature additionally helps in connecting to the best possible signal, and it’s easy to understand and use.

With Link to MyASUS, you can even connect your laptop to your smartphone wirelessly. Here, you can seamlessly transfer files, mirror screens, make calls or more using your laptop instead. Productivity indeed.
BATTERY AND AUDIO

The 42Wh battery can last almost 11 hours with more or less casual use, so if you’re just using it for work – as advertised – then it should last you the entire working day without needing to charge it.

The speakers you get with the machine are two stereo speakers, Harman Kardon certified. As such, the sound quality is extremely good and will enable you to hear your meetings with clarity. The bass is also surprisingly passable, even if it’s not something that will be at the forefront. You can further customize your listening modes with the DTS application depending on what you’re doing at the moment.
VERDICT
At RM3,299, you can consider the ASUS VivoBook 15 K513E a steal with its 11th gen processor and NVIDIA GeForce MX350 for that smooth working experience, with some light gaming on the side. The thin form means you can bring it around anywhere, and 512GB SSD PCIe means you can pack in all your data that you need. Your machine’s secured too, thanks to the fingerprint scanner. If you’re looking for that new laptop during this new normal times, you can check out Shopee or the ASUS website to secure your own.

Processor
Intel® Core i5-1135G7

Graphics
NVIDIA® GeForce® MX350 with 2 GB GDDR5 VRAM

Display
15.6″ (16:9) FHD (1920×1080) IPS with wide 178° view
Anti-Glare Panel with 45% NTSC
NanoEdge display
84% screen-to-body ratio

RAM
8GB 3200MHz DDR4

Storage
512 GB PCIe® SSD

I/O
1x USB 3.2 Gen 1 Type-A
1x USB 3.2 Gen 1 Type C (DT only)
2x USB 2.0
1x HDMI
1x Audio Jack Combo
1x Micro SD Card reader

Battery
42 Wh Li-prismatic battery (3-cells)

Dimensions
359 x 235 x 17.9 mm

Weight
1.7 kg

Colours
Indie Black / Transparent Silver / Hearty Gold

RRP
RM 3,299

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[Gamescom Asia 2022] “Your Main Character will Determine What Controller You’re Using” says Street Fighter Pro Player Xian In Interview

Over at Gamescom Asia 2022, we had the chance to talk with professional Street Fighter player – Kun “Xian” Xian Ho under Team Razer in an interview about the Street Fighter 6 Beta, Fighting Games in general and the community.

[This interview is edited for clarity]

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What do you think about the Street Fighter 6 Beta now that it has ended?

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Xian: The Street Fighter (SF) 6 beta is actually really good. It not only has a lot of positive feedback from all the players as compared to the SF 5 beta, everyone also really likes it. I really like the better launch, the rematch system where it’s really fast and how the game mechanics actually cater to the previous SF 3, 4, and 5 games.
Street Fighter 6 is going to attract all the different SF players, where I felt like Street Fighter IV and V only managed to get a certain kind of fan base where the players from the 2nd and 3rd games stuck with it. So overall, I would say it’s very positive.

Do you have any favourite characters from the beta?
Xian: I really like Jamie. I’ve been playing him a lot and he’s very interesting because he’s kind of deep. The character has a lot of different stuff and I haven’t enjoyed a game like this in a very long time. And I have to say those three days of beta really made my week.

This year’s EVO was a huge step for fighting games with almost all of the games either launching with rollback, or getting rollback retrofitted and whoever already had rollback is getting crossplay. What do you think is next for the genre?
Xian: I personally feel like rollback is something that should have been done long ago. Because in the regions like Singapore and SEA in general, online play isn’t the greatest and we rely a lot on online to play. Rollback is something that I felt should have already been implemented, which is really great now that every game has it.
What I’m really looking forward to right now is seeing the offline tournaments coming back because I feel like even though online tournaments are great, tournaments like EVO made a lot of people come back to the game. Because of COVID, a lot of people dropped the game since they were just playing online.
There wasn’t any incentive or motivation because of that, because what I personally feel like, it’s not about winning, it’s about hanging out with other people at the offline tournament. It’s what fighting games are about, you talk to people, you discuss, you play games and have fun.
So what I’m really looking forward to is everything coming back offline and I hope that EVO in Japan will be the one to bring back all of this.

It’s funny you mentioned the social element of offline tournaments because when I was in Japan last month, there were people running a mini Guilty Gear tournament on the top floors of one of the arcades. I saw people in business suits competing in the tournament and thought to myself “you don’t get this online”
Xian: The best thing about it is that you get all sorts of people from students, to business owners, to people who are very successful in life and you get to befriend them because of a game.
It’s something that you will never get outside in the real world, which is really great because you get to learn a lot of different things and that’s what I really like about tournaments being offline.
You used to have your own offline event before COVID happened. Now that people are feeling better about going outside, will you still run tournaments and events?
Xian: Even after COVID, we have been running online tournaments like the Versus Asia series. The last offline event that I made was at Singtel Comcentre with the support of Singtel at the time, which was a great venue.
I do really wish to get back to organising offline events, but this is going to take a lot more planning because there’s a lot of unpredictable situations that can restrict the numbers and everything could be a problem. With that being said, I’m not planning anything offline so far until the whole situation is stabilised.
But it’s something that you want to get back eventually ?
Xian: Yes, I really want to get this back. I know all the different fighting games communities and I just really want everyone to come in again.
I know everyone is excitingly waiting for me to do it where they would always send me messages and stuff on Discord and WhatsApp, and I will look forward to it as well as trying my best with it.

There’s been some discussion within the fighting game community mainly around controllers lately on how certain types of controllers give certain advantages. Do you think that’s true?
Xian: From my personal experience, I’ve actually tried out all the controllers, even a pad, the HitBox, since I use the Panthera. I found out that the advantage for HitBox is very heavily catered for Street Fighter, especially Street Fighter V.
Razer Panthera
While it does have an advantage in other games, there are also disadvantages that people aren’t talking about because of how fast paced the amount of inputs that are required in other games, making it not as viable. There are also situations where the stick will actually do better.
So at this moment I don’t have any intentions to play with a different equipment just for a different game that comes out or being in a tournament where I have to bring multiple equipment. But for people who are just playing one game, I feel like it might be good for them to get that little edge.
But at the end of the day, I feel like 97% of it still comes down to the player’s individual skill more than the equipment itself.

Expanding on that topic, with the HitBox the frames you save on the Sonic Boom for example, the amount of players who are going to need the advantage is very small. To the casual players, they won’t notice it.
Xian: For certain characters like Guile who has a huge advantage when it comes to HitBox, they generally have a clear advantage than the 3% right there, which is why some players are switching on [to it].
But for learning characters like dive kick characters,  there are certain things that are really hard to do on the HitBox. I tried Seth on the HitBox and the dive kick is really difficult, so it really depends of the characters.
I feel like this may be the future meta where your main character will determine what controller you’re using. I definitely didn’t like what’s going on now because I’m pretty old school even though I’m still young.
I played with an arcade stick when I was young, and I do wish that this can be consolidated into just one controller, which would never happen because there’s a pad, a stick at minimum. But I don’t like the situation as far as I see.

It’s funny that you mention some characters not being good for HitBox, because Goldlewis from Guilty Gear has a bunch of 360 inputs.
Xian: Zangief’s not too good for HitBox either, some characters just doesn’t work that way.

What do you think about Capcom standarising the rules of what you can and can’t put on a custom stick for tournaments?
Xian: I feel like right now, Capcom’s decision for standardising tournments isn’t catered community wise but more of a business decision. I’m not too sure what the right approach is because I’m not in a business or in Capcom.
But it’s actually really tough for them to decide how do you make the SOCD (Simultaneous Opposing Cardinal Directions) and how to determine what controls are legal. The line is so gray and so thin that I feel like it’s very difficult to cater to everyone.
At the end of the day, people will always be complaining, so it’s just a very unfortunate situation to be in right now for anyone who is getting the job to write the guidelines for the rules.

What do you think about Drive Impact? Do you think it’s broken?
Xian:  No. Drive Impact is something that didn’t even work out on the third day of the beta in high level play. Across 90% of the players who were playing, Drive Impact was really annoying. But over the time, this is something that will be countered.
I’m not too sure if they’re going to increase the meter usage drive usage for it, but it’s not going to be good if they try to increase it. Because I think it won’t be that strong if it takes more than 1 meter. So it’s very hard to balance it for now.

It’s like wake up DP, once you know it’s coming then it’ll be easy to predict.
Xian: People can react better on the third day, but perfect parry is still something that people haven’t figured out how to do. It’s going to take time and we’re going to be figuring out how it’ll go.
Is there anything you want to say to all the SF fans out there?

Xian: SF6 is going to be really successful from the beta that I played with Mike. I have never seen Mike enjoy a game so much and I personally wasn’t planning to stream 10 hours each day for the beta. But I ended up doing it because I just really like it.
I played about 60 hours from the 72 hour beta, and if it weren’t for me forcing myself to sleep for those 12 hours, I would’ve continued playing it. I haven’t enjoyed a game so much and I’m very sure that this game will drive a lot of new players as well as having old players coming back. I’m really looking forward to when the game fully launches.

We would like to thank Xian for answering our questions! To those who are interested, you can follow him on Twitter as well as on Twitch where he streams Street Fighter.

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Shin Megami Tensei V Release Date Announced

SEGA has announced the release date for Shin Megami Tensei V, the latest game in the iconic JRPG series by Atlus.

In a press statement, they announced that Shin Megami Tensei V would release exclusively on the Nintendo Switch November 11th, 2021.

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Here is Atlus’ summary of the game:
When a grisly murder scene in modern-day Tokyo blocks our protagonist’s walk home, an unplanned detour leaves him buried and unconscious.
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He awakens in a new Tokyo, a wasteland ravaged by apocalypse now called Da’at… but before bloodthirsty demons can claim his life, a savior emerges, and they unite to become a mighty being neither human nor demon: a Nahobino.
With newfound power, the protagonist ventures through Da’at, an enigmatic realm filled with mythical deities and demonic tyrants in constant conflict for survival. Searching for answers, the protagonist must forge his own path in a battle between light and dark to dictate the fate of the world.
The release for Shin Megami Tensei V comes just months after the re-release of SMT III Nocturne HD, which was ported to multiple platforms including the PS4.
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On top of that they also announced the special edition for the game, including the Fall of Man Premium Edition.

The Fall of Man Premium Edition includes the following:

Printed Sling Bag
 6” x 11.5”, Inspired by the Protagonist’s school attire
SteelBook
Demon Handbook (Hardcover, A5 size with 100+ pages)
2 CD Soundtrack Disc
Collectible Box

You’ll also be able to purchase the Standard Edition, which comes with a Steelbook while supplies last.

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Overwatch 2 Halloween Event Terrifies Players with Lack of Rewards and Pricing

Overwatch 2 Halloween Terror event makes it return but people do not like its jacked-up prices for both new and old skins as well as no free skins for participating in the event.

To give a rundown on what is going on, this year’s Halloween Terror adds the continuation to its Halloween custom game mode named “Junkenstein’s Revenge: Wrath of the Bride” and returning skins such as:

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Van Helsing for Cassidy
Mummy for Anna

The event also added new legendary skins such as:

Witch Kiriko for Kiriko
Executioner for Junker Queen

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The custom game mode in itself is not the problem however, the rewards are. Last year, you could get a free Halloween skin for Genji, Zarya and Roadhog. For this year, the most you could get are custom voice lines.

previous overwatch 2 halloween events you could unlock a LOT of new skins… now… you can't even unlock the previously free skins… just… voice lines… https://t.co/z1Y7CJ2hBI
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Overwatch 2 listed down the prices while offering discounts for the halloween skins but here’s the catch, those discounts are for bundles. And here is another catch, you cannot purchase those skins individually. Meaning you have to purchase the bundle if you want the skin.
Junker Queen and Sombra’s skins are the only two excluded from this treatment while the rest, including the older skins from Overwatch are priced at the minimum of USD 20.

Twitter user mL7support tweeted out how a single Overwatch 2 skin shouldn’t cost more than a battle pass that gives you that 5 skins and chubchilla1 commented how the true terror of the even is the $26 for a legendary skin.
Bastion, Symmetra, Sigma and Winston got the short end of the stick as their Halloween skins are bundled together costing around USD 40.

When Overwatch 2 tweeted out to announce the launch for the event, many across twitter has voiced out their views in regards to no new free skins and the pricing of their skins and a majority of them are quite unhappy with it.
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‘Genshin Impact Helped Me Quit Smoking’ Says Player

A Genshin Impact player is making the rounds on reddit for their post where they talk about how the game helped them quit smoking.

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In the post, user Hxomaa talks about how they would allocate a daily budget for cigarettes. However, since starting the game they instead used that allocation for buying Genshin Impact’s monthly Blessings of the Welkin Moon pass, with minimal withdrawal on their part from trading nicotine for waifus.
“I know this sounds stupid and lame , but i always saved some of the daily money that i am getting for buying a pack of cigarettes , after I played genshin and I become obsessed with , I always spent my saved money on blessing of the moon monthly , and this made me forget about cigarettes and now it’s been 5 months without smoking and I feel so healthy THANKS MIHOYO”, their post reads.
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That’s not to say the thought of pulling on a Ganyu re-run immediately made them not crave nicotine. Hxomaa does also describe there beign a withdrawal process.
“At first it was kinda hard ! i felt like i am getting angry and losing focus so much ! but i had confidence, after 5 months i feel fine , and i am getting better everyday !”, they write in response to comments asking about withdrawal symptoms.
Fans were largely congratulatory in the comments, though also quick to warn Hxomaa the dangers of falling from one addiction for another.Hxomaa responded to this, saying they were playing the game in a “healthy” way.
“no I am playing in a very healthy way ! I just love it that is all”, they said.
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While this is obviously a heartwarming story about one person getting over their smoking habit through Genshin Impact, the fact still stands that it should be treated as an exception, rather than any kind of precedent.
As we’ve said before, Gacha is very much an addiction on the same level of cigarettes– there’s a difference between the person who smokes maybe once a day versus a chainsmoker, as is the case with gacha players. You should absolutely keep check of your own spending, and take note of how these banners make you feel, since a lot of the appeal of gacha games is pressuring you into feeling like pulling on every banner at the cost of your money.
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Sengoku Asura to be unleashed in Autumn 2017

Japan-based game developer Sumzap has just announced a new mobile RPG today, going by the name Sengoku Asura, which is due in Autumn of 2017.

As you may have inferred from the title alone, the game is set during the Sengoku period, where you get to play as warriors from that tumultuous era. Famous figureheads in that era are present, such as Uesugi Kenshin and Tadakatsu Honda. All the characters are customisable, proving players the option to choose from an arsenal of weapons that include the katana, bow and spear. All weapons are also tied to a particular job class, providing an additional layer of depth.

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The game is currently open for pre-registration at the moment, so if you are interested, you may wish to sign up for some nifty in-game rewards, which range from in game currency up to a character in the form of Masakage Yamagata.
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Fate/Grand Order Will Be Launching Soon!

Recently representatives from Aniplex, DELiGHTWORKS and Soft-World held a media conference announcing their upcoming launch of Fate/Grand Order in Taiwan. The launch will be on this coming 18th of May for both iOS and Android devices. The game will be released in Taiwan, Hong Kong and Macau.

As seen in the trailer above, the trailer was published by AniplexUS which confirms that the game will have it’s own global English server. The game will be coming into the North America Server but no date was announced. Fate/Grand Order is planned to be in the US and Canadian app stores in the future launch. As being the top grossing mobile game in Japan, hopefully the game will be localized in SEA as well.

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Jojo’s All-Star Battle R Will Launch An Early Access Demo  For Playstation Next Week

A free early access demo will be available for Jojo’s Bizarre Adventure: All-Star Battle R on the PS4 and PS5.

The demo will be available from the 16th of June to the 22nd so players can try out the fighter and see how bizarre it is for themselves.

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Bandai Namco posted a trailer for the announcement on their Youtube channel:

“Looking to try out JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure: All-Star Battle R early? Join in the action with our PlayStation 4 & PlayStation 5 early access demo, featuring 4 iconic characters from the series! Access begins Thursday, 16 June Want more good news? Digital pre-orders for Nintendo Switch are now available!”
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The modes that will be available in the Jojo’s All-Star Battle R demo are Online Multiplayer and Practice Mode. The playable characters will include Jonathan Joestar, Jotaro Kujo, Jolyne Cujoh, and DIO.
The game is an HD Remaster of the original All-Star Battle for PS3. New content for the game includes four new playable characters coming to the game as DLC: Mariah, R.E.O Speedwagon, Diego Brando, and the notorious Pet Shop.
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JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure: All-Star Battle R is slated for release on consoles on the 1st of September 2022 for PS4, PS5, Nintendo Switch, Xbox One, Xbox Series X|S. It will be coming to PC via Steam on September 2nd.

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Touhou Lost Word Global launch set for spring 2021

The global release of Touhou Lost Word will be in Spring 2021, according to the official Twitter. It’s not much, but at least it’s coming. The account has also been sharing and gradually introducing various members of the Touhou cast while we wait for whenever that launch is.

The game has already achieved at least 80,000 pre-registrations, with milestone rewards up to 200,000. Rewards include:

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10,000: 1x Reimu Hakurei, 1x Marisa Kirisame
20,000: 5x Seal Crystals, 1,500x Coins
30,000: 10x Seal Crystals, 3,000x Coins
40,000: 15x Seal Crystals, 4,500x Coins
50,000: 1x Story Card (key visual version)
80,000: 1x Story Card (key visual version)
100,000: 20x Seal Crystals, 6,000x Coins
150,000: 1x Story Card (key visual version)
200,000: 20x Seal Crystals, 7,500 Coins, 1x Story Card (Lively Temple Grounds)

Prior to the announcement, there was a message from the producer, Yamagishi Masayuki, as follows:
Happy Holidays, Friends!
We’re doing our best to release the global version of Touhou Lost Word right now, and we can’t wait to share it with you!
Thank you everyone for being so patient. It’s been great to see everyone so excited! We plan on announcing information about the release soon, so please stay tuned!
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Happy Holidays and Happy New Year from Touhou Lost Word Global!
Sincerely,
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[Penang Esports Festival 2019] Have coach, will travel: Terengganu’s SUKMA team brings the gold in PES2019!

Pro Evolution Soccer (PES) is getting support from Konami itself, and its esports future looks promising. The game was present at the Penang Esports Festival 2019, and we need a winner, of course! Meet Muhammad Afiq Qusyairi Bin Zamzuri and Muhammad Faizal bin Razali, along with coach Muhammad Azami Jusoh. They’re representatives of SUKMA Terengganu, and we had a chat with them after their win.

Three months of training led up to this championship. They’re understandably happy and grateful over it. It’s good training for them, as they prepare to compete at SUKMA Johor next year.

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A coach is important, especially for the duo here. The strategies they use are devised by Muhammad Azami Jusoh, after all. They trained in both solos and pairs to prepare accordingly to the event format, and it paid off.

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Since it is a football game, they had to have favourite teams and players, right? Afiq favours Manchester United, with Romelu Lukaku as favourite player. Faizal goes for Belgium, and Eden Hazard for his pick of favourite player.
As esports grows in Malaysia, training up young talent is key. They feel more events like PEF 2019 will help make Malaysia more prominent in the world of esports. The player duo have been gaming since the Playstation 2 days along with PC. They have support from their family as they pursue competitive gaming, which is necessary should they want to grow further.
Coach Muhammad Azami Jusoh advises youth interested in esports to avoid doing non-beneficial activities. Don’t be shy to ask more experienced people in this field. Win or lose, you should always do your best in any event you participate in.
You can look forward to seeing more of Afiq and Faizal as SUKMA Terengganu representatives at SUKMA Johor. Congratulations on the win, and best of luck for the future!
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Bravely Default Brilliant Lights release date confirmed for Japan

Bravely Default Brilliant Lights has confirmed their release date for Japan, launching on 27 January 2022. Unfortunately for worldwide Bravely fans, as usual, this release date for Brilliant Lights does not apply to you. This is a new mobile entry for the series, featuring familiar faces and new characters.

With this upcoming launch, the official website has been updated with a digital play manual (in Japanese) that you can check out here. It provides information including the prologue, the 4 new Heroes of Light, continent maps, battle systems, and the like. If you’re able to visit the Square Enix cafe, you could also get yourself the physical copy of said manual.

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If it’s anything like Octopath Traveler: Champions of the Continent, it will potentially be region locked, requiring some creative bypasses. Pre-registrations remain open for the game, though the rewards for doing so are not immediately apparent. There should be goodies regardless, whatever they are.
Last December, an English trademark was filed for Octopath Traveler: Champions of the Continent which gives hope for a localization. Should Bravely Default Brilliant Lights intend to take the same route, expect a similar timeline for any sort of news. As always, stay tuned, and follow the official Twitter while you’re at it.
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How much can you save up with 1 year of PS Plus membership?

Most of the PS4 players would subscribe to PS Plus membership in order to receive all kinds of exclusive deals including multiplayer access and monthly free games. For those who are new, PlayStation is giving out free video games on PS4 every month, which sometimes include the blockbuster titles. Here is a summary of the free games given out in 2018 if you want to know how much you can save up with 1 year of PS Plus membership!

A total of 35 games are given out to PS4 players in 2018, including some of the big ones like Bloodborne, XCOM 2 and God of War III Remastered. Here we compiled a full list of the free PS4 games over 2018, along with their price on the Malaysia PlayStation Store.

January
Batman – The Telltale Series
RM88

Deus Ex: Mankind Divided
RM219

StarBlood Arena
RM155

Uncanny Valley
RM55

February
Grand Kingdom
RM180

Mighty No. 9
RM95

March
Bloodborne
RM74

Bombing Busters
RM22

GAROU: MARK OF THE WOLVES
RM40

April
BLAZBLUE CENTRALFICTION
RM242

Heavy Rain
RM119

Mad Max
RM231

May
Rayman Legends
RM74

Trackmania Turbo
RM149

June
Q*bert: Rebooted
RM43

TRIALS FUSION
RM125

Vostok Inc.
RM48

XCOM 2
RM249

July
Alone With You
RM39

Call of Duty Black Ops III
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OMEGA QUINTET
RM199

August
Mafia III
RM178

Syberia 3
RM178

September
Another World – 20th Anniversary
RM27

Destiny 2
–

God of War III Remastered
RM99

October
Portal Knights
RM133

Rocketbirds 2: Evolution
RM40

The Bridge
RM40

Thumper
RM81

November
BEYOND: Two Souls
RM119

Burly Men at Sea
RM39

The Metronomicon: Slay the Dance Floor
RM85

December
GOD EATER 2 Rage Burst
RM219

GRAVITY RUSH 2
RM219

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Adding up the prices of the 35 free games, we got a total of over RM3900 and this is enough for you to get yourself another two PS4 Pro! Other than the monthly free games, PS Plus membership comes with plenty of exciting deals too. For example, you can gain early access to demos and betas on some of the upcoming games, save your game progress to the cloud, and also sync your game record and trophies across different PS4 devices. You will get special offers on PlayStation Store games and add-ons as well.

PS Plus memberships are available in 3 forms – 12 months, 3 months or 1 month, which they cost RM129, RM43 and RM21 respectively. On certain periods you will be able to get 12+3 months of membership at a promotion price too. Don’t hesitate and get yourself a PS Plus membership now if you are interested! For more information about PS Plus, you can visit the official PlayStation website or Facebook.

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Mashiro Witch -Midnight Marchen- is now ready for download

After several delays which saw the release date being moved back from the planned 2017 release, Square Enix’s Mashiro Witch -Midnight Marchen- is finally available for download. We first heard from Square Enix that the game would be released around Fall 2018 and the company had delivered without delays this time around.

Based on clips and screenshots, Mashiro Witch is a turned-based game with emphasis on character customisation. Set in a world near its destruction, magical girls team up to save the world. Players can form a team of up to four characters in their quest. Similar to other RPG’s, players select from a list of actions to perform such as attack and heal, with each action having a specific cost.

As mentioned above, the game emphasizes character customisations. This includes job, hairstyle and even personality which gives players a huge variety to work on when creating their characters. This allows players to create their dream characters or at the very least, a close resemblance to them.
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Nintendo Stocks And How They Were Affected By Last Week’s Announcements

After Pokemon’s big anniversary livestream marking its 25th anniversary, you’d normally expect some sort of reflection of excitement for the franchise’s future, especially when you consider they announced three new games for the franchise on the Nintendo Switch.

Instead, it looks like investors may not have been too confident in the announcements, as Nintendo’s stock prices took a sharp turn down on Friday. Nintendo, who has a 33% stake in The Pokemon Company as well as exclusive publishing rights for their console titles had their share prices down 2.81%. At its lowest the stock was at 76.63 USD right before the The Pokemon Company’s new titles.

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Graph: Yahoo Finance, NTDOY 77
That being said, Nintendo stocks have since been on the mend, rising pretty steadily and sitting at 77.39 USD after the first day of trading since the announcement. This could partially be related to the fact Nintendo overall is a pretty solid company, and seeing the share price drop is a golden opportunity to jump on, thus raising the price. It still doesn’t explain the very sharp drop right before the announcement, however.
It should be noted that according to Yahoo Finance, Nintendo stocks took a dip almost directly before the announcement, where it proceeded to slowly go up. At complete speculation, this is likely due to rumors about the Pokemon announcement, causing uncertainty among investors. However, knowing that Pokemon has Nintendo exclusives due out both this year and next likely raised investor confidence, driving up the share prices.
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While we’re not financial experts nor should this be taken as financial advice, there’s a lot of reason to find value in Nintendo as a company. The Nintendo Switch has continued to be one of the top selling consoles, especially after the pandemic and more people were forced to spend time indoors. Unlike the PS5 and Xbox Series X, it’s also not incredibly hard to find, thanks to ramped up production efforts and having been on the market for longer. Bloomberg had reported that Nintendo had its best quarter since 2008, so even one of its exclusives possibly underwhelming isn’t a reason to start selling the company short.

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