Singapore

Catalogue of Singapore Games (Courtesy of SGGA)

Singapore plays vital role in video games growth in Southeast Asia. According to an article from Jtugman.com many players from Singapore dominates with mobile gaming revenue for over $256,5M. Many big companies launch its branches to Singapore due to a strategic location for connectivity and great for developing its market .

## Star Wars: The Clone Wars – Jedi Alliance

### Star Wars: The Clone Wars – Jedi Alliance (2008)

**Star Wars: The Clone Wars – Jedi Alliance** is an action-adventure game developed by LucasArts Singapore and published by LucasArts. The game was released on Nintendo DS on 11 November 2008. Set in The Clone Wars, Obi-Wan Kenobi and Luke Skywalker join a fight in a battle with trio of Nightsisters. LucasArts Singapore tasked to develop a game based on continuity story of the series. At the time, LucasArts assigned the team in order to create the game based on Star Wars Clone Wars mixed with Stylus fighting. Many people praised the game and LucasArts Singapore as one of the successful debut in Video Game Industry from Singapore .

## Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon Phantoms

### Release date

10 April 2014

Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon Phantoms is free-to-play third-person multiplayer shooter developed by Ubisoft Singapore and published by Ubisoft Entertainment. The game was released on April 10, 2014. The game was originally known as *Ghost Recon Online*. Takes place in 2034, a fight between Ghost and Phantoms soon break after the ATHENA Corp. selling its revolutionary weapons and technology. Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon Phantoms starts it's development 2011. It was soon announced at E3 2011 that the game will be released on Nintendo Wii U and PC . However the team decided to focus more on PC platform and a year later in 20th August 2012 Ubisoft Singapore released a beta of the game. On 11th April 2014 the game rebrand into Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon Phantoms and garnering for over 20,000 Players .

## Ghostlore

### Release date

18 May 2023

Ghostlore is an action-RPG based on Southeast Asia folklore developed by Andrew Teo and Adam Teo . Takes place in Southeast Asia country, Ghosthunter tasked with safeguarding the town from the malevolent Mogui. The game began its development in 2018 as a prototype made by Andrew Teo where players can fight monsters similar to Diablo 2. The prototype was completed after a year and was then presented to a colleague. During its development, one of the initial monsters created was Pontianak and according to folklore and how the monster must be defeated, players must target the correct tree. Many of his colleagues responds in positive reactions and the game was named "Ghostlore" due to its portrayal of folklore from Southeast Asia.

After COVID-19 Pandemic struck Singapore, the developer focused working on the game to better state quality. According to creator of Ghostlore Andrew Teo, in order to stay sane and busy he decided to keep working on the game non stop. Andrew was contacted by Adam Teo for collaborate to work on the game together and broaden the game's scope and development. On April 14, 2022, the game was made available in the Early Access stage on the Steam platform and garnered an 81% positive reception. It was subsequently launched in its complete form on May 18, 2023. The game received special recognition during the INDIE Live Expo 2023 and recognition from Singapore Games Association (SGGA)

## References

https://www.gamespot.com/articles/game-development-in-singapore-a-primer/1100-6323728/

https://www.asiaone.com/made-singapore-games-going-places

1. ↑ [1] Guide Me Singapore article "Why Foreign Companies Relocate to Singapore?" written by anonymous
2. ↑ [2] IGN.com article "DS Games of Summer 2009" written by IGN Nintendo Team
3. ↑ [3] Spong.com article "Interviews// Ghost Recon Online" by Svend Joscelyne
4. ↑ [4] All-time Peak data from Steamdb chart of Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon Phantoms
5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 [5] Digipen.edu.sg article "Graduate Andrew Teo Shines Spotlight on Southeast Asian Horror with Indie Game Ghostlore" written by anonymous