Weyrdlets Has An Among Us Collab In New Limited-Time Event

Made-in-Malaysia desktop pet game Weyrdlets is getting a bit sus its new limited-time event. This time, the indie developers Weyrdworks are collaborating with fellow indie devs Innersloth to bring Among Us in Weyrdlets. This is a free update, no purchase necessary, but it’s also … | Continue reading


@gamermatters.com | 13 hours ago

Latest The Sims 4 Kits Are Designed By Long-Time Modders

The Sims 4 continues to add more paid content, and but this time, the latest pair of Kits, mini-DLCs with a hyper-specific theme, is created by the life sim game’s own custom content creators. In other words, modders. (Custom content, CC, is what mods are called in The Sims commu … | Continue reading


@gamermatters.com | 2 days ago

Farming Simulator 25 Sales Pass 2 Million Units Worldwide

Farming Simulator 25 is out now and it’s already sold more than 2 million units worldwide in its first week. In that same week, on Steam, Farming Simulator had 135,000 players online participating in agricultural, forestry and animal husbandry activities the game offers. The Farm … | Continue reading


@gamermatters.com | 2 days ago

Virtua Fighter 5 R.E.V.O. Announced, Releasing This Winter

Sega announced a new Virtua Fighter game. Virtua Fighter 5 R.E.V.O. is a new entry for the 3D fighting game based on Virtua Fighter 5 Ultimate Showdown (the remake of Virtua Fighter 5 running on the Like A Dragon series’ Dragon Engine), and it’s coming to PC. It’s not full-blown … | Continue reading


@gamermatters.com | 3 days ago

Virtua Fighter 5 R.E.V.O Announced, Releasing This Winter

Sega announced a new Virtua Fighter game. Virtua Fighter 5 R.E.V.O. is a new entry for the 3D fighting game based on Virtua Fighter 5 Ultimate Showdown (the remake of Virtua Fighter 5 running on the Like A Dragon series’ Dragon Engine), and it’s coming to PC. It’s not full-blown … | Continue reading


@gamermatters.com | 3 days ago

San Diego Studios Details New Changes Coming To MLB The Show 25

With the off-season for America’s pastime now truly underway, Sony’s San Diego Studio, the folks who have been working in the MLB The Show stage for almost two decades now, has revealed some new details for their upcoming games that’s coming next year, especially for the multipla … | Continue reading


@gamermatters.com | 3 days ago

Indonesia Returns In Civilization VII As The Majapahit

Sid Meier’s Civilization VII will include the return of Indonesia, but now referred to a name that accurately reflects the specific empire it is based on: The Majapahit Empire. It’s time to learn to spell Majapahit properly, everyone. The Majapahit is an Exploration Era civ, with … | Continue reading


@gamermatters.com | 3 days ago

Path Of Exile 2 Livestream Reveals Full Details Of Available Classes, Early Game And Late Game Content

Grinding Gear Games’s next ARPG, Path Of Exile 2, is close to its Early Access release, and the recent livestream is here to recap what’s going to be included. The short answer is, it’s a lot. The livestream revealed a new intro cinematic that captures the dark and gruesome theme … | Continue reading


@gamermatters.com | 3 days ago

Need For Speed Unbound Is Adding A Motorcycle And An Extraction Game Mode

Need For Speed Unbound is living up to its name with its latest Vol. 9 update. The game isn’t just a car racing game anymore, it now has bikes. Well, one motorcycle. But hey, it’s still a first for Need For Speed. The ninth content update, Vol. 9 Lockdown, is inspired by Need For … | Continue reading


@gamermatters.com | 4 days ago

GigaBash Ultraman Rising DLC Adds One New Fighter

Made-in-Malaysia indie kaiju fighter GigaBash isn’t done with adding new content.The UltraParty continues with the release of a new DLC fighter, developer Passion Republic Games announced. The new DLC fighter, Ultraman & Emi, is based on the Netflix show Ultraman: Rising. Unlike … | Continue reading


@gamermatters.com | 4 days ago

Eximius: Seize the Frontline Enters Season 4 This December

It’s nice to know that Malaysian indie developers Ammobox Studios continue to support and update their FPS-RTS hybrid game Eximus: Seize The Frontline. It’s entering Season 4 on December 11. Season 4, Domination, will add new units, upgrades, Commander Abilities as well as ten ne … | Continue reading


@gamermatters.com | 4 days ago

Gran Turismo 7 November 2024 Update Adds Five New Cars

Another month, another round of new cars being added to Gran Turismo 7. It’s not a massive Spec III update or something that can match last November’s update. But the good news is, it’s a relatively bountiful amount of new cars, about twice the usual with six new cars added for N … | Continue reading


@gamermatters.com | 5 days ago

The Best GT7 Drivers In Southeast Asia On The New Physics, The Scene And The Toyota GR GT Cup World Finals

On October 13, The Toyota Gazoo Racing GT Cup Asia Finals commenced, where a new champion was crowned in 2024. Malaysia’s Taj Aiman clinched the top spot followed by reigning champ Andika Rama from Indonesia in second place. For finishing in the top two in the overall championshi … | Continue reading


@gamermatters.com | 5 days ago

The Indie Game Awards Makes Its Debut This December

Hot off the heels of The Game Awards announcing its list of nomination comes an all-new awards show, just for indie games. The Indie Game Awards, the IGAs for short, is a new awards-only (no world premier trailers) event to celebrate “excellence in indie gaming with categories th … | Continue reading


@gamermatters.com | 5 days ago

New Lego Horizon Set Releasing Next Year

After making Lego Horizon Adventures, where the developers made the models with real Lego pieces before producing them in-game, it would be silly if Lego and PlayStation aren’t teaming up to sell new Lego Horizon sets. So of course, a new Lego set is bound to happen. And it’s fin … | Continue reading


@gamermatters.com | 6 days ago

The Game Awards 2024 Nominations Revealed

The Game Awards 2024 has revealed its nominations for all 29 categories, with the winner to be revealed during the show on December 13, Malaysia Time. The nominations were selected by a jury consists of over 100 media publications across the world, including in Malaysia. Our frie … | Continue reading


@gamermatters.com | 6 days ago

Metaphor: ReFantazio Has A New Story Trailer, A Month After Release

Have you yet to try Metaphor: ReFantazio? At least a million players did. Atlus has released a new story trailer, about a month since the game’s release, to entice more players to check out Studio Zero’s new RPG. With this being the second story trailer, and with plenty of folks … | Continue reading


@gamermatters.com | 7 days ago

Game Source Entertainment To Publish Rhythm Action Game Ratatan

Ratatan, the spiritual successor of Patapon, now has a publisher and a release window. It’s going to release in 2025. Hong Kong-based publisher Game Source Entertainment will be publishing the game, which raised money via crowdfunding platform Kickstarter last year. Described as … | Continue reading


@gamermatters.com | 7 days ago

The Coolest Games From Indie Jam 2024

The folks at The Magic Rain has hosted its second Indie Jam event, a community-driven celebration of the burgeoning indie game development scene in Malaysia and the larger Southeast Asian region. 24 games by developers in Malaysia and Indonesia attended, showcasing playable demos … | Continue reading


@gamermatters.com | 7 days ago

Co-Op Card Game Duo Quest Can Either Be A Great Icebreaker, Or The Game That Breaks Apart Relationships

Here’s an interesting indie game based on cards: a co-op card game. But the twist is that it’s not just about coordinating your attacks each turn, you also have to be in sync like how Pacific Rim mech pilots need to be to defeat monsters. That’s the premise of Duo Quest developed … | Continue reading


@gamermatters.com | 7 days ago

The Chef’s Shift Will Make You Type Better Through The Pressure Of Cooking

It’s always fascinating what kind of game one can make by combining two disparate genres, or an unexpected genre and theme combo. The Chef’s Shift, by Indonesia-based indie devs Panitia GameDev, is doing the latter by making a typing game themed around a restaurant theme. In The … | Continue reading


@gamermatters.com | 8 days ago

More Than 500,000 Players Played No Straight Roads, Mostly From The West

No Straight Roads, the indie music-and-rhythm-themed action game made in Malaysia by Metronomik, has more than 500,000 players. The number includes downloads from subscription services like PlayStation Plus, hence the use of “players” rather than “copies/units”. The region with t … | Continue reading


@gamermatters.com | 8 days ago

Shin Megami Tensei V Vengeance Now Has A Demo

Atlus has released a demo for Shin Megami Tensei V: Vengeance on PlayStation and Steam. This demo allows players to play the opening parts of the game, up to 4 story bosses. That’s at least the entire first region in the opening hours. Game progress from the SMT V Vengeance demo … | Continue reading


@gamermatters.com | 9 days ago

JDM: Japanese Drift Masters Slides Onto Spring 2025 Release

JDM: Japanese Drift Masters has finally gotten a release date in check, as they get ready to race on the Japanese streets. In the new trailer showcasing a driver hopping into the incredible Mazda RX7 as they speed through the city of Ichikara, whose designed definitely reminds pe … | Continue reading


@gamermatters.com | 10 days ago

GOG Preservation Program Updates Games To Make Them Playable Forever

GOG launched the GOG Preservation Program in an effort to preserve and ensure old games remain good to play on current, and future, PCs. Games under the GOG Preservation Program will be maintained directly by GOG’s own development team rather than game’s own developer and publish … | Continue reading


@gamermatters.com | 11 days ago

New Trailer For Arc Raiders Shows Its Pivot To Extraction Shooter Gameplay

A new trailer for Embark Studios’s Arc Raiders have emerged, based on a recent early tech test that took place back in October. The game was first announced as a co-op PVE shooter, but has since pivoted to follow the latest trend. Arc Raiders is now a PVPVE extraction shooter. Th … | Continue reading


@gamermatters.com | 11 days ago

Infinity Nikki Launches This December

Open world cosy (cozy) adventure game Infinity Nikki now has a release date. The free-to-play is coming to PS5 and PC as well as on mobile devices, with more than 30 million pre-registered players around the world. Pre-registration is still open, doing so will net you in-game ite … | Continue reading


@gamermatters.com | 11 days ago

Lego Horizon Adventures Review – Distilled Essence Of Horizon, Moulded In Plastic

Who are actually fans of Horizon? For the longest time, Netherlands-based developers Guerrilla are known for making shooters. So when they released Horizon Zero Dawn, it’s a big paradigm shift from making so-called Halo killers to a fresh, new IP for an open-world action-RPG. But … | Continue reading


@gamermatters.com | 12 days ago

Nvidia App Leaves Beta, Out Now

The Nvidia App is now officially released. Previously released in beta, the Nvidia App unifies the Nvidia Control Panel and the GeForce Experience app under one app. The Nvidia App now houses all of the features you expect from your choice of graphics card, from graphic driver do … | Continue reading


@gamermatters.com | 12 days ago

Samsung 990 EVO Plus SSD Now Available In Malaysia

Samsung Electronics announced the release of its new 990 EVO Plus SSD in Malaysia today. The new PCIEe 4.0 NAND SSD comes in 1TB, 2TB and 4TB capacities, with read speeds up to 7.25 GB/s, much faster than the current standards set on gaming consoles’s internal SSDs (PS5 is 5.5 GB … | Continue reading


@gamermatters.com | 13 days ago

Overwatch 2 Introduces A Limited Time Classic Mode, With 6v6 Battles And No Character Limits Like Before

A surprising announcement has been made by the Overwatch team has they have announced a limited-time classic mode, aptly titled “Overwatch: Classic”. Like how Fortnite brings back their classic iteration into their rotation every few season, this new mode sees players getting to … | Continue reading


@gamermatters.com | 13 days ago

Stellar Blade’s Nier Automata DLC Drops Next Week

The expected collaboration between Stellar Blade and Nier Automata now has a release date. Expect the DLC to be available on November 20. A new trailer for Stellar Blade shows the appearance of Emil’s Shop in Stellar Blade’s post-apocalypse world. And more costumes for heroine Ev … | Continue reading


@gamermatters.com | 13 days ago

New Gameplay Deep Dive For Indiana Jones And The Great Circle Shows It’s More An Immersive Sim Than An Uncharted Clone

Bethesda has released a deep dive video, breaking down the gameplay for MachineGames’s upcoming game, Indiana Jones And The Great Circle. This 14-minute video features plenty of different gameplay elements in this first-person adventure. From stealth to melee combat. And also som … | Continue reading


@gamermatters.com | 13 days ago

Call of Duty Black Ops 6 Review – Casing The High Point

Running and gunning are back on the menu, folks. So get your boots on, the ground awaits your next move as you dive from a ridiculous point of the map. And don’t mind that gap as you’ll be shot in various directions anyway, before returning to combat once again. From the tone I’v … | Continue reading


@gamermatters.com | 14 days ago

Take-Two Sells Indie Label Private Division, Roll7 And Intercept Officially Closed

Take-Two Interactive has sold its indie publishing label Private Division to another party. The sum of the sale and the said party that acquired it is undisclosed. The sale includes all live and unreleased titles under Private Division. Support for No Rest For The Wicked, develop … | Continue reading


@gamermatters.com | 14 days ago

Amplitude Regains Independence From Sega

Amplitude Studios, the developers based in France that make the Endless series of games and Humankind, is now an independent developer again, parting ways with Sega. “Amplitude is now owned by the member of the internal team, meaning that the future of our studio and games is sta … | Continue reading


@gamermatters.com | 14 days ago

Lego Horizon Adventures First Hour Impressions: The Post-Post Apocalypse Seems Awesome?

It’s funny to me that Lego has made construction sets for two of the big game series on rival consoles with the word Horizon on it. And it’s funnier that there is now a Lego Forza Horizon and a Lego Horizon game. I don’t think anyone expected Lego Horizon Adventures to be a thing … | Continue reading


@gamermatters.com | 17 days ago

Hook Rebrands As 505 Pulse

Hook, the indie publishing arm by parent company Digital Bros has now been renamed as 505 Pulse. The rebrand is to “reinforce the indie division’s synergy with its largerpublishing arm, 505 Games”. 505 Pulse still maintains its core mission which is “to empower indie developers a … | Continue reading


@gamermatters.com | 17 days ago

New Civilization VII Gameplay Livestream Reveals Exploration Age Gameplay

Developer Firaxis live streamed some new gameplay for Civilization VII, showcasing the second of the three new ages: the Exploration Age. Civ VII makes a drastic change in the gameplay flow by breaking up a game of this 4X turn-based strategy game into three ages. In the Explorat … | Continue reading


@gamermatters.com | 17 days ago

Death Stranding Director’s Cut Finally Available On Xbox

Death Stranding, the surreal walking and courier game about connecting America by Kojima Productions, is finally available on Xbox. The original PS4 game was published directly by PlayStation, making it a console exclusive. The game has since received a port to PC and select Appl … | Continue reading


@gamermatters.com | 18 days ago

Here’s A Short Teaser Of New Tokyo Xtreme Racer, This Time With Cars

For six straight weeks, developer Genki was revealing cars that will appear in the new Tokyo Xtreme Racer game. They took a break last week, and this week we see a glimpse of gameplay. This short teaser of a trailer, only 25 seconds long, features previously revealed JDM classics … | Continue reading


@gamermatters.com | 18 days ago

Indie Jam 2024 Brings Southeast Asian Indie Games And Industry Talks, Free Entry For Everyone

Indie Jam is back for its second year. Organised by The Magic Rain, Indie Jam is a community-driven event celebrating Southeast Asian indie games and the region’s burgeoning games industry. Indie Jam 2024 will be held from November 16-17 at Xsolla Curine Academy, KL Eco City, Kua … | Continue reading


@gamermatters.com | 18 days ago

Forza Motorsport Adds 2024 NASCAR Next Gen Cars

Forza Motorsport continues to be updated and with Update 14, now available, the racing game is adding stock cars from NASCAR. The three cars, the 2024 Chevrolet NASCAR Next Gen Camaro ZL1, 2024 Ford NASCAR Next Gen Mustang Dark Horse and 2024 Toyota NASCAR Next Gen Camry XSE, are … | Continue reading


@gamermatters.com | 19 days ago

Nintendo Confirms Backwards Compatibility For Switch Successor

Nintendo has confirmed that its new console, the still unnamed console colloquially referred as the Switch successor or Switch 2, will be able to play Nintendo Switch games. The console will be backwards-compatible with Switch games. The new console will also support Nintendo Swi … | Continue reading


@gamermatters.com | 19 days ago

The King Is Watching Gets A New Demo

The King Is Watching is an upcoming roguelite kingdom builder where you are the king, and the title is literal. Your royal subjects are affected by your gaze, they may slack off if they are not in your field of vision. And it makes sense, who wouldn’t be terrified when the litera … | Continue reading


@gamermatters.com | 19 days ago

War MMO Foxhole Goes Airborne Next Year

Siege Camp, the developers of persistent, massive war MMO Foxhole, is taking to the skies with the upcoming Airborne update. This update will be bringing air combat into the top-down logistics-focused multiplayer game, on top of the existing land and sea combat. Aircraft availabl … | Continue reading


@gamermatters.com | 19 days ago

Garena To Publish Delta Force On PC and Mobile In Selected Markets Globally

Garena has announced that they will be publishing the upcoming Tactical First person shooter, Delta Force, for selected global markets like us in Southeast Asia, Taiwan, Central and South America, along with the Middle East and North Africa for both PC and mobile. Delta Force is … | Continue reading


@gamermatters.com | 20 days ago

Sword Art Online : Fractured Daydream Review – A Bit Too Authentic Kirito Experience

A Sword Art Online game, once more released during the latter half of the year, made by the folks who created the best in the series that came out almost 6 years ago. Seems like a recipe for something good, right? That is mostly true, in fact, this is the most accurate game that … | Continue reading


@gamermatters.com | 21 days ago