Spooky, Weird And Farming Are In For October’s PS Plus Essential Games

It’s coming up to October, formally known as Halloween season, and what better way to celebrate it then, with some actual body-horror, the supernatural and the horrors of capitalism. We start with The Callisto Protocol, a middle ground successor to the Dead Space series that has … | Continue reading


@gamermatters.com | 1 year ago

Gamescom Asia Reveals Selection Of Games Available At The Show Floor

Gamescom Asia has revealed a slew of new partners that will be appearing at the show later this October. Alongside Capcom, it’s announced that 4Divinity, Arc System Works, Epicsoft Asia, Make Waves, Neopets, PlayStation, and Ubisoft will be participating, showing off games on the … | Continue reading


@gamermatters.com | 1 year ago

Horizon Forbidden West Heads To PC Next Year

Horizon fans (the Playstation one, not the Xbox one) on PC have something to look forward to in early 2024. The PC port for Horizon Forbidden West is in the horizon. Developer Guerrilla has announced Horizon Forbidden West is coming to PC in Early 2024. The port is developed in p … | Continue reading


@gamermatters.com | 1 year ago

Gran Turismo 7 September 2023 Update Adds Three New Cars

Looks like everything is back to normal when it comes to Gran Turismo 7 updates. The last two months were an anomaly where developer Polyphony Digital skipped a month only to provide an update early in the next month which added an ambulance. A new update is coming today, the las … | Continue reading


@gamermatters.com | 1 year ago

Counter-Strike 2 Out Now, Replaces CS:GO

In typical Valve fashion, Counter-Strike 2, the unexpected full sequel to Counter-Strike, is now launched. The game was under limited beta testing earlier this year, but it’s now ready to go. It has now replaced CS:GO (Counter-Strike Global Operations) as a free upgrade on Steam. … | Continue reading


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The Crew Motorfest Review – E’zy Driving

The CARPG masters have returned once again, this time coming to a location that might seem familiar to some racing fans, but it is new for The Crew team, Hawaii. Bringing in their festival vibes of 2 onto the island for the drivers. The Crew Motorfest is an interesting racer that … | Continue reading


@gamermatters.com | 1 year ago

Tony Hawk Pro Skater 1+2 Finally Ollies Itself Onto Steam Next Week

Activision has announced that their skating mega hit game, Tony Hawk Pro Skater 1+2, is finally landing on Steam after a lengthy exclusivity deal with Epic for it’s PC release back in 2020. The game has receive critical acclaim over the years (even from yours truly) and it’s arri … | Continue reading


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ESL One Heads To KL This December

The ESL One powered by Intel Dota 2 Tournament will be making a stop in Malaysia in 2023. But for this year, instead of the usual backdrop of Genting Highlands, 12 of the world’s best Dota 2 teams will be competing in the nation’s capital city, Kuala Lumpur. ESL One Kuala Lumpur … | Continue reading


@gamermatters.com | 1 year ago

Starfield Gets Another Minor Update

Starfield, Bethesda Game Studios’ latest big RPG adventure, received another minor update, the second update since launch. The patch notes are short, and the descriptions being rather vague, but it sums up to more bug-fixes and performance-related fixes. The Hand Scanner won’t ca … | Continue reading


@gamermatters.com | 1 year ago

Hideki Kamiya Leaving PlatinumGames

Prolific game designer Hideki Kamiya will be leaving PlatinumGames later this year. Announced on PlatinumGames’ Twitter, and confirmed by Kamiya himself, he will be parting from the company he co-founded on October 12. “We are truly grateful for his creative ideas, leadership and … | Continue reading


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Sand Land Gets New Story Trailer

Bandai Namco revealed a new trailer for Sand Land, its video game adaptation of Akira Toriyama’s latest manga series. The story trailer gives context to the world, a world where humanity have made barren filled with deserts. Sheriff Rao, a human, has called on the help of demons … | Continue reading


@gamermatters.com | 1 year ago

Armored Core VI Patch 1.03 Is Mostly Bug-Fixes, No Balance Changes

A new patch for Armored Core VI Fires Of Rubicon was released last Friday. Patch 1.03 has not ushered in any balance changes (Zimmerman and Songbirds enjoyers can breathe easy… for now). So most of it is bug-fixes with a few quality-of-life additions. In online matches, spectator … | Continue reading


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Final Fantasy VII Rebirth Shows Open World Towers And Activities, Piano And Card Mini Games

There’s more new information about Square Enix’s upcoming action-RPG Final Fantasy VII Rebirth, the second of a trilogy started out with 2020’s Final Fantasy VII Remake. With Cloud and the party venturing beyond Midgar this time, expect to explore a huge world. Some of the region … | Continue reading


@gamermatters.com | 1 year ago

Motorsport Manager 4 Out Now On Mobile

The latest iteration of the best motorsport management game on mobile, Motorsport Manager 4, is out now on iOS and Android. Developed by Playsport Games, this latest rendition features 3D cars during races, new race types (which includes Sprint Races), a revamped car development … | Continue reading


@gamermatters.com | 1 year ago

The Division 3 In Development

Ubisoft announced that Julian Gerighty has been appointed as Executive Producer for The Division Brand, and alongside that, confirmed the existence of The Division 3. Gerighty was Associate Creative Director for The Division and later Creative Director for The Division 2. So a fa … | Continue reading


@gamermatters.com | 1 year ago

Paradox Announce Millennia, New Historical 4X Game 

It looks like Paradox Interactive is also showing up at the historical 4X scene with a new title, Millennia. Developed by C Prompt Games, Millennia offers another interesting take on the historical 4X sub-genre of strategy games dominated by Civilization, and recently contended b … | Continue reading


@gamermatters.com | 1 year ago

Apollo Justice: Ace Attorney Trilogy Releases In January 2024

Apollo Justice: Ace Attorney Trilogy, a collection of the most recent Ace Attorney titles, is being released on all modern platforms in January 2024. The Apollo Justice: Ace Attorney Trilogy includes the following three games: Apollo Justice: Ace Attorney, Ace Attorney – Dual Des … | Continue reading


@gamermatters.com | 1 year ago

NetEase Games And Nitroplus Reveal New Game Rusty Rabbit

Remember that new game NetEase Games teased to reveal at Tokyo Game Show 2023? Here it is. It’s called Rusty Rabbit, a side-scrolling adventure developed in collaboration Nitroplus. This game is being penned by Gen Urobuchi, co-creator of Nitroplus and writer an creator behind an … | Continue reading


@gamermatters.com | 1 year ago

New Dragon’s Dogma 2 Gameplay Shows Off New Vocations, New Location

Dragon’s Dogma 2, the follow-up to 2012’s action-RPG gets a good showing at Capcom’s Tokyo Game Show 2023 broadcast. There’s a 9-minute segment featuring new gameplay, with an explainer by game director Hideaki Itsuno. The first thing to be confirmed is the name of the non-human … | Continue reading


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See More Of The Slice-Of-Life Cyberpunk Game Nivalis In This New Trailer

A new trailer for Ion Lands’ upcoming cyberpunk slice-of-life game Nivalis has been revealed at Tokyo Game Show 2023. There’s a similar vibe this trailer had with the last one, but this time, the voiceover is explicitly telling you what the game is all about. Nivalis is set in a … | Continue reading


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Kiryu Can Switch Styles And Pommel Enemies In Real-Time In Like A Dragon Infinite Wealth

Like A Dragon Infinite Wealth, like Yakuza: Like A Dragon before it, will be a turn-based RPG. Which can may and still be a bummer for diehard fans who prefer the real-time action brawler gameplay the series was known for. But thankfully, in Like A Dragon Infinite Wealth, you can … | Continue reading


@gamermatters.com | 1 year ago

Exoprimal Season 2 Trailer Teases New Map, More Cosmetics

A new trailer for Exoprimal, Capcom’s dino-busting multiplayer co-op team action game, revealed what’s to come in Season 2, at the Xbox Digital Showcase as part of Tokyo Game Show 2023. The new trailer highlights the new map, Ocean Platform. Now we get to fight dinos on oil rigs, … | Continue reading


@gamermatters.com | 1 year ago

Hotel Barcelona Revealed, Side-Scrolling Death Loop Slasher By Swery65 and Suda51

At the Xbox Tokyo Game Show 2023 Digital Broadcast, Swery65 and Suda51 revealed the first gameplay of their new game Hotel Barcelona. Developed by White Owls, Hotel Barcelona sees the two Japanese game designers with a stylised nickname that starts with an “S” and have two numera … | Continue reading


@gamermatters.com | 1 year ago

Like A Dragon Ishin, Like A Dragon Gaiden Coming To Game Pass

At the Xbox Tokyo Game Show 2023 Digital Broadcast, it was revealed that the two Like A Dragon games are releasing on Game Pass. Like A Dragon Ishin!, the remake for the game that never got a release in English, and Like A Dragon Gaiden: The Man Who Erased His Name, will be on Ga … | Continue reading


@gamermatters.com | 1 year ago

Final Fantasy VII Rebirth Install Size Is About 150GB

Several media outlets have gotten some hands-on on Final Fantasy VII Rebirth, and with that comes some new information about the upcoming follow-up to Final Fantasy VII Remake. One of it being the install size, which explains why the game will ship in two discs. In an interview w … | Continue reading


@gamermatters.com | 1 year ago

42 Million Vehicles Imported From The Crew 2 To The Crew Motorfest During Launch Week

Ubisoft has announced That The Crew Motofest is the biggest launch for the series ever. From being the highest rated title in the franchise so far, to having the best first week for the series in terms of “total unit sell through, overall consumer spend, and season pass adoption … | Continue reading


@gamermatters.com | 1 year ago

Final Fantasy VII Remake Sales Pass 7 Million

Three years since the launch of Final Fantasy VII Remake, as of May 2023, Square Enix’s bold new reimagining of the 1997 seminal RPG has sold seven million copies. This is 7 million copies across physical shipments and digital purchases worldwide, and includes sales of the next-g … | Continue reading


@gamermatters.com | 1 year ago

Starfield Passes 10 Million Players

Starfield, Bethesda Game Studios’ latest release, has amassed over 10 million players as of September 20, 2023. That’s a slight bump from its launch week, which Starfield had 6 million players with a million concurrent players. Of course, the use of “players” instead of “copies” … | Continue reading


@gamermatters.com | 1 year ago

Marvel’s Spider-Man 2 Gone Gold

Marvel’s Spider-Man 2 has gone gold. Production for the launch version of the game is done and production physical disks should be starting and unless we have some extraordinary circumstances the game should be ready to release on October 20. The voice cast for Spider-Man 2 share … | Continue reading


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New Games On PS Plus Game Catalog (PS Plus Extra, Premium/Deluxe) – September 2023

The PS Plus Game Catalog (or Catalogue) gets some big additions, all live and available now to PS Plus Extra and Premium/Deluxe subscribers. And most of these are completely unique offerings not seen on Game Pass, well, except one. Civilization VI’s turn on Game Pass ended on Sep … | Continue reading


@gamermatters.com | 1 year ago

New Games On Xbox And PC Game Pass – Late September 2023

The second batch of new games being added to Xbox Game Pass and PC Game Pass has been revealed. It’s a decent combination of big AAA releases, indies and a good smattering of day-1 releases. Xbox sure is hyping Party Animals, the physics-based slapstick brawler from Recreate Game … | Continue reading


@gamermatters.com | 1 year ago

New COD Modern Warfare III Trailer Showcase Their Zombies Mode Lore

Activision has reveal a new lore trailer about their upcoming Zombies mode, the first within the Modern Warfare series, for their soon to be released Call of Duty : Modern Warfare III (2023). Developed by Treyarch in collaboration with Sledgehammer Games, Modern Warfare Zombies i … | Continue reading


@gamermatters.com | 1 year ago

Like A Dragon Infinite Wealth Gameplay Trailer Shows Battle Improvements, Wacky Mini-Games And More

Like A Dragon Infinite Wealth got a release date revealed at the RGG Summit/Like A Dragon Direct today. Alongside a rather lengthy story trailer, there’s a gameplay overview trailer showcasing what you’d expect to do in this open-world RPG. Like A Dragon Infinite Wealth will feat … | Continue reading


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Like A Dragon Infinite Wealth Releases In January 2024

The sequel to Yakuza: Like A Dragon, Like A Dragon Infinite Wealth, now has a release date. Revealed at the RGG Summit/Like A Dragon Direct today, Like A Dragon Infinite Wealth will see hero Ichiban Kasuga landed in Honolulu, Hawaii, in search of his mother. He’ll be starting at … | Continue reading


@gamermatters.com | 1 year ago

Tekken 8 Closed Beta Test Happening This October – More Modes, More Characters To Try Out

Get ready for the next battle this October. Bandai Namco has announced that Tekken 8 is getting a Closed Beta Test next month. This Closed Beta Test, not to be confused with the Closed Network Test held previously, will take place on October 20-23 for PS5, Steam and Xbox Series X … | Continue reading


@gamermatters.com | 1 year ago

Marvel’s Spider-Man 2 Has Ray Tracing On In Both Graphics Mode

Marvel’s Spider-Man 2, Insomniac’s big sequel to the open-world superhero action game, will support two graphics mode, and whichever mode you choose, ray tracing is always on. Like most console games since the previous 8th generation of consoles, Spider-Man 2 will support a graph … | Continue reading


@gamermatters.com | 1 year ago

Workers & Resources: Soviet Republic Signs With Hooded Horse As Work Continues For 1.0 Release

Indie strategy and sim publisher Hooded Horse signs another game under its growing list of published titles. And this time it’s for Workers & Resources: Soviet Republic. This is a city-builder game with a Soviet-era theme developed by 3DIVISION. In Workers & Resources: Soviet Rep … | Continue reading


@gamermatters.com | 1 year ago

Logitech G Launches New 2023 Yeti Microphones For Streaming And Gaming

Two new USB mircorphones launched under the Logitech G brand today, and it has a name familiar to streamers, content creators, and gamers looking to stream and create content online. The Logitech G Yeti GX, and Logitech G Yeti Orb are available in Malaysia beginning today. Early … | Continue reading


@gamermatters.com | 1 year ago

Xbox Partners Up With Alpine F1 Team

Xbox has announced that they are now the Official Console Partner for the BWT Alpine F1 Team as part of a multi-year deal. Expect to see the Xbox logo not only on the Alpine A523, the team’s 2023 challenger, but also around the paddock areas “during key races each season”. And th … | Continue reading


@gamermatters.com | 1 year ago

New Xbox Series X Refresh And Xbox Controller Leaked

As part of the court discussions between the Federal Trade Commision and Microsoft on the latter’s acquisition of Activision, a big document have leaked Xbox’s plans for 2024 and beyond. For 2024, it looks like the Xbox Series X will be getting a refresh. The new box won’t look l … | Continue reading


@gamermatters.com | 1 year ago

Final Fantasy VII Rebirth Has 100 Hours Of Content

Final Fantasy VII Rebirth, sequel to Final Fantasy VII Remake and the second game of this new retelling (and may or may not be a faithful remake) of Square Enix’s seminal 1997 RPG, is going to be big. In the literal sense, as the physical release being spread across two discs is … | Continue reading


@gamermatters.com | 1 year ago

505 Games Reveal Games Lineup At TGS 2023

505 Games will have a presence at Tokyo Game Show 2023. Most of it will be via a dedicated Tokyo Game show digital showcase. The broadcast will be held on September 21, 6 PM Malaysia Time (+8 GMT), right after Xbox’s TGS stream. The broadcast will feature the following games: You … | Continue reading


@gamermatters.com | 1 year ago

Timberborn Celebrates 1 Million Sales Milestone With A Better Early Access Trailer

Beaver-based city-builder Timberborn has sold more than 1 million copies, developers Mechanistry announced. And to celebrate the milestone, and to show off how much has changed since the game first released in Early Access back in 2021, they have released a “Better Early Access” … | Continue reading


@gamermatters.com | 1 year ago

All The Tracks In Forza Motorsport (2023) At Launch

The new Forza Motorsport will launch with 20 track locations, a mix of real-life tracks and fictional courses. It’s not a lot, though developers Turn 10 has promised free updates to further expand the track (and car) list post-launch. This includes the Nordschleife layout for Nür … | Continue reading


@gamermatters.com | 1 year ago

The Zimmerman Shotgun In Armored Core VI Is Really Good. Too Good.

It’s been a good while since Armored Core VI Fires Of Rubicon is out, enough to the point we’ve seen a meta developed. How many of you have used the Zimmerman shotgun, sound off. Good. The Zimmerman has been popular enough to spawn its own memes, but also gone too popular to the … | Continue reading


@gamermatters.com | 1 year ago

PS5 DualSense Controller And PS5 Covers In Metallic Finish Revealed

At the September 2023 State Of Play broadcast, PlayStation revealed three new colours for the DualSense controllers and PS5 covers. It’s another shade of white (ish), blue and red, but this time it has a metallic sheen, as part of the Deep Earth Collection. The new colours, Sterl … | Continue reading


@gamermatters.com | 1 year ago

Cyberpunk 2077 Reveals Revamped Skill Tree Ahead Of Update 2.0 Release

Cyberpunk 2077 is getting a major free update in the form of Update 2.0, available ahead of the Phantom Liberty expansion release. Alongside the revamp for cops and the addition of car combat, the whole skill tree is getting reworked. You still distribute stat points across 5 sta … | Continue reading


@gamermatters.com | 1 year ago

Two Years After Release, Tales Of Arise Is Getting A Post-Game Expansion

At the September 2023 State Of Play broadcast, Bandai Namco revealed that the latest Tales Of game, Tales Of Arise, is getting an expansion releasing later this year. Tales Of Arise – Beyond The Dawn takes place a year after the events of the original game. Alphen and the party m … | Continue reading


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