505 Games and Kunos Simulazioni announced the release of a new update for the Early Access racing sim Assetto Corsa Evo. Update 0.6, like all AC Evo updates before it, is a mix of new content as well as tons of general improvements to its core features. First, the content. Update … | Continue reading
Konami has confirmed that their major baseball series, Pro Baseball Spirits (also known as eBaseball: PRO SPIRIT in the global region) is getting a new release later this year, with an official English release coming as well, by the looks of it. By looking at the Steam page, the … | Continue reading
Crimson Desert continues to be a success story for developer Pearl Abyss, as they announced the game has now sold over 5 million copies worldwide. On Steam, the open world game that does just about everything peaked at 276,261 concurrent players at the time of writing. Quite the … | Continue reading
Are you interested in jigsaw puzzles? Have you ever thought how it would look like if instead of assembling a flat image, you put together the jigsaw pieces that forms something in 3D? Not like a model kit, those comes with instructions and spiritually different. But like a 3D di … | Continue reading
Here we go! Uniqlo has announced the release of a new line of UT T-Shirts to commemorate the release of the Super Mario Galaxy Movie on April 1 in Malaysia. The Super Mario Galaxy Movie UT Collection T-shirts will be available for purchase starting March 30 at all Uniqlo stores n … | Continue reading
The mid-season update of Season 1 for Marathon is now live. Update 1.0.6 brings much-needed buffs for several runner shells as well as balance changes to weapons, but more curiously are new features that allows players to be nice with each other and be rewarded for it. Marathon ( … | Continue reading
Infill the Marsh with only a sponsored rifle and hope that this time, we might strike gold or just get bodied and go again. That’s just the way it goes in an Extraction shooter, but I get excited each time. Probably because I’m only 15,000 credits in the hole for this session, as … | Continue reading
Infill the Marsh with only a sponsored rifle and hope that this time, we might strike gold or just get bodied and go again. That’s just the way it goes in an Extraction shooter, but I get excited each time. Probably because I’m only 15,000 credits in the hole for this session, as … | Continue reading
4A Games’ next game has been revealed: Metro 2039. The follow-up to Metro Exodus and Metro 2033 was revealed via social posts, teasing the full reveal to come in a special showcase on April 16, this week, at 1 AM Malaysian Time, GMT +8. That special showcase is called Xbox First … | Continue reading
Chill With You: Lo-Fi Story is a game that’s more than just a game. Developed by Japanese indie devs Nestopi, Chill With You can be used as a productivity app, a way to listen to a curated soundtrack of lo-fi music and ambient sounds that also has a story to uncover featuring Sat … | Continue reading
Dead As Disco is getting on the dance floor. Revealed during the April 2026 Triple-I Initiative Showcase was the Early Access release date for Brain Jar Games’ fascinating rhythm-based brawler. The beat-’em-up-to-the-beat-of-the-music game is so fascinating that over 1.2 million … | Continue reading
Last week on April 4, Gamer Matters attended Indie Jam 2026. Organised by The Magic Rain, the annual event now in its 4th year is an amalgamation of a student game jam, a B2B event for game devs in Southeast Asia with workshops, networking opportunities, and GDC-style game develo … | Continue reading
Cosy overlanding driving game Over The Hill sure is climbing up in popularity, as it revealed to have now over 1 million wishlists on Steam. To celebrate the occasion, the game by developer Funselektor (Absolute Drift, Art Of Rally, Golden Lap) and Strelka Games will be having a … | Continue reading
Konami has officially revealed that our local Malaysian Football League, or MFL, is going to be included as part of a long-term partnership between both sides. This includes all teams competing in this season, and even have face-scanned players for certain teams. This inclusions … | Continue reading
Forza Horizon 6 has dropped a very important image: the full map of the open world racing game. Set in Japan, the map looks set to be the densest and most vertical for the series. But if you’re not familiar with the map design in the Forza Horizon series, here’s the thing. The ro … | Continue reading
Stop for a moment and have a think of this: when’s the last time you ever appreciate and savour a collectible in a video game? The Forza Horizon series introduced murals as a form of collectibles in Forza Horizon 5 where you can find cool graphics created by real artists which ma … | Continue reading
Acer announced today the availability of the Acer Swift Go 16 AI laptop in Malaysia. Usually we don’t cover consumer laptops on Gamer Matters but this one comes with a dedicated graphics chip and has its gaming performance being touted. The Acer Swift Go 16 AI is powered by the … | Continue reading
The opening moments of Death Stranding 2 is something special from both a technical standpoint, and even thematically. The latter being it is the first time you step back into the shoes of the game’s protagonist after a few years and so, as the music swells up, welcoming you back … | Continue reading
There’s this one game on the showfloor of Indie Jam 2026 that my media peers were raving about, and but we struggle to remember the name. “The rat game.””The one rhythm game bullet heaven one.” Something along those lines is what most people I talk to remember it by. But that sho … | Continue reading
In the right context, being underfunded and under-equipped to do the task at hand can lead to fun, funny situations. And that right context will always be within the confines of a video game. FiresOut! is just that. It’s a couch co-op game from Malaysian studio Dreamonaut Studio. … | Continue reading
In the right context, being underfunded and under-equipped to do the task at hand can lead to fun, funny situations. And that right context will always be within the confines of a video game. FiresOut! is just that. It’s a couch co-op game from Malaysian studio Dreamonaut Studio. … | Continue reading
Isekat: Crushed by a Computer, my Beloved Kitten is Transported to a Fantasy World where its Typing Skills Save the Kingdom! A long title for a game, a playful nod to how Japanese media can have a whole synopsis crammed into the title, and somehow, a multi-lingual pun. Isekat is … | Continue reading
Isekat: Crushed by a Computer, my Beloved Kitten is Transported to a Fantasy World where its Typing Skills Save the Kingdom! A long title for a game, a playful nod to how Japanese media can have a whole synopsis crammed into the title, and somehow, a multi-lingual pun. Isekat is … | Continue reading
Axeras has big ambitions. The tactical RPG/strategy RPG/strategy tactics game by Malaysian studio Inverse Atelier aims to tell a war story through anime visuals. But that’s not the big thing about this game, I argue. Rather, it’s the scale. Axeras is grounded on the same foundati … | Continue reading
Justdan, the Taiwanese publisher and distributor behind last year’s Capcom pop-up store that popped up last year, is coming back to Malaysia. But not in Kuala Lumpur like last time. Instead, this year’s Capcom pop-up store event in Malaysia will be held at AEON Mall Tebrau City, … | Continue reading
Passion Republic Games have released a new DLC for their kaiju brawler GigaBash. After a generational run of collaborations, this latest DLC, Final Ascension, is all about the original world of GigaBash itself, focusing on the hero versus kaiju narrative with Gigaman in the spotl … | Continue reading
Indie Jam 2026 kicks off tomorrow. The event organised by The Magic Rain, a mix of game jam competitions, industry talks for (existing and aspiring) game developers, and a showcase of indie games from developers across Southeast Asia available for hands-on, is free entry for ever … | Continue reading
April has cometh and PlayStation have shown us the three games that active PS Plus members shall be able to add into their library this month. Lords Of The Fallen is a succesor to the original variant of the game that sees you becoming a Dark Crusader to overthrow the demon God A … | Continue reading
In the market for a gaming monitor that isn’t going to cost thousands of Ringgit? Acer has now made available two new gaming monitors in the affordable Acer Nitro range in Malaysia. The Acer Nitro KG3 gaming monitors come in two variants of two screen sizes: a standard 23.8-inch … | Continue reading
Three years. I’ve been playing Returnal for three years, on and off, and I’m still stuck at the first boss. Call it a skill issue, me being a “game journalist” (derogatory) or whatever insult you have at me, but I have yet to get past the filter that stopped 87% of Returnal playe … | Continue reading
Dinosaur Polo Club has shadowdropped a new game today, for free. Called RTFM, it’s short for “Read The F*cking Manual” as two players, one of which has to RTFM as the Operator, in order to solve puzzles the other other player, the Troubleshooter, is seeing—delivered in a mostly w … | Continue reading
Get that one tyre in the gutter and make that pass over the tight turn stick, as Racing Master has launched a collaboration event with none other than Initial D. Initial D is an instrumental IP in the popularisation of touge racing, Japanese sports cars and car culture into popul … | Continue reading
For the good number of specific players interested in railway management, railway building, logistics and the capitalistic pursuit to monopolise the market by any means possible, this new game is for you. Rail Estate is a new game that for the said specific fans mentioned, will i … | Continue reading
How are you surviving on Tau Ceti IV? Marathon (2026) is a ruthless extraction shooter where the environment is just as dangerous as the competing runners, other players, all gunning to loot the scraps of these eerily deserted human colony. But here’s one important tip you need t … | Continue reading
Revealed during the March 2026 Xbox Partner Showcase is Vaunted, the debut game by Lost Lake Games to be published by Hooded Horse. Set in a sci-fi world with western vibes, Vaunted is a tactical RPG with real-time elements. Characters are free to move to a set distance, and acti … | Continue reading
A new trailer for Sega and Ryu Ga Gotoku Studio’s next big game Stranger Than Heaven has dropped during the March 2026 Xbox Partner Preview showcase. The new trailer answers the questions the previous two different trailers have posit: why is it set in two very different time per … | Continue reading
A major update for the sim racer Project Motor Racing, dubbed Update 2.0, is out now. The major update addresses various aspects of the game, including a redesigned UI, vehicle physics changes across multiple racing disciplines, more immersive features for the much-touted Career … | Continue reading
Pearl Abyss has announced that its single-player open world action-RPG title Crimson Desert has now sold over 3 million copies. The game sold 2 million copies on launch day alone, signifying strong pre-release hype. “To everyone who has stepped into Pywel and shared this journey … | Continue reading
Sega is really putting an Angry Birds cameo in just about every game now, as they announce in partnership with Rovio, an Angry Birds cameo in Two Point Museum. Two Point Museum, the museum builder and management game by Two Point Studios, is adding The Digiverse, a new expedition … | Continue reading
Sega has now released all three episodes of the mini-series Yakuza powered by 日本統一 (Nihontouitsu) with English subtitles on their official YouTube. The English release was first released via IGN, but now Sega is hosting the show on their own channels as well. Unlike the much-hype … | Continue reading
Indie Jam, the annual event celebrating regional indie games from Southeast Asia and nurturing the game development scene in Malaysia organised by The Magic Rain, is back for 2026 and is bigger than ever. The indie game showcase for Indie Jam 2026 will be one of the biggest in Ma … | Continue reading
You can now enjoy your Coffee Talk on the go, as publisher Chorus Worldwide and developer Toge Productions announced a mobile version of the hit indie game, out now. Labelled as Coffee Talk Episode 1, the first in-game day is on the house. This should be enough to sample the visu … | Continue reading
The third DLC character for Season 2 of Fatal Fury: City Of The Wolves, Blue Mary, arrives this week, publisher SNK announced. The master of Commando Sambo heads to South Town, with two new stories available via Arcade Mode and Episodes Of South Town. Blue Mary is the third of si … | Continue reading
The whole assemble of Marvel Tōkon: Fighting Souls’ starting roster continues to shape with this new announcement right out of Arc World Tour 2025-2026 Finals. Developer Arc System Works reveals the next character to join the 4v4 tag fighter: Peni Parker. Japanese-American studen … | Continue reading
Shinobi: Art Of Vengeance, the revival of 2D action platformer released last year, is getting new DLC. The Sega Villains Stage DLC will see protagonist Joe Musashi face off against new villains from other Sega games. The Sega Villains DLC adds three new bosses: Goro Majima from t … | Continue reading
In a rather serendipitous, and ironic, timing, Remedy is releasing a new content update for FBC: Firebreak. Its last. Called the Open House update, it’s serendipitous to have it named such just as parts of the world are celebrating in Eid (Aidilfitri, Hari Raya), where some cultu … | Continue reading
Giants Software’s Farming Simulator 25 is getting a new free update, adding two new machines for agricultural works. One of them is a telescopic handler, also known as a telehandler, by Kramer. For the uninitiated in farming machine, this is more or less a forklift body with a cr … | Continue reading
Somewhere in the heavens, they are waiting. A new update for Bungie’s new Marathon game is out now. Update 1.0.5 brings a number of quality of life updates, fixes but most notable is the addition of content surrounding the extraction shooter’s endgame map: Cryo Archive. Cryo Arch … | Continue reading