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Entertainment
These are the best games of 2022, according to Steam Awards voters
Winners of the Steam Awards 2022, which were determined via community vote, have been announced. On Tuesday, Valve Corporation shared the wi...
Isa Peralta
Culture
The video games that most need anime adaptations, according to Japanese gamers
Japanese gamers have voted for the video game titles that they think deserve anime adaptations. In a recent poll conducted by Japanese websi...
Bruce Lee joins ‘PUBG Mobile’ for a limited-time ‘Martial Showdown’
“PUBG Mobile” has announced that its Version 2.4 update, which includes a collaboration with The Bruce Lee Family Company, will be available...
Poll: Japanese gamers’ top 50 favorite Pokémon from ‘Scarlet and Violet’
Japanese gaming website Game With conducted a poll between Dec. 16 and Dec. 23 to find out which Pokémon is the most popular monster in the...
Bryan Ke
Film adaptation of Hideo Kojima’s ‘Death Stranding’ in the works
Kojima Productions and Hammerstone Studios have partnered to create a film adaptation for Hideo Kojima’s 2019 video game “Death Stranding.”...
Iris Jung
‘Elden Ring’ Game of the Year acceptance speech interrupted by stage crasher
Fantasy RPG “Elden Ring,” developed by Japanese video game development company FromSoftware, was recently crowned The Game Awards’ 202...
Art
Artist reimagines Studio Ghibli films as cozy video games
Pixel artist Amour, who goes by the handle @cloudtrumpets on Twitter, recently went viral for reimagining the 1989 Studio Ghibli movie “Kik...
‘Animal Crossing: New Horizons’ beats ‘Pokémon’ to become Japan’s best-selling game of all time
“Animal Crossing: New Horizons” has been named Japan’s best-selling game of all time. Game Data Library, a website that claims to be the i...
Teaser trailer drops for new ‘Silent Hill’ spinoff game set in 1960s Japan
Video game publisher Konami is returning to “Silent Hill” with “Silent Hill f,” a spinoff game set in 1960s Japan. The game is being writt...
Chandler Treon
Ed Sheeran lives out every Pokémon fan’s dream in music video for ‘Celestial’
Ed Sheeran and The Pokémon Company have teamed up for the singer’s latest single, “Celestial.” Sheeran, who is a longtime Pokémon fan, sta...
Daniel Anderson
Asian Americans are still rarely represented in video games — here are 10 of our favorite characters
Video games have become an integral part of many people’s lives. Impressive graphics and visuals, catharsis-inducing soundtracks and c...
Economy
Some ‘Axie Infinity’ players once made more money gaming than in their day jobs — but the bubble has burst
“Axie Infinity,” a blockchain-based video game with a “play-to-earn” model, continues to hemorrhage players due to diminishing r...
Ryan General
Japanese Kirby superfan flexes her massive collection of plushies
A Kirby superfan who goes by @0418_kirby_ on Twitter shared their impressive collection of hundreds of Kirby products that took about five ...
Celine Pun
Sadako from ‘The Ring’ joins survival horror game ‘Dead By Daylight’ shortly after becoming a YouTuber
Sadako Yamamura, the Japanese horror icon from the 1998 film “Ringu,” has been added to the roster of brutal killers in the online survival...
Michelle De Pacina
South Korean online game ‘Lost Ark’ shatters record on Steam with half a million concurrent players
The South Korean online game “Lost Ark” does not officially launch in Western markets until Feb. 11, but it already broke a record when ove...
Khier Casino
Shohei Ohtani makes history as first Asian athlete to grace front cover of US sports video game
Los Angeles Angels’ two-way superstar Shohei Ohtani will grace the cover of video game “Major League Baseball: The Show 22.” It marks the ...
New ‘Pokémon Legends: Arceus’ English trailer reveals rideable Pokémon, real-time battles
“Pokémon Legends: Arceus” dropped an English-language trailer for its upcoming Nintendo Switch release on Jan. 28. The trailer reveals a H...
Mario Kart announces its first-ever Southeast Asian city track
The mobile game “Mario Kart Tour” announced its first-ever Southeast Asia-based city race track called the “Singapore Speedway.” The track...
Japanese gamers place ‘Zelda: Breath of the Wild’ at No. 1 on top 100 video games of all time list
Nintendo’s “The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild” was named by Japanese citizens as the best video game of all time, beating classics suc...
Japanese ‘Apex Legends’ players are being banned for ‘hateful conduct’ for saying ‘run’
Some gamers are allegedly being slapped with a “hate speech” ban for using their native, non-English languages while playing EA’s “Apex Lege...
Players can now fight as Bruce Lee in popular Chinese video game ‘Naraka: Bladepoint’
A popular Chinese video game has recently released a collaboration based on martial arts legend Bruce Lee. Enter the dragon: Fans can choos...
Film & TV
Live-action ‘Mega Man’ movie being developed by Netflix
Nearly a month after releasing their live-action adaptation of anime “Cowboy Bebop,” Netflix is reportedly developing a live-action film bas...
Carl Samson
Nintendo’s Masayuki Uemura, creator of the NES and SNES, dies at 78
Masayuki Uemura, the lead architect behind the creation of the Nintendo Entertainment System (NES) and the accompanying Super Nintendo Enter...
Maina Chen
News
A company that pays people in NFTs to play video games in Asia secures $2 million in funding
Web3 gaming guild Polemos recently secured $2 million in funding from multiple investors for its upcoming play-to-earn (P2E) blockchain game...
‘Life is Strange: True Colors’ review bombed by Chinese gamers upset over in-game Tibetan flag
Square Enix’s “Life is Strange: True Colors” was review-bombed last month by Chinese-speaking players after they noticed the Tibetan flag in...
‘Genshin Impact’ voice actor harassed for voicing a character players hate
Chinese voice actor Gui Niang is facing harassment online for voicing an unpopular five-star character in the Chinese gacha game “Genshin Im...
Bianca Gray
‘Genshin Impact’ ratings tanked by angry players dissatisfied with an in-game gift
“Genshin Impact,” a game made by Chinese company Mihoyo, is getting review bombed on Apple’s App Store and the Google Play Store by un...
The café pigeon ‘Animal Crossing’ fans all know and love is coming back to the series
Brewster, a much-loved character from the “Animal Crossing” video game series, was confirmed to be returning to the Switch entry in the seri...
Chris Pratt playing Super Mario may prove the Nintendo character is not Japanese after all
Nintendo game director Shigeru Miyamoto, creator of the “Super Mario Bros.” games, made a surprise appearance during the Nintendo Direct on ...
Vintage ‘Sonic the Hedgehog’ game sold for astronomical $430,500
A new contender has run into the arena of extremely high-priced games and it’s none other than Mario’s long-time rival, Sonic the Hedgehog. ...
‘Chinese people are the worst’: ‘Genshin Impact’ streamer under fire after racist tirade during stream
An Argentinian Twitch streamer that goes by the name Kylorren_lol is experiencing online backlash after directing racist remarks at a Korean...
‘Ghost of Tsushima’ Fans Raise $260K to Help Restore Torii Gate Destroyed by Typhoon
“Ghost of Tsushima” fans have raised $260,000 for a campaign to restore a torii gate on the island of Tsushima in Nagasaki Prefecture that w...
Technology
Singaporean University Creates ‘Infinity Glove’ Meant to Replace Game Controllers
Researchers from the National University of Singapore have developed a smart glove that replaces conventional handheld devices for gaming. I...
Space Suit Engineer Builds the Most EPIC Space Marine Armor from ‘Warhammer 40,000’
An engineer was the star of Otakon 2019 after he showcased his life-like creation of the Primaris Ultramarine suit from the classic game “Wa...
90-Year-Old Japanese Grandma Sets World Record as Oldest Video Game Streamer
A 90-year-old grandmother in Japan is now the holder of the oldest video game streamer record, according to the Guinness World Records. Hama...
Man Sues Friend For Selling His $1.4 Million Video Game Character for $522
A Chinese man has filed a lawsuit against his friend for selling a video game character he had spent an exorbitant amount of money on. The u...