Anuchard is a love letter to the SNES cult classic Terranigma

This text declares my love for a beautiful action RPG from my youth. It’s also a declaration of love to the Indonesian studio stellarNull for making Anuchard. Their new game is full of love for its role model so that basically, this is a tri-fold declaration of love.

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Rising Hell’s Roguelike Climb is a Helluva Fight!

Rising Hell is a roguelike 2D platformer action game coming in hot from Indonesia. Made by Kediri -based Tahoe Games, this is one of the most challenging and unforgiving games out of the Southeast Asian gaming library. Can you climb up the realms to escape hell?

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Uncover The Mystery And Escape From Desolation In Shadows: Cradle Island

Ever since the rise of independent developers, 2D games have been resurrected to their former glory and beyond. Previously synonymous with platforming games, 2D mediums have been used in a wider variety of genres lately, including horror. Games like Limbo, Inside, Detention, and Lone Survivor have proven that 2D games can be terrifying too. Now, Philippines-based studio Colideas Games tries to take on the genre with their debut game Shadows: Cradle Island.

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New Games from Singapore in 2021

Phew. 2020 is almost over, and like many of us, we are relieved that this epidemic year is coming to an end. But not everything went severely, so we were presented with lots of great games from Southeast Asia last year. However, we weren’t quite as impressed by the output and quality coming from Singapore. Although there were a few indie hits (including Gordian Quest, There Is No Tomorrow, or GORSD) and the triple-A productions Assassin’s Creed Valhalla and Immortals Fenyx Rising, which were created in cooperation with Ubisoft Singapore, a real highlight was missing. The City of Lions shouldn’t be written off that quickly, though. There are several exciting titles currently in development, most of which might be released as early as 2021. Here are our most-wanted games coming from Singapore next year or beyond!

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