New Games from Cambodia, Brunei, and Myanmar in 2021

Let’s make it short: none of the games in this list have been officially announced for next year. There are, however, two main reasons why we want to talk about them anyway: First, the games have been in development for a long time, which is why a release in 2021 is not unlikely. Second, games from Myanmar, Cambodia, and Brunei are so rare that we’re excited to see each release. The latter is also the simple reason why we discuss the three countries in a joint article. Each of the following games holds the potential for an initial spark in game development, now only the quality has to be right.

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This Singaporean Battle Royale Shooter Challenges Fortnite and Overwatch

Singaporean studio Miracle Games has huge plans. With their hero-based battle royale shooter Farlight 84, they want to tackle two heavyweights of the genre at once, namely Overwatch and (!) Fortnite. As a connoisseur of the Southeast Asian gaming world, one, of course, pays attention to such a declaration of war: is it going to be a classic flop or is there actually a serious roar awaiting us from the City of Lions?

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In What Comes After, the creator of Coffee Talk moves us to tears again

What comes after the first success? With Coffee Talk, Mohammad Fahmi (aka fahmitsu) and his team created an instant classic at the beginning of the year that delighted fans all over the world with its warm characters and clever narrative mechanics. Shortly before the release, however, Fahmi left Indonesia’s creative workshop Toge Productions to work […]

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All’s Fair in Dating and War in Love Esquire

Yangyang Mobile’s visual novel Love Esquire celebrated its first anniversary since its launch in October 2019, after a successful Kickstarter campaign. This popular entry in the Filipino studio’s portfolio has since been nominated for this year’s SEA Game Awards. On the Steam platform itself, you can see many players who’ve rated the game “Very Positive” […]

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War No More? Know More About War Gnomes In Gnome More War

Despite growing up in a city where people love to put garden gnomes in front of their houses, I never had any particular feelings about those creatures before. After playing Gnome More War, I have strong feelings about gnomes now—and an inexplicable urge to shoot them in their smug little faces. Originally released as a […]

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