Virtual SEA Weekly News Update # 7

Once again, you can expect exciting news from the gaming world of Southeast Asia. This time we are reporting on several upcoming events, a new funding opportunity for indies and have tons of new release dates and trailers for you.

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Hoa is a Beautiful Platformer in a Dreamlike Miniature World

What does Hoa have in common with the classic mobile game Flappy Bird? In both, you accompany a peaceful being through challenging environments and, this is the crucial point here; both games come from Vietnam. Since the release of Flappy Bird, it took a long time for a game from the Southeast Asian country to get so much international attention again. Our review now wants to check whether the advance praise for the platformer Hoa, often framed as Ghibli-Esque, is justified.

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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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Experience A Jetsetting Interactive Adventure In Sarawak

With an influx of indie visual novels and interactive fiction in the market today, creators are finding ways to set themselves apart from the crowd. Sarawak blends the worlds of a Hercule Poirot detective novel and the city-hopping narrative adventure 80 Days, but does it effectively bring players from Oxford to Kuching? Read on to find out.

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Writhe: Until Killer Worms Do Us Part

When two game developers get engaged on vacation and then develop a game together, you certainly expect a lot, but most likely not a game like Writhe, a challenging shooter featuring disgusting worms and fast-paced action. What stands out, in particular, is the unusual scenario in which Writhe takes us to a retro-futuristic Thailand of the 70s.

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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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