Kenzie

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May 12, 2021

Perfect Gold: Love and All That Glitters

With yet another successful Kickstarter project, it is clear that the Filipino developers have been producing highly sought-after games. This time, they introduce a title that is different from their portfolio (the genres of The Letter and Love Esquire are horror and bishoujo, respectively). Perfect Gold: The Alchemy of Happiness is a coming-of-age yuri visual novel that highlights love and magic. Will you fall under this game’s spell? Read on to find out.

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Zain

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February 18, 2021

Prepare To Be Amusingly Shocked In Gloom And Doom

“You can run, but you can’t hide” is probably good advice when you meet a wraith. Instead, how about if you befriend it by asking it to play video games together? Meet Gloom, an ex-angel who turned into a lone ghost living alone in an abandoned house. He has only two friends in the beginning, one of them is 2D games from retro console “Sega Genesis” and the other one is a human who claims himself as a time-shaman. On the other side, meet Wynona, an ordinary high-school girl who may look like a harmless teenager but is destined to be the “Doom Bringer,” *insert evil laugh here*. Thus, their fateful meeting is about to start.

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Andreas Betsche

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December 25, 2020

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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Andreas Betsche

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November 9, 2020

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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Kenzie

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November 7, 2020

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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