Esports The Surgeon’s Scalpel: How Dr. lloD Defied Time to Claim His First Smash Major Title August 4, 2026 Raul Delapena Setiawan In a display of endurance that spanned two decades, Arjun "lloD" Malhotra—an orthopedic surgery resident by day and a Peach virtuoso by night—has achieved the impossible. At the prestigious Get…
MMORPG Diving Deep into Pokopia: Nintendo Announces Major Expansion Pass for Pokémon Pokopia August 2, 2026 Ali Ikhwan In a significant move for Nintendo Switch 2 owners, Nintendo, alongside veteran developers Game Freak and Omega Force, has officially unveiled the roadmap for the Pokémon Pokopia Expansion Pass. The…
Gaming Culture Marvelous Severs Ties with Tencent: The Collapse of a Major Mobile Ambition August 2, 2026 Laily UPN In a significant realignment of its corporate strategy, Japanese game publisher Marvelous Inc.—the creative powerhouse behind the beloved Story of Seasons and Rune Factory franchises—has officially announced the termination of…
Esports Twitch Clarifies Policy as Rollbit Sponsorship of StarLadder Budapest Major Sparks Community Debate August 2, 2026 Nana Wu The intersection of professional esports and the gambling industry has long been a subject of intense regulatory scrutiny, but a recent development surrounding the StarLadder CS2 Major in Budapest has…
Esports The High Cost of Deception: Thai Esports Pro Sentenced Following Major SEA Games Cheating Scandal July 30, 2026 Layla Zulfa In a landmark case that has sent shockwaves through the global competitive gaming community, a former Thai national esports player, Naphat “Tokyogurl” Warasin, has been sentenced to a term of…
Game Development Xbox Outage Post-Mortem: Microsoft Addresses Systemic Fragility After Major Service Disruption July 30, 2026 Lina Irawan The recent hours-long outage that paralyzed the Xbox ecosystem—preventing millions of users from signing in, launching their digital libraries, and accessing online features—has prompted a candid admission from Microsoft’s technical…
Strategy Games Tactical Warfare Expands: Hell Let Loose Vietnam Launches Major Crossplay Playtest July 24, 2026 Nana By Paul Kelly | July 24, 2026 The ultra-tactical milsim landscape is set to undergo a significant stress test this weekend as Hell Let Loose Vietnam (HLL:V) launches its first-ever…
Mobile Gaming Premium Gaming on a Budget: Analyzing This Week’s Major Android Title Discounts July 23, 2026 Asep Darmawan The landscape of mobile gaming is often perceived as a dueling ground between high-budget, microtransaction-heavy "Free-to-Play" (F2P) titles and smaller, niche indie projects. However, the premium segment—games that require an…
Strategy Games PC Game Pass Shake-Up: A Deep Dive into the Imminent Departure of Eight Major Titles July 20, 2026 Reynand Wu The revolving door of subscription services remains one of the most contentious aspects of modern digital gaming. While Microsoft’s PC Game Pass has long been hailed as the "best deal…
VR/AR Gaming Escalating the Frontline: Triangle Factory Unveils Major Expansion for VR Shooter ‘Forefront’ July 17, 2026 Raul Delapena Setiawan In the rapidly evolving ecosystem of virtual reality gaming, few titles have attempted to capture the grand-scale, chaotic intensity of the "Battlefield" experience as successfully as Triangle Factory’s Forefront. Today,…
