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Tokyo Game Show is the event that gamers look forward to in September and KKP’s Content Director, Jonathan Leo was there to check out what’s hot and worth keeping an eye on in the future. He shared what he saw there, as well as wrapped up the month’s biggest news, including that eye-watering PlayStation 5 Pro price and Nintendo and The Pokémon Company suing Pocket Pair for Palworld’s patent infringement. We also spoke about games that were released this month, including Yars Rising, The Legend of Zelda: Echoes of Wisdom and Astro Bot!

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Two weeks after its launch, Concord, Sony’s supposed answer to Blizzard’s Overwatch franchise, was taken offline due to the extremely low player count and poor sales. The signs were there early on, but the publisher’s failure to recognise and do something about it led to the game’s extremely short lifespan. We unpack what went wrong for this 5v5 live service hero shooter and reflect on what Sony and developer Firewalk Studios could have done to fix, or even mitigate this.

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It’s one of the fastest selling games of all time, selling 18 million copies two weeks after its release, but beyond the numbers and the overall hype, is Black Myth: Wukong a good game? Jonathan Leo, Content Director at Kakuchopurei.com gives his thoughts on the game, shares some insights on Game Science, a developer that, prior to Black Myth: Wukong, was relatively unknown, and talks about the potential impact of this game to small developers in the region and across the world.

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Game Science’s Black Myth: Wukong has been receiving attention from the wider world after its release recently, and while it’s still too early for us to do our full review of the game, BFM’s Najman Maliki has spent some time playing it to give us his impressions of Black Myth: Wukong. He joins us to share his ongoing thoughts, as well as some words of caution for casual gamers looking to give this game a try. Hint: this game is challenging!

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It’s a packed month for August as the gaming scene once again delivers on multiple fronts. Gamescom dominated the month with a plethora of announcements, including Borderlands 4, Dying Light: The Beast, Sid Meier's Civilization VII, and many other titles. We highlight some of them, as well as cover other news that popped up throughout the month, including Balatro selling 2 million copies, and Sea of Thieves, a Microsoft game, hitting 1 million sales on PS5. August also saw the release of Black Myth: Wukong, the highly anticipated action game from Game Science. We speak about that, as well as other games, including Cat Quest 3, Thank Goodness You’re Here, Concord, Visions of Mana and many more!

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In conjunction with World Senior Citizen’s Day that falls on the 21st of August every year, GGWP speaks to three senior gamers that are trying to challenge the perception that seniors can’t game or don't really understand them. Trish Lim, Nahar Johari and Philip Tang picked up gaming to try something new and different in their lives, and have now been bitten by the gaming bug. They play Counter Strike and Valorant together and connect with other gamers, young and old alike. They join us on the show to share the stories of how they got into it and why they advocate for their peers to join them as well.

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After the resounding and ongoing success of Genshin Impact and Honkai Star Rail, Hoyoverse is back with Zenless Zone Zero, an action RPG that has high production values and combat system that’s simple, but has been compared to luminaries like Devil May Cry and Bayonetta. But despite all the talk, does Zenless Zone Zero’s identity as a free-to-play game deter it from being a good franchise? Jonathan Leo, Content Director at Kakuchopurei.com joins us to give his take on the game and answer all these questions.

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CtrlD Studio, an indie game development studio based in Sarawak, started their voyage in the gaming industry in an unconventional way. Their final year project at university, Ano: Journeys Through Tattoos, blew up and was celebrated in the indie gaming circuit. However, upon graduation, they initially strayed away from the industry, before realising that making video games is indeed their true calling. So, they've returned and are now in the midst of creating a new tower defense shooter called Overhours. We speak to its co-founder and studio head, Suan Goh, to hear what it’s like developing video games away from the capital city, as well as the vibrancy of the game developers community in Sarawak.

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Microsoft’s decision to increase the price of its popular subscription service, Xbox Game Pass and PC Game Pass did not go down well with gamers, especially as it also involves taking away day one access for new releases. That news dominated this month’s headlines, alongside the closure of Humble Games and many more. Kakuchopurei.com’s content director, Jonathan Leo gives us a lowdown of what happened in July, and also speaks about the games that were released this month, including Hoyoverse’s next hit, Zenless Zone Zero, Dungeons of Hinterburg, Kunitsu-Gami and others.

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From connecting indie developers to industry mentors to hosting mock game pitches, Xbox Game Camp Asia was held recently from 20th February - 19th April 2024 with two strong goals: to empower people from traditionally marginalised communities and underrepresented youths to realise their potential in the gaming industry and to grow gaming communities around the world. This week, we look at the camp and its impact from several angles through the people involved - Xbox Global Expansion Lead Chia Jun Shen, local indie game studio head Suan Goh, together with budding game developers Vanessa Ong and Jonathan Tang, participants of the camp.

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