Les Copaque, Streamline Studios team up to create Upin & Ipin game
This week on our gaming recap, we have some Malaysian developments as well as e-sports titles getting their day in Olympic-calibre sun.
The Big Picture
Malaysian animation studio Les Copaque and game maker/asset-makers Streamline Studios are teaming up to create an Upin & Ipin open-world game.
The game is slated to be out this year and will be for PC and consoles. Initial teasers and gameplay footage allude to the title being open-world and third-person, with action, platforming, and mini-games being the main activities. The title will retain its bright art style and core themes of family and adventure, meaning it will be an all-ages title.
Short Beats
Warner Bros. has cancelled its upcoming Wonder Woman game, as well as shut down its game studio Monolith Productions. The company has also shut down Play First Games (MultiVersus) and Warner Bros. Games San Diego.
Xbox role-playing game Fable is being pushed back to 2026.
The Olympic Council of Asia has announced the following games will be medalled events: Mobile Legends, Street Fighter 6, Tekken 8, The King of Fighters XV, Pokémon Unite, Honor of Kings, League of Legends, PUBG Mobile, Naraka: Bladepoint, Gran Turismo 7, eFootball, and Puyo Puyo Champions.
Pocketpair, the company that made survival game Palworld, gave its developers the day off yesterday to play Monster Hunter Wilds.
After a three-year hiatus, original VTuber Kizuna AI has returned but is now focused on doing music.
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We suggest some Monster Hunter clones to buy if you feel Monster Hunter Wilds is too expensive.
Here are our thoughts on the recent Sonic Racing Crossworlds and Fatal Fury: City of the Wolves beta during the weekend of Feb 22.
Games out this week
Monster Hunter Wilds is the latest entry in the action RPG series where you team up with other hunters equipped with giant weapons as you kill giant monsters and beasts. You also team up with cat slaves called Palicos and take the spoils of hunted beasts to craft better weapons and gear. You do all of this either solo or with online friends as you uncover the connection between the people of the Forbidden Lands and the locales they inhabit.
Ninja Five-O is a re-release of a classic 2D side-scroller action game originally on Game Boy Advance. As ninja Joe Osugi, you utilise a wide variety of masterful ninja skills to uphold justice by solving treacherous crimes such as bank heists and hijackings. Use unique ninjutsu moves to protect the city of Zipangu and take down the evil Mad Mask bosses.
Yu-Gi-Oh! Early Days Collection is a collection of all 14 Yu-Gi-Oh! digital games from the era of the Game Boy, now for PC and Nintendo Switch.
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Here's a behind-the-scenes look at the making of the upcoming Terminator game Terminator 2D: No Fate by Bitmap Bureau.
In the very rare instances of people doing their jobs instead of being shills, Kinda Funny Games put the spotlight on Jason Schreier breaking down the decline of Warner Bros.' games division.
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