The last weekend of November means less introspectives (we’ll save that for December). However, there are more game releases than you can shake a stick at. Here are this week’s top gaming stories in Asia.
Sarawak will host Malaysia's first global digital animation and gaming event with the Borneo Animation & Games Festival (BAGF) 2026. The five-day event is slated for August 2026, and will feature 300 industry delegates, with 40 per cent from overseas. Konami, Nintendo, Disney, Netflix, DreamWorks, and Sony are expected to participate.
Nintendo is acquiring Bandai Namco’s Singapore studio, and will rename it Nintendo Studios Singapore. The studio previously made contributions to games like Splatoon.
The Japanese video game industry has congregated to host a farewell ceremony for recently-deceased game director Tomonobu Itagaki. He is known for creating the Dead or Alive fighting game series & the Ninja Gaiden reboot series.
Sega admits low sales of games may have been impacted by players waiting for definitive versions of its Atlus-made Japanese role-playing games like Persona 5 Royal and Shin Megami Tensei 5: Vengeance.
Publisher Paradox Interactive is writing down the US$37 million of development costs for Vampire: The Masquerade - Bloodlines 2 after poor sales.
Sega will be launching a free-to-play Football Manager-powered simulation title called Sega Football Club Champions 2026, slated for Jan 22, 2026 on PC, PlayStation consoles, and mobile devices.
Op-Ed
We have reviewed a slew of games on our latest video feature, from adventure game Road to Empress to indie darling metroidvania Constance.
Games out this week
Constance is a new 2D metroidvania for PC from indie studio btf. The beautifully-made title focuses on an artist who is stuck in a strange-yet-colourful land born out of her own mental health issues and burnout.
Of Ash and Steel is an immersive third-person action role-playing game set in a medieval Kingdom of the Seven. The gameplay and adventuring is tailored after classic Europe-made titles like Gothic.
Solo Leveling: ARISE OVERDRIVE is a new action role-playing game based on the hit anime/Korean manhwa series. Help the main character Sung Jin-woo level up beyond his humble E-Rank beginnings by fighting tons of fantasy enemies big and small.
Detective Instinct: Farewell, My Beloved is a new PC and Nintendo Switch adventure game from indie studio Armonica, heavily inspired by classic Nintendo DS adventure titles like the Ace Attorney series and Hotel Dusk.
Bubble Bobble: Sugar Dungeons is the newest entry in the classic 2D arcade puzzle platformer series, now made by Taito and published by Arc System Works. This new sequel adds more quests and mechanics while retaining the classic simple gameplay of its predecessors. Available on PC and consoles.
Obscure top-down 2D shoot-em-up title Karous is getting a console port for PlayStation 5, PlayStation 4, and Nintendo Switch, after 19 years.
Recommended viewing
Content creator Matt McMuscles chronicles the development hell of Vampire: The Masquerade Bloodlines 2 in this easy-to-digest video feature.
