Garena, in collaboration with manga publisher Kodansha, has announced that FAIRY TAIL: Forces Unite! is now available for download in Singapore, Malaysia, and the Philippines.

The free-to-play mobile RPG is based on the popular Japanese manga series FAIRY TAIL by Hiro Mashima that was originally serialised in the weekly Shonen Magazine published by Kodansha.

Published from August 2006 to July 2017, the manga follows the adventures of Natsu Dragneel, a member of the popular wizard guild Fairy Tail, as he searches the fictional world of Earth-land for the dragon Igneel.

FAIRY TAIL: Forces Unite! has garnered more than 500,000 sign-ups

Contrary to popular belief, a study conducted by the Queensland University of Technology (QUT) suggests that esports athletes lead a healthy lifestyle and that the top 10 per cent of esports players are significantly more physically active than lower-level players.

The findings, first published on the International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, were based on a sample size of 1,400 esports athletes from 65 countries and it is also the first study to investigate the BMI (Body Mass Index) status of a global sample of esports players.

As reported by Science Daily, the study claims that

Over the holiday season we’ll be republishing a series of Nintendo Life articles, interviews and other features from the previous twelve months that we consider to be our Best of 2020. Hopefully, this will give you a chance to catch up on pieces you missed, or simply enjoy looking back on a year which did have some highlights — honest!

This Soapbox feature was originally published in August 2020.

These days, I’m very much living the Nintendo life, but rewind thirty years and I was a SEGA Mega Drive kid. I enjoyed Super Mario Bros. 3

Almost four years after its initial release on February 23, 2017, the highly acclaimed action RPG NieR: Automata has sold five million physical and digital copies worldwide.

This was announced on the franchise’s official Twitter account recently, in which the developers took the opportunity to thank their millions of fans for their overwhelming support.

We never quite realized… how beautiful this world is.#NieR:Automata has shipped and digitally sold over five million copies worldwide.

Thank you, everyone. pic.twitter.com/AzICS3LYis

— NieR Series (@NieRGame) December 24, 2020

Developed by PlatinumGames and published by Square Enix, it is a sequel to the

The severe shortage of PlayStation 5 units in Asian markets may soon be resolved as Sony Interactive Entertainment (SIE) is expected to produce between 16.8 and 18 million units in 2021.

According to a report by Digitimes and Gematsu, industry sources say SIE is currently prioritising North American and European markets.

However, consumers in Asian countries may not have to wait too long as sources say more PS5 units will be shipped to Asian markets after January 2021.

Digitimes reported that as many as 18 million PS5 units will be produced next year, thanks to additional capacity support from

After a series of gruelling matches featuring the world’s best teams, the prestigious PUBG Mobile Global Championship (PMGC) League came to a close last Sunday with Chinese team Four Angry Men (4AM) emerging as overall champions.

They walk away with the grand prize of US$300,000 while the first runners-up, Bigetron Red Aliens (BTR) from Indonesia, had to settle with second place and a tidy sum of US$125,000. With their victory, 4AM have secured a coveted spot in the Finals in Dubai from January 21 to 24 next year, featuring 15 other top-rated teams including Team Secret from Malaysia.