MapleStory Southeast Asian publisher Asiasoft Online has announced details for the Season 2 update for MMMO MapleStory in the region.

The patch will be released in six separate increments starting from April 24 until July 17. On April 24, players get access to hyper skills and the option for item reorganization. Players will get to play as new character classes in the next few weeks, starting with the Demon Avenger on May 15.

Asian MapleStory fans can look forward to new Season 2 content in the next few weeks.

The Angelic Buster will be available on May 29, while the Luminous and Kaiser classes will be out together on June 12. The final new character for the update, the Xenon class, will be out on July 3.

The final piece of the update will launch on July 17 and will add in the Monster Life game feature. Here, players can build their own custom farms to receive special buffs; the more clovers a farm has, the more prestige the farm has.

For more information on the updates, check out Asiasoft's MapleStory page.

Last Saturday was a huge treat for FIFA 13 fans in Singapore, with the FIFA 13 Ultimate Team Asia All-Stars finals taking place at the Avalon club at Marina Bay Sands. Finalists from the qualifier events held in Singapore, Australia, and Japan converged to do battle with one another to determine who would win the grand prize of AU$10,000.

Check out the photos below.

When all was said and done, it was Kei "Kuryani" Umezu who took home the the cash prize. He fought hard against Australian finalist Adam "HumptyDumpy" Kharman.

Just before the Evolution Championship Series tournament (or EVO 2013 for short) hits this July, there will be a final Road to EVO 2013 International preliminary tournament set in Singapore.

Pro gamers Justin Wong, GamerBee, and Mike Ross will be down in Singapore this June.

According to an announcement made by Tough Cookie TV and the Singapore E-Sports League, the tournament is called the Southeast Asia Major 2013. It will be held from June 21 to June 23 at the Alienware Arena located in the Lucky Chinatown complex.

The tournament will feature six out of the eight official EVO 2013 games: Super Street Fighter IV Arcade Edition ver. 2012, Ultimate Marvel vs. Capcom 3, Street Fighter X Tekken ver. 2013, Tekken Tag Tournament 2, Persona 4 Arena and The King of Fighters XIII. The top 16 players for the qualifiers will get a seed point each for Evo 2013.

There will also be tournaments for Soul Calibur V and The King of Fighters 2002 Unlimited Match, as well as a Mega Man X Street Fighter speedrun contest. Notable tournament players who will be attending the event are Mike Ross, EG’s Justin Wong, Bruce 'GamerBee' Hsiang, and Kun-Xian 'Xian' Ho. For more information on the tournament, head to the link here.

EVO 2013 will be held in Las Vegas from July 12 to July 14.

Sony fans in Singapore can look forward to an upcoming PlayStation roadshow hosted by Sony Computer Entertainment Hong Kong.

The event will be held at the Funan DigitaLife Mall this week from February 28 to March 2, from 11am to 9pm. Games available as public demos include God of War: Ascension (out on March), Dust 514 and FIFA 13 for the PS3, while Ninja Gaiden Sigma 2 Plus, Dead or Alive 5 Plus, and Need For Speed Most Wanted are up for playtesting on the PS Vita.

The PlayStation roadshow brochure, featuring console deals up for grabs.

In addition, there will be a FIFA 13 Ultimate Team tournament to determine the ultimate FIFA 13 player within the Asia Pacific region. The preliminary event in Singapore will be on March 3 and is hosted by EA and GameSpot.

The three top winners from Singapore will fight against the three top Australian and Japanese players at the finals held on March 23. For more information, check out GameSpot’s feature page on the tournament.

Sales promotions for PlayStation consoles are also available. A limited Battlefield 3 PS3 500GB bundle will be available for S$439, while a FIFA 13 PS3 500GB bundle will cost S$479. Interested parties looking for a PlayStation Vita can get a Need For Speed PS Vita 3G bundle for S$449. The Wi-Fi model for the same bundle will cost gamers S$429.

Asian online game publisher IAHGames will be distributing a new MMORPG based on the Chinese "wuxia" novels--stories about martial arts heroes--written by Xiong "Gu Long" Yaohua.

Fans of martial arts stories will get a kick out of this upcoming MMORPG.

Titled New Gulong Online, the game was developed by Taiwanese company Zealot Digital International Corp. The game was made by the company's game divisions at Taiwan and Singapore for a cost of $17 million.

The game features six factions for players to side with and different fighting styles for them to experiment and pick from. Gamers will also get to interact with characters from popular Chinese novels like "Passionate Swordmaster & Heartless Sword", "Xiao Li Swift Darts", and Adventures of Lu Xiao Feng".

The game will be distributed in Malaysia, Singapore, Indonesia, and Thailand by IAH. The closed beta is scheduled to start at the end of the first quarter of the year.

With only a few weeks to go until the latest adventures of Lara Croft hits store shelves, publisher Square Enix and distributor Namco Bandai have outlined some exclusive goodies for the Xbox 360 edition of Tomb Raider for Asian gamers.

All 360 launch copies of Tomb Raider in Taiwan, Hong Kong, Korea, and southeast Asia will include the agility skill upgrade for Lara, the Shanty Town multiplayer map, and the Tomb Raider combat strike pack (which includes extra skills and weapons upgrades) on day one of release.

In addition, Namco Bandai also has an offering for those who order the Asian Survival Edition for the 360. Gamers who pre-order will receive a Hitman: Absolution-themed weapons pack, three different skins for Lara, and a single-player challenge map called Tomb of the Lost Adventurer.

The best-selling games in Hong Kong, South Korea and Taiwan in 2012 have been announced, according to market research agency GFK group.

In Hong Kong, soccer title Pro Evolution Soccer 2013 was the best-selling game for last year, selling 50,500 units. This was followed by Kinect Adventures, One Piece: Pirate Warriors, Resident Evil 6, and Sleeping Dogs.

Demon-hunting and soccer seems to be on everyone's gaming priority in parts of Asia.

Over at South Korea and Taiwan, Diablo III was the consumer's choice. Diablo 3 raked in 364,200 copies in South Korea while the Taiwan managed to sell 132,900 copies of the PC title.

In related news, GFK group also revealed sales numbers for home (PS3, Xbox 360) and portable (3DS, PSP, PS Vita) consoles. For Hong Kong, sales units for home and portable systems were 161,100 and 138,800 respectively. South Korea's numbers were 245,700 home console units and 152,400 portable consoles, while Taiwan's numbers were 137,500 home consoles and 111,800 portable consoles.

The full top five software list for each of the regions are below from the month of January 2012 until December 2012 :

Hong Kong

Pro Evolution Soccer 2013 – 50,500
Kinect Adventures – 47,000
One Piece: Pirate Warriors – 44,800
Resident Evil 6 – 43,200
Sleeping Dogs – 29,600

South Korea

Diablo III – 364,200
Wii Sports Resort – 90,000
Just Dance 2 – 76,300
Kirby Mass Attack – 56,100

Taiwan

Diablo III – 132,900
One Piece: Pirate Warriors – 40,900
Kinect Sports: Season Two – 25,600
Resident Evil 6 – 24,300
Final Fantasy XIII-2

NHN Singapore announced that the open beta for its free-to-play MMO, Dragon Saga, will be ready today on January 11 at 1pm SGT.

Players can get the full open beta game on this link. Previously, the closed beta session for the game ended on January 2.

The game, previously under the name Dragonica, was initially published by IAHGames in Southeast Asia before shutting down. Ragnarok Online 2 developer Gravity Games bought the rights for Dragonica back in 2010.

For more information, check out GameSpot's playthrough of the title below.

Rapture Gaming has announced the dates and featured tournaments for The Games Xpo Malaysia.

The event will be held from December 22 to December 23 at the Kuala Lumpur Convention Centre, Hall 1. Tournaments happening during the show include the DOTA 2: The Asia tournament and a FIFA 13 tournament.

Get some DOTA 2 action next week in Malaysia.

The teams participating in the DOTA 2 tournament are LGD, MUFC, Natural 9, Revival, Elunes, 1stVN I HCMA, Zenith, Orange Esports, Joenet, Mith-Trust and TNC. The English live stream commentary for the tournament will be done by Toby 'TobiWan' Dawson and Joshua 'Jtan' Tan. Other languages from different streams of the same tournament include Thai, Vietnamese, Tagalog, and Chinese.

The 48-person FIFA 13 tournament will feature cash prizes up to RM1,750 and will be held at NVidia's booth. Head to the official site for more information.