Kuala Lumpur is Quietly Making Your Favorite Games

Kuala Lumpur has emerged as a major global hub for video game development, moving from outsourced art production to creating original intellectual property. The city's success is attributed to a skilled talent pool, government incentives, and a growing ecosystem of international studios.
Sit through the credits of a big game sometime, past the directors and the composers, down into the long scroll of art and production names. Do it often enough and a pattern emerges: Kuala Lumpur keeps showing up. Malaysia's capital has spent a decade becoming one of the most productive game development cities most players have never thought about, and the industry has stopped treating it as a secret.
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