[1][2][3][4][5] In 2019, Malaysia was the 21st largest video game market in the world, with a total revenue of USD633 million gained.
Malaysia entered the video game industry in 1990s, notably in 1994 when Motion Pixel, a small Malaysian studio was offered by LucasArts and JVC to work together for a video game named Ghoul Patrol.
The video game industry started to going further after encouragement from Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad to explore more in digital sector.
Along with animation industry, video games are one of the MDEC's main focus for digital content development.
It is led by Hasnul Hadi Samsudin, former MDEC Vice President of Digital Creative Content Division.