Entries from December 2007

PLAYex!’07 Coming To You This Weekend

Date December 12, 2007

A new geeky exhibition is coming to town this weekend and it’s PLAYex!’07. To be held from 14 - 16 December at Hall 3, Mid Valley Exhibition Center, KL, it featured shineeey things that geeks like you and I like such as toys, games, comics and gadgets. This event are organized by Brendesis Event Management [...]

Time Magazine List Out Top 10 Games of 2007

Date December 12, 2007

It is now December and seems like everybody are coming out with their top games list of the year. While we at Multiplay haven’t thought of one (surprise, surprise…), Time Magazine just posted their top 10 video game of the year list on their website. Here are the full list of the honor receiver:

Halo 3
The [...]

Hybrid Added Jackal For KODE5 SEA Mission

Date December 11, 2007

You might remember that a while ago, we interviewed this fella called Jackal. Already making a name for himself in Australia as part of Team Immunity and currently with Stens Gaming, he have been included in Team Hybrid roster for KODE5 Southeast Asia 2007 this weekend. The announcement was made by Hybrid’s leader, Graham “STtaaAiNN” [...]

The 2007 Spike Video Game Awards Winners Roll

Date December 10, 2007

The annual Spike Video Game Awards is back! The 2007 edition was held 2 days ago at Mandalay Bay Resort & Casino, Las Vegas. Handling the emcee job this year is the badass Samuel L.Jackson again, for the third year in a row. The award also featured performances by Foo Fighters, Kid Rock and Video [...]

Malaysian Asian WCG Players Interviews

Date December 7, 2007

Recently, a number of interview popped up at WCG Asian Championship website. Two of the earliest interview that was made available there were three members of Malaysian squad during the last Asian WCG: Paul Yan & Chi Lam of Cybertime|RoA and [W|nDs]Loon4tic.
Cybertime|RoA and [W|nDs]Lo0n4ticCybertime|RoA - Original Image: Marcus Soh of GXL.
The interview was done by [...]

Wuhan Dragons Missed CGS World Finals Due To Visa Problems

Date December 7, 2007

CGS World Championship contender, Wuhan Dragon were forced to forfeit their place at the event after been denied visa by the US Consulate in Beijing.
CGS Commissioner Andy Reif commented, “We’ve been working tirelessly with the State Department, the U.S. Embassy in Beijing repeatedly, and all other contacts in our extensive network to rectify this [...]

World of Warcraft Gets Their Own Dell XPS Laptop

Date December 5, 2007

They seriously need to consider a warning label there: “Too hot to handle!“
Just yesterday, my fellow colleague Nigel unveiled the epic Dell XPS M1730 World of Warcraft edition. A definite WoW fans wet dream came true, it features the usual M1730 burning specs plus a number of WoW-related premiums such as:

A special Horde or Alliance [...]

KODE5 SEA 2007 Online Qualifier: Pin Is Victorious

Date December 4, 2007

En route to Moscow, Pin?
It is already December and KODE5 Southeast Asia 2007 is getting nearer. Part one of the event which is an online qualifier were held over the weekend. The champion of this stage received a seed at the Top 8 stage and boy, it is awesome to know that one of our [...]

The USD 15.8 Billion Marriage of Activision & Vivendi Games

Date December 3, 2007

Yesterday, Activision & Vivendi Games made an announcement that nobody really saw it coming. They are going to merge into what would be the world’s largest video games publisher. As a result to the USD 15.8 billion worth of deal, the result of the merge would be Activision Blizzard.
I smell a lot of moneh.
Alright, let’s [...]