Time to score some gooooooaaaalllsss!
If you love playing football game, this weekend is your type of weekend then. Two of the biggest football game in the world, EA Sports’ FIFA’08 and Konami’s Winning Eleven 2008 is going to have their own tournament this coming Saturday and Sunday. This is rather a short notice (my bad [...]

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The self-proclaimed most annoying mod in our forum, PrivateJohn is producing a Halo 3 montage dedicated to local Xbox 360 community called Malaysia Halotard. He is now looking for 16 15 (because the “makan.minum.tidur Halo 3” mav3tan sure confirm one!) local Xbox Live regulars for the upcoming recording session.
According to him, this special recording session [...]

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Sony Malaysa has unveiled it limited edition deep red PSP slim in the recent Sony PSP Gameshow held at The Curve’s Piazza. The deep red Sony PSP slim is a limited edition PSP console for its avid gamers and is retailing at RM859. As for Sony’s PSP Gameshow, it was a two day even [...]

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Suntec again?
For the past a month or so, there are words that the WCG Asian Championship is going to move out from its traditional venue in Singapore. Words by the gossip bird said that the new host would be between Malaysia and Thailand. Rapture Gaming, the WCG Singapore’s organizer has finally spoken about the rumors [...]

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After a series of announcement made by Championship Gaming Series, the selection for KL Taufan team members will finally be held this weekend. Why I said selection? Because unlike last year’s qualifiers, it is not a tournament where the winners was selected as team members. It is a drafting…think of it like Akademi Fantasia audition, [...]

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Yesterday, World Cyber Games finally unveils the much anticipated official games list for 2008. Announced at their website, the list offers the largest number of titles ever in WCG history, boasting 14 titles on three platforms: PC, Xbox 360 and mobile phones. They are as below:
PC

Counter-Strike 1.6
Starcraft: Brood War
WarCraft III: The Frozen Throne
Command & Conquer [...]

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Is it just me or everybody are shoving all their event into this weekend? I just been told that the Cyberjaya Lake Gardens Community Club is going to have their second PlayStation 3 tournament this coming Saturday and Sunday. This time around, the game that will be on play is Need For Speed ProStreet, in [...]

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A Swedish eSports outfit, Team Dignitas invites FIFA’08 players from all over the world to join their FIFA’08 Challenge competition. The tournament features around RM 9000 total cash prizes plus sponsored stuff from the team sponsors from Top 8 players up to the champion.
Team Dignitas will also award some prizes for 4 top players outside [...]

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Yet another games & anime themed event for this weekend, Hotlink Games & Anime Festival 2008 is set to happen this weekend, 14 to 16 March at Sungei Wang Plaza.
I don’t have much information on the gaming competition side (most probably it will be mobile phone games competition), but Hotlink already got few pre-event promotions [...]

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Coming to town soon but not now
Many gamers (including me) have been waiting for so long for the official Asian release of Rock Band. Early rumors stated late January’08 release but the launch was then delayed to undisclosed dates.
According to The Strait Times Singapore, reason given for the long delay was that EA [...]

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This is a follow up to the article from last month’s GameAxis Malaysia. Information about the much anticipated official PSP event by Sony Malaysia has finally available to the masses. According to the event’s booklet (available for download from Sony Malaysia’s website), the event have been named as PSP Gameshow and will be held at [...]

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Thumbs up for this event!Image credit: chuafc2006
While our country’s politicians are having battle for votes during election last weekend, many of the nation’s top gamers are also having their own battle at Multimedia University, Cyberjaya. A gaming tournament was held in conjunction with their Engineering Society’s E-Week, featuring FIFA’08, Counter-Strike and DoTA.
Below are the full [...]

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Racing fans unite! The community members of Forza Motorsports 2 and Need For Speed ProStreet in our forums are now burning rubber on weekly basis. There’s something for everybody, so if racing is your flavor, dig in for more information after the jump!
Need For Speed ProStreet Street King Challenge @ Lowyat.NET Forums
Forza Motorsports 2 Weekly [...]

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It has been a while since their last tournament, Gamer’s Hideout today unveils their latest offering for local Xbox 360 community. The upcoming event is called GHLeague and will feature two games: Call of Duty 4 and Guitar Hero III.
The CoD4 section is further divided to Free For All and 4vs4 Team division while [...]

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Yet another piece of ESWC Malaysia 2008 puzzle is now answered. I was informed that Warcraft 3 and DoTA has now been added to the official games list for the tournament. The news came in only 3 days after the first batch of ESWC Malaysia 2008 official games - CS1.6 and Trackmania Nations, were announced.
So [...]

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