The WCG Malaysia 2008 campaign is yet to be officially launched (that will be today, by the Minister of Youth & Sports Malaysia, YB Dato’ Ismail Sabri Yaacob) but the Kick-Off event has started yesterday right in front of Low Yat Plaza entrance, KL.
Apart from the usual fun promo activities, the event also incorporated the [...]

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Unstopabble, yo.
Two weeks ago, we announced the Intel Overclocking Challenge, where two uber machines assembled by Ipoh-based SNS Network and Computer War of Petaling Jaya were pitted against each other. We already asked you to vote for your favorite machine and now, the machines are up for grab!
Lai lai lai, get either one or [...]

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We shall meet again, Merlion.
As recently, many of Malaysian gamers have turned their attention to Singapore as their main destination for international tournaments. Thanks to their government and overall industry gaming-friendly policy, Singapore’s gaming scene are blessed with constant eSports events.
Join us as we take a look at some of those events that are [...]

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Vanilla or LE? I approve of both said Snake.
The much awaited continuation of Solid Snake stealth action adventures - Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of The Patriots, is going to arrive in our country on June 11th with a huge launch event. Play Interactive Software Sdn. Bhd., the Konami’s exclusive distributor in Malaysia together with [...]

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Only 4 days left before WCG Malaysia 2008 Kick-Off starts at Low Yat Plaza, KL but recent changes in the WCG Asian Championship 2008 Qualifiers registration system - which will be held at the same event, are being criticized by many of their long time participants.
At first, it was on first come first serve basis [...]

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In case you miss the message earlier by Jasmine Low, the National Director of ESWC 2008 Malaysia, their equipment sponsor - Steel Series is giving away free stuff on national TV tonight. Yup, that’s true tonight, Monday, 19th of May.
Just tune in to The 8tv Quickie on 8tv at 11:30pm tonight and stay put throughout [...]

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Unstopabble, yo.
Last week, Intel came to our office and brought with them, two gaming PC that featured the current record holder for Intel’s fastest processor, the overclockable Intel Core 2 Extreme QX9650 quad-core processor. They then told us that they want YOU - yes, you the Lowyat.NET citizens, to choose which one is the Ultimate [...]

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In conjunction with National Youth Day 2008 celebration, Rakan Muda is having a PlayStation 2 tournament featuring Guitar Hero 3, Winning Eleven and Tekken 5. The event will take place from 16th to 18th May 2008 at Dataran Stadium Bukit Jalil.
On the first day, there will only be registration and free-testing session throughout the day. [...]

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Two lucky buggers.
Hardware manufacturer, Abit recently announced that they are going to bring two of top gamers from Malaysia to the upcoming COMPUTEX Taipei 2008, the biggest IT trade show in Asia. The two gamers are local Need For Speed champ, FoRza and FIFA champ, [W|nDs]Si_Jali. Together with them also is the Abit-sponsored [...]

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Logitech recently announced that their new official wheel for Gran Turismo, the Driving Foce GT will be out in the market soon. Designed together with Gran Tursimo’s developer, Polyphony Digital Inc., the wheel is engineered for GT 5 Prologue on PlayStation 3.
The new wheel retained many of the signature features of Logitech GT Force/Driving Force [...]

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Oh boy, 2008 is the year of madness! One event after another coming to remind us the awesomeness of being a gamer. Our official gaming magazine, GameAxis Unwired Malaysia has just announce in their May 2008 issue that they are going to held an event called GameAxis LIVE! this coming July.
The event will be [...]

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Gamers Dotcom is currently having an event called EA LAN Party at 18 cybercafes around Klang Valley, Perak and Johor. Three EA title will be prominantly featured: Need For Speed ProStreet, Crysis and C&C 3: Kane’s Wrath.
Fellow gamers will be able to play for free between 7:00pm - 10:00pm at these cybercafes on the stated [...]

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To those who keep track, till today there is still no official word on the exact date and venue of WCG Malaysia 2008. Yeah, I know its usual August/September is still far away but some gamers already asking questions about it especially those coming from outstation.
Behold, it’s there on the cover of PC Gamer Malaysia’s [...]

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The big ringgit SMM DoTA Grand Nationals are back! Now boasting close to RM 120,000 cash prizes alone, I am sure that it is going to keep the local Defense of The Ancients teams busy from next month onwards.
The tournament will start with 11 state qualifiers (according to their website) across the country between June [...]

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After almost 5 months since we first found out about the revival of Electronic Sports World Cup Malaysia, the 2008 edition of the event is now ready for the world to see. The ESWC 2008 Malaysia was officially launched in a media conference held few days ago at 1 Utama Shopping Centre, Petaling Jaya, where [...]

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