In a rather unexpected announcement, Asiasoft have just entered into a deal with Blizzard in order to acquire the rights to distribute Blizzard’s games in Malaysia as well as in Singapore and Thailand. This deal includes all Blizzard’s long-running series such as StarCraft, WarCraft, World of WarCraft and Diablo. “One of our top priorities is [...]

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Still with recaps of PlayStation Meeting 2011 that was held earlier today; while Sony Next Generation Portable (NGP) was pretty much the star of the show, it was not the only announcement at the event. The Japanese giant has also announced that they are bringing PlayStation contents to Android phones and tablets (!!!) through a [...]

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Earlier today, Sony held a big media briefing in Tokyo, Japan and as expected, has unveiled what many have dubbed as the PlayStation Portable 2 (PSP2). Now officially codenamed as Next Generation Portable (NGP), the new handheld gaming device is scheduled to hit the market at the end of this year. While the physical design [...]

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If you have been playing MMO games in Taiwan or China all along and have a very hard time to reload your credits, listen up. One of the well-known online game cards providers from Taiwan – JCARD (www.jcard.com.tw), not to be confused with the Jucso Card – has expended their business to Malaysia. This includes [...]

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Trust me when I said I actually stumbled upon this Karnival Jualan Ori – organized by Kementerian Perdagangan Dalam Negeri, Koperasi dan Kepenggunaan – by accident. Currently on-going at Mid Valley Exhibition Centre in Mid Valley Megamall, Kuala Lumpur, I was even shocked that a number of game-related exhibitors actually took part in it. Not [...]

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Welcome to yet another edition of the Electronic Entertainment Expo (E3)! As usual, before the actual expo starts, couple of the industry’s big guns would have media briefing to inform the world what are they packing to the event. Microsoft is the first one (again) this year which was held earlier this morning. Without further [...]

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If you haven’t visited Low Yat Plaza in a while, don’t be shocked if you stumbled upon the scene above. Located on top of the KL’s premier IT mall, all these machines were set up by the longtime Valve license holder in South East Asia – Online e-Club – in order to promote genuine Valve [...]

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Altogether now, HMMMMMMMMM… In a rather “hmmm…” move, it seems that our buddies at Gamers Hideout has start stocking PC and Mac games at their outlets. The news was posted at their official Facebook page just moments ago. According to the post, all the available titles right now were only from EA which made us [...]

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All hell is going to break loose on Tuesday’s midnight. While we might heard of exclusive deal in States but locally? Well, there is always a first time for everything. Our friends at Gamer’s Hideout informed us that they are going to be sole retailer to carry Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 for Xbox [...]

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Titles on the ReplayGem series might be not all new but with relatively low retail price, it is good starting for those are looking for cheap original games. Starting from today onwards, Replay Interactive are going to drop ReplayGem retail price even further. So, from now on, you can bring home a piece (or two [...]

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At the end of last month, CubeTech Asia – best known as the Malaysian distributor for NCSoft‘s famed Lineage II – has launched two more online games to be included in their portfolio. The soft-launch which was held at CIMB Perfect Livin’09 expo, was completed in the attendance of big guns from each company that [...]

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Mmmm yummy yummy yummy.Image credit: Joystiq/Major Nelson You thought Modern Warfare 2 grand package will only stop at their Prestige Edition? No no no…this is Activision we talking about. They will not pass any opportunity to milk out a series. But of course, this time around they didn’t do it directly. They groped some help [...]

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Seriously, we already lost track of how many pre-order program that Gamer’s Hideout already came out with. There was Gears of War 2, Halo 3, Guitar Hero World Tour and the list goes on and on and on…well, yup, the guys is opening yet another is here! However, the freebies that they giving away this [...]

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Glorious Rooney.Image credit: fifa.easports.com It is time of the year again for yet another new edition of the FIFA football series! The popular football series is back once again, this time with FIFA 10 and The Software Boutique, based in SS2, Petaling Jaya is calling fans out there too book their copy as fast as [...]

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Yup, you’ve read it right. GameOn.com.my is clearing out their stocks as a preparation to welcome huge load of new games coming their way from this month onwards. There are seriously no better way to clear the games out other than putting them on shelves for cheap. Do note that not all games are actually [...]

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