WGT Malaysia 2008 is going to open its door with an official launch ceremony next week. The WGT Malaysia 2008 Gear Up Party will be held at Basil Leaf Restaurant, Jalan Damai, Kuala Lumpur on Tuesday, 19th August. If you wondering where that is, here is a map.
Guests will have a chance to test run [...]

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Salonbus (the Arab dude): I haz teh codes!!! *WAHAHAHAHAH*
Richman Online, AsiaSoft’s latest MMO might looks and feel similar to the popular Monopoly board game, but that are where the similarities end as well. You can construct houses and stuff in both games, but you can’t destroy them using rockets in Monopoly, right?
And…you guys [...]

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It has been three years since the MMO side scroller - Maple Story invaded us with its cutie gameplay. In conjunction with that, the game’s publisher in Malaysia - AsiaSoft is inviting everybody especially fans of the game for a huge birthday bash this coming Saturday, 9th August 2008.
The party will take place at Cineleisure [...]

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In conjunction with the grand opening of V2 Cybercafe in Wangsa Maju, the online games outfit GoPlayPlay is inviting everybody to party with them, this coming Sunday, 3rd August 2008.
The event will be graced by tons of activities featuring GoPlayPlay stable of games such as ZHENGTU Online, MOYU, Jin Online and Meetoto. Apart from that, [...]

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AsiaSoft, who are known for their CABAL Online and Maple Story has announced that they are looking for 4 top GetAmped players to be sent to a global meet in Singapore next month. The selection will be held at GetAmped World Fest 2008 Malaysia Preliminary Battle this coming Saturday, 26th July at Orange Internet Shop, [...]

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For those who haven’t heard of it yet (where have you been?), the Lowyat.NET Official Gaming Magazine, GameAxis is going to have an all weekend long event called GameAxis Live!. The event will take place at Hall 2, Mid Valley Exhibition Centre, KL starting from tomorrow, 11 July until 13 July 2008.
Promised to be a [...]

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Be here tmrw or be square!
I’m currently at One Utama, taking some time off from all the actions at ESWC Malaysia 2008 Grand Finals Day 2. Trackmania Nations Forever and Warcraft 3 competition already finished for today, leaving the final four player to continue their battle for a San Jose trip tomorrow. Counter-Strike and DoTA [...]

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It’s here, folks! The results for our recently concluded Photo Kaption Contest is already out. All submissions were pure class but only one rule them all. The l337 kaption came from Danny “etsuko” Foo, which you can see below:
Translation: ..And I said to him, he needed more training…he then tried to own me…in the end, [...]

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Come watch my movie or else!
In conjunction with the release of Hellboy: The Science of Evil by Konami, their official Malaysian distributor - PLAY Interactive is going to treat gamers to a screening of Hellboy II : The Golden Army. The screening will take place at GSC Mid Valley on 12th July 2008 at 9pm.
The [...]

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Do you remember the last time Multiplay held a contest? Nobody won it and everybody said it was too damn hard! So this time around, we’ve decided to make it easier. What you have to do now is just think of some hillarious and creative caption to this picture.
The mic holding dude looked familiar, [...]

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If you haven’t heard about it, Codemasters latest racing game - Race Driver: GRID has spent majority of its development hours here at Codemasters Malaysia. That made it the FIRST ever next generation console game and triple A level game produced in our country. For that, Codemasters deemed that an official launch party should be [...]

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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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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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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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