If you need to ask, then you don’t know who is Futuremark Corporation. Know for their PC benchmarking software called 3DMark, they set the community ablaze with some WTF (which ironically, is also a trademarked word.) cries all over the tubes, when the news broke out that they are trying to trademark the word “Pwnage“. [...]

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So, is it true? Is Microsoft coming out with a new SKU for the Xbox 360? All I can say is that there is no smoke without fire… UPDATED!!!!!

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Burn baby, burn.
If Guitar Hero (I and II alike) didn’t made your wallet gently weeped, I’m sure Rock Band will. Although numerous retailers across the web such as Amazon and Gamestop just revamped the original expected price of USD 200 (~RM 679) to USD 170 (~RM 580), my wallet already feeling the heat. Be prepare [...]

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Gamer’s Hideout at Cineleisure Mutiara Damansara, PJ have been the forerunner of Xbox 360 community in Malaysia since they opened their outlet a year ago. They also have been very agressive in promoting original games, not only among local 360 owners but to the whole console scene. In such a short time, their effort have [...]

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2005 Sky ProLeague Grand Final. It’s normal to see such a large number of audience at a major Starcraft event in South Korea. Original Image: FighterForum.com
Everybody knows that Starcraft is a national sport in South Korea. Millions of other games around the world want to be like their pro-gamers: to be rich, adorned by fans [...]

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WCGZone (www.wcgzone.com), the year-round 24-hour online gaming site launched by the World Cyber Games (WCG), holds the first regional online tournament presented by “Intel® Core™ 2 Quad processor” from September 15th to December 15th. Officially named “RAMPAGE ASIA,” this regional tournament invites all gamers from 15 Asia Pacific countries with total cash prizes amounting to [...]

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The heat is on! Finally, the World Cyber Games Malaysia Championship 2007 registration is now open and guess what? It is here at Multiplay.LYN itself! To register yourself, bring your browser to http://multiplay.lowyat.net/wcg/ and follow the steps given to you. There’s another suprise for you guys as well…the registration is FREE!! Yes, PERCUMA! F.O.C!! Three [...]

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After a gruesome Day 1, the grand finale is here. Yesterday have been an intense day for all finalist as they work their way through the brackets of CELgames’07 Grand Finals. Today, only 10 players left to continue chasing the glory of CELgames 2007 Champion title. Today also we will get to see who’s the [...]

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The day have arrived. CELgames’07, the annual homegrown gaming tournament have now reach it’s climax this weekend at Low Yat Plaza, KL. A total of 35 players have qualified to Grand Finals in 3 official games: Command & Conquer 3, FIFA 2007 and Need For Speed Carbon, through 7 qualifiers that have been held previous [...]

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The Organizers of the GC Asia Conference have announced the first speakers of this year’s GC Asia Conference (GCAC), which will take place in Singapore on September 6-7, 2007. For the first time, international game industry visionaries from Asia, Europe and North America will meet in Singapore to share ideas and network, and build new [...]

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The Korean Software Industry Promotion Agency, also called “KIPA”, announced that Game and Game World Championship (GNGWC) (www.gngwc.com) kicks off this year’s competition with start of online registration. This e-Sports competition hosted by KIPA was originally initiated to promote Korean online games to the global gamers, and let them experience the resulting excellence. Continuing from [...]

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Tuesday 17th July - NCsoft Europe and ArenaNet announced today that the prerelease bonus pack for Guild Wars: Eye of the North is set to arrive on retailer’s shelves on July 20th and will include a host of compelling features, including exclusive in-game items and access to the Guild Wars: Eye of the North Sneak [...]

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Welcome to Multiplay Live! once again. Today, we are broadcasting LIVE from Blaze City, Damansara Utama, Petaling Jaya. Ever heard of Damansara Uptown before? It’s where we are now.
As some of you might know, Blaze City’s CELgames’07 Qualifier is the only venue featuring full CELgames’07 official games lineup: Command & Conquer 3, FIFA 2007 and [...]

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Sony is the final big 3 company to roll off their media briefing. They are facing a tough uphill battle since they are way behind the console race against Wii and 360. Will there be any announcement that would boost Sony’s performance this year? There’s still hope so let’s dive in to the highlights!

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After Microsoft, now it’s Nintendo’s turn to brief the media (more to everybody, actually). Santa Monica Civic Auditorium have been chosen as the stage by the creator of Mario and Link to showcase what they had for gamers this year. Oh, to also boast how DS and Wii performance doing since previous year.

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