The great seal of Sir IceFrog.
If you haven’t realize yet, Defense of The Ancients (DoTA) is a very popular game in this country. Of course, there are many forms of DoTA around, what we meant in the previous statement is the Allstars variation, currently being maintained by the one and only “IceFrog“.
Recently, he announced at [...]

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That equals to around 36 days.
In similar fashion as last year’s Malaysian official PS3 launch teaser, a counter has appeared within Sony Malaysia’s corporate website domain. The link was posted at PlayStation Friend’s Facebook group and was also mass distributed to the group’s member via private message.
We did some counting on our calendar and the [...]

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Looks like our Southern neighbor - Singapore, will be the first country to receive the OFFICIAL units of Sony PlayStation 3 Slim outside of the SCE Asia regional HQ in Hong Kong. Said to be out on 1st October 2009, the launch will also be joined by the new UMD-less PSPgo. The launch price will [...]

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After a huge price drop by Sony and Microsoft on their current gen consoles, the pressure is now high on Nintendo to do the same thing for its Wii. Rumors already rampant that the Japanese company will actually drop their highly succesful console from RM 866 (USD 249) to RM 690 (USD 199). Plus, with [...]

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Looks like another sponsorship opportunity has opened up for Sudden Attack players. If you don’t know yet, there will be a tournament at Blitzone branch next to KDU in Damansara Jaya on this coming Saturday, 30th May 2009. Apart from featuring the usual cash and in-game prizes - worth around RM 3600 in total, the [...]

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Is this your new PlayStation 3?Image credit: Spong
A set of images what claimed to be the new Sony PlayStation 3 was posted up on Chinese site, LevelUp. Within hours, all the images has been taken down without any explanation, but as usual, swift netizens managed to pick up them before it was gone.
The leaked images [...]

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WCG Asian Championship 2009: Coming soon.
A tip arrived in our mail box earlier today and my my, what a tip it is. Originated from Korea, the tip listed down dates and official games list for this year’s World Cyber Games Asian Championship (WCGAC). Without further due, here they are:
Date: 3rd to 5th July 2009
Venue: Singapore
Official [...]

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Mmmm…yummy.
To refresh your memory, Dell Inc. acquired the boutique gaming PC buider Alienware back in 2006 but until now, the closest thing that our local market can get their hand on was the Dell XPS series. You can actually get them yourself all the way from States but the total cost would be rather high.
According [...]

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UCpro[LZ] victorious lineup at WGT Malaysia 2008.
After memorable achievement at WCG Malaysia and WGT Malaysia 2008, UCpro[LZ] team seemed to be in a questionable status as two members of their current lineup - Gavin and Hix has left the team, according to a posting at the team’s main sponsor site.
The reason behind the departure of [...]

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Hideo Kojima loooooveeee teasing his fans. Out of nowhere, Kojima Productions posted a very mysterious teaser about the next Metal Gear Solid at their official website.
As you can see, the final icon resembled the one on Xbox 360 power button. Thus, the rumor about MGS4 heading to the Microsoft console suddenly appeared once again. But [...]

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While its European brother - Pro Evolution Soccer 2009 has been terrorizing consoles and PCs everywhere since last month, the Asian/Japanese version of the game - World Soccer Winning Eleven 2009 will only be released towards the end of this month.
We received a tip from local Konami’s distributor - PLAY Interactive, that they are indeed [...]

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After being plagued by resource problem last season, our Championship Gaming Series franchise - KL Taufan can now look forward for an exciting times ahead. The team is going to receive a new home soon, according to one of our industry’s insider.
But under a strict verbal NDA, we can’t reveal more about this piece of [...]

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Around five months after they ceased their operations, the Cyberathlete Professional League (CPL) is now set to bounce back. Last month, the CPL official website was graced with an announcement that they have been acquired by a United Arab Emirates-based investment group.
With that, the CPL is now operating from UAE. There are still no news [...]

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One known problem among our local gamers is having to go through parental objection to gaming.
In a recent poll done by a parental advisory site known as What They Play, nearly 3,000 respondents on 2 separate polls have concluded that parents fear their kids playing certain video games more than drinking beer and watching pornography. [...]

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According to several of our trusty industry sources, Sony Malaysia is poised to launch the PS3 sometime in September/October. Details are still very sketchy right now, but we were made to understand that this is for REAL.
Apparently, Sony is now hard at work putting everything together in place and they are doing all the necessary paperwork and groundwork to [...]

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