Can we has your setup, Microsoft?
Microsoft’s new operating system, the Windows 7 has arrived in Malaysia earlier this week complete with an elaborate launch event by Microsoft Malaysia at Plaza Low Yat, KL. Together with the launch is a week long exhibition which public can get to know the new OS personally.
However, we didn’t see [...]

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Lady in red, mmm hmm.
MSI are well known for their motherboards and graphic cards. How about gaming notebooks? We don’t think so… But then, since the company’s notebook division is a major sponsor of Fnatic, one of the most well known eSports team in the world, MSI should have some tricks underneath their sleeve, right?
Yes, [...]

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Somehow this headset reminds us of another well known headset…mmmm hmmm…
Ready to win some stuff from Alienware? Too bad they are not yet ready to give you one of their uber laptops and desktop but what are they going to give away is still pretty l337 in its own right - an Alienware TactX Headset [...]

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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 from [...]

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It is yet another PC Fair weekend in KL Convention Centre, whereby tech enthusiasts and public alike would flock the huge convention center looking for new stuff and bargain deals. As for us button mashers, it is also the time to look for deals on games and related gears.
We stopped by at the event yesterday. [...]

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Our jaws obviously dropped when we saw the Project Natal for the first time during Microsoft E3′09 Media Briefing. Never in our mind though that it is coming to Windows PCs since you know…PC gaming is still pretty much traditional mouse and keyboard kinda thing. Oh well, Bill Gates just proved us wrong.
Speaking to CNET [...]

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The 1st (official) alien invasion of Malaysia.
It was just barely a month ago that our frontpage editor Twitted about the official arrival of Alienware in our country. Today, the much touted gaming PC brand is now officially here with the launch of Alienware M17x laptop, simultaneously with its US unveiling at E3 2009.
Available in two [...]

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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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‘Effin Metal. ’nuff said. \m/Image credit: Tilt.TV via ConsoleHero.com
Guitar Hero: Metallica stand alone game has been around the market for quite some time. For a game with such a huge name behind it, we kinda wondered if Activision just missed an money making opportunity by not having any peripherals associated with the game. Turn out, [...]

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Zeebo - consoles for developing countries?Image credit: ZeeboInc.com
Some already touted the OnLive Game Service - posted by our frontpage editor Wern Shen, as a revolution in the game industry. There is another entity that could be arguably considered as revolution as well, in the name of Zeebo.
Officially launched at the recent GDC’09 as per OnLive, [...]

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Sleek, stylish and deadly in one single unit.
Good news to the guys in our forums that has been asking about the new Logitech G13 Advanced Gameboard which was announced way back in : it is almost here! To those who never heard of it, the G13 is an upcoming programmable gameboard - think of [...]

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[L-R] Charlie Cheah, Product and Channel Marketing Manager, Microsoft, Tony Leong, National Sales Manager, Malaysia, Entertainment & Devices Division, Microsoft and Ian Tan, Marketing Communications & Partnership Manager, Entertainment & Devices Division, Microsoft, with Microsoft SideWinder X8 Mouse (middle) and the new Arc Mouse - white edition.
As posted on Lowyat.NET frontpage by my colleague - [...]

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Time to rock the world, yes?Image credit: XBOXNIZAM
A year after its initial release, Rock Band is finally available for Asian’s Xbox 360 owners. Previously, many gamers usually got themselves a PlayStation 3 just to play the game as PS3 games are region free.
Apart from the one year delay, the release is kind of questionable since [...]

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Sony Malaysia’s PS3 minisite finally updated…one day late.
After much delay, Sony Malaysia has finally confirmed the official launch event of Sony PlayStation 3 at One Utama, Petaling Jaya on 20th September 2008. The confirmation came in the form of press release earlier this morning.
First thing first, the launch bundle! The bundle is now [...]

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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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