Our country might be a little bit behind when it comes to games development but that doesn’t stop the world famous EDGE Magazine from featuring Malaysia on their Region Specific series. Our country has now joined the rank of Vancouver, North East England, The Nordic Region and Ontario (among the many), who was previously featured [...]

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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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We love real life reinterpretation of videos game, given that it is not too absurd. This one in particular is made of art and a little bit of extreme sports.
36 freeboarders equipped with neon tubes mounted on top of their head skated on one of San Francisco’s many downhill slope to create this Tetris remake. [...]

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Looks like things has been spicing up for the better, even if it looks like a last minute inclusions. Two more official game has been added to WCG Malaysia 2009 roster - DoTA and Super Dancer Online Extreme (SDO-X). These two are not new WCG titles though as they have been included last year (SDO) [...]

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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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Team Ninja and Tecmo, stylish as ever. We just can’t imagine how they able to sweet word Sony into letting them use PS3’s controllers for this.
Sorry guys, this video could be Not Safe For Work, so we have to put it in the jump. Proceed at your own risk.
[sauce: Kotaku]
Ninja Gaiden Sigma 2 [...]

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Random fact: 90% of Lowyat.NET team members owned at least one PlayStation and one Nike shoes in their lifetime.Image credit: SoleCollector.com
Nike and Sony PlayStation are two of the most influential culture icon ever. At times, their paths crossed and the results just kick ass. This PlayStation Nike Air Trainer 1 is the third model 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 from [...]

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Want to spread your loves of Heroes of Newerth (HoN) to the masses but stuck with the NDA? Fret no more, the game’s developer - S2 Games, has lifted their secret cover over the game and are now ready to announce it to the world.
Since we also got stuck with the NDA, we might have [...]

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(C)Brian May of Queen: a REAL graduate and legendary guitar hero.
Image credit: Liverpool John Moores University
Who said university is all about books? The New York University is going to offer a Guitar Hero-themed course for their Freshman Honors Seminars program this coming Fall. Don’t expect it’s going to be all play and no serious business [...]

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FIFA trying to get over PES? Messi disapproved.
When the Pro Evolution Soccer 2009 (or Winning Eleven), it received some criticism from many of PES long time fans about its arcade-like gameplay. Not to mention that its long-time rival, EA Sports’ FIFA series has been improving the quality of their releases.
Well, Konami is about to change [...]

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Mmmm naise pistol.Image credit: Rockstar Games
The Grand Theft Auto series has (almost) completed its presence on hand-held platform, with GTA:Chinatown Wars for Apple iPhone/iPod Touch. In an announcement at Rockstar Games official website, the game which used to be an exclusive title for Nintendo DS, will be released in Fall 2009.
“Chinatown Wars is a perfect [...]

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Ze new firmware iz rdy, sir.
Sony has just released the latest firmware - version 3.0 - for PlayStation 3 through the usual built-in System Update and downloadable installer. The update is said to accompany the new PS3 Slim, judging from the new PS3 logo and fonts that appeared during booting screen after the update has [...]

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So yummy, we are silently OM NOM NOM NOM-ing.Image credit: PlayStation.Blog
It took quite long for Sony to admit it but here it is folks, the Sony PlayStation 3 Slim has finally been officially announced. The unveiling took place at their GamesCon press conference in Cologne, Germany earlier today.
The new unit features a very streamlined design, [...]

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