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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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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Remember the postponed GH LAN’08 back in May? Well, Gamer’s Hideout has just announced a new date for it - 23 August 2008 and this time it doesn’t clashed with anything! *does the happy dance*
According to the post by Eddy Yap, although they can’t confirm the games list as for now, more love [...]

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Lowyat.NET’s own LAN Party was held back in 2005. Guess which one is se7en?
16 August 2008 is going to be a very busy day for local gaming community. First, there’s the whole WCG Malaysia 2008 she bang and also, the Merdeka Winning Eleven Tournament. The circle is now complete when Game Developers Club [...]

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WGT Malaysia official website will be up again soon.
Yesterday, we posted out a news that WGT Malaysia team has opened up their official website and also, the registration for WGT Malaysia 2008. Apparently, a call came from the organizing team today that the site opening was premature and all registration are now void.
The reason why [...]

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The return of GRID Girls? I hope so.
When Codemasters Malaysia launched GRID at Zouk KL last month, some gamers were disappointed because they couldn’t attend the party due to age restrictions. Guess what, they are going to do it all over again at GameAxis Live! next week, although they might use a slightly [...]

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I’m sure many game developers out there already aware of this, but if you aren’t, it still not too late to join. MSC Malaysia under their Multimedia Development Corporation (MDeC) is currently having the MSC Malaysia IP Creators Challenge, a competition targeted to nourish locally-made digital creative contents.
There are 4 categories altogether in this [...]

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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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I guess you have to ditch your traditional footie style when you stepped into the world of GONG!, a new MMO developed by Tose Shanghai and distributed by the Philippines-based Digital Media Exchange, Inc. through their online games division - mobiusgames. The game combined imagination, cuteness and football into a a wholesome package that can [...]

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Keith Liu of Nokia Southeast Asia Pacific showcased Nokia N-Gage’s new direction to members of media.
Last month, Nokia Malaysia unveiled the second incarnation of their gaming platform, N-Gage. Ditching the purpose-built hardware concept, N-Gage is now a social gaming and game distribution platform. Yup, no more answering your handphone sideways or physical game memory cards.
To [...]

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SNAAAAAAKEEEEEEEEE~
On 12th June 2008, millions of gamers all over the world especially Sony PlayStation 3 owners celebrates the release of Metal Gear Solid 4 - the long awaited finale of Solid Snake saga. It also marked the end of 10 years wait for Metal Gear series fans everywhere.
In Malaysia, the country’s official Konami distributor, PLAY [...]

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Penangites otakus and gamers are expected to be busy this weekend as the Animation Comic Game Convention’08 is going to make a visit at Gurney Plaza, Penang. You can expect the same offerings as per the first ACGC’08 at Berjaya Times Square, KL last March - cosplayers, online games, mobile games and tournaments.
As far as [...]

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For the fans of Chinese MMORPG, MOYU Online are inviting you guys to chill out at their booth during NAPEI Education Fair at Mid Valley Exhibition Center this weekend. It will be a special weekend for MOYU fans as the game’s new expansion called Wings of Paladin will be showcased during the event.
GOPLAYPLAY ambassadors will [...]

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