Your key to a new iPod Nano.
Just a short notice from our friends at Gameloft and also, EpiCentre, who are currently hosting the Mac + iPod DiscoveryWeek at Pavilion, KL throughout this weekend. They want you to win a shiney 8GB iPod Nano and couple of exclusive Gameloft goodie bags just by playing games!
The game [...]

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Chances are, you have met Lady Lara Croft before. We mean, come on, who doesn’t? She is simply one of the most well known video games character around, a proof of Tomb Raider franchise’ fame. We haven’t even mentioned the movie version yet that features Angelina Jolie-cious…ok, you get drift.
But for later iterations of [...]

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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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Early last month, Nokia latest N-series device, the N97 was released into the market. Nokia’s gaming platform, the N-Gage was said to be supported on this new device but early N97 adopters was soon disappointed to find that the gaming app will only be available much later on through a software update.
The wait ended last [...]

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The annual Hotlink Games and Anime Festival (HAGF) is back once again! It is happening now at Berjaya Times Square, KL and will end this Sunday, 22nd March. It is yet another all-in-one anime and gaming themed event for this weekend, with ACGC’09 also happening at the same time albeit at a different venue.
While we [...]

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An significant update from our previous post about the new mysterious Metal Gear Solid, the game has now been confirmed by Konami heading to Apple iPhone/iPod Touch. The upcoming Metal Gear Solid Touch is based on the recent Metal Gear Solid 4 and expected to launch in Japan, North America and Europe around Spring 2009.
Interestingly, [...]

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We recently posted about ONE, a fighting game for Nokia’s gaming services platform, N-Gage. Developed by Digital Legends Entertainment and published by Nokia Games Publishing, the new ONE was actually a sequel to a game with the same name that appeared on the original N-Gage device.
The original ONE was touted as one of the best [...]

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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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Nokia Games Publishing recently announces that their 3D fighting game - ONE is now available for N-Gage platform. Developed by Digital Legends Entertainment, the game will brought players through seven different locations worldwide and 30 different opponents in their quest to be the ONE.
ONE was unique to mobile gaming world in a sense that the [...]

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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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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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This might seem a bit out of context with the regular postings here but since mobile gaming is a form of gaming as well, we decided to put it up. Malaysians can now, together with the rest of the world, enjoy the new Nokia N-Gage mobile games service with more games, additional compatible devices, and [...]

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Yet another games & anime themed event for this weekend, Hotlink Games & Anime Festival 2008 is set to happen this weekend, 14 to 16 March at Sungei Wang Plaza.
I don’t have much information on the gaming competition side (most probably it will be mobile phone games competition), but Hotlink already got few pre-event promotions [...]

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