Nintendo had mind-blowing E3 media briefing in 2006 and 2007 but this year, it was really a meh. If there is one word that I could say about Nintendo’s E3 Media Briefing this year, it would be UNINSPIRING. What I saw was just bragging fest and lack of interesting + innovative titles. Come on Reggie, [...]

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Panoramic view of the media briefing.Photo credit: Xbox.com
It is indeed an annual tradition at E3 where the three gaming giants: Microsoft, Nintendo and Sony will held a media briefing to announce their world domination plan to the masses. Microsoft started the race once again as per previous years and announced lots of stuff especially for [...]

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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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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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The launch party was graced with GRID Girls alongside PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 demo kiosks right in the middle of Zouk Mainroom.
Two years in the making, Race Driver GRID finally saw the daylight and was released to the market around 2 weeks ago. The game was then unveiled once again, this time to the [...]

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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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The true meaning of going sideways.
Today, Nadeo has released Trackmania Nations Forever, the sequel of ESWC official games and two Guinness World Records holder, Trackmania Nations. Still retaining the Free-of-Charge price tag, TMNF is now ready to be downloaded from servers worldwide.
Generally, the basic of the game is still the same which is racing in [...]

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This is a follow up to the article from last month’s GameAxis Malaysia. Information about the much anticipated official PSP event by Sony Malaysia has finally available to the masses. According to the event’s booklet (available for download from Sony Malaysia’s website), the event have been named as PSP Gameshow and will be held at [...]

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This box is not stealthy enough! I demand a more discreet box
After a very brief announcement by Sony previously, Konami finally release more details about their upcoming stealth money cow game, Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots. There nothing really new except the fact that the 12th June 2008 release date [...]

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Catch my Astral Bike if you can!
AsiaSoft, Malaysia’s official distributor for World of Warcraft and also publisher behind many other well known MMO titles including MapleStory, Pangya and Audition recently announced that they are going to conduct beta testing for its latest free-to-plat MMORPG, CABAL Online. The beta test is divided into two period: Closed [...]

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Time for me to show myself already?
The wait is over. The savior will be here soon! Metal Gear Solid 4 has finally received a release date! Well, sort of…
According to press release from Sony, the much anticipated stealth game will be released in North American around late second quarter of this year. In conjunction with [...]

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More Aperture Science Laboratories research are coming.
I wonder if it’s a slip up or everybody just missed the news. G4TV held an interview during yesterday’s episode of X-Play with Portal lead designer, Kimberly Swift. Towards the end of the interview, she said this exact sentence:
“Well, I believe Doug Lombardi who is our lead marketing director [...]

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