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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I can kill use muh magic, but bow and arrow is cooler.
MobiusGames, the publishing arms of Digital Media Exchange, Inc of Philippines has recently announced that they are accepting application for closed beta test sessions for Dekaron. The application are opened to gamers from Philippines, Singapore and Malaysia. The game is developed by GameHi from [...]

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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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…and the heavens shall tremble.
Yesterday, we talked about the evolving splash screen at Blizzard’s website and all the theories behind it. Today, the mystery splash screen finally revealed its secret - Diablo III, the much awaited sequel to Diablo II that was released in year 2000. Diablo III storyline will take place 20 years after [...]

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If you happen to visit any of Blizzard-owned website recently, you are bound to see a mysterious splash screen which seems to change as the days gone by. WoW Insider offers a very detailed analysis of the splash screen’s progression and theories behind it.
What is the company behind Starcraft and Warcraft series is hiding? Many [...]

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If you haven’t heard about it, Codemasters latest racing game - Race Driver: GRID has spent majority of its development hours here at Codemasters Malaysia. That made it the FIRST ever next generation console game and triple A level game produced in our country. For that, Codemasters deemed that an official launch party should be [...]

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Vanilla or LE? I approve of both said Snake.
The much awaited continuation of Solid Snake stealth action adventures - Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of The Patriots, is going to arrive in our country on June 11th with a huge launch event. Play Interactive Software Sdn. Bhd., the Konami’s exclusive distributor in Malaysia together with [...]

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Now everybody can (fake) sing and drum to Hotel California like Don Henley (not fake) originally did.Credit: 10 Singin’ Drummers - Glide Magazine
Activision CEO Bobby Kotick recently revealed hints about the next Guitar Hero in an interview, according to IGN. The interview is available in the May issue of Condé Nast Portfolio, a business magazine. [...]

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If there’s one imperfection in Polyphony Digital’s “perfect” driving game Gran Turismo series, that would be the lack of damage to the cars in the game. That could be a thing of the past since the series’ director, Kazunori Yamauchi has mentioned that they are going to implement damage into the game soon.
In [...]

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Coming to town soon but not now
Many gamers (including me) have been waiting for so long for the official Asian release of Rock Band. Early rumors stated late January’08 release but the launch was then delayed to undisclosed dates.
According to The Strait Times Singapore, reason given for the long delay was that EA [...]

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A hilarious video for Battlefield Heroes were released by its developer over last weekend. As you may know, the upcoming Battlefield Heroes is an upcoming free to play toon shooter from EA DiCE, schedule to be released this coming summer.
Apart from showing how much humor that EA DiCE people got, the video contain a lot [...]

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