How many fully professional eSports outfit are there in this country? One? Two? Ten? Truth to be told, we have no idea as well, but all we know is that DuskBin is definitely one of them.

Founded by Tommy “bender” Chiam and Andrik “Ash” Tan, the organization launched its official site earlier this month which marked the official launch of the team. The team features 18 players in three different games; Counter-Strike 1.6, Starcraft and Sudden Attack, across four different nations - China, Hong Kong, Taiwan and of course, Malaysia. The team is currently sponsored by Acer and Steel Series.

DuskBin might be new in the block but their members aren’t certainly not. Their Starcraft team are mainly consisted of the whole ex-Fnatic team which Ash himself was a manager. Meanwhile, DuskBin CS1.6 team has represented Hong Kong at the recent WCG 2009 Grand Finals and for their Sudden Attack team, they are formerly known as [ESP]NAGA. Obviously, these guys are not just anybody and got skills to backup their “pro” status

Turning professional is a dream of all competitive gamers all over the globe. But in this country, truth to be told, it is one bold move which are full of uncertainties. We would like to say congratulations and all the best to DuskBin, may the force be with you.

DuskBin - Official Website

LeetGames Marketing and Consulting Sdn Bhd, the organizer of Animation.Comic.Game.Convention (ACGC), recently announced that the finale of this year’s ACGC has been postponed to a yet-to-be-determined date. The event is supposed to take place this weekend from 19th to 21th November at Kuala Lumpur Convention Center in conjunction with MyBroadband 2009 Conference and Exhibition.

According to the announcement, the organizer of MyBroadband’09 - Malaysian Communications and Multimedia Commission (MCMC) - decided to postpone the whole event which pretty much forced LeetGames to follow suit with their ACGC’09 Finale. The announcement also stated that the new date is expected to be announced in early 2010 using the same venue in KLCC as originally intended.

No actual reason was given for the whole event postponement by MCMC, which is quite weird since MCMC being a government organization and MyBroadband not a small event. Not to forget that event’s advertisement has came out on many media outlets. Oh well, tough break there, LeetGames.

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We apologize that this update came quite late, due to some unforeseen circumstances. The WCG 2009 Grand Finals has just lay down its curtain few hours ago and again, it is a medal-less WCG Grand Finals for Team Malaysia.

However, Si_Jali managed to give Team Malaysia an Top 8 placing in FIFA’09 which put this year’s campaign as one of the best so far. Let us recap what went on for the past two days, right after the jump.

[results by WCG.com, portion of FIFA recap by WINDSfifa.com and Si_Jali]

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Group Stage Day 2

The second day of the group stage proved to be a better day, in general for Team Malaysia. Two times WCG Asian Championship FIFA champion, Si_Jali did exceptionally well in group stage by defeating everybody in Group H which includes some of the tournament’s big name such as SK_Kr0ne, KesaR (ex-4Kings) of Serbia and USSR Team’s Xaxotun. Obviously, such an exceptional performance managed to land him a spot at the elimination stage.

However, our another FIFA rep - [T2.W|nDs]Vin - didn’t managed to follow Si_Jali to the next stage. Vin managed to won three matches - against Austria, Greece and Georgia - while losing to Denmark and Belgium together with a tie with Azerbaijan. Together with a free win against Cameroon, the results put Vin in 4th place of Group F with 13 points.

The same case happened to DuskBin.MarinE in group D of Starcraft. Poland and Germany succumbs at the hand of MarinE but however, he not able to the same thing against four other countries in the group. With that, he concluded his WCG 2009 campaign with a total of 9 points.

Things were no better for the other three Team Malaysia’s representatives. Starcraft’s Cobo managed to win two out of seven matches but it is not enough to move him anywhere outside of group C while in Warcraft 3, both HungJen and TankLiew fully perished in their respective group.

Elimination Stage

Si_Jali started his playoff campaign with a nice 2 -1 win against Kazakhstan’s PashOKZ. However, in quarter finals, the sole Malaysian player in elimination stage were kicked off from the tournament by SK.Hero of Germany. It wasn’t easy for Hero to pull a win against our player though as the first match actually ended in a 2 - 2 draw which forced them to go into extra time.

In the extra time, Hero managed to score a goal and the results remained 2 - 3 till the end of the match. Things were even more intense in the second game but Hero still able to slipped in a goal which he successfully defended against Si_Jali’s attack till the final whistle. So close yet so far…

Thus, the results marked the end of Team Malaysia’s WCG 2009 Grand Finals campaign. We would usually say “better luck next year!” but since right now, the status of next year’s WCG Malaysia is still currently lying in limbo, we don’t think that it is the right time to use our usual good luck wishes as it is unknown whether Team Malaysia are even able to participate in WCG 2010 Grand Finals in Los Angeles, USA.

Well, let’s hope that any issues surrounding WCG Malaysia 2010 will be sorted out soon enough, together with a number of travel issues such the (expected) US visa problem. After all, we ourselves doesn’t want to see the longest running eSports tournament in the country to die off too soon. Or will they? The decision lies on the hand of decision makers out there…

Finally, the day has come for the WCG Malaysia’09 champions to come face to face with their counterparts from all over the globe. Only three out of nine Team Malaysia players was schedule to play yesterday - the first day of WCG’09 Grand Finals Group Stage.

However, results that we received at the end of the day doesn’t look too good, as listed below:

FIFA’09: [T2.W|nDs]Rei won against hibidigagabubu of Singapore but lost to other six players
Starcraft: JohnRambo won against GOSI(TERRAN) of Mexico but lost to other five players
Warcraft 3: CT^Serry won against feRfe of Chinese Taipei but lost to other three players

With that, all three players ranked second last in their respective groups and obviously, they will not able to proceed to elimination stage. It might be a disappointing results but Team Malaysia WCG’09 Grand Final campaign is still far from over. The rest of the team will play later today starting from 12:00pm onwards.

Also, one of our Warcraft 3 rep, TankLiew will be playing on the main stage which will be broadcast live through WCG official site at 12:30pm (Malaysia Time). His opponent is going to be tough though, the renowned WeMadeFox.Moon of South Korea. If our rep can pull this off, it could be one of the biggest upset in history!

Well, we would like wish all the best to all Team Malaysia players that are going to play later today. Malaysia Boleh!

[image and results by WCG.com]

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The World Cyber Games 2009 Grand Finals has just opened its doors last night with an elaborate and colorful launch ceremony over at Century City New Convention & Exposition Center at Chengdu, China. However, apart from the opening Warcraft 3 match between China’s superstar, Sky and yAws of Germany, the action will only take place from today onwards.

This time around, Team Malaysia are fortunate enough to be able to field in all three WCG Malaysia’09 winners from FIFA’09, Starcraft and Warcraft 3 except for Warcraft’s 1st Runner Up, SiN[Pin.2C] who is replaced with HungJen. This also means that the team will have a very packed schedules, up to 7 hours of continues match.

Well, without further due, jump in to check out the Team Malaysia’s full match schedule. Don’t forget to support Team Malaysia either through our comment box and forums!

[images by WINDSfifa.com, match schedules provided by WCG.com]

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All time stated is in GMT+8, which is the same time zone that Chengdu and Malaysia are using.

FIFA’09

November 12 (Thursday)
12:00pm: Group D - Valklyrie (Bangladesh) vs. Rei (Malaysia)
01:00pm: Group D - Hero (Germany) vs. Rei (Malaysia)
02:00pm: Group D - dzs_Mirodeniro (Switzerland) vs. Rei (Malaysia)
03:00pm: Group D - CC-Moe (Columbia) vs. Rei (Malaysia)
04:00pm: Group D - Andrucas (Peru) vs. Rei (Malaysia)
05:00pm: Group D - Bartinho (Netherlands) vs. Rei (Malaysia)
06:00pm: Group D - hibidigagabubu (Singapore) vs. Rei (Malaysia)

November 13 (Friday)
12:00pm:
Group F - Vin (Malaysia) vs. JonasL (Denmark)
Group H - Si_Jali (Malaysia) vs. TARANGGG (India)

01:00pm:
Group F - Doc_Watson (Cameroon) vs. Vin (Malaysia)
Group H - [4K_Kesar_LLLL] (Serbia) vs. Si_Jali (Malaysia)

02:00pm:
Group F - Vin (Malaysia) vs. Geenens (Belgium)
Group H - Gunner (Bangladesh) vs. Si_Jali (Malaysia)

03:00pm:
Group F - Mari (Austria) vs. Vin (Malaysia)
Group H - mokosg (Hungary) vs. Si_Jali (Malaysia)

04:00pm:
Group F - manolo07 (Greece) vs. Vin (Malaysia)
Group H - FlashBullet (Sri Lanka) vs. Si_Jali (Malaysia)

05:00pm:
Group F - Vin (Malaysia) vs. Kaxa (Georgia)
Group H - Xaxotun (Russia) vs. Si_Jali (Malaysia)

06:00pm:
Group F - Raha (Azerbaijan) vs. Vin (Malaysia)
Group H - Kr0ne (Germany) vs. Si_Jali (Malaysia)

Starcraft

November 12 (Thursday)
12:00pm: Group B - Stork (South Korea) vs. JohnRambo (Malaysia)
01:00pm: Group B - GosI[Terran] (Mexico) vs. JohnRambo (Malaysia)
02:00pm: Group B - fengzi (China) vs. JohnRambo (Malaysia)
03:00pm: Group B - BRAT_OK (Russia) vs. JohnRambo (Malaysia)
04:00pm: Group B - SEn (Chinese Taipei) vs. JohnRambo (Malaysia)
06:00pm: Group B - tOsKY (Chile) vs. JohnRambo (Malaysia)

November 13 (Friday)
12:00pm:
Group C - WALKOVER vs. cobo (Malaysia)
Group D - IdrA (USA) vs. MarinE (Malaysia)

01:00pm:
Group C - PJ (China) vs. cobo (Malaysia)
Group D - MarinE (Malaysia) vs. Limbic (Panama)

02:00pm:
Group C - ParanOid (Poland) vs. cobo (Malaysia)
Group D - White-Ra (Ukraine) vs. MarinE (Malaysia)

03:00pm:
Group C - DIMAGA (Ukraine) vs. cobo (Malaysia)
Group D - MarinE (Malaysia) vs. Advocate (Russia)

04:00pm:
Group C - Crow (Chezch Republic) vs. cobo (Malaysia)
Group D - MarinE (Malaysia) vs. Yayba (Poland)

05:00pm:
Group C - Bruce (Russia) vs. cobo (Malaysia)
Group D - WALKOVER vs. MarinE (Malaysia)

06:00pm:
Group C - Bisu (South Korea) vs. cobo (Malaysia)
Group D - MarinE (Malaysia) vs. HoRRoR (Germany)

Warcraft 3

November 12 (Thursday)
03:00pm: Group C - TeRRoR (Poland) vs. CT^Serry (Malaysia)
04:00pm: Group C - CT^Serry (Malaysia) vs. WhO (South Korea)
05:00pm: Group C - CT^Serry (Malaysia) vs. feRfe (Chinese Taipei)
06:00pm: Group C - Grubby (Netherlands) vs. CT^Serry (Malaysia)

November 13 (Friday)
12:30pm:
Group H - Moon (China) vs TankLiew (Malaysia) : this match will take place on main stage and will be broadcast live over the net.

03:00pm:
Group E - yAws (Germany) vs. HungJen (Malaysia)
Group H - S.o.K.o.L (Germany) vs. TankLiew (Malaysia)

04:00pm:
Group E - Majic(M (Ukraine) vs. HungJen (Malaysia)
Group H - Stud (Pakistan) vs. TankLiew (Malaysia)

05:00pm:
Group E - Sky (China) vs. HungJen (Malaysia)
Group H - Xelsing (Belarus) vs. TankLiew (Malaysia)

06:00pm:
Group E - Raspot (Mexico) vs. HungJen (Malaysia)

Alright, this is it. As you might read in the previous post, the friendly neighborhood console shop Gamer’s Hideout is giving away Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 for Xbox 360 to one of you guys, the loyal Multiplay-ers!

We are going to keep this as simple as possible, just like our previous contests. But, before you get too excited, do read the fine prints below:

GIVEAWAY MECHANICS
1. Submit these details to our email (multiplay@lowyat.net) :
- Lowyat.NET account link (example, yours truly: http://forum.lowyat.net/index.php?showuser=11652 )
- full (real) name
- full address
- handphone number

Deadline: Before 3:00pm on Monday, 9th November 2009

2. The entries will then be compiled into our magic lucky draw pouch.
3. We will pick the lucky recipient of the game during Gamer’s Hideout Modern Warfare 2 Midnight Launch.

RULES AND REGULATIONS
1. Only Lowyat.NET users that registered before or on October 2009 are eligible to be part of the giveaway
2. We only accept entries that are send to the above e-mail address. So, don’t PM us on the forums!
3. We will only ship the game to Malaysian addresses. Sorry oversea folks…
4. We will not be responsible if the game cannot be played on your console due to region differences.
5. We will also not be responsible if the game got lost or damaged during delivery, which will be done by courier.
6. The prize is non-exchangeable.

There you have it. Superbly easy right? Start sending your entries now!

UPDATE: Entries submission is now closed. Thanks for your entries, all 26 of you!

UPDATE#2:WE IZ GOT TEH WINRAR! Congrats!

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While we might heard of exclusive deal in States but locally? Well, there is always a first time for everything. Our friends at Gamer’s Hideout informed us that they are going to be sole retailer to carry Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 for Xbox 360 on the first week of the game’s release.

Since Modern Warfare 2 will be officially released here on Tuesday, 10th November 2009, the shop will held a customary midnight release for the game at their e@Curve (formally known as Cineleisure) outlet. Obviously, since you can’t get the game anywhere else, you just got to queue here on Monday, 9th November to be among the first people in the country to play the game.

Each purchase of the game during the midnight launch will also be entitled for a lucky draw to win a alluring Modern Warfare 2 Prestige Edition. That’s RM 600 worth of fan service there!

But wait, there’s more… Gamer’s Hideout is going to give away a unit of Modern Warfare 2 (Standard Edition) for ONE lucky Multiplay reader out there! Details will be posted later tonight, so keep on the look for it. One hint: keep your details ready.

Gamers Hideout Official Website
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Microsoft’s new operating system, the Windows 7 has arrived in Malaysia earlier this week complete with an elaborate launch event by Microsoft Malaysia at Plaza Low Yat, KL. Together with the launch is a week long exhibition which public can get to know the new OS personally.

However, we didn’t see much gaming-related features or activities being shown at the event except for this one multi-screen setup which seems pretty common all over the IT mall. Unknown to many, nothing about this setup is actually ordinary.

According to our tipsters, the multi-display rig is powered by the new ATI Eyefinity technology, which comes standard in the rig’s ATI Radeon 5870 (and other 5000 series) graphic card. The technology enables up to six display to be powered by just one GPU. The rig is also not a dupe, as the game that is being played on it is the yet-to-be-released Colin McRae: DiRT 2, running on Microsoft DirectX 11.

Talk about all the latest release in one single rig! That is exactly why we are a little bit surprised that Microsoft Malaysia didn’t mention anything about them in their Windows 7 pre-launch event publicity. Don’t worry, you still got ample time to checkout both the rig and the game since the roadshow will only ends on Sunday, 8th November.

[thanks to tipsters - TPK, marauderz and mrjefe ,image taken from Windows 7 Malaysia Facebook Page]

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Another year, another new Winning Eleven. It is no difference to EA’s annual release of FIFA series but if you are keeping track, you would knew that Konami promised that the World Soccer: Winning Eleven 2010 is going back to its roots.

Among new things that fans that could expect in the latest Winning Eleven are the 360-degree control system together with 300 moves and 7 different fakes which should make the game more interesting than ever. Whether these new addition will be able to satisfy the fans…well, if we take PES 2010 first week sales in UK as indication, let’s just say that we believe the game has just got its groove back.

However, stats means nothing, really. The only way to know whether Konami did fulfilled their promises or not, is to play the game yourself, which should already available by the time your favorite retailers opened their outlet today.

Distributed by Play Interactive, we don’t have the actual retail prices for either PS3 or Xbox 360 version but it shouldn’t be that far off, if not equal to standard pricing.

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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 in the series.

The special feature talked about a number of prominent local game studios and also, universities that offers game development courses. But before you shrugged it of as another of those industry promotional write-ups, there is one gem you should check out: the round table discussion.

In the discussion, nine of industry top individual from small studios to local unis came together to discuss the current state of Malaysian gaming industry. They touched a number of issues such as why Codemasters Malaysia is pure development studio instead of full-blown commercial outfit and how more Malaysians developers in oversea are coming back to work here; among the many.

We was told that this special feature is available in October the November issue of the magazine but since we’ve yet to see one ourselves, we doesn’t know for sure.. Well, there is a free e-zine version of it anyway…

[original image by Wikipedia, under Creative Commons License and GNU Free Documentation License]

EDGE Magazine - Official Website | Regional Focus: Malaysia E-Zine

It felt like only yesterday that the (original) PlayStation 3 were launched in Malaysia. Just slightly a year after the original 2008 launch, the new PlayStation 3 Slim and its portable cousin, the PSPgo was unveiled at a massive launch ceremony last Saturday. They arrived a bit later than other countries in our region but nevertheless, they are finally here much to the fans liking.

The launch event was pretty much a reprise of last year’s launch but it was significant enough to show that Sony Malaysia are committed to push their PlayStation brand in this country. Jump in to check out what went down over there.

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The new PlayStations, huzzah!

The formal unveiling of the two new PlayStation was made by Tetsuhiko Yasuda, Corporate Executive of Sony Computer Entertainment Inc., and also Managing Director of Sony Computer Entertainment Asia. Accompanying him is General Manager of Sony Malaysia’s Product Marketing Division, Taku Taguchi and also, Pradeep Kumar Tewaani of Uptron Multimedia Sdn. Bhd., the local official distributorship partner.

Both Yasuda and Taguchi in their speech thanked all the PlayStation fans that attend the launch especially to everybody that lined up to get their hands on the two new PlayStation. The acknowledgments were responded with a roar from the crowd which has been waiting there since Thursday (gasp!).

THIS.IS.PLAYSTATION! *waves*

Right after the ceremony, we asked Taguchi for his comments on Malaysia’s late launch date compared to other country in this region such Singapore and Indonesia; and also, their expectations of the UMD-less PSPgo. He pointed out that the Malaysia is actually quite fast as the original PS3 took two years to reach here and the new PlayStation only took 2 months. As for the PSPgo, he commented that although Malaysia’s broadband is still at its infancy, the speed is getting better every day. With that, they are expecting good reception for their hand-held PlayStation.

It is not a Sony launch event if there is no queue up madness involved and as we mentioned earlier, the first one in the line actually came to queue up on Thursday. However that particular person or rather a couple - Joey and Lenny, are actually the same couple from last year’s event.

Two years in the row. Try to beat them when PlayStation 4 launch, ok?

Obviously, we are pretty intrigued with their sheer motivation. Also, we were also kind of curious with what they did with their last year’s acquisitions, so we had a little chat with them:

MP: What did motivates you guys to repeat the same queue up madness that you guys did last year?
Lenny: Well, we are actually fans of Sony. If there’s a launch event, we usually are there to support them. So, this is pretty natural for us.

MP: So now, what will happen with the PS3 that you bought last year?
Joey: Ohh, we are still keeping it because you know, due to all the sweet memories we had with it. Instead, we are going to leave this new PS3 slim at our hometown, just to share the joy with the family.

MP: Just out of curiosity, what you guys did with last year’s RM 1000 voucher and what going to happen to this one?
J: Last year, we bought a LCD TV. This year, it will most probably go to…*looking at Lenny*
L: A Handycam! *excitedly*

Proud Micheal is proud.

The couple was not the only one who lined up early for their PS3 as the first customer of PSPgo also lined up pretty early. Unfortunately, the person - Elaine Toh already left before we get to interview her. Another person that was honored at the event is Michael Chong, the champion of PlayStation Studio 24 Hours Game Challenge. Here is what he got to say about his achievement:

MP: Congratulations on your title. How was the level of your other competitors?
Michael: They are tough indeed; a lot of our matches are very-very close.

MP: Since this challenge involves games that came from various genre, which game do you feel is the toughest?
M: The hardest games would be FIFA and NFS Shift, since I never played any of them before. I got thrashed pretty well in FIFA but I survived well on NFS, with the help of my teammate, Kassim.

MP: Now that the challenge is over, what you going to do when you go back home?
M: Favourably, I would like to get some sleep since I only had 2 hours of sleep before I came to the tournament. But it depends. *laugh*

The Sony PlayStation 3 Slim and PSPgo are now available at all Sony Designated Outlets & Partner Shop with a recommended price of RM 1,299 and RM 1,099 respectively. No official post-launch bundles are available at the time of writing but do check with your favourite retailers to see whether they can offer you one.

MSI are well known for their motherboards and graphic cards. How about gaming notebooks? We don’t think so… But then, since the company’s notebook division is a major sponsor of Fnatic, one of the most well known eSports team in the world, MSI should have some tricks underneath their sleeve, right?

Yes, they do indeed, in the form of MSI G-series, their flagship gaming notebook series. Coincidentally, they has just launched their most powerful models so far, the GT740. Don’t be fooled by its rather plain exterior, this is one mighty beast that demand respect from its owner.

Get to know what’s pumping underneath its exterior, right after the jump.

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Seriously, MSI might want to put a bit of make up on this lady…but this “sleeper” design is not a bad option too.

The first obvious sign of the power that MSI GT740 poses is its CPU – the latest Intel Core i7 processor. However, the tech sheet that we got didn’t actually specify which Core i7 is on this laptop. but come on…it’s THE Core i7, any of the available clock speed would be able to kick us to moon and back. The laptop is also able to support up to 4GB of DDR3 memory, running on either 1066 or 1333 MHz clock speed.

In the graphic department, the laptop features a NVIDIA GeForce GTS 250M graphic that is packed with 1GB of sweet video memory. This graphic card is hooked up to a 17″ cinema grade wide screen LCD display that should be able to cater both movie lovers and hardcore gamers alike. You can even hook the laptop up to a larger screen when the need arise, through its HDMI output port.

To complete its superb sound experience, MSI GT740 is equipped with five SRS Premium Sound certified speakers. As per its display, there is a 7.1 audio output, just in case if you prefer external surround speakers. On top of all these, the laptop also comes standard with Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium, the greatest Windows of them all so far.

Outside of these major features, the laptop has few more standard features: 802.11n wireless connection, E-SATA port, a full numpad and couple of cosmetic but practical enhancement such as the distinct labeled WASD keys. Did you realize that this laptop is painted in fiery red? As mentioned earlier, the laptop might have a bland generic design but in detail, it is not disappointing at all.

At 3.2kg, the MSI GT740 overall weight, including batteries is considerably light for a 17” gaming notebook. So, how much would it cost to own this? RM 6,600, which a price tag that we believe would make many mobile l337 warriors out there to give a serious consideration.

As usual, don’t really take our words too much. Check it out yourselves at MSI official website (http://www.msi.com) or a retailer near you.

Ready to win some stuff from Alienware? Too bad they are not yet ready to give you one of their uber laptops and desktop but what are they going to give away is still pretty l337 in its own right - an Alienware TactX Headset worth RM 279*.

How, you asked? Just follow these steps given by the friendly (to us, maybe not to you) outer space beings themselves:

1. Snap a photo of yourselves with Alienware Cosplayers whom will appear at these locations:

24th Oct, Saturday
11.00am - 2.00pm: Digital Mall, Section 14, PJ
3.00pm – 6.00pm: e@Curve (formerly known as Cineleisure), Mutiara Damansara - around McDonalds vicinity.

25th Oct, Sunday
11.00am - 2.00pm: Plaza Low Yat, KL
3.00pm – 6.00pm: Tbun Networks Cyber Cafe’, Jalan 4A/27A, Wangsa Maju. KL

2. Upload your photo onto the Alienware Facebook Page
3. Get your friends to ‘like’ your photo
4. And leave the rest to the extra terrestrials.

Yes, we realized this notice is quite a late but hey, the headset itself is as rare as other Alienware product themselves, might as well clear up some time and grab the opportunity. What do you say?

*as written on Dell Malaysia Online Store on 23 Oct, 11:29 pm.

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We don’t know how to describe our feelings when we first saw above clip, which an advertisement for Sony Australia’s latest promotion. We can’t decide whether it was straight awesome or plain ridiculous but regardless of that, our jaws dropped like it’s hot.

In the clip which was filmed at a crash test facility, the PS3 Slim flew directly to the Bravia LCD TV with a speed of 80 kph (50 mph). They actually shot the clip three times, with three different Bravia and three different PS3, all destroyed in the making. So, the number 25,000 that is written there is actually not that accurate.

[sauce: Gizmag via Engadget]

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Your friendly Xbox 360 neighborhood store, Gamer’s Hideout (GH) has just posted a breaking new via their Facebook page. Apparently, the store is going to receive Forza Motorsport 3 on October 21.

The news send some longtime follower of the shop into frenzy. Further clarification by the shop said that both normal and Limited Edition version of the game will be in stock at the same time. Unfortunately, they didn’t get to confirmed the prices of either edition. Do note that it is also possible that other game shop will receive the game on the same time, so please check with your favorite retailers for clarification.

Early releases are not that new in this country (we talking about legit, original game here, not your Jack Sparrow torrent leaks) and for a game to be released one day earlier than its originally announced is actually quite common due to our time zone.

Still, we got one issue with this FM3 early release…gaji not in yet la! How to buy? *facepalm*

[image from ForzaMotorsport.net]

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