Valve’s latest Steam Community update, released a couple of days ago, adds some much needed social networking improvements in today’s age of Facebook and Twitter. You can read the full details on the official Steam Community page, but here are some of my thoughts on the update. Read more »
Looks like Blizzard is going all out to attract new subscribers for their upcoming World of WarCraft (WoW) expansion, Mists of Pandaria. From now until 28 August, 3pm (Singapore time), you can purchase the WoW Battle Chest (containing vanilla WoW and Burning Crusade) for US$5, Wrath of the Lich King for US$5, and Cataclysm for US$10 from [...] Read more »
The Nintendo 3DS XL was launched quietly in Singapore last week, going at a recommended retail price of S$319. There are currently two colours available for the handheld: Red and Blue. Customers who purchase the XL will receive a one-year warranty from Maxsoft, who are the local distributors for Nintendo hardware in Singapore. Read more »
Last weekend, the Diablo III (D3) community was lit up when several D3 developers from Blizzard posted some angry Facebook remarks in response to an interview conducted by Diablo IncGamers, a popular Diablo community website. Read more »
Details about the PC version of Dark Souls, subtitled as the Prepare to Die Edition, was previewed last week by Namco Bandai to the videogame press. And unfortunately, the game appears to be a very barebones and un-optimised port from the console version. Read more »
Valve’s Source Filmmaker (SFM) has been released to the public for free since July, and in one short month, some outstanding machinima videos have already been produced. Here are a few of my favourite picks. Read more »
Earlier in the middle of the week, Valve’s Counter-Strike: Global Offensive, the next follow-up to the once popular CS series, was made available for pre-order on Steam for US$13.99, a 10% discount off the usual price of US$14.99. Read more »
Footage of Black Mesa (previously called Black Mesa Source), the Half-Life 1 to Source Engine modification that has been in development for over seven years, was leaked by an anonymous reader on the ValveTime.net forums. The original video has since been removed on YouTube due to a copyright claim by the developers, but was re-uploaded [...] Read more »
The North American release of Persona 4: Arena is just a few days old, and the game has already been out for over a week here in Asia. I’ve played it quite rigorously the past week, and here are my thoughts of this highly anticipated fighting game (FG) adaptation. Read more »
Arc System Works has announced a new BlazBlue game, titled BlazBlue: Chrono Phantasma, at the recent Buru Fes (BlazBlue Festival) on 5 August. The game is scheduled to be released in Japanese arcades at the end of this year, with a likely console port coming several months later in 2013. Read more »
