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StarCraft II: Singapore BarCraft at Molly Mallone’s on Saturday

Sean Lai — Fri, 18 May 2012 06:43:20 +0000

Singapore’s second BarCraft – a gathering to watch StarCraft II in a bar — will be once again be held at Molly Mallone’s Irish Pub on Saturday. Organised again by Alexandre “Frogmite” Dumont, the BarCraft will start at 4pm and end at 1am. You’ll have to bring S$10 per person for the food platters if you’re attending. BarCraft [...]

NRIC only used for verification purposes at Diablo III launch: Asiasoft

Wei-Meng Lee — Thu, 17 May 2012 18:11:26 +0000

Asiasoft has clarified that they will not be using the personal details collected through customers’ identity cards at the Diablo III launch event for marketing purposes, nor have they stored the information. The company was responding to No Game No Talk‘s queries on why they had requested to record customers’ NRIC numbers, even though they had pre-order [...]

Diablo III launch photo gallery: The Gates of Hell finally reopen… with confetti

Edward Pang — Wed, 16 May 2012 00:18:18 +0000

The 11-year wait (not 12 years — Lord of Destruction was released in 2001) is finally over. The Gates to the Burning Hells were reopened yesterday, at the official Asiasoft launch of Diablo III in Funan DigitaLife Mall. There was a lot of queuing, cheering, and… a giant shower of confetti after the D3 countdown [...]

Diablo III launches in Singapore

Wei-Meng Lee — Wed, 16 May 2012 00:15:46 +0000

A countdown chanted by hundreds of gamers and a shower of confetti marked the official launch of Diablo III in Singapore at Funan DigitaLife Mall on Tuesday. Asiasoft, the game’s distributor for Singapore, began giving out copies of Diablo III to gamers after the 3pm countdown, timed to coincide with the 12 midnight launch in [...]

Sanctuary overrun — Diablo III’s server portals overloaded by dreaded Error 37

Eugene Neubronner — Tue, 15 May 2012 09:11:50 +0000

Diablo III aficionados happily clasping their games and rushing home were in for a rude shock, with Blizzard’s servers being predictably overloaded by the millions of players simultaneously attempting to log-in and get their game on. Many — myself included — have been stuck at the log-in screen with the now notorious “Error 37″. Some [...]

Diablo III launch-day collection details at Funan

Edward Pang — Mon, 14 May 2012 03:00:05 +0000

Diablo III’s release is tomorrow! If you’re planning to get the game on day one from Funan’s launch event, you may want to take note of the following important details (taken from Asiasoft’s official D3 launch event site): Important timings: 9:00am – Verification of pre-order cards begin. Customers will be issued a queue number. You [...]

Dota 2: The International 2012 slated for September

Wei-Meng Lee — Sat, 12 May 2012 06:07:34 +0000

Valve announced on Friday details for The International Dota 2 Championships 2012. The International will be held during PAX Prime from 31 August to 2 September at Benaroya Hall in the city of Seattle, WA, United States. The tournament will again be broadcast in multiple languages, free of charge. Chinese team DK were the first to [...]

Singapore Pokemon Pika Pika Carnival on 11-20 May, DS owners get free Pikachu character

Edward Pang — Fri, 11 May 2012 10:06:51 +0000

Isetan Singapore will be playing host to the Pokemon Pika Pika Carnival, from 11-20 May at their Isetan Scotts Store at Shaw House, Orchard Road. The Carnival is the equivalent to Japan’s Pokemon Centers, where official retail merchandise of the Pokemon franchise are on sale. You can expect lots of toys, plushies, trading cards, and [...]

BioShock: Infinite not coming out in 2012 after all, delayed to 26 Feb

Edward Pang — Thu, 10 May 2012 15:32:58 +0000

BioShock: Infinite, originally announced for a 16 October release, has now been pushed back to 26 February 2013. The news was announced by Irrational Games’ creative director, Ken Levine, on the official BioShock: Infinite website. As a result of the pushback, BioShock: Infnite will no longer be making an appearance at E3, Gamescom, and other [...]

Saturday Morning Diablo: Official D3 cartoon

Edward Pang — Thu, 10 May 2012 14:47:27 +0000

American-made Saturday morning cartoons used to be awesome, and this official six minute Diablo III short shows us why. Produced by Titmouse, a Los Angeles-based animation studio, Blizzard needs to let these guys continue producing more short cartoons. Now. The cartoon delves into the game’s lore, showcasing the never-ending war between the forces of heaven [...]