Two game-culture-related events — the Singapore, Toys, Games and Comics Convention (STGCC) and Licence2Play — will receive a touch of glitz and glamour when they become the first consumer events to be held at the Marina Bay Sands. Read more »
The Singapore qualifiers for this year’s Evolution Championship Series fighting games tournament has been postponed to early June, according to information released by one of the co-organisers last Saturday. Read more »
Remedy Entertainment, the original creators of the Max Payne series, has announced a February 2012 release date for the resurrected PC port of Alan Wake, according to an official post on their forums. The game is self-published by Remedy, will not use Games For Windows Live (yes!), and will be released on Steam. Read more »
The Singapore Cybersports and Online Gaming Association announced today a S$20,000 Gamer Assistance Program which will help top Singapore competitive gamers defray the costs of travel and accommodation when they represent the country in overseas tournaments. Read more »
Computer hardware manufacturer Gigabyte is backing a year-long US$30,000 prize pool Dota Allstars tournament dubbed the Gigabyte GEST International Dota Cup 2012. Read more »
MBC Game, the Korean cable television company which brought us the fabled MBC Game Starleague StarCraft: Brood War tournament series (better known as MSL), recorded its last show yesterday, a farewell segment titled “Adieu, MBCGame“. Read more »
The Diablo III closed beta is set to receive a new patch which includes some minor game balancing and mechanic changes, according to a post on the Diablo III blog made this morning by game director Jay Wilson. Read more »
Just yesterday, the demo client for 38 Studios’ upcoming action-RPG, Kingdoms of Amalur: Reckoning, was made available to play via download. Before you head on over to Origins to pick it up though, I urge you to first read this post and see what we have to say. Read more »
There will be a Soulcalibur V tournament in Singapore confirmed for early March with a massive prize pool, according to a Facebook post made by Soul Singapore, a Singapore-based Soulcalibur community organisation. Read more »
The Intel Extreme Masters Season 6 Global Challenge Kiev begins tomorrow with not just an international roster of competitors, but also an all-star line up of caster-commentators on both free and premium video streams. Read more »
