Garena will launch in April this year the Malaysia Heroes of Newerth National Championship 2012, a RM500,000 (S$209,000) prize pool Malaysian-only tournament which will feature the highest ever prize pool in Malaysian esports. Read more »
The prizes for the Singapore national qualifiers of the Soulcalibur Impact 2012 tournament have been revealed, and yes — there are about S$10,000 worth of prizes, although there’s no hard cash involved. Read more »
Razer will be hosting a US$15,000 prize pool Dota 2 tournament featuring some of the region’s best Dota teams at the Singapore IT Show from 8 to 11 March 2012. Read more »
The PlayStation Vita was officially released in Singapore a few days ago on 22 February, with a launch party held at 313@Somerset by Sony Computer Entertainment Hong Kong (SCEH). Gamers had a chance to get a hands-on preview of the console, and view the impressive list of launch titles on display. For those who didn’t […] Read more »
Last week, we reported that the FIFA community in Singapore will be organising an offline FIFA 12 on 26 February. That competition will take place at Tough Cookie Gaming Cafe, at Parklane Shopping Mall (near Dhoby Ghaut MRT). The single elimination tournament will be played on the PS3, in a best-out-of-3 matches format per round. […] Read more »
The dates for this year’s Evolution Championship Series fighting games tournament Singapore stop will be held on 9 and 10 June, according to a Facebook note written by SGFighter. Read more »
Remember the S$10,000 prize pool Soulcalibur V tournament we reported two weeks ago? Well, the event — titled Soulcalibur Impact 2012 Feat. Soul Singapore — has been confirmed for 3 March and will be held at the E2Max@Cine-L9 entertainment centre. Read more »
Blizzard’s highly popular annual convention, BlizzCon, will be taking taking a break in 2012, the company announced on its Battle.net website. Blizzard highlighted its “jam-packed schedule” as the reason why, with three of its games, Diablo III, StarCraft II: Heart of the Swarm, and World of WarCraft: Mists of Panderia, all currently in simultaneous development. […] Read more »
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 »
Battlefield Fridays, the weekly community-run fighting games event, will resume this Friday, 13 January after a two-month break with Ultimate Marvel vs. Capcom 3 and Soulcalibur IV as featured titles according to a post on the official BFF Facebook page. Read more »
