You may have heard about the ridiculously overpowered 17.3-inch AFTERSHOCK TITAN gaming notebook from various media reports. But do you know what it takes to power the dual graphics card machine? Read more »
StarCraft II: Heart of the Swarm (HotS), the expansion to StarCraft II: Wings of Liberty, has been given a release date for 12 March 2013, according to an official Blizzard press release. The retail and digital versions of HotS will be selling in North America at US$39.99, and after doing a mock pre-purchase check at the SEA Blizzard store, […] Read more »
I have been out of touch with Halo for years: I played the first game when it was ported over to the PC in 2003, and that remains my only experience with the series because I never owned the original Xbox or Xbox 360 consoles. So imagine my surprise when I walked into Funan DigitaLife Mall for […] Read more »
Singapore’s Kun-Xian “Xian” Ho has won two championships at this year’s Canada Cup 2012, a fighting game tournament held at Calgary, Canada. He finished first for the Super Street Fighter IV: Arcade Edition 2012 (AE2012) and King of Fighters XIII (KOF13) tournaments. Xian also took part in Persona 4: Arena (P4U) where he obtained 4th place, and […] Read more »
Ask me to summarise XCOM: Enemy Unknown in 10 words or less, and I’ll call it, “the Dark Souls of turn-based strategy games”. Both games take pleasure in making players fail in the most spectacular manner, and yet, we keep coming back for more because of the enjoyable frustration, the perfect balance of addictive fun […] Read more »
It’s the Jack Attack segment, You Don’t Know Jack’s version of fastest finger first. The question “Tic-tac-toe” appears, asking me to match it with the correct answer. As I wait patiently for the right response (“match three in a row”, of course), the phrase “tick the tacs” flashes. Immediately, two of my friends buzz in […] Read more »
Great news for JRPG and J-pop fans. EOY (Events of the Year) has announced that Sayuri Sugawara, best known for singing the Final Fantasy XIII theme song, “Kimi ga Iru Kara” (“Because You’re Here”), will be performing at the upcoming EOY 2012 J-Pop Live! event at the Esplanade Concert Hall on 11 December. 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 »
With the recent PC release of Skyrim’s first DLC, Dawnguard, I figured that it was the perfect time for me to shake off the cobwebs from my High Elf mage-in-hibernation — that I never quite finished the game with — and take him out for a spin around the frosty northern regions of Tamriel. Despite […] Read more »
The StarCraft II World Championship Series Singapore Nationals concluded on 29 July, with Marcus “Revenant” Tan emerging as overall champion. If you missed all the action, here’s a summary of No Game No Talk’s comprehensive coverage of the event, including video interviews with the top three players. Read more »
