Confused about which hero is which in the Dota 2 Gamescom trailer? Or perhaps you’re new to Dota and have never heard of any of these heroes? Here’s a blow-by-blow guide, as well as links to each hero’s Dota Allstars profile, to help you identify each and every hero that appears in the trailer. Read more »
Following Nintendo’s announcement of a worldwide price drop for its 3DS console, Maxsoft, the Singapore distributor of Nintendo products, has slashed local prices of the 3DS to SG$249, down SG$150 from the original price of SG$399. Both GameSpot Asia and Geekbot have reported that the price drop for Singapore has taken effect from 11 August. […] Read more »
The Dota 2 Gamescom trailer has just been unveiled on the Dota 2 blog and, boy, colour me impressed. It is brilliantly done, with visual quality and production values that rival those of Blizzard’s best trailers for World of Warcraft and StarCraft II. The cinematic trailer features a merchant hawking his wares to you, the […] Read more »
With the EA Blockbusters ’11 pre-order campaign heavily promoting Origin — EA’s very own digital game downloads store — and some games (*ahem* Battlefield 3) forcing you to use Origin, many of you are asking: What Origin is all about? Is there any benefit to buying games through Origin instead of my favourite brick-and-mortar retailer? […] Read more »
Valve has issued an official press release for Counter-Strike: Global Offensive which confirms many of the details first revealed by invited play-testers last Friday, and promises an “early 2012” release for the first new CS game in almost 7 years. Read more »
It seems like the new Counter-Strike game Valve has been rumoured to be developing is all but confirmed now. Besides the numerous tweets from people who play-tested the game at Valve’s headquarters today, original Counter-Strike developer Jess Cliffe has come out to confirm the name of the game: Counter-Strike: Global Offensive. I’ve put together all the […] Read more »
Melty Blood Actress Again: Current Code, currently an arcade-only fighting game, has been given a PC release, due to be out this December 2011. Read more »
EA Singapore has launched its Singapore pre-order campaign for three of its biggest titles for the year: Battlefield 3, FIFA 12 and Need for Speed: The Run. Read more »
Blizzard has extended its World of Warcraft trial experience by removing the previous 10- and 14-day time restriction, instead opting for a maximum character level cap of 20 for trial accounts. This effectively makes Blizzard’s flagship MMO free to play up till level 20. Read more »
Valve’s online game store, Steam, has been a boon for many gamers. Buying games without having to step out of your home? Nice. Buying games at cheaper prices than retail? Even better. But where Steam really takes the cake is its bi-annual holiday sales, where many games — even recently released triple-A titles from big […] Read more »
