Between a Best Buy store display claiming a 1 February launch for Diablo III and recent reports from Korea revealing that the Korean Game Rating Board has derailed Blizzard’s plans for a simultaneous worldwide launch for the game, what are we supposed to believe? Read more »
The year of 2011 marked the release of many a blockbuster gaming titles that have not only shaped the course of the industry but also rooted themselves as all-time favorites in the hearts and minds of gamers all around the world. Having said that, one might even surmise that 2011 was arguably one of the best […] Read more »
It’s the start of the new year and after some brief reflection on the games that came out in 2011, I figured that an obligatory No Game No Talk “Top games of 2011” article was in order. The holiday season of 2011 was probably the biggest and most jam-packed I’ve ever seen, with tonnes of major […] Read more »
What will 2012 have in store for esports? It has become clear, to myself at least, that the esports experience is not just about competitive gaming, but also about the spectator experience and how it can form an emotional connection between a game and its players. With this in mind, I picked out four games […] Read more »
The annual Steam Holiday Sale for 2011 has finally ended, and just like the previous sales from the past two years, my wallet has taken substantial damage from all the discounted games, barely crossing the SG$100 mark. Here’s a quick recap on the holiday sale, and some of my thoughts and tips for future deals. Read more »
With 2011 over and 2012 just beginning, here’s a look at the top five PC games I’m personally anticipating for the year. Read more »
If you’ve been watching Dota 2 video streams or, even better, managed to get an invite to the closed beta, you’d have noticed that Dota 2 looks and plays like an extremely polished game. Nearly all of the game’s major mechanics have made the transition from WarCraft III to Valve’s Source engine intact, to the point […] Read more »
The conclusion of Assassin’s Creed: Revelations and Assassin’s Creed: Embers – an animated short -, happily wraps up two major story arcs of the game, namely the lives of Altaïr Ibn-La’Ahad and Ezio Auditore da Firenze, both of whom were excellent characters and brilliant Assassins in their own right. With all that said and done, we […] Read more »
When Sendi Mutiara Multimedia launched the SMM Grand National Dota Tournament in 2006, it was a domestic tournament catering primarily to gamers from Malaysia. Today, the now five-year-old tournament’s reputation and prize pool attracts participation from teams located from all across the Asia-Pacific, and even as far away as Europe and North America. Despite its […] Read more »
The Reapers are coming, and they’re bringing with them multiplayer gameplay to the universe of Mass Effect, I kid you not. I cringed, I was irked, I face-palmed, my heart broke and somewhere deep down inside, the ME fanboy in me died a little. Read more »
