Jovian “Shen Chan” Chan, a Soulcalibur V player (using Cervantes), has become the first ever Singaporean to finish second in the Evolution Championship Series, earning himself a decent share of the US$5,000 prize pool for the top-8 finishers of SC5. Read more »
Blizzard’s worldwide StarCraft II tournament, the World Championship Series, will be coming to Singapore at the end of July, with a US$10,000 (S$13,000) prize pool. Read more »
Persona 4: Arena, the upcoming 2D console fighter developed by Arc System Works and published by Atlus, will be a region-locked title on the PS3. The news was revealed by an Atlus staff posting on their official Atlus USA forums, in response to a query by a forum member. Read more »
Sony Computer Entertainment (SCE) has announced that it entered into an agreement to acquire Gaikai, the world’s leading interactive cloud-based gaming company, for approximately US$380 million. Read more »
Blizzard has admitted that Diablo III has limited replay value, but says they are working on some new progression systems to help overcome that problem. Read more »
The visual novel has been around for almost two decades, played mostly by the Japanese and anime-gaming communities. And unfortunately, it is not a genre that every gamer likes, its linear and text-heavy overdose of narrative proving too tiresome for many. Analogue: A Hate Story is developer Christine Love’s attempt to evolve the genre to the next […] Read more »
One of the heroes glaringly missing from Dota 2‘s initial batch of heroes was Luna, the agility hero whose Luna Beams were a fearsome sight for any foe. Dota 2 players will have to wait no more to inflict her wrath as the latest update has added Luna, alongside Wisp, to the game. Read more »
Flash eSports on Saturday announced that it had parted ways with one of its pioneer StarCraft II players, Ian “Muse” Ang. Read more »
Military shooter Spec Ops: The Line is now available in Singapore for Windows, PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 following its launch on Friday. Read more »
Wargaming has announced that updates 7.3 and 7.4 for World of Tanks are now available in Southeast Asia, bringing the regional version of the game on par with the rest of the world. Read more »
