Although MiTH sent 21 players to India for the terribly-run India Gaming Carnival (IGC) — and presumably spent a small fortune on travel and accommodation for the entire team — the Thais felt it was still worth it, team director Chanignun Thipairote said. Read more »
Namco Bandai will release Dark Souls: Prepare to Die Edition for the PC on 24 August, GameSpot reported on Wednesday, ensuring that PC gamers will not be left out from the masochism that their Xbox 360 and PS3 console brethren have been experiencing from this hit title. Read more »
Additional screenshots for 0x10c, Mojang’s next game, were discovered by a Reddit user on Thursday. Read more »
Orange Esports (MY) had to step in to help run the Call of Duty 4 and Dota tournaments at the India Gaming Carnival (IGC) last weekend, as the tournament marshals could not run the events on their own. Read more »
The Guild Wars 2 pre-purchase program was launched by NCsoft on Tuesday, with gamers who pre-purchase receiving guaranteed entry into beta weekend events and a three-day headstart prior to launch. Read more »
Sony is kicking up its promotion of the PlayStation Vita 3G/Wi-Fi model a notch by offering two free games with every purchase for a limited time and announcing a launch event slated this weekend. Read more »
The IGN Pro League 4 (IPL 4) finals ended with a blast last weekend after three days of intense gaming, with Fnatic’s Lee-Seok “aLive” Han (KR-SC2) emerging as champion. However, what made IPL 4 especially memorable was the “We want LAN” controversy which happened at the Global StarCraft II Team League (GSTL) finals. Read more »
Thai competitive gaming team MiTH is “very disappointed” with the shoddily-organised India Gaming Carnival (IGC), which the team attended in Greater Noida, India last weekend. Read more »
e-Club Malaysia, Valve’s cyber cafe licencing partner in Southeast Asia, is giving away thousands of Dota 2 beta keys through its cyber cafe partners in five countries. Read more »
There will be no Southeast Asia server for Diablo III and all game items cannot be transferred between regional servers, an Asiasoft spokesperson confirmed on Monday morning. Read more »
