No Game No Talk

• Heroes of Newerth launched clan management features recently (the annonucement on their Facebook page was posted at about 10am today)
• Each clan has their own profile complete with news, comments, statistics, shout-box, and member functions
• Try it out at http://clans.heroesofnewerth.com/
• And NO, we do not have any more HoN keys to give … Read more »

The Nintendo Wii Sports Weekend was held last weekend, 24 and 25 October 2009, at the Ngee Ann City Civic Centre. The event showcased the Wii Sports Resort game, featuring 12 sports activities, including archery, basketball, bowling and Frisbee, along with the new Wii MotionPlus controller.

In attendance were sports personalities such as Aide Iskandar, former captain of the national football squad, national bowler Remy Ong and 2009 Singapore Sportswoman of the Year Jasmine Yeong-Nathan and her brother Jason.

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Modern Warfare was an awesome FPS, so what would the fans say if Modern Warfare 2 turned out to be a 3rd person shooter as well?

Update: there is currently a VPN workaround (basically a network hack to fool Steam into thinking that you're an American customer) that will enable you to play the game on Steam immediately. You can view the steps of the workaround here. Do this at your own risk.

Original: For those of you who have pre-purchased Borderlands on Steam: congratulations, you've just been royally screwed by 2K Games, the publishers for Borderlands.

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• The Guitar Hero Facebook page is the first video game franchise page to surpass 1 million fans, according to an Activision press release
• The page has 1,084,626 fans at time of writing
• GameSync.net's Facebook page only has 236 fans
• Sigh.

Update: Channel NewsAsia has changed the photo from one of Prototype to MapleStory. You can still see a screenshot of the original post attached to this entry.

Yet another gaffe from the mainstream media: Channel NewsAsia can't tell the difference between Maple Story, a 2D side-scrolling MMORPG, from Prototype, a 3D third-person shooter.

• Step 1: Bundle Xbox 360 Elite with LEGO Batman and PURE
• Step 2: Price it at S$499
• Step 3: Release it on 27 October
• Step 4: ???
• Step 5: Profit!!!!!

I had the opportunity to try out Borderlands split-screen co-op together with fellow GameSync contributor DEATHANGELX at XGS09. After the intro, we are presented with our protagonists; Brick, Lilith, Mordecai and Roland. Each character represents a different class and each has its own unique weapons and abilities. It feels a little like a single player version of TF2 set on a dystopian planet.

A playable pre-release demo of Left 4 Dead 2 was available at the Xbox 360 Gaming Showdown, and I was fortunate enough to get a full hands-on playthrough of the game. The demo consists of two maps from the first campaign, called "The Parish".

• Leaked L4D2 video, possible intro.
• ZOMBIE SURVIVAL GUIDE !
• Pewpew airstrike
• Hot tongue action
• Awesome melee + blood and core showcase.
• Campaign similar to Dawn of the Dead?