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Ghostbusters intro a nostalgia trip

By Wei-Meng Lee on 26 April 2009 10:31am - 2 Comments

GameTrailers has a worldwide exclusive on the opening cinematic for Ghostbusters: The Video Game, and boy, does it look great.

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L4D update removes Survival Mode exploits

By Wei-Meng Lee on 24 April 2009 10:50am - No Comments

A Left 4 Dead update released this morning removed some Survival exploits and bugs, including one where Tanks sometimes stopped spawning after 15 to 20 minutes. Read more »

GameSync L4D Survival Mode leaderboards

By Wei-Meng Lee on 23 April 2009 8:37am - No Comments

GameSync will publish a aggregated Left 4 Dead Survival Mode leaderboard, tentatively at the end of each month, for everyone who reads GameSync to find out where they stand among each other. Read on for information on registering yourself with the leaderboard. Read more »

L4D Survival Pack adds new game mode, VS campaigns

By Wei-Meng Lee on 22 April 2009 1:52pm - No Comments

A new Survivor Mode in which players defend against endless waves of zombies, the addition of two new versus maps and bug fixes can be found in The Left 4 Dead Survival Pack content patch, released this morning Singapore time. Read more »

Update preparing to turn TF2 into an MMORPG?

By Wei-Meng Lee on 21 April 2009 3:32pm - No Comments

Shitty artist's impression of Demoman wearing Afro unique headgear. (Graphic: Lee Wei Meng/GameSync)

The recently rolled-out patch for Team Fortress 2 features the ability to delete those hard-earned achievement unlocks from your inventory permanently and reworked the character loadout screens to support future releases – which one Steam Forums user's delving of the game files has revealed to be "lootable" items and unique headgear for all classes, among other things. Read more »

Vertex.GWSG wins first Singapore L4D tournament

By Wei-Meng Lee on 20 April 2009 6:32am - No Comments

Vertex.GWSG narrowly edged out opponents Counter-Strike 1.6 Sunday night to be crowned champions of the first Singapore Left 4 Dead tournament. Read more »

Rapture: We messed up, WCG SG will have over 8 games

By Wei-Meng Lee on 18 April 2009 12:34pm - No Comments

A spokesperson from Rapture Gaming, the organizer of World Cyber Games Singapore, has responded to the news story GameSync carried on Wednesday, saying that the announcement was made in error and that there will be over 8 games featured in the Singapore National Finals. Read more »

Only 6 games, no dedicated venue for WCG SG

By Wei-Meng Lee on 15 April 2009 9:36pm - No Comments

A news item posted on the World Cyber Games Singapore website on Monday night, now removed, stated that this year's WCG Singapore National Finals would be held from 3 to 5 July and would only have 6 games, with competitive gaming staple Counter-Strike 1.6 being dropped. Read more »

Soshi champion at Sudden Attack launch tourney

By Wei-Meng Lee on 25 March 2009 3:04pm - 1 Comment

Team Soshi winning the SA tournament

Team Soshi emerged from a pack of over 32 teams to take home S$2,500 in cash and prizes last Saturday at the Full Fire Assault Operations tournament for Asiasoft's MMO first-person shooter Sudden Attack. Read more »

FIFA Online 2 vs FIFA 09: Which game is better?

By Wei-Meng Lee on 25 March 2009 12:38am - No Comments

For the first time in Singapore, champions of two FIFA games – FIFA Online 2 for the PC and FIFA 09 for the Xbox 360 – were pitted against each other in a test of skills that showcased the hugely divergent playing styles between the two football games. Read more »