Sony increases PS3 price by $25-30 USD in Asia
If you’d bought a Playstation 3 in Hong Kong last week, you would have picked a 40gb model up for the MSRP of $2680 HKD ($348 USD) in any store (as long as you bought a game to go with it - one of the many things that makes shopping in Hong Kong unique).
However, [...]
World of Warhammercraft? Warhammer Online gameplay video
In the latest Warhammer Online newsletter, Mythic have released a video showing what Realm vs. Realm combat will (somewhat) look like when the game is released (they took out magic spells). As soon as you watch it, you’ll see that it looks very much like a high-end World of Warcraft. That’s only fair, since Warcraft’s [...]
How Big is PC Gaming In Asia?
Over the last year we’ve heard lots of buzz here in North America about competitive E-Sports with the emergence of CGS and the continued growth of MLG.
It is common knowledge however that anything the North American gaming scene has to offer pales in comparison to what is happening in Asia. A perfect example can [...]
Activision Blizzard’s CEO speaks
I ran across this interesting video of Bobby Kotick, CEO of Activision (and now Activision Blizzard), talking about his thoughts on the general future trends of gaming. I found the bit about planted advertising in games an interesting discussion.
http://www.hardcoreware.net/blog/wp-content/uploads/2007/12/activision-bobby-kotick-460×368.flv
Play with the Portal Gun in Half Life 2
I think a lot of people would agree that the most pleasant surprize in gaming this year is Portal, the most underhyped portion of The Orange Box. Portal was actually the part we were looking forward to most, but little did we know that a simple puzzle game would be so immersive and contain [...]
Toting a gun around in WoW
I once had this dream where my friends and I were hiking in the mountains. We stumbled on a mansion and explored inside. Upstairs, we found a coffin with Dracula in it. Dracula sat up and looked at us. We screamed and ran outside. Started running up the hill [...]
The Perfect Gaming Mouse?
You often hear the term “Built for Gamers By Gamers”, but typically it refers to the employees of a company. Although it would seem logical that any company would want to build its products to the exact specifications requested by their target markets, it is not always the way.
Issues of cost aside, things can go [...]
