Archive for August, 2009

The Ultimate Play Babe

This month at the Singapore Toy, Games and Comic Convention visitors got the chance to witness the Ultimate Play Babe Competition. Playworks Magazine and STGCC paired up to find the hottest, sexiest and most 1337 female gamer out there. 6 lovely finalists were selected from the large pool of email entrants and were invited to compete at the live event at STGCC. The 6 ladies ... Read more

Where is Halo going?

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Last week we got to have a little chat with Chad Hodge, the Xbox Global Marketing Director for the Halo Franchise, to find out where the series is headed and when we'll get to see more of Master Chief. Check out what we managed to learn. How well does Halo fare in the Asian market and is there anything planned for the region? Halo is a ... Read more

Gaming with Microsoft

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Yesterday we headed down to Harry's Bar at Millenia Walk to check out some of the latest games coming out for the Xbox 360 as well as a look at some of the new features coming to Xbox LIVE. LIVE Update On August 11 Microsoft will launch its Xbox LIVE update that brings a host of new features. One of the highlights is the new Avatar items ... Read more

A day at Atari

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We headed down to Atari's office today to test out some of their upcoming games. We got to get to get our hands on Batman: Arkham Asylum, Mini Ninjas, Tekken 6 and Dragon Ball: Raging Blast. Keep reading to find out our initial impressions with the games. Batman: Arkham Asylum The first game we tested out was the new Batman game. We started out the game as ... Read more

G.I. Joe is awesome?

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Had the chance to watch the latest G.I. Joe movie last night and I must say that it truly surpassed my expectations (not that they were very high). The film is action-packed from start to finish with almost no breaks from the frantic action. The film has a very simple plot, basically yet another evil villain is planning to take over the world. Although the story ... Read more

EA Showcase

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EA was kind enough to their 2009/2010 product earlier today at the Singapore National Museum. The main focus of the event were EA's brand new upcoming IP's namely Brutal Legend, The Saboteur, Dragon Age: Origins and Dante's Inferno. Playable demos of Brutal Legend and Dragon Age: Origins were available at the event so we got to work and spent some time trying out the demos. Brutal ... Read more