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Cyber Monday 2011: Meritline’s game and tech deals
Singapore-based Meritline has its own online deals for Cyber Monday. As usual, the deal requires a coupon code and you cannot usually get more than one of a single item at a time (that’s what multiple accounts are for).
These do sell out and the deals will expire at midnight. Make certain you get the right…
CES 2011: Brainpal lets you control game with your brain
These guys put together a neural-feedback system using an external, wireless headband that detects the brain’s electrical patterns to manipulate an on-screen avatar in a game they developed. The hope is that using this setup will help people with ADHD (attention deficit hyperactivity disorder) learn to better concentrate…
Koei plans to release Romance of the Three Kingdoms as an MMO
In what is the never-ending saga of the Romance of the Three Kingdoms, and I mean never ending, Koei has found yet another way that they can bleed more cash out from fans with, of all things, a Romance of the Three Kingdoms MMO.
Koei Entertainment Singapore, (Koei being the first major Japanese game development studio to open up in the country) launched cunsumer trials for the MMO in Japan on February 29, 2008. Much like the long running Dynasty Warriors series, the game will retell the…
Ubisoft plans development studio in Singapore
French game publisher Ubisoft already has a strong presence in Asia with two of its 17 internal development studios housed in China. Now it has opted for Singapore as the location for its new internal development studio. The publisher plans to gradually increase the staff strength at the studio, which is under construction, to 300 employees.
The developers at this studio will be entrusted with the development of both handheld and console games after they complete their training period. Ubisoft has given the reigns of the studio to…
Singapore lifts ban on Mass Effect
That didn’t last long. Almost as quickly as Singapore banned the videogame Mass Effect, the Media Development Authorities did a complete turn around after the Board of Film Censors gave it a M18 rating and placed the game on the shelves. Did the homophobic city-state learn to understand and accept members of gay community or more »
Steamy love scene in Mass Effect gets game banned in Singapore
That didn’t last long. Almost as quickly as Singapore banned the videogame Mass Effect, the Media Development Authorities did a complete turn around after the Board of Film Censors gave it a M18 rating and placed the game on the shelves. Did the homophobic city-state learn to understand and accept members of gay community or more »
