This review contains spoilers. If you are a Warcraft fan who enjoyed the film, then good for you. I am not forcing you to change your mind with my opinion — I am merely recounting my own personal experience after watching it.
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Faithful but soulless – Warcraft: The Beginning movie review
What I think about GameStart 2015: Bigger, more games, no queues!
Before we discuss the games at GameStart 2015, I would like to spend one paragraph talking about the queues at this year’s event. It was almost non-existent.
Read more »Opinion: The Good, the Bad, and the WTF of the Nanyang Championships
On 1 November, two juggernauts of the Dota 2 world, Team Secret and Vici Gaming, battled it out for supremacy at the Nanyang Championships (NYC) grand finals in Singapore. The tournament suitably came to an epic close, with Team Secret defeating Vici Gaming 3-2 in a keenly contested Best-of-5 series that ended at about 1am […]
Read more »Analysis: DOTA Nanyang Championships: How does it compare?
The pricing details for the US$200,000 Nanyang Championships Dota 2 Tournament have recently been released. Fans can attend this premier tournament in-person in our very own hazy Singapore from 28 October 2015 till 1 November 2015.
Read more »The beautiful game: Rocket League’s simplicity and unpredictable fun
One of my most memorable gaming experiences as a kid was FIFA: Road to World Cup 98’s indoor soccer feature. It was a 5v5 format played inside an enclosed pitch — you could ricochet the ball off the touchlines, and the reduced number of players and constant goalmouth action meant that goals were always plenty. […]
Read more »Singapore’s Xian finishes third at Capcom Cup 2015
Looks like third time wasn’t the charm for Kun-Xian Ho “Xian“. After finishing as runner-up twice at Capcom Cup 2013 and 2014, Xian would have been hoping to clinch the title of Capcom Cup champion this year. Unfortunately, he finished third, losing to Japan’s Daigo Umehara in the losers bracket finals.
Read more »Swee la! Made in Singapore Humble Bundle dropping 13th November
Want to support great local games and charity at the same time? Here’s your chance. A very special Singaporean (!) Humble Bundle will be dropping tomorrow on Humble Bundle’s website.
Read more »GameStart 2015: What we are most looking forward to
Following its success in 2014, GameStart 2015 is back from 13-15 November at the Suntec Convention Centre. And this year, it looks to offer more than ever, with double the floor space from last year’s convention at almost 4,000 square metres. Over 60 games are confirmed to be at the show, including several that are […]
Read more »When Alternate Reality fails: Activision’s Singapore Twitter campaign for Black Ops III is poorly timed and insensitive
Call of Duty: Black Ops III’s singleplayer campaign takes place in Singapore. I caught wind of this in the July 2015 of Edge magazine. Honestly, to me, this was nothing novel to be excited about.
Read more »FPS narratives are overrated: Destiny’s story is terrible, but does it really matter?
Games like Half-Life and BioShock have spoiled the FPS genre too much. Sometimes, all we want to do is shoot stuff.
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