Ragnarok Online returns to Malaysia

Ragnarok Online returns to Malaysia 1

Way back before MMORPGs like Everquest and World of Warcraft were popular, there was another game cut from a similar cloth that offered many of the same mechanics – grinding, farming, tons of classes to aspire to, Player versus Player shenanigans and some of the most memorable music in gaming history. We speak of Ragnarok…

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[ Review ] MSI GT75VR Titan Pro – The Gaming Goliath

[ Review ] MSI GT75VR Titan Pro - The Gaming Goliath 2

When it comes to gaming, MSI’s range of notebooks are very much like a slick car showroom – there’s something for everyone. Saunter about said showroom and you’ll likely find up front the mainstream stuff like subcompacts, sedans and the like for the hoi polloi but when you absolutely, positively want one of the most…

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The new Razer phone for gamers offers beefy specs and ditches headphone jack

The new Razer phone for gamers offers beefy specs and ditches headphone jack 19

Razer has developed a reputation as the go-to brand for gaming peripherals and they’ve made waves recently with their array of slim, powerful laptops. Now, they’re making the leap over to mobile gaming as they’re making their first ever smartphone that they’ve dubbed the Razer Phone. Designed from the ground up as a gaming phone,…

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Garena’s Arena of Valor MOBA game is coming to Malaysia this October

Garena’s Arena of Valor MOBA game is coming to Malaysia this October 23

If terms like ‘lanes’, ‘creeps’ and ‘kiting’ mean anything to you, you’ll appreciate what Garena has to offer as they will be launching their own Multiplayer Online Battle Arena (MOBA) game dubbed Arena of Valor this October in Malaysia. For the uninitiated, a MOBA game is an entire genre of gaming that has its roots…

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The Honor 8 Pro is a Mobile Gaming supremo – here’s what else it can do

The Honor 8 Pro is a Mobile Gaming supremo - here’s what else it can do 27

One of the best things and coincidentally also one of the most guilty pleasures that a smartphone can offer these days is that it acts as an eminently handy mobile gaming platform.  If you have the right hardware, the mobile games of today like Mobile Legends: Bang Bang or Injustice 2 are as visually powerful and…

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Asus launches the ultra slim ROG Zephyrus GX501 gaming rig and more

Asus launches the ultra slim ROG Zephyrus GX501 gaming rig and more 38

Gaming notebooks are usually ponderously unwieldy affairs which requires the sort of fitness levels afforded to an Olympic weightlifter to tote them around but the new Asus ROG Zephyrus GX501 aims to buck that trend as it’s not only powerful but light in the bargain too. The notebook is just 16.9mm thin and weighs a…

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Is the Honor 8 Pro the ‘Best Gaming Smartphone’?

Honor 8 Pro game

The latest Honor 8 Pro is an exemplary embodiment of Honor’s design philosophy as it not only packs hardware that can easily match any current flagship phone and then some, it’s also quite a looker in the bargain. The fact that it comes with a price tag that is lower than most top-shelf smartphones today…

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Celcom Game Hero tournament winners rewarded RM1,000,000 in cash

Celcom Game Hero tournament winners rewarded RM1,000,000 in cash 45

Being a professional gamer in Malaysia has certainly gotten a lot more interesting of late and lucrative too if the recently concluded ‘Celcom Game Hero – Sky Invasion 3D’ mobile gaming tournament is anything to go by as RM1 million in cash was awarded to the winners of the competition. One Ahmad Fazli Ahmad Rusli,…

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StarCraft: Remastered lets you play in luscious 4K

Starcraft Remastered

Back in the late 90’s when I was struggling through the tepid tedium of college life, something came to light that brought blessed relief from a tedium of never ending paperwork, lukewarm meat pies and a looming set of final exams.  It was a simple statement from a coursemate, but it changed my life. He…

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Sega unlocks their gaming classics for free on iOS and Android under Sega Forever label

Sega unlocks their gaming classics for free on iOS and Android under Sega Forever label 47

Sega has a massive library of gaming classics from their old consoles like the Sega Master System and the only credible competitor to the venerable Nintendo Super NES back in the day – the Super Megadrive. The consoles are veritable antiques now and though the ROMs are available on emulators after a fashion, there hasn’t…

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