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World of Warcraft now Free-to-Play until level 20

Blizzard may have just opened the floodgates with the decision to allow players to play World of Warcraft up to Level 20 before the game starts asking for cash. The so-called Endless Trial mode will


Team Fortress 2 goes Free to Play

Valve has officially made Team Fortress 2 Free-to-Play in conjunction with the Uber pack update and the new Meet-The-Medic


EA starts pulling games from Steam, props up Origin

It seems like EA wants a piece of the digital distribution pie that Steam currently has a good hold


StarCraft 2 Heart of Swarm Teaser Trailer

This leaked trailer is only 45 seconds long but damn it’s a great teaser. Yes, a teaser >_>. Blizzard really has a way with trailers. This video wasn’t supposed to go


First look at Dead Island

The upcoming zombie survival game, Dead Island has piqued my curiosity somewhat from the first trailer (the sad trailer, because well, it’s literally sad). Here’s a with about twelve minutes of Dead Island


Blizzard Targeting Q3 for Diablo III beta

During Activision Blizzard’s earnings call (which was available to all via live stream), one of the few interesting tidbits that was revealed was relevant to Diablo III. According to the stream, based on


Just splurged on the Sims 3 :/

These Steam sales are getting to me. Just take a look at what I purchased. Now to install the darn thing and do some Sims 3 crashing fixing


Remote controlled, Lego-based Siege Tank

We’ve had several Lego creations based on the StarCraft franchise but so for nothing has come close to the ingenuity behind this one. This custom remote controlled Lego tank based on the Crucio


Valve unveils Portal 2 and Steam for PS3 details

After months of speculations, Valve has finally unveiled details on it’s upcoming game, Portal 2 and Steam on the PS3.  Yep.  That’s right, Steam, the online game storefront, multiplayer platform (also called DRM) on


Steam Error: Servers Are Currently Unavailable or Too Busy

I recently encountered this error upon installing Civilization V on my new MacBook Pro. It seems to be the generic error that the Steam client throws when: There really aren’t any available servers to


[Fix] Dragon Age 2 Crashes, Installation Issues, Crash to Desktop (CTD), framerate issues, save game problems

Ah yes, Dragon Age II is here but like quite a few games before it, there’s quite a few problems that prevent you from enjoying the game. These range from the all too common


Civilization V February Patch incoming

2kgames is set to release another major patch to Civilization V which will include game-balancing changes as well as the usual bug fixes which I hope will mitigate some if not most of the


Valve announces Portal 2 PS3 Steam features

Valve has promised Steam for the PS3, a move that most certainly piqued the interest for most of us who love the platform on the PC.  Today, Gabe Newell announces quite a few interesting


Steam Holiday Sale Begins!

Open your wallets because Steam has finally started it’s Holiday sale which will start from today (December 20.. that’s 21 for us in Asia) upto January 2 next year. If you’ve been holding


Massive Civilization V patch goes live

For those still chagrined at Civilization 5’s performance and stability you’re in luck. The massive patch that 2kgames and Firaxis has promised is now live and brings oodles of bug fixes, stability fixes,


World of Warcraft: Cataclysm sells 3.3 million units in one day

Blizzard’s newest World of Warcraft expansion has broken all records PC game record sales, moving 3.3 million unit sales on day one.  That should come as no surprise however, as half of everyone on


Massive Civilization V patch incoming

If you’re still chargrined at the state of Civilization V’s stability, gameplay and overall experience then Firaxis and 2kgames have good news. A massive Civilization 5 patch will be available “on or


Meet Asia’s Rank #1 Diamond Player in StarCraft 2

StarCraft 2 players never looked this good. Meet Linda “Pikachu” Liao. She’s Rank #1 Diamond Player in Asia and just recently, placed 1st in Electronic Sports League Female SCII Cup. For a StarCraft2


DOTA 2 official site is up, IceFrog answers your questions

DOTA fans, heads up.  The official site for Defense of the Ancients 2 has gone up and with it, IceFrog answers quite a lot of questions from you guys (the DOTA-community). Valve and IceFrog touts


Best StarCraft Ghost Cosplay

Oh wow, BlizzCon 2010 delivered us some ultimate goodies, and one in the form of this StarCraft Ghost cosplay. Hot ain’t


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