31st Jan 2009
So tonnes of E-Zines have posted it up already.
But I dont think anyone has picked it up as yet in the EA Forums so I'm posting it up.
Need For Speed Nitro - Available on Nintendo Wii and NDS
Need For Speed Shift - Available on Xbox 360, PS3, PC and PSP
Need For Speed Online
To read more about it, click here
News of it will most likely be posted up in EA AP sites early next week but think that you guys would love to hear about it now
29th Jan 2009
So I have just received a new video about Godfather 2 and have to say that I havent really seen this for other games in similar genre. It's almost like RTS + Open World (GTA and Asassin's Creed are considered as open world games)
I played the first Godfather game by EA on my Nintendo Wii and loved the whole extortion bit + moving into other people's turf but this is different and frankly RTS is not a genre that I am keen in (I dont like to think too much when I play games hahaha) but this is kinda like a new element to throw into the game play.
Check out the trailer for yourself to see what I am talking about.
29th Jan 2009
Congrats to all the winners of the Holiday Promotion!
Australia - Blue_frost
India - New_Wahoo
New Zealand - MaX_thraX
Singapore - KnowledgeWizard
Hong Kong - Szeto
South Africa - bradleep
I have emailed all of you already for a confirmation of your addresses and contact numbers. So please make sure to check you emails (including your junk mailbox just in case) and reply soon!
Cheers,
Sum
22nd Jan 2009
In celebration of the Chinese New Year, our team in Hong Kong is offering HK$88 off 8 selected titles:
- Command & Conquer Red Alert 3
- Crysis
- FIFA 09
- FIFA Manager 09
- Need for Speed Undercover
- SPORE
- The Sims 2 Double Deluxe
- Warhammer Online: Age of Reckoning
To check out the English EA Store site for HK, click here
For the Chinese version of the site, click here
Promotion ends on 8th Feb!!
20th Jan 2009
A stand alone expansion pack for the PC - no core game needed to play.
Some interesting elements in this stand-alone expansion pack
- it's a single-player campaign expansion
- a new Commander’s Challenge mode
- four mini-campaigns, one for each faction
- one bonus campaign centered on the origins of the Empire of the Rising Sun’s commando Yuriko.
Want to know more about Commander's Challenge?
Players will get to test their skills against a set of nine commanders from different territories and difficulty levels in 50 unique challenges with their own special rules and unique conditions.
For this expansion pack, you can download it from the EA Store as a digital download game in March.
Click
here for more information
13th Jan 2009
Abandon all hope, ye who enter here.
This has probably been out for a month but not sure how many ppl know about this and what they think. Alot of "pseudo-intellects" or, not sure if there is a term for them, proper intellects, have been up in arms in some of the forums about this.
Some see it as an affront to The Divine Comedy. Others are holding back on their opinions as they are cynical about it. Some are excited but heck, I'm a huge fan of western RPGs like Diablo, Baldur's Gate, Fable 2 and God of War.
EA Redwood Shores, the same guys who did Dead Space is now working on this and I cant wait to see more on this.
9th Jan 2009
To those Skate fans, the Skate 2 Demo is out now on XBox Live Marketplace and PlayStation Network.
he demo introduces players to the city of New San Vanelona where they can skate with style and individuality via access to the enhanced character customization tools. Gamers will get a first glimpse of the deep single-player story and exciting challenges in all-new locations. The Skate 2 demo will also feature two of the game’s online Party Play modes: Thrasher’s Hall of Meat and Spot Battle.
Click here for more info.
17th Dec 2008
In celebration of Christmas, EA Store has some great promos going on in each country with massive discounts ranging from 20-25% off in each country.
http://eastore.ea.com
There will also be selected titles in the EA Store where you can get further discounts on other titles or you would be able to download another title for free.
Also be sure to check back to EA site often as we're in the midst on working some great promotions and will be giving away free NDS and massive game packs - these competitions will be going live either today or tomorrow.
15th Dec 2008
All those who had emailed me over the wkend, please email back again! Especially those whom I had email for their legal guardians' details. My email went wonky this morning *must be the Monday morning blues* and most of the emails had been deleted.
15th Dec 2008
Congrats to all the winners for the Sims 2 Apartment Life promotion that had ended.
Australia
btones
alex_hine
tane_pro
angelahooper
Kez
Hong Kong
Cookie2336
n510
Janet Wong
India
Kalpesh
nighthawk
New Zealand
Cam.e.hoe
darren_greenz
djgreg
brown.down.under
Darren Rae
Singapore
smotchberry
lego159
gogo_ng
sqyap
edwardkkb
South Africa
dagnig
darren
Samantha_leroux
Francoislr
Edson Chilundo
Last but not least, I would like to congratulate the regional winner of the HP Laptop!
Angela Hooper
Winners from the local language countries (Korea/Thailand etc) will be contacted by their local EA representative on free game redemption details.
Thanks to all who participated as we received an overwhelming response! But no worries, we will be having more competitions over the next few months that you can always participate in.
12th Dec 2008
Congrats to all the winners for the Crysis Warhead promotion that had ended.
South Africa
arcanezn
Mugthull
Comanche
IcySnow
made.eazy
RockRulesAxel
frank
andretti
codename85
enerqy
Winner of the Razer Gaming pack: made.eazy
Singapore
danaelliottMD
amb13ntn0153
legendary
zulomu
Wipe0utsg
activa
Anonymous.x.sender
Mari0nette
riq
Nvordian
Winner of the Razer Gaming pack: anonymous
New Zealand
HOLDEN8er
1verystupid
oxyjenz
jadeyn
bravo62
nosyslug
Pelovski
cute_maori
Fallin133
Rustyreggae
Winner of the Razer Gaming pack: Pelovski
Australia
raevan
eitlobsaboo
johno8
Inferno118899
rapier
ivangia
aruthra
davidjmead
spider72
pms76
Winner of the Razer Gaming pack: rapier
Hong Kong
eryll
MwRDKY
n510
ALLENLWF
hannkurt
hir23
cuberider
rockyng
mobyfree
godfreychoi
Winner of the Razer Gaming pack: MwRDKY
India
rocky
asgard
arjune5
aquariansg
rudresh
kaiser
rey m
call2
anish.vohra
bklalit11
Winner of the Razer Gaming pack: aquariansg
The regional winner for the HP desktop is from Singapore and will be contacted directly
Winners from the local language countries (Korea/Thailand etc) will be contacted by their local EA representative on free game + Razer gaming pack redemption details.
Thanks to all who participated as we received an overwhelming response! But no worries, we will be having more competitions over the next few months that you can always participate in.
11th Dec 2008
Congrats to the following winners for the Warhammer Online Promotion that had just ended.
Australia
-Tooley
-dacoopman
-samrai
-imdown
-Eugenic
-wowgeek
-Jonny
-jlearmond
-LinkinTwilight
-Trilobyte
Special congrats to wowgeek for winning the Razer pack.
Singapore
- PsymastaX
- spiddysg
- kill99
- Vindicta™
- dariuschan
- jh123
- Profileseven
- carnage7770
- KoKoChilla
- wargeckosg
Special congrats to PsymastaX for winning the Razer pack
New Zealand
- Hyjinks
- nmourie
- EDET04
- 1verystupidname
- mr.phreak
- bravo62
- sambenton
- Buddanz
- daniel
- tanka12345
Special congrats to mr.phreak for winning the Razer pack.
I have sent out emails to all of you with game redemeption details. For those who have won the Razer packs, please do remember to provide your mailing addresses to me.
5th Dec 2008
Not sure if it is good or bad but since Faith's look was revealed, there has been tonnes of feedback from gamers around the world.
Like the game itself, Faith's look has divided most gamers who have been watching the progress of the game from inception till launch.
Some commented that Faith looked too scary, ugly, weird etc. Other liked her look, lauding her as realistic looking - "Finally, an in-game character that actually looks human and believable"
It's kinda funny. There are a few people who have actually rendered different looks for Faith as food for thought.
I mean, is it possible for Lara Croft to even transverse those huge gaps acrobatically without her b**bs getting in the way?
As a woman, I can tell you that having b**bs that huge, would really hurt like crap even if you walk vigorously down a flight of steps. I have friends that have backaches by the end of the day from being top-heavy.
But then again, it is really subjective. Gaming is a form of escapism(be prepared to suspend belief)..so really, anything works in-game. So playing a character who looks like a 12 year old with double D b**bs is not that crazy after all.
Plus, let's not forget the cultural nuances involved. In Asia, Faith's current look may not be something visually appealing to the general population of gamers - "this is not what the ideal Asia woman would look like".
27th Nov 2008
I just found out this morning about the terrorist attacks in Mumbai.
To anyone in India who is reading this post, I hope that you, your family and friends are safe and sound.
Been watching this news as I had gone to Mumbai last year for work and stayed in Taj for a period of time. Oh man.....
26th Nov 2008
MGMT’s hit song ‘Kids’ not only feature in FIFA 09 they are one of the hottest bands around right now. Their debut album ‘Oracular Spectacular’ has just gone Platinum and their tour sold out in under 5 minutes.
We've got our hands on a pair of free tickets to their sold out concert and I'm holding a mini promotion on my blog where you can get the chance to win a pair of tickets AND their debut album "Oracle Spectacular".
See the boys from Brooklyn performing ‘Electric Feel’, ‘Kids’ and other tracks from their debut album live at the Hordern Pavillion - SYDNEY on Dec 9..
You must be able to make you own way to the venue…..
Just tell us in 25 words or less – why you think you deserve these sold out tickets! Leave your answer as a comment/reply below.
By entering this competition you agree to the official rules.
EDIT: Thanks for all who have viewed this competition and have to say, we really liked Joel's haiku. So the tickets and music CD would have to go to him(will email you in the morning to confirm your details) - YSum.
25th Nov 2008
Finally the music video is out.
25th Nov 2008
ROFLOL
I stumbled on this yesterday evening. Both JB and I were cracking up over this. Hilarious
Policy on Healthcare
Policy of Illegal Immigration
21st Nov 2008
I tried using my big sister's skateboard and failed horribly (yes alongside with my lack of talent in establishing rhythm on Rock Band drums, I lacked a sense of balance as well)
And when I lived in Melbourne, I chanced about this arcade machine with a skateboard and tried it. To my surprise, I did pretty ok when it came to fake skateboarding.
Coming back to Singapore, it has been a long time since I tried it again, because it doesnt look very glamourous for one to frequent the arcade at my age...
But now, perhaps I can relight that passion by fake skateboarding in the comfort of my home.
21st Nov 2008
Artwerk Music and Jamglue is excited to bring you a remix contest featuring "Still Alive" the theme song from EA's Mirror's Edge video game performed by Swedish Pop Star Lisa Miskovsky. Head on down to the competition page to get more details on how to participate
Reckon I wont even join the competition because I have a really bad sense of rhythm (I really suck at drums for Rock Band) and I did try to do a remix last night after work but after an hour of tinkering around, I think it requires too much work to come out with a remix version that is easy on the ears.
I've had a browse thru some of the entries and there are some really good and VERY bad ones...hahaha...
20th Nov 2008
So recently the news of NVidia's PhysX technology being used in Mirror's Edge PC version just hit the web. One of my colleagues sent me the video to illustrate what the game would look like on PCs and can I tell you that I am bloody blown away by the detail in the trailer footage?
Seriously, as a gamer, I think that this game looks amazing on PC and I didnt expect it because there is the cliche that any console game that is being ported to PC usually sucks (issues with controls, camera angles, frame rate, texture, clipping etc and what not)
I am not sure if it is even safe to make an early opinion on this based on the trailer but it really looks amazing. Have uploaded the clip to youtube for you all to have a look.
Edit: been trying to upload the hi res version on youtube but it is taking a majorly long time. In the meantime, a
clearer version of the vid has been uploaded onto the EA siteMM has also started a thread on this in the boards
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