Asian Cyber Games 2012

Asian Cyber Games has kicked off with 8 qualifiers, starting from 30th of June until 21st October to culminate into the National Finals which will be in the month of November 2012. Only two top teams from each qualfiier will move on to the National Finals. This is an opportunity to win prizes and money as well as a chance to prove yourselves that you have what it takes to be the best in the country! In addition, the winner of the Malaysia Asian Cyber Games National Finals will be automatically included into the Dota 2 The Asia 2012, which will be held in December (8th-9th) where they compete with top Dota 2 teams from other countries!

MALAYSIA ASIAN CYBER GAMES QUALIFIERS 2012:
1) 30th June - 1st July: Blitzone Damansara Jaya, Selangor
2) 14th - 15th July: Forbidden City, Seremban
3) 28th - 29th July: Orange Wangsa Maju, Kuala Lumpur
4) 11th - 12th August: FTZ ASIA.NET SS15, Kuala Lumpur
5) 1st - 2nd September: MYCORE Centre Cyberjaya, Selangor
6) 22nd - 23rd September: X2, Ipoh
7) 6th - 7th October: Blue Dolphin, Melaka
8) 20th - 21st October: Kingsurf, Johor

Malaysia Asian Cyber Games 2012 National Finals: November 2012 (Venue TBA)

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The Razer Ouroboros features customizable ambidextrous ergonomics with an adjustable arched palm rest and back, as well as two interchangeable side panels. This gaming mouse will perfectly fit any and every hand curvature and grip-style, ensuring optimum comfort and minimal fatigue during extended play for every gamer – especially you.  

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Unrivaled gaming-grade wireless technology means that the Razer Ouroboros performs as well cordless as it does corded, giving you total freedom of motion as you crush the competition. With a 1ms response rate, your command is executed first even if you and your opponent react at the same time. When you need to charge the mouse, use its stylish dock, or plug the cord in to keep on gaming.  

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Dark Knight Visit's the Victim

Batman star Christian Bale has made a personal visit to see seven victims of the Aurora movie theatre shooting to express his condolences to them and their families.
The 38-year-old British actor, spent two-and-a-half hours at the Medical Center of Aurora this afternoon with five patients admitted to the Colorado hospital and two others who had traveled from Denver's Swedish Medical Center to meet Bale
The Oscar winning star of the 'Dark Knight Rises' made the visit to the hospital to talk to patients injured by James Holmes' massacre last Friday, in which 12 people lost their lives and 58 others were injured.

Bale traveled with his wife, Sibi Blazic and met with a number of emergency doctors, police officers and paramedics who were the first responders to the shooting at the Century 16 cinema theater in Aurora.
'It was good for the patients,' Voloch said about Bale, who spent around 10 minutes with each person. 'We hope it was therapeutic for them, and all the staff really appreciated him coming.'

WCG ASIA 2012

The WCG Asian Championship has long been one of the most awaited events for the Southeast Asia competitive gaming community since its inception back in 2007. After been held in Singapore (for four straight years) and Indonesia, the regional tournament will finally take place in Malaysia for the first time.

The event is scheduled to take place on 8 to 9 September 2012 alongside WCG 2012 Malaysia Championship at the Kuala Lumpur Convention Centre.

The banner has listed  :
Counter-Strike: Online (CS: O),
Counter-Strike: Global Offensive (CS: GO),
World of Tanks (WoT),
StarCraft 2
Dota 2

However, one of the biggest titles in WCG - EA Sports’ FIFA – somehow does not appear to be in the banner. Is this means that FIFA’12 will not be featured at WCG Malaysia 2012? If that is going to be the case, we are pretty sure there will be a lot of unhappy gamers around. 

if you are planning to participate in the WCG 2012 Malaysia Championship, make sure to bookmark my.wcg.com in your Internet browser to stay updated. 

Alienware Game Victorious Battlegrounds

Alienware has recently announced a huge online game tournament called the Alienware Game Victorious Battlegrounds that will take place very soon at its own gaming portal, Alienware Arena. The tournament which is open to gamers in seven countries - Australia, China, India, Japan, New Zealand, Singapore, and Malaysia (of course) - are separated to five different games: Dota 2, Dragon Nest, FIFA Online 2, League of Legends and Team Fortress 2.

For Malaysia and Singapore gamers, they will be competing in the same arena and top eight teams from each games will be able to proceed to the tournament’s Malaysia-Singapore regional finals in which cash prizes of around RM 73,000 (USD 23,000) will be up for grabs. However, things will be a little bit challenging for Dota 2 though as the teams will have to go through a 32-teams playoff before they are able to proceed to the regional finals.

To learn more, head on to
www.alienwarearena.com/sea-2012

TGV IMAX

7 new IMAX theatres will soon be opened throughout Malaysia as the follow-up to TGV’s first IMAX theatre in Sunway Pyramid. Two of them will be opened this year in Bandar Utama and Johor Bharu while two more are expected to be opened in Penang and Kuala Lumpur by the end of 2013 and 2015 respectively. Three more additional locations will be announced by both parties later on.

IMAX Corporation and TGV partnership are doing very well as this enables them to bring the famed IMAX cinematic experience to more movie-goers throughout the country.

Do you have any location on your mind that IMAX and TGV should consider for their future IMAX cinemas? Let us know through the comment section, Facebook or Twitter!

BiG BanG Alive M'sia 2012

The Korean group is embarking on a full-scale tour covering five continents and Malaysians will get to catch the boys live in concert on October 27th at Stadium Merdeka, KL.

This is going to be tough, on Big Bang Alive Tour 2012 Malaysia official event’s page on FB, there are already more than 14,000 people who confirmed that they are attending the concert.

Well, fastest fingers win! If you’re a fan, be on the ready this July 28th as tickets will be released for sale then at 10.30am. Prices are as follow: RM688, RM588, RM388, RM288, RM198 and RM98. Seating plan is as per below:

 

The Dark Knight Rises

3 MORE DAY'S

Eight years on, a new terrorist leader, Bane, overwhelms Gotham's finest, and the Dark Knight resurfaces to protect a city that has branded him an enemy.

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Official Trailer

http://www.thedarkknightrises.com/

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Special  13Mins Must Watch Clip

Warner Bros has unveiled this stellar 13 minute behind the scenes 

featurette for the final film in director Christopher Nolan's much acclaimed Batman trilogy. Providing us with some great insight into Nolan's hugely anticipated film, the featurette highlights tonnes of fresh footage

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Interview

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Collectors Toy Fair

Bon Odori Festival

Obon (お盆^?) or just Bon (盆^?) is a Japanese Buddhist custom to honor the spirits of one's ancestors. This Buddhist-Confucian custom has evolved into a family reunion holiday during which people return to ancestral family places and visit and clean their ancestors' graves, and when the spirits of ancestors are supposed to revisit the household altars. It has been celebrated in Japan for more than 500 years and traditionally includes a dance, known as Bon-Odori.
The festival of Obon lasts for three days; however its starting date varies within different regions of Japan. When the lunar calendar was changed to the Gregorian calendar at the beginning of the Meiji era, the localities in Japan reacted differently and this resulted in three different times of Obon. "Shichigatsu Bon" (Bon in July) is based on the solar calendar and is celebrated around 15 July in eastern Japan (Kantō region such as Tokyo, Yokohama and the Tohoku region), coinciding with Chūgen. "Hachigatsu Bon" (Bon in August) is based on the lunar calendar, is celebrated around the 15th of August and is the most commonly celebrated time. "Kyu Bon" (Old Bon) is celebrated on the 15th day of the seventh month of the lunar calendar, and so differs each year. "Kyu Bon" is celebrated in areas like the northern part of the Kantō region, Chūgoku region, Shikoku, and the Ryukyu Islands

Yahoo pasword leaked

Earlier today friday the 13th, Yahoo Inc. admitted that a file which contained user names and password of around 450,000 user accounts has been leaked out into the Internet. Said to be an “old file” that originated from Yahoo! Contributor Network, these user accounts not only involved Yahoo domain but domains that belonged to other companies and organizations as well.

That being said, the company pointed out that less than 5-percent of the Yahoo accounts in the list actually had working password. The company have already working on to fix the security loophole as well as changing the passwords of the Yahoo users and alerted other companies might be involved in the security breach.

A security outfit called Sucuri Labs has obtained access to the file and came out with a useful tool to check if your email is part of the leak but judging from Sucuri’s analysis of the file, we suggest that you change your Yahoo password regardless of whether your email is involved or not.

UEFA Euro 2012

Spain saved their best until last at UEFA EURO 2012, a final-record 4-0 victory in Kyiv completing an unprecedented hat-trick of major tournament wins.

Against a flagging Italy side whose thrilling knockout campaign looked to have caught up with them, Spain were in control from the moment David Silva broke the deadlock with a rare header on 14 minutes. A barnstorming second with half-time approaching from the indefatigable Jordi Alba, his first international goal, left the Azzurri with a mountain to climb. The sight of Thiago Motta, their third substitute, being carried off on a stretcher ended all hope, leaving Italy to play out the last 28 minutes with ten men – and Spain replacements Fernando Torres and Juan Mata fully capitalised.

Carlsberg Man of the Match Award

Andrés Iniesta's mesmeric contribution to Spain's second successive UEFA European Championship win earned him the final Carlsberg Man of the Match award.

Adidas Golden Boots Award

Fernando Torres scored one and set up another in the closing stages of UEFA EURO 2012 to take the adidas Golden Boot award.

Torres finishes tied with five other players on three goals for the tournament, with he and Germany's Mario Gomez also on one assist apiece. The Spain striker, a second-half substitute in the 4-0 final win against Italy, takes the top-scorers' honour having played fewer minutes (189) at the finals than Gomez (282).

Ramos crowned Index winner

EDGE Index after the holders' historic final win.

Spain defender Sergio Ramos did not put a foot wrong as, Ramos finished top of the Castrol

Sergio Ramos (ESP) 9.69