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We don't know where our sudden Samus addiction came from, but the picture below is simply....stunning.  No doubt the beautiful Jenni Källberg's helmet mayb e a tad too big from the original, but hey, she's got the armor right, and just look at that hair! 

More pictures of Jenni here  

Can't stand to do anymore Christmas shopping? Drop by the PLAYex! 07 exhibition this weekend from the 14th to 15th of December at MidValley Exhibition Centre, KL, as the latest exhibition to celebrate games, gadgets, comics, and figurines will go live!

Besides huge discounts on popular games, there will be mini DotA and Counter-Strike competitions, trading card battles, online games showcase courtesy of MyCNX, Gundam figurines exhibition, and other cool stuff to check out! GameAxis Unwired Malaysia will also be there so don't miss out on our special promotions and games! :3

PLAYex! 07 Official Website 

Lucky people Pc Games Hardware got their mitts on NVIDIA's latest triple-SLI configuration which includes three 8800 Ultras, a 1200W PSU and Crysis. Unfortunately they weren't able to play the game 'smoothly' as it only maxed out, at ultra settings at 37.9fps. If this isn't an indicator of how all our rigs suck, nothing else can drive home the point that Crysis is a resource hog. The latest hogzilla, anyone?

(RUMORED!) 

Apparently, some IT people from the Morrisville State College found out that our very own beloved console, the Xbox 360 can potentially warp 2.4Ghz wireless signals (that's the band which all your wireless keyboards, mice, Bluetooth and Wi-Fi appliances use), rendering the data streams into a total mess. Seriously, you could be the reason why your Wi-Fi isn't as strong as it used to be, or have you experienced dropped Bluetooth connections everytime you wander near the white tower? Apparently, this also happens when the console is switched off, or rather, in standby mode, so please, do us a favor and see if your console is potential wireless signal deathtrap.

From Giz and PCW 

Vroom!!!

Due to popular demand, here's part one of the Need For Speed: ProStreet tuning guide/FAQ. Feel free to leave questions in the comments below. AFAIK this is a 'general' kinda FAQ so these settings may be used with other cars as well.  Onwards to the settings after the jump!!

Boom goes the radar trap! There's no other game which is as frustrating as ProStreet when it comes to high-speed driving along country roads that ain't perfect (think the dangerous Shuto Expressway track and you'll see how frustrating it is). Thankfully, the almost-perfect tuning settings are here and they completely eliminate the dangers when it comes to high-speed runs. Check out the screenshot here, taken from the Autobahnring-B Speed Challenge track with a shot of N20 at the start, nothing else:

Tunings after the jump!! Leave questions in the comments!

Hey all, first off, this is the third and second-last installment to the tuning guide, with the Drift settings still being sorted out thanks to discrepancies when the patch came out. (Its harder to get consistent scores now :P) Anyways, a MERRY CHRISTMAS to all of you, and lets start the festivities with a new drag tune!

With this tune, you can expect drag times of this manner; taken at the Portland International Raceway in Battle Machine!

1/4 mile drag times

1/2 mile drag times. I DNF thanks to a little slip-up that made me false start :p

Ah, the magical art of going sideways and maintaining it for more than a second has always mesmerized this one, and thus, I present to you this first part in a  on drift settings in Need For Speed: ProStreet.  Contrary to popular belief, the drift physics in PS is eons better than Carbon or Most Wanted (even if it didn't have a drift mode, you could do the same on the vast expanses of grass!). Anyways, off the rants and into the action!

I used a S15 Silvia because its one of my personal favs and because its cheap!

Chris Taylor, the man behind the hit games Total Annihalation and more recently, Supreme Commander which I just loved apart from its frequent patches, is going to roll out a game called Demigod. Rather, his muse Gas Powered Games are. Billed as an action/RPG/RTS hybrid, it will play like DotA but with a twist - your bases are now made into the heroes directly under your control. These gargantuan walking hulks are the titular demigods and certain ones feature production buildings or factories on their bodies, using the produced units for defense or attacking positions, while other demigods work alone, housing attacking capability that rivals...another demigod. Watch out for this space = the title seems VERY intruiging, making it one of the more anticipated games for us this year....besides the long-awaited Spore.

YouTube user arudson has created the inevitable - wiring up his Rock Band drum kit into a real-life virtual set using a software named drum machine. You can even use different soundbites for each pad, giving you an unlimited number of combinations!

In a trailer just posted today on the game's website, SPORE is slated for a Sept 7th release....better yet, the creature editor will be released as a special demo 'before the game'.  For those of you who want more info, head over to the main page!