The Zone

You have to salute these guys for cosplaying, not only because they've got the radiation sickness in S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Shadow of Chernobyl (hate to type the title, love the game in all its buggy glory) down pat, they actually conducted a mock warfare against factions in the real Zone! Complete with APC! Complete with real radiation! It shows how games based on real life can produce excellent cosplaying opportunities. More pics and link after the jump. Guess who's Strelok?

Jeng jeng jeng.....Presenting to you the new papercraft kit from tubbypaws, the papercraft master who has done pieces for games in the past. Now, you can own your very own 3D Niko Bellic (who's voice actor was paid USD100000 for his work and now he regrets it because he will never get the slice of the earnings pie) complete with car and apartment block. Too bad there are no other in-game characters that accompanies him, but we bet it will look great on your desk!

Check it out here! 

In2 Marketing has successfully kicked off its WCG machinery in preperation for the Malaysian finals at MidValley Megamall later this year with a grand opening ceremony over at Plaza Low Yat last weekend. Boasting many activities designed to appeal to gamers and the youth, things got off to a great start with the launch that was officiated by government dignitairies.

It seems like we're having many gaming-related posts for the past few days, but you can't simply turn down this one; a GTAIV inspired stunt video for all you Niko fans. It has a perfect introduction, and although the video goes slightly tired nearing the end, its almost poetic, this driving cars off buildings thing! 

Crytek, developers of Crysis have recently announced that there will be no future support for Crysis. This means that the planned Crysis 1.3 patch will not be coming. Crytek have apologized but are being mysterious as to the real reason for dropping support. Just a little while ago they also announced a new unknown title called Crysis Warhead. Whether or not this refers to a new console Crysis or maybe even Crysis 2 is still unconfirmed. Will keep you posted.

We got our grubby paws on GT5 Prologue (at last!!!) and finally bought a brand-spanking-new GTR-35 (it costs 77k in the game, relatively cheap!). It would be great to show you more of the breaking in clip, but as of now, we're still figuring to avoid the deadly understeer! 

p.s. GRID's waaay funner than this 

Today is going to be a great day for local gaming, thanks to the launch of two big titles, and to think about it, were there any local game launches, MMORPGs notwithstanding? Its a tough choice for gamers though, as GRID is going to be launched at Zouk KL at 6pm today while the more subtle MGS4 launch is currently ongoing at TecAsia, level 4, Plaza Low Yat. We'll be at both launches, but as for me, ill be seeing ya, old man.

Crytek have just recently revealed that their new Crysis game, Crysis Warhead will feature the resident Crysis Psycho from the original game. In Crysis Warhead you will be in control of Sergeant Sykes or better known as Psycho while Nomad does his thing on the other side of the island. The game will be based off a new and enhanced version of Crytek's Cry Engine 2, while new weapons and vehicles will also be made available. 

HAR HAR HAR

something.....solid....and metal...Must be Japanese! The funny dudes are from EA's upcoming Battlefield: Bad Company. Hopefully the in-game humor is of this level. 

Yeap, we had our fair share with the spore Creature Creator Trial, and while the small palette of parts seemed limiting at first, you can never underestimate the power of the human imagination lol. One striking thing that we noticed while playing God was that Spore has seamless sharing intergration when it comes to showing off your stuff. You can download creatures just by saving their JPEG images from the online Sporepedia, you can upload your own creations to YouTube without quitting the game, and you can even snap IM avatars and such using the tools provided. I've even got a Spore gadget that shows my creations on Facebook! Is Spore really a next-gen online social device? We'll have to wait and see.  

They're adding bikes and a night mode to the mix already, and look at the text above the tumbnails - planes? Are we going to see some kind of spectacular airshow crash in a console near us? Cool!

Wow, just when we thought that AMD is getting a edge over NVIDIA, a group of hardware enthusiasts found out that using PhysX drivers and the CUDA platform on ATI's offerings helped bumped up the 3DMark Vantage score by quite a bit. Now, NVIDIA is joining hands in the effort to port their software technology over to ATI. Naturally, AMD isn't too keen about it, but hell, it makes us rub our hands in glee as now our HD4870s have a lot more potential! 

More sauce here.

Can't type much; TONS of stuff are happening right this very moment, but GameAxis Live! is so happening, you gotta haul your butt down to MidValley Megamall within this weekend as we're iving away so many things, and are having so many activities, its mind-numbing!

For instance, we've got Wii demos (including Wii Fit), cosplayers, online game tournaments, Racedriver: GRID mini tourneys where you can walk away with the copy of the game, and of course, CELGames! There are many great hardware offers from our hardware partners too, and unless you really have a tight schedule, there's no reason NOT to be here!

Moar pics after the jump!