Month: June 2015

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Star Wars: The Old Republic: E3 2015 – Knights of the Fallen Empire Preview

E3 2015 – Knights of the Fallen Empire Preview

It’s the year of Star Wars with the new movie, Battlefront, and now SWTOR’s next big expansion: Knights of the Fallen Empire. Announced officially during EA’s E3 press conference, the expansion marks a new major story initiative for BioWare’s MMORPG, and we got to see just what that means in a behind-closed-doors presentation at EA’s press booth.

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South East Asia Majors Day 1 Streaming Live from Bangkok, Thailand

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South East Asia Majors is back again, but with a change in location. While SEAM has been hosted in Singapore since its inception, this year will see the tournament go down in Bangkok, Thailand. You can expect the same quality tournament action however, with players from all over Asia pouring in for the competition.

With the Ultra Street Fighter IV tournament given Capcom Pro Tour premier status, tons of players will be attending for a shot at securing a spot in Capcom Cup, for the ranking points and for the sizable prize pool. Mad Catz’ Daigo Umehara, Tokido, and Mago; Kim1234, Shiro, KichijojiKEN, and Super Santarou Man of YUBIKEN; AVerMedia’s GamerBee; Xian, Fuudo, Itabashi Zangief, RB, and Gackt of Razer; QANBA’s Xiaohai and Dakou; Humanbomb of Canada Cup Gaming; Evil Geniuses’ Momochi; Nemo of The Black Eye; Falcon Arena’s Big Bird; Kindevu; Chuan; MOV; Dark Jiewa; Dogura; Eita; Pugera; Kazunoko; Infiltration; Marn; Misse; Poongko; Bonchan; and Matsuri are among the many faces.

Tournament Games

BlazBlue Chronophantasma EXTEND
Guilty Gear Xrd -SIGN-
Persona 4 Arena Ultimax
Mortal Kombat X
Tekken 7
Ultimate Marvel vs. Capcom 3
Ultra Street Fighter IV

Game Start Asia will be hosting the main stream of the event, while Capcom Fighters will be covering the Ultra Street Fighter IV action. Tune in and enjoy!

Game Start Asia

Watch live video from GameStartAsia on www.twitch.tv

Friday

Event ICT (Local) PDT EDT GMT
UMvC3 7:00 PM 5:00 AM 8:00 AM 12:00 PM
P4U2 7:00 PM 5:00 AM 8:00 AM 12:00 PM

Saturday

Event ICT (Local) PDT EDT GMT
GGXrd 12:00 PM 10:00 PM (Sat.) 1:00 AM 5:00 AM
BBCPEX 1:00 PM 11:00 PM (Sat.) 2:00 AM 6:00 AM
MKX
 5:00 PM 3:00 AM 6:00 AM 10:00 AM
Tekken 7
 9:00 PM 7:00 AM 10:00 AM 2:00 PM

Sunday

Event ICT (Local) PDT EDT GMT
GGXrd Top 4 12:00 PM 10:00 PM (Sat.) 1:00 AM 5:00 AM
BBCPEX Top 4 12:45 PM 10:45 PM (Sat.) 1:45 AM 5:45 AM
MKX Top 4
 1:30 PM 11:30 PM (Sat.) 2:30 AM 6:30 AM

Capcom Fighters

Watch live video from CapcomFighters on www.twitch.tv

Saturday

Event ICT (Local) PDT EDT GMT
USFIV 2:00 PM 12:00 AM 3:00 AM 7:00 AM

Sunday

Event CEST (Local) PDT EDT GMT
USFIV Top 32 3:00 PM 1:00 AM 4:00 AM 8:00 AM

BEast of the East,  Game Start Asia, Capcom Fighters

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General: E3 2015 Preview: Zodiac: Orcanon Odyssey

E3 2015 Preview: Zodiac: Orcanon Odyssey

As unorthodox as it may sound, Kobojo’s Zodiac: Orcanon Odyssey is an attempt by a western developer to create a JRPG that will be just as successful in both the Japanese and western markets. It’s an ambitious project that has been in development for the past two and a half years as a collaboration between Kobojo, Basiscape, and legendary writer Kazushige Nojima and composer Hitoshi Sakimoto of Final Fantasy fame.

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Destiny: E3 2015 – The Taken King Hands On Preview

E3 2015 - The Taken King Hands On Preview

This week at E3 we got our chance to play some hands on Destiny with their newest expansion The Taken King. The release date is Sept. 15, 2015. The expansion brings a lot of updates to the game but we wanted to talk about some of the game play aspects.