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Culture
Look What Some Lucky Taiwanese People Got When Buying PS3 Slim
2:00PM Brian Ashcraft | No, they didn’t get those guys. Who wants stuffy businessmen when you can get other stuff? That’s right other stuff. More »
Rumours
Sony Ramping Up PS3 Production For… Something
9:30PM Luke Plunkett | According to Taiwan’s DigiTimes, Sony have recently “placed significant orders for key Sony PS3 components” from local manufacturers, waaaaay above the quantities they normally source. Interesting. More »
News
Xbox Taiwan Looking For Angelic Lady
3:00PM Brian Ashcraft | Not contempt to have some middle-aged male exec in khakis talk gaming, Microsoft Taiwan is holding an open cattle call to find a model-type to represent the platform. More »
News
Big Warhammer Online In Little China
11:40AM AJ Glasser | GigaMedia and Mythic Entertainment are bringing Warhammer Online: Age of Reckoning to Taiwan, Hong Kong and Macau next week via GigaMedia’s FunTown game platform according to an EA press release. More »
Culture
Throw Balls At Streakers
3:30PM Brian Ashcraft | Taiwanese arcade game Star Ball has players lob balls at a screen. It’s like a light gun game, but with balls. More »
Culture
Ride Taiwanese Bus, Play SEGA
5:00PM Brian Ashcraft | Bus rides are boring. Forget your DS or PSP, and there’s little to do other than stare out the window and avoid the person next to you — unless you’re in Taiwan. More »
News
Taipei Game Show Gets Real Life PlayStation Store
4:00PM Brian Ashcraft | The Taipei Game Show is underway in, wait for it, Taipei. The Sony Computer Entertainment Taiwan booth even has a PlayStation Store. Yes, an actual PSN Store! People can even touch it. More »
Wii Clone Coming To Taiwanese Arcades!
5:00PM Brian Ashcraft | Taiwanese electronics company ENG Electronic has released a new video game platform called “Winner”. The console uses motion controllers and a dual nunchuk-style controller as well. Wait a sec… This isn’t new! We’ve seen rip-off Wiis before. But get this: According to arcade industry newsletter The Stinger Report, there are actually arcade versions of the Winner Wii clone planned. At Taiwanese game show Game Time International 2008, the coin-op incarnation, called Action Fun, was unveiled by company Song Yung, which is owned by ENG Electronic. The cabinet was packed with the Winner console running Wii Sports-like mini-games and using Wii-like controllers. No word whether this is intended for release outside Taiwan. Hit the jump for a pic of Action Fun II as well as videos of the mini-games! More »
Home Hits Asia In ‘Fall 2008′
1:20PM Luke Plunkett | Sony have announced that Home, the Playstation 3’s long-awaited online fashion show and wandering-around simulator, will be coming to Hong Kong, Singapore and Taiwan in “Fall 2008″. Doesn’t sound like idle speculation, either, as that’s coming straight from a Sony press release. To help ensure everything’s ready to go ahead of the launch, there’ll be a closed beta held in September for residents of the region. If that’s you, keep an eye on this site, details on how to get in will be going up on August 29. More »
