Finally, a class update for Soldier (my favorite class)! There is also a class update for Demoman too. This means that all the classes in TF2 already have their class updated. For this class updates, it is a bit special. There is a competition or “war” between these two classes. The class that wins in this war will get an extra weapon! I hope that the soldier will win this war…

[via Team Fortress 2]

Ok… the PSP Go! is now available. And here come the question: should you buy it? The price of the PSP is not cheap, so it can be a hard decision to make. Let’s list out some pro and con of the Go.

Pro:

• Slimmer, Lighther.
• Large Built-in storage space.
• Bluetooth.
• Pause game.

Con:

• More expensive than normal PSP and only $30/RM200 cheaper than the PS3.
• Cannot play UMD games/movies.
• Not compatible with existing accessories (Camera, GPS, etc…) unless you buy another converter.

As you can see from the list above, if you own a PSP, PSP Go! is not a good upgrade for you. All your existing UMD games will become useless since you can’t transfer to the Go. Existing accessories is also not compatible out-of-the-box, you need to get an extra adapter for it (and it is not elegant).

The conclusion is, if you don’t own a PSP now, you can consider the PSP Go if you have the budget (the price of the PSP Go is RM1099 (USD249) while the PS3 Slim is RM1299 (USD299)). If you are tight in budget, the normal PSP is the way to go. If you are a curent PSP owner, the PSP Go! is not a good upgrade unless you have the extra money to spend.

I can’t believe this… today Nintendo announced another DS! This time, it is the DSi… LL! What’s new in the DSi LL? The screen is larger than the normal DSi… 4.2 inch! In comparison, the size of the PSP screen is 4.3 inch (this is not the PSPgo which have smaller screen) Other than that, the rest of the specs are similar to the normal DSi. The price for this is 20,000 yen and will be available in Japan on 21st November 2009. The LL will be coming to Europe and US in the first quarter of 2010 and will be renamed to DSi XL. No info on availability in other regions.

Why Nintendo is introducing this when it is almost same as the DSi? The main reason is the LL is targeted at older people that can’t see the DSi’s small screen. Engadget have a nice comparison table between the DSi LL, DSi and DS Lite. (translated from the original table)

Which one would you choose? DSi or DSi LL?

A bit late… but Sony finally announced that the PS3 Slim and PSP Go will be launching in Malaysia this coming 31st Oct! The PS3 Slim (120GB) is priced at RM1299 while the PSP Go is at RM1099. Sony is also holding a launch event for it! Details below:

Date: 31st October 2009 (Sat)
Venue: One Utama Shopping Mall
Time: 11:00 am

It seems that Sony is offering a limited numbers of PS3 Slim promotion package for the launch event. The promotion package is RM1399 and you get an extra DualShock 3 controller, a game and a free T-Shirt.

[Press Release @ Sony]

Yes, the rumours are real!The PS3 Slim is official! The new price of the new PS3 Slim will be $299 голова болит секс , which is $100 cheaper than the current 80GB PS3. The Slim will be 33% smaller, 36% lighter and 34% less power use. And there will be only 1 configuration, which is the 120GB version. All features (except for the OS install, which is not available in the Slim) will be same as the current PS3, which means no backward compatibility. The new PS3 will be available on 1st September 2009 (Japan will get it on 3rd September 2009). The existing 80GB and 160GB will also receive a $100 price cut.

Pricing for other regions:

Europe: €299
UK: £249
Japan: ¥29,980

Joystiq posted a easy to read comparison table here.

You can pre-order it now at Amazon. [PlayStation 3 Slim]
If you want the Japanese version, you can get it from Play-Asia.com (pre-order will be up soon) [PlayStation 3 Slim]

More pics of the Slim after the jump.

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