Posts tagged hong-kong 
PS4 to launch in Hong Kong on December 17
The PlayStation 4 will launch in Hong Kong on December 17 for 3380 HK dollars ($463), Sony announced this week. The set including the PlayStation 4 Eye will go for 3680 HK dollars ($474), and Killzone: Shadow Fall enthusiasts will be able to pick up a camera-less bundle at launch for 3780 HK dolla...
PS4 hits South Korea, Hong Kong, Singapore and Taiwan before Japan
The PlayStation 4 launches in South Korea, Hong Kong, Singapore and Taiwan in December, MCV reports from the Tokyo Game Show. Japan gets the PS4 on February 22, 2014, Sony announced during its September 9 livestream. It'll cost ¥39,980 ($401) without the PS Eye, or ¥43,980 ($442) with the c...
Sleeping Dogs receives adults-only rating in Japan
Sleeping Dogs, the upcoming Hong Kong-based gritty action title from Square Enix received a Z rating from the Japanese rating organization CERO (the equivalent of an AO rating from the ESRB). As a result, the game will be modified for Japanese audiences, particularly to penalize players for attacki...
Report: Rovio mulling Hong Kong IPO in 2013
Finnish school for agitated ornithological research mobile mogul Rovio may be looking to capitalize on its world-wide brand recognition and ridiculous, un-ending revenue stream by listing its stock on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange in 2013, assuming the world still exists in 2013, that is. The f...
Asia gets limited edition Final Fantasy XIII Lightning controller
Don't you wish you had a matching controller for that limited edition 250GB Lightning PS3 you bought from Japan? Well, if you go to Hong Kong or Taiwan, you'll be able to do just that. To celebrate the new Chinese language release of Final Fantasy XIII, a new special edition DualShock 3 controller w...
Hong Kong International Airport gets PS3 kiosks
[Image: Flickr user charchlam] While we Americans are forced to spend our layovers trying not to get chosen for random cavity searches, folks who end up with some free time at Hong Kong International Airport are given a much more pleasant distraction. According to travel news site The Moodie Repor...
True Crime in Hong Kong revealed at Spike VGA
The second world premiere of the VGAs was the full version of the teaser we saw a couple weeks ago -- you know, the one we initially presumed was for another installment in the True Crime series? Yeah, well, it was totally for another installment in the True Crime series, which is being developed b...
Hong Kong first to get PS3 Slim, hosts global launch party
Due to its spot in the global timezones, Hong Kong will be the first market to sell the slim PS3 when it goes on sale midnight September 1. Siliconera reports that the city will also be the venue for Sony's global launch party for the system, with the festivities taking place in its Causeway Bay sh...
Sony gives away money in PlayStation Home ... in Hong Kong
This is a promo we'd love to see in our region. Sony Computer Entertainment Asia is giving away HK$10 (about $1.30) in PlayStation Network credit to those that are able to find a "mysterious avatar" in Sony's virtual world. Clues can be found on posters in the service. The money certainly isn't en...
Hong Kong students bring PSP to school, compete in exams
Next time your teacher tells you to put away your PSP in class, point them to this. In Hong Kong, a program called the "Mobile Learning Platform" takes advantage of various electronic devices (PSP included) and uses them to give students quizzes. According to the PlayStation HK site, "students can u...
