Posts Tagged ‘Emirates’

+Arabic, News, PC

Can Du, or no Can Du? هل يمكن لشركة دو أن تفعلها

Without official or proper announcement, we’ve come to know that Du, the second Telecom operator in UAE, is hard at work localizing two MMOs. The first game is called Empire of Sports, and the second is Exalight. Both MMOs are being developed by the French company F4, a Paris-based online games developer.

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+Arabic, Specials

Findings of a British gamer in Dubai – Part 2 اكتشافات لاعب بريطاني في دبي – الجزء الثاني

There is a big difference in the cost of games, and unfortunately for us, it’s more expensive to buy games here. Every time I want to buy a new game, I have to hand over more cash that I would in the UK, where the standard cost for a game is 40 GBP, and that includes to 17.5% tax the Government forces us to pay. 40 GBP is a fair bit of money, but I don’t often pay it for a new game. Many game shops sell the games for less than the RRP through some discount. Also, games lose a lot of value over time; a 5 month old game could have as much as 20% discount! But in this region, it’s a different story, one that doesn’t agree with my wallet. Shops here sell the game for the RRP set in the UK, converted to Dirhams which includes that extra bit of tax. Surely it’s not very fair that we should be paying the UK 17.5% tax, and it should be removed before we part with the money?

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+Arabic, News, Playstation 3, XBox 360

Darksiders gets the Ban Hammer in UAE لعبة داركسايدرز ممنوعة في الإمارات

Videogamers in the UAE will have to let go any hopes of playing THQ’s upcoming title Darksiders, as it was given the BANNED stamp and shall therefore not go on sale in the UAE. Although such games do not get an official explanation for being banning, they all fall under the clause “contradicts with UAE’s customs and traditions”. This ban increases the possibility of Darksiders being banned in the remaining Gulf countries as well. You can read our hands-on experience with Darksiders here.

لعبة داركسايدرز تتعرض للمنع في الإمارات

على اللاعبين في دولة الإمارات العربية المتحدة أن يبددوا عن أنفسهم أية أحلام بلعب Darksiders من شركة THQ، فقد حصلت على ختم منع التداول عليها، ولذلك سيحظر بيعها في دولة الإمارات. بالعادة لا يتم إعطاء أي تفسير من قبل سلطات الرقابة على المصنفات عن سبب منع كل لعبة على حدة، لكنه من المعتاد أن يندرج تحت بند واحد هو (التعارض مع القيم والعادات في دولة الإمارات العربية). هذا القرار يزيد من فرص منع اللعبة في بقية دول الخليج كذلك. يمكنكم الإطلاع على تجربتنا للعبة من هذا الرابط.

+Arabic, News, Playstation 3, Specials

Two contenders and a Nissan متنافسان ونيسان

Ten finalists from the Gulf region were chosen to compete in Dubai, UAE, on the evening of Saturday Dec. 5, 2010, at Virgin Mega Store, to win a shiny new Nissan 370Z. The challenge was to achieve the fastest lap times possible on a certain track on Codemasters’s DiRT 2 rally racing game, played on the Sony PS3. The competition toured various Arabian countries, and only the best were summoned to Dubai to compete for one of the biggest of such tournaments trophies, in terms of value and price.

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