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Running Out of Things to Do at Home? Fear not, Ubisoft is Giving Out Free Games starting with Rayman Legends!

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The COVID-19 situation is not looking great, if we are all being honest. In Malaysia, if you have not known yet, is under a state sanctioned Movement Control Order (MCO). In other words, we are on partial lock down. Only essential services and businesses are allowed to operate. You are not even allowed a stroll in the public park; at least you are discouraged to with summons from the authorities. Even kids are not exempted from this ruling.

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In other parts of the world as well, the authorities have started encouraging self-quarantines and social distancing. Our neighbouring country has already started issuing fines for those who are not in accordance to their guideline of social distancing. In other words, everyone is doing their parts in combating this global pandemic. Even F1 teams have committed their resources and expertise in break-neck, cutting edge engineering to combat the disease with something they call Project Pitlane as we have covered yesterday.

There are plenty of tips out there about staying sane and productive at home. There are also plenty of guides about staying healthy at home with exercises and what not. One thing that everyone says they have more time for now that they are at home is gaming. We are gamers here too, and we agree; I sunk more than 50 hours already in Death Stranding in the first week of our MCO alone, before realising that I need to be a little bit more productive and active.

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One thing people do not say about gaming though is that it costs money. You need money to buy these games. Some of these games can get quite expensive too. Imagine buying all the AAA titles you can find out there today. That would empty your back account very quickly.

Still, Ubisoft, one of the biggest game developers in the world and running their own UPlay curated game marketplace is doing their part in the battle against COVID-19. One of the things that was encouraged for these few weeks is self-quarantine and staying at home. Ubisoft is all for that and that is why they are giving out free games starting from the 30th of March 2020.

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They start with ‘Rayman Legends’ from the 30th March to the 3rd of April 2020 onward. After that they will line up other games to giveaway at least for a few weeks. That is good news for everyone. All you need to do is sign up for Ubisoft’s UPlay account and download they UPlay app for desktop. For us gamers, that gives us even more reason to stay indoors and even lock our doors to keep playing all the games we have not finished. Now, excuse me while I finish Death Stranding and get to all my other games.

Computers, News

Acer Updates the Nitro 5 Ahead of Lazada’s Birthday with MYR 300 in Discount!

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The situation for COVID-19 is quite dire. As of today, the Malaysian Prime Minister has announced that it will go on until 14th of April 2020. That also means that working from home has extended thanks to that as well. While to some people, that also means that they get to spend more time at home working. That also means that they need to bring their work home from the office. You cannot expect everyone to bring their big tower PCs home.

So the best way to get work done from home is to have your own PC. If you do get your own PC though, you want it to be powerful. You want it to be powerful enough to play games with it and to ensure that it runs smoothly. Of course, you only want the best for yourself. So the choice is a gaming PC.

Building a tower makes sense, plenty of sense, you get to have a say I how powerful you want your PC to be. Of course, there is the problem of cost too. So that is up to you. There is another issue however, how do you bring it around? What if you want to work off site in the future? You cannot bring your tower set up out.

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So you need a gaming notebook PC instead. Which one? There are plenty, but Acer just updated their Nitro 5 gaming notebook PC. So, in a sense, you are getting more power for your money.

The updated Acer Nitro 5’s upgrade does not include an update on its visuals though. Then again, the Acer Nitro 5 is not half bad looking. The upgrades are mode than skin deep.

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You get a 9th Generation Intel Core i7 on the Nitro 5. That Core i7 has 8GB of RAM behind it and an Nvidia GeForce GTX 1660Ti GPU to handle what comes out of the 15.6-inch 120Hz Full HD display. All that makes is quite a powerful notebook PC. It even has a 512GB SSD to make it even faster than your average PC. All this is a step up from the previous Acer Nitro 5 with a 9th Generation Intel Core i5, paired to an NVIDIA GeForce GTX1650 and 4GB of RAM.

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The new Acer Nitro 5 is now available for MYR 4,499 on Lazada. On Lazada’s 8th Birthday Sale, it will go for MYR 4,184 and you would be getting some extra free gifts with the purchase too. The Lazada 8th Birthday Sale happens on the 27th March 2020. Of course they will deliver it to you.

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HUAWEI MateBook D 15 Visits Malaysia! Get Yours for MYR 2,499

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HUAWEI is now more than just a smartphone brand. While they are known for their very compelling and innovative smartphones like their latest HUAWEI Mate 30 series, or the foldable Mate X; they make more than smartphones. In fact, they have made plans to launch smart home products in other markets as of 2020.

Still, the Malaysian market knows the Chinese company not just through their smartphones. We know them through their notebook PC offerings too. We tested the MateBook 13 and we really liked it, to be fair. So not only do they make compelling smartphones, they make compelling PC products too; albeit the odd display ratio.

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Still, they do know how to make great portable productivity devices. The latest to come to the Malaysian market is the new HUAWEI MateBook D15, an MYR 2,499 notebook PC for the working person. Well, you could be a student and enjoy the MateBook D 15 too, we do not discriminate.

It will be available from 18th January 2020 onward at a starting price mentioned above. At MYR 2,499 also you can get a HUAWEI P30 smartphone, just saying. Still, it is an ultra-thin, ultra-light notebook PC that you are looking at here; MYR 2,499 is actually very reasonable.

For MYR 2,499 you are looking at an ultra-thin and light Windows 10 notebook PC that charges via a 65W USB Type-C charger. Of course, you can use that charger on a smartphone too, your HUAWEI smartphone, let us say. The MateBook D 15 also packs 16GB in RAM paired to 256GB of SSD and up to 1TB of HDD, plenty more than enough to work with if you ask me.

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Getting everything within the petite body of the HUAWEI MateBook D 15 running nicely on the 15-inch display is a Ryzen 5 3500U CPU paired to an integrated RADEON Vega 8 GPU. In plenty of tests, this combination is still great to run games like DOTA 2 or League of Legends when the mood hits you.

You see all these Windows 10 goodness through a 15.6-inch Full HD 1080p display. The thing is though, if you own a HUAWEI smartphone, the MateBook D 15 becomes more than just a notebook PC, it becomes your multi-platform workhorse. You can thank HUAWEI’s One Tap Share feature that we loved so much in the HUAWEI MateBook 13 we tested with the HUAWEI P30 Pro.

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The HUAWEI MateBook D 15 will be available 18th January 2020 onward. You can get your hands on one via HUAWEI official concept stores or any retail partners across the nation. There is only one colour option though, Mystic Silver, at this point. As mentioned, price starts from MYR 2,499.