Neowin News Feed for: Kong

Kong version 1.1.0 Released

Marcel Klum — Sun, 11 May 2008 09:09:03 +0000

Kong is a freeware top-down shooter game featuring monkeys with a thirst for blood in a full 3D environment. The rules are simple, pick up as many health/armor packs and weapons as you can before... Read more...

Hong Kong cracks down on spam

Mon, 28 May 2007 14:34:09 +0000

Hong Kong officials have announced spammers could be fined up to one million Hong Kong dollars (128,000 USD) and face up to five years in jail under a new law to control unsolicited advertising. A... Read more...

Hong Kong man loses appeal in internet piracy case

Sat, 19 May 2007 05:06:24 +0000

Chan Nai-ming, a 38-year old Hong Kong man convicted of sharing pirated movies, has lost his final appeal in the territory's highest court and will now have to finish serving a three-month prison sentence. He... Read more...

Warner Bros. to Offer Movies Online in Hong Kong

Thu, 10 May 2007 21:12:02 +0000

To combat movie piracy in the Asian Pacific countries, Warner Bros. announced plans to launch a new movie download service dubbed 08Media in Hong Kong. ViDeOnline Communications will offer the service initially with 100 titles... Read more...

Flickr targets Hong Kong market

Fri, 16 Mar 2007 22:56:58 +0000

Popular photo-sharing site Flickr has announced plans to launch a version in traditional Chinese characters, initially targeting users in Hong Kong. The move from Yahoo-owned Flickr is part of its attempts to localise and increase... Read more...

Kong on 360 too Dark

Thu, 15 Dec 2005 10:42:17 +0000

Ubisoft are warning gamers not to buy the Xbox 360 version of Kong and to buy the PS2 and Xbox versions instead becuase it is too dark on standard televisions using Microsoft's new console. Yves... Read more...

King Kong Gold

Fri, 28 Oct 2005 16:00:00 +0000

King Kong has gone gold for current-gen consoles and PC, and will hit retail shelves November 22nd. An Xbox 360 version is also expected to be ready for the console's launch. The game... Read more...

Hong Kong Tops Broadband Speed List

Tue, 26 Apr 2005 07:56:16 +0000

Think your 1Mbps connection is speedy? You ain't seen nothing yet. A Hong Kong ISP has unveiled a service which zips along at an impressive 1Gbps - well, for local traffic anyway. Connections outside of... Read more...

Donkey Kong takes over February 4th

Fri, 10 Dec 2004 15:49:43 +0000

Nintendo has revealed that Game Boy Advance title DK King of Swing (screenshots) - an unconventional Donkey Kong game featuring platform and puzzle elements, but largely based around swinging through trees using the L and... Read more...

Ubisoft rekonfirms King Kong

Wed, 13 Oct 2004 01:47:47 +0000

Six months after its existence was accidentally revealed, the game is officially announced and will be released Q4 2005. In an April issue of The New York Times, there was an article... Read more...

Nintendo Unveils Donkey Kong GBA SP

Thu, 10 Jun 2004 20:02:36 +0000

Nintendo seeks to outdo itself yet again with its latest limited-edition Game Boy Advance SP. This summer, its biggest titles are Donkey Kong spinoffs -- Donkey Kong Country 2 for GBA and Donkey Konga 2... Read more...

Donkey Kong Country 2 dated for Europe

Sun, 14 Mar 2004 06:27:44 +0000

Nintendo plans to release a GBA version of Donkey Kong Country 2 in Europe in June. Nintendo announced today that it will release a Game Boy Advance version of Donkey Kong Country... Read more...

Man sets new Donkey Kong record

Marcel Klum — Fri, 18 Jul 2003 15:58:59 +0000

Thanks Spyder ;) Steve Wiebe now rules as the Donkey Kong king after setting a new world record with more than 900,000 points in the classic video game. A few times... Read more...

Nintendo wins piracy suit in Hong Kong

Thu, 19 Jun 2003 19:44:21 +0000

Japanese game maker Nintendo says it has won one of its "most significant antipiracy judgments ever" against a Hong Kong company that sold devices capable of copying its games and putting them on the Net... Read more...