Dark Orbit is now on Garena!

Space Invaders in the air with a flying saucer we're gonna take you there.
Greetings Earthlings! Dark Orbit has arrived.


Dark Orbit is a space browser game and now Dark Orbit has been officially launched in Garena. To play, you can click on the Dark Orbit button found on the Garena client or visit http://darkorbit.garena.com!

No need for anything fancy.
Just your browser and you're good to go.
Use Mozilla Firefox - It is highly recommended.

Garena Texas Hold'em Poker Gold Memership Contest

Garena Texas Hold'em is giving away tons of free Gold Members to the players!


How do you get a Hold of 'em?

1. Simply log on http://holdem.garena.com
2. Earn 5000 poker chips in the game
3. Click on the red Crack Treasure Egg button on the top menu in the game.
4. Verify your account, follow the steps and choose 1 treasure egg to crack.
5. You will get Gold Member ranging from 1 Day to 1 Year! Note that the Gold Member is instantly activated on your account after you cracked the egg.

Yes, it is that simple! Log on http://holdem.garena.com to get started now!

Left4Dead 2 is now on Garena

Left4Dead 2 is now on Garena!

That's right survivors!
We've now implemented full support for LEFT 4 DEAD 2.

Not only that, we've added Call of Duty 6 and Borderlands as well.
You can find rooms for these FPS games on the latest Garena client.

For more information regarding the games, visit the individual forums at:

CoD 6: http://fps.garena.com/forum/forumdisplay.php?fid=137
L4D 2: http://fps.garena.com/forum/forumdisplay.php?fid=136
Borderlands: http://fps.garena.com/forum/forumdisplay.php?fid=138

32 Shells Garena Prepaid Card Promotion

This is a promotion from October 16 to 31st.
Get your Garena 32 shells now.

New Garena Replay Parser for DotA

The Garena Replay Parser has now been vastly improved for the Garena users. This brand new replay parser shows several information regarding that particular match; which includes heroes used, items, skill choices, and much much more.


* It also features bans and picks in -cm mode for tournament replays.
* Hovering the cursor above a hero will show his ending items along with hero skill choices.

Credits:
CSS/JS done by Readper
HTML done by by Kenny/Soar
Parser done by Soar (which was modified from Julas' PHP codes).

Enjoy using the new Garena DotA replay parser, Garena users!

Warcraft 1.24 Patch is now Supported

Good news!
Warcraft 1.24 is now supported on Garena.
You can help Icefrog beta test the latest DotA versions on this patch and help report it at icefrog@gmail.com
Garena August 7th Update: Supports 1.24 Warcraft

Change Log:

-1.24 Warcraft Supported
-Fixed Clan related problems
-Provide 6 slots for "My favorite rooms" (instead of 3 currently)
-Added My Account button to link to account.garena.com
-Added RDay as a new DDay Room Supported map
-Users are able to close the chat dialog using ESC key

If you encounter any bugs, kindly report HERE.

Outdated or cracked Garena are now banned!

Starting today, Garena stops the support for outdated versions.
If anyone has encountered problems where the login is stuck at authentication, it means you are not using the latest official Garena version.

Please download the latest installation package from http://www.garena.com

Those using unofficial Garena versions will be prevented from logging in.
If you've used these versions, you are highly vulnerable to malicious attacks.

All accounts previously using unofficial versions are already recorded. From now on, accounts will be banned once the user is found using unofficial or cracked Garena versions. Please don't risk losing your Garena account.

The Garena team puts a continuous effort to improve the whole gaming experience for our gamers.

Garena Fufu Ninja Screenshot Win 600 EXP Weekly!

Submit a Fufu Ninja Creative Screenshot and Win 600 EXP per week.


What to do?
Just post a Fufu United Ninja All-Stars in-game screenshot with a quote below it.

Example:

"It's lonely on the top.""

Rules:
*You can submit as many screenshots as you can.
But remember it's all about the QUALITY and not about the QUANTITY.

*One winner will be picked every week but if your entry for that week deserves to win, we can have multiple winners.

*As much as possible please upload it to 3rd party image hosting sites like Imageshack.us or Tinypic.com

Please submit all your entries to this thread:
http://www.garena.com/forum/viewthread.php?tid=738629

Good luck Ninjas and Garena gamers!

Garena is now on Facebook!

Become a Fan of Garena on Facebook and get entitled to promos and prizes exclusive to all Garena Facebook fans!

We are giving away GG Shells, Premium Memberships and EXP to random lucky winners.
So what are you waiting for?
Add Garena on Facebook now!

Icefrog's vastly popular Warcraft map DotA-AllStars is also on Facebook.

Become a Fan of DotA All-Stars

Garena Freebies for 1st time Top Ups from June 1 to 16

Have you never ever tried topping up on Garena?
Well... topping up has never been this rewarding!
From June 1 to June 16, Garena users topping up for the first time will get a FREE Garena Lucky Draw Coupon which gives them a chance to win a brand new Razer Arctosa Keyboard!

Getting the freebie is as simple as counting 1 2 and 3:
a) Users who have never topped up for Shells are automatically qualified and will receive the free giveaways on their first time top up;
b) To top up, log in to http://payment.garena.com with your Garena user name and password, select your preferred payment gateway and top up any Shells denomination;
c) You shall receive the free Garena Lucky Draw coupon within twenty four (24) hours;

Go top up for Shells now! You can use the Garena Shells to purchase Gold Membership (Instant Room access, Double EXP, etc) and other items available at Garena Shop - http://shop.garena.com

Garena Blackshot Singapore Tournament

Garena will be hosting Blackshot Singapore Tournament #1 with S$500 and tons of BP to be won! Get your team and ready to fight for the honor!

Prizes:
Champion: S$300
Runner-up: S$150
2nd Runner-up: S$50

Registration Information:

Slots Open : 32
Restriction: All players currently staying in Singapore are eligible to participate
Registration thread will be created on May 20, Wednesday.
Sign up : http://forum.blackshotonline.com/thread.asp?page=1&qid=1808 (You can login with your Garena user name and password, then choose your Blackshot in game name as nick name)

Admins:

Mars-Garena
Loper
v3lo

Tournament Structure:

Tournament consists of Online Qualification and Offline Final.

During Online Qualification, 32 teams are to compete in Single Elimination Format. 4 teams will qualify for the Offline Final and compete in Double Elimination Format.

Online Qualification Format:

Tournament Format: Single Elimination
Map: Round 1 : Sand Storm I, Round 2 : Broken City II, Round 3 : Xitang
Mode: Team Flag Match
No. of Players: 5v5
Victory: Teams will play on both Red and Blue sides for 120 points / 20 minutes match each. Victory will be awarded to the team with the most combined points achieved from their Blue and Red side play.
Tie-Breaker: In the event of a draw, teams will re-play the match with a round time of 5 minutes. Victory will be awarded to the team with the most combined points. This process will be repeated until a winner is determined.
BP Points: 2500 BP will be awarded to all registered players.
Penalty for Absence : Teams which fail to show up will be penalized 4000 BP.
Reporting Result: Winner team needs to screenshot the final score and email to tourney@blackshotonline.com to report for a win.

Offline Final Format:

Tournament Format: Double Elimination
Date & Venue: To be announced
Map: Round 1 : Sand Storm I, Round 2 : Broken City II, Round 3 : Xitang , Round 4 (if applicable): Sand Storm
Mode: Team Flag Match
No. of Players: 5v5
Victory: Teams will play on both Red and Blue sides for a duration of 15 minutes each. Victory will be awarded to the team with the most combined points achieved from their Blue and Red side play.
Tie-Breaker: In the event of a draw, teams will re-play the match with a round time of 5 minutes. Victory will be awarded to the team with the most combined points. This process will be repeated until a winner is determined.
BP Points: 2500 BP will be awarded to players qualified for Offline Final.

Timeline and Scheduling:

Registration Period: May 20th - May 27th
Online Qualification Round 1 : May 28th - June 3th
Online Qualification Round 2 : June 4th - June 10th
Online Qualification Round 3 : June 11th - June 17th
Actual match date & time will be decided by the two team leaders within the period given above. If two leaders cannot agree on the match time, the default time will be Saturday 8PM.
Offline Final : TBA


More details will be released. Stay tuned!

Garena Lucky Draw Razer Arctosa Keyboard

Get a chance to the Razer Arctosa Keyboard in the Garena Lucky Draw! Simply buy a Garena Lucky Draw Ticket in Garena Shop, each coupon serves as one possible winning entry for the coupon holder and the more coupons the bigger chances of winning! Current gold members enjoy a buy one get one free promotion!

Active Gold Members Get a Buy 1 - Take 1 Promotion starting from 16th May until 31st of May ONLY!

Item name: Lucky Draw Ticket
Price: 2 Shell
Promo Duration: May 15 - June 15


About the Razer Arctosa Keyboard (Black Edition)

Engineered with industry-leading gaming technology from Razer, the Razer Arctosa comes with outstanding features like fully-programmable Hyperesponse keys with macro capabilities, customizable software profiles with on-the-fly switching and 1000Hz Ultrapolling™, giving you the competitive edge to perform faster and better in-game.

Say goodbye to amateur hour; your gaming abilities can be brought to the next level now.

Slim Keycap Structure with Hyperesponse™ Technology
The Hyperesponse™ keys of the Razer Arctosa reduce key latency and maximize response for critical actions during competitive gameplay ensuring fast, accurate and consistent actuation response in the intense frenzy of competitive gameplay.

Selective anti-ghosting capability around WASD gaming cluster
The Razer Arctosa addresses ghosting signal failure that occurs when you press multiple keys simultaneously on traditional keyboards. Selective anti-ghosting around the WASD gaming cluster on the Razer Arctosa allows more commands to be entered at any one time without the ghosting signal failure.

Fully-programmable keys with macro capabilities
Too many keystrokes to enter and too little keys? Sometimes we wish we had more fingers (or maybe an additional arm for that can of soda or beer while we're in the middle of a raid.) The next best thing would be fully programmable keys with macro capabilities that enable instantaneous, multiple commands with a single keystroke. Buy armor and weapons or execute complex manoeuvres with a single key with the Razer Arctosa. Some things are better than extra fingers (or arms).

For more information about the Razer Arctosa Keyboard, visit the Razerzone website.


Check out the shop now: http://shop.garena.com

Garena CineDotA Video Contest

CineDotA is the first installment of the premiere Garena video contest series which highlights the videos produced by gamers themselves to show off their gaming skills in a visually creative way. CineDotA videos revolve around the most popular WarCraft 3 mod map – Defense of the Ancients: AllStars. The contest is open to all and will be hosted on YouTube where the audience is limitless.

Here’s your chance now on the Director’s seat. We’ll see you in CineDotA!

General Prizes:

Champion: US$ 200
Runner Up: US$ 100

If the Winner is a Garena User, he will also get the following:

Champion: 50 Shells
Runner Up: 30 Shells
2nd Runner Up: 20 Shells

Other videos who have reached 10,000 number of views in youtube page: 5 Shells each
Special Prize (From judger) (Only one) : 30 Shells

Rules and Guidelines found at http://cinedota.garena.com/

Garena is now recruiting Writers

All those good with the paper and pen listen up:

If you are passionate about writing articles and features, making interviews, covering LIVE events and putting up game reports, come join the Garena Writers and Editors Club! Get maximum exposure for your talent and the opportunity to reach over 12 million readers worldwide.


Enjoy the following benefits:
> Fun and learning environment to further improve your writing skills and resume building experience;
> Direct exposure to the biggest online gaming community;
> Contribution-based incentives including Garena EXP points, Shells and Premium Membership;
> Potential opportunity for employment;



We're looking for all sorts of writers!

Position: Garena Feature Writers
Description:
Garena Feature Writers are responsible for writing down previews of up-coming Garena features and/or services, working on press release about new features launched in the latest updates, etc. Garena Feature Writers are expected to be very familiar with the many different features and services offered by Garena.

Position: Event/Tournament Writers
Description:
Event/Tournament Writers are in-charge of specific event coverages and updates, making sure that the assigned event/tournament has everything including event updates, game reviews, battle report/summary, conclusion, event-related announcements, etc.

Position: eSports Writers
Description:
eSports Writers are expected to be updated and familiar with the latest happenings and events in and around e-Sports and other related topics. Responsibilities include posting the latest up-to-the-minute news, working on team/player interviews among others. It is strongly encouraged that eSports writer work for original articles.

Position: Game Writers
Description:
Game Writers provides the community with game-specific reads like game updates, reviews, analysis, and anything under the sun. Game Writers are expected to be very familiar with the assigned Game (e.g. StarCraft II, etc) and be able to produce several original articles related to the game.



General Requirements:
> Able to commit time and provide regular articles;
> Writers are expected to be very proficient in English and grammar;
> Experience in news writing is preferred;
> Knowledge and able right in different languages is a plus;


Think you got it all? Then prepare your application letter (Resume) which contains the following information:

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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Personal Info
==============================
Name:
Garena Account Name:
Real Name:
Age:
Gender:
Country:
Education/Occupation:
MSN:

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Other Info
==============================
Position you are applying for: (Garena Feature Writers, eSports Writers, Game Writers, Event/Tournament Writers)
Particular coverage of your position (e.g. DotA, WorldCyberGames, etc):
Language You Can Write:
Previous Editorial Work Experience (if any):
Sample articles/original works (links/attached as document):
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~


Submit your application letter through email to editors@mail.garena.com
NOTE: Use Title/Subject of Email application as "Position, application by Account Name"



Qualified Candidates will be notified through Email / Forum PM / MSN

Good luck!

Garena Theme: Garena Ninja Skin

Tired of the same old red Garena skin?

Garena Theme Name: Garena Ninja Skin
Size: 184 KB
Creator: StacyzMom modified by Skiverz
Date releases: March 2007, 2009

Log-in screen preview:

Main Menu preview of the Garena Ninja Skin:


Instructions:

1) Download theme from http://www.sendspace.com/file/6xq818
2) Extract the file and then copy
3) Go to:
Program Files > Garena > Skin
4) Delete the old Skin.ggz file
5) Paste the new Skin.ggz file

And you're done!

Garena 3.35 Beta with In-game Messenger

Garena 3.35 Beta: In Game Messenger has been released for public beta-testing.

You can download the files at:
download2.garena.com/beta/Garena3.35IGM.zip

Unzip it and put to a new folder instead of the original Garena folder.

Change log:
New Feature: In Game Messenger

In Game Messenger is a game overlay system which enables you to chat with your Garena buddies without alt-tabbing out of the game. It also informs you when your buddy tries to message you. The default shortcut for this is Ctrl + F7


Currently supported Games are:
Warcraft TFT
Warcraft RPG


Functions Currently Available:
Chat with players on the buddy list within the game
Chat message preview inside the game
View the buddy status and room your buddy is stay in
View avatars while chatting
Adjust transparency of the message panel

Garena System Maintenance on March 28 2009

So that all may know:

There will be a system maintenance on March 28th starting from 16:00 PM until 18:00PM (GMT+8).

During the period, all Garena services will be unavailable.

Maintenance Period (in different time zones):

GMT+8:
March 28, 16:00PM - 18:00PM

CET:
March 28, 09:00AM - 11:00AM

CDT:
March 28, 03:00AM - 05:00AM

Please be informed accordingly and we apologize for any inconvenience caused.
This is to ensure that everyone will have the best gaming experience in Garena.

Garena Information

Now here's additional facts about Garena.
Garena is an interactive E-Sports gaming platform providing an arena for gamers to chat,
challenge opponents and play their favorite multiplayer games over the internet with
other gamers world-wide. The platform turns the internet into a huge cyber cafe. While
playing, gamers will enjoy unparalleled good latency powered by Garena's advance network
solution and enjoy fair competition environment protected by Garena anti-hacking
solution. All that and more - for FREE!

Garena is the leading gaming platform in Asia and is fast gaining its popularity in the
west. Our mission, Connecting World Gamers, is a strong reflection to our commitment
to provide gamers with the highest standard of quality for their gaming needs and
experience. Already liking what you are reading? We are sure you'll love it more when
you start using Garena!

Garena License Agreement

Before you install Garena, you have to read first the Garena License Agreement.
Here it is:

Garena Terms of Use Agreement

1. Please use original legal games.
2. The content of Garena is supplied by Garena Interactive PTE LTD. Garena Interactive PTE LTD reserves the right to update or terminate the platform at any given time with or without prior notice.
3. When registering for a Garena account, the user must ensure that the correct personal information is supplied. Should there be any changes, the user is responsible to update the information.
4. The user is responsible for their own account. Any violation on the terms of use and/or other related policy is accountable to the account disregarding who the user of the account is.
5. When using Garena, the user must keep to the following regulations:
(a) Keep to Singapore laws;
(b) Banned to use platform for any illegal purposes.
(c) Banned to make use of Garena to transmit any annoying, abusive, sexual and illegal content.
(d) User should notify Garena immediately for loss of account.
(e) User should not cheat when playing games. Any form of cheating and/or hacking will lead to account termination.
(f) The copyright of games and related articles including images is the property of their rightful owner.
(g) User is not allowed to copy, reproduce, translate, reverse engineer, modify, disassemble, or de-compile at any circumstances.
6. Garena does not assure that the service provided can satisfy the request of user, security and accuracy.
7. Servers may temporarily be closed for maintenance with or without prior notice.
8. Garena Interactive PTE LTD may modify some items of this agreement at any given time. The modifications made will be prompted on our official website www.garena.com. Using Garena is recognized as the user fully accepting the latest agreement.

Thank you for reading the Garena License Agreement.
I hope you follow the Garena terms and conditions.

Link your Garena account with your email

If you verify your Garena account with your Email, you will get 500 EXP!
So what are you waiting for?

Verify your Garena accounts now!

Garena Chinese New Year Avatars now available

It's Chinese New Year and Garena has made special avatar items for the Chinese New Year!

You can check them out at: avatar.garena.com

The male CNY Garena Avatar

The female Garena CNY Avatar

Garena Hits 10 Million Users Worldwide

The Garena team is proud to announce to everyone that Garena now has 10 million registered users! This milestone is strongly made possible by each and every member of the community from over 185 countries/region around the world, making Garena a truly international community.

In line with this celebration, starting from January 29, 2009 00:00:01 GMT +8 until February 1, 2009 23:59:59 GMT +8
All Gold Members will enjoy 3x EXP Gain Rate
and everyone else will have 1.5 EXP Gain Rate

That's 4 days of multiplied EXP rates for everybody to celebrate! Take advantage of this treat especially on the weekends, and play all day!


Let us look forward to reaching yet another milestone soon... Call your friends now, invite them over to Garena! This is where the party starts!

Thank you everyone and congratulations to us all here!

Garena Chinese New Year 2009 Promos

Kung Hei Fat Choi Garena Gamers around the world!
*cue the fireworks

Garena wishes all the Chinese and everyone around the world who celebrates the Lunar New Year a prosperous and happy Chinese New Year!

Here are 2 events you guys would surely love.

1) Chinese New Year Lucky Draw: 8 Winners to Get 888 Shells!

In line with the celebration, 8 lucky users will be taking home 888 Shells each! That's loads of Shells to spend for your everyday needs in Garena, from Gold Membership to DotA Ladder items, plus extra cash to invest on your looks with the all new avatars!

How To Join the Lucky Draw?
To join the Lucky Draw, simply purchase the Lucky Ang Bao (3 Shells only) from Garena Shop. With every purchase of the Lucky Ang Bao, you will get one (1) entry in the lucky draw plus one random Chinese New Year Avatar (worth at least 3 Shells).

More Lucky Draw tickets, Greater Chance to Win 888 Shells!

The 8 Winners will be announced on the 9th of February 2009, during the LIVE winners draw!

Buy the Lucky Ang Bao now! http://shop.Garena.com


Aside from the Lucky Ang Bao, here's another thing you should be looking forward to:

2) HAPPY YEAR of the OX!

The Chinese New Year, commonly known to the world as the Lunar New Year, is just around the corner! In line with celebrating this grand occasion, we are giving away special gifts to everyone who's online on the first day of Chinese New Year!

Winning hasn't been this easier - all you have to do is be online in Garena, then on Chinese New Year day, click on the "Cow" found in the banner located in all Garena game rooms. Fill in your account information and the gift is yours!

Event Starts from 26th January 2009 00:00:01 to 26th January 2009 23:59:59 GMT +8

Warning of Garena Fake Sites

As you all know scamming and tricking players is present in every gaming community, no matter how much you fight against it. We've noted a large amount of fake Garena sites around the net, some of them have been spread via bots or even the own creators of these sites with Garena accounts.

Please do not open these sites and if you do, NEVER log in there! If you do log in, you'll be giving them your password. This way they'll "hack", steal your account from you.

Examples of fake sites:
- garena.php.net.us
- garena-shop.octopis.com
(don't go on them!)

Support only the official Garena website.
Protect yourself!

Garena Job Openings

Web Development Engineer

Job Profile
· Interact with users to draft out user requirement specifications.
· Design and develop various web applications.
· Roll out web applications and follow up with user feedbacks and enhancements for the system.

Pre-requisites
· A good degree in computer related discipline.
· Fast learner.
· Pro-active and has the ability to work independently with minimal supervision.
· Good communication skill.
· Familiar with PHP web programming.
· Solid working knowledge of XML, Web Services and object-oriented concepts.



QA Engineer

Job Profile
· Reproduce system bugs in lab and feedback to development engineers.
· Ensure that the product & features releasing to public are free of bugs.
· Evaluate the impact of bugs, including user impact and system impact.
· Evaluate user experience of the final product and ensure the user experience is sufficiently good.
· Draft test specifications.

Pre-requisites
· A good degree in computer related discipline.
· Fast learner.
· Detail driven.
· Pro-active and has the ability to work independently with minimal supervision.
· Good communication skill.
· Good knowledge of computer systems & computer networks.




Operations Executive

Job Profile
· Provide customer service.
· Synthesize user feedbacks, recommend system improvements, and drive through system re-developments.
· Organize online events, activities and campaigns.
· Assist in product development by drafting such documents as user requirement specifications.

Pre-requisites
· A good degree.
· Fast learner.
· Detail driven and patient.
· Pro-active and has the ability to work independently with minimal supervision.
· Good communication skill.
· Able to generate promotion ideas and turn them into executable action plans, with the determination to follow through the action plan;



Candidates holding diplomas with relevant experience may also apply. Interested candidates please send the following information to recruit@mail.garena.com:

* Name
* Email
* Contact Number
* Detailed Resume
* A short paragraph describing yourself
* Garena ID (if any)

Please indicate which position you are applying for. All the jobs are to be performed in Singapore. Singapore based candidates are preferred. We apologize that only shortlisted candidates will be notified.