So while we still sit with our unsupported Live network in South Africa the Europeans are getting a better and better service all the time. The latest rumour is that their video marketplace is going to grow from 30 odd movies to over 400 in the near future. Well that is according to Microsoft’s Irish representative Orla Sheridan… The UK …

I remembered to get this video posted at the right time this week for once, which surely gives me extra credit? I thoroughly enjoyed this weeks review and I think it is because he didn’t. This week Yahtzee reviews The Witcher which he absolutely hated. It makes a nice change from him pretending to be nice about a game. Also …

Dareno over at the local Xbox 360 forums has been organising a local FIFA 2008 online competition utilising Xbox Live which has received quite a few entries already. Currently there are 17 people entered and with a few more days to go before entries close we will hopefully get that up to around 25 teams. I had a chat with …

  As if we actually needed another reason to pick up Far Cry 2 when it gets released later this year…. However if you were that one person who wasn’t planning on picking it up then this is aimed at you. It is your patriotic duty to buy a copy of Far Cry 2 because… Another plus is that all …

The graph above shows the market split between HD-DVD and Blu-Ray in the week leading up to CES. The graph on the right is the market split after Warner Bros broke the news they were going Blu-Ray exclusive…. I think we can see a winner emerging here. The only question remaining is how on earth did the mass market hear …

This story just gives you everything doesn’t it? Above we have a new video trailer for the upcoming game Alone in the Dark from Atari. Honestly that video reminds me a lot of Bioshock but if it is as good as Bioshock I don’t think you will find many complaints. Then if you follow the link at the bottom you …

Okay so apparently this guy mods Xbox 360’s and over 5 years has collected over 1500 hard drives. So what would any normal and sane person do? Line them up as dominoes obviously…. Quick calculation for those as mathematically challenged as myself 1 500 * R800 = R1 200 000 Yes that’s over one million Rands worth of hard drives…. …

You know a game is nearing completion when large reputable websites start writing up previews/reviews about it. Well Eurogamer.net has written a two page preview of MGS4 which gives us mere mortals some deeper insight into the upcoming game and the way that it is going to play out. One of the cool things that they talk about is the …

Poor Satoru Iwata (President of Nintendo). Before the Wii launched he looked like he was enjoying the good life. He was obviously enjoying his food and there wasn’t a grey hair in sight. However waking a sleeping giant does have its side effects… Skip forward a few years and a couple of billion dollars and things have certainly changed. Let’s …

So there was a lot of noise made about how the PS3 version of Burnout Paradise city was going to be the better version all round. Well Videogamr.com has put together a comprehensive review of both versions side by side and come up with their own conclusion. They have broken the review down into 4 parts and each platform wins …

Here is a nice little story to get the MGS 4 fans excited. A Konami rep has apparently confirmed that a MGS4 demo will be landing on the PSN as soon as next month. Hi,At the time of writing the article a Konami rep told us a demo, the demo we played in our office for the magazine article, would …

Over at Major Nelsons place he has a list of the top titles played over Xbox Live in the last week. To be honest I am suprised that the Americans infatuation with Halo 3 isn’t strong enough to hold off COD 4. Xbox 360 Top Live Titles (based on UU’s)1 Call of Duty 42 Halo 33 Guitar Hero III4 Gears …