Straight from the Team Xbox website this morning….  Here is exactly what was said by Amir Majidimehr, the Corporate Vice President of Microsoft’s Consumer Media Technology Group (Holy cow what a title) It is my pleasure to let you all know that the HD DVD udpate for Xbox 360 is slated for release on 5/15. So when you wake up …

Jack Tretton was talking to the LA times about how Sony are in this console race for the long term and the slow sales so far are nothing to worry about… Big suprise… Anyway there is an analyst over at IDC who agrees and basically says the PS3 is ahead of it’s time and you will see sales sky rocket in 2008. …

The Halo 3 Beta is Live… for selected media that is… And no I am not the selected media 🙂 Anyway over at Eurogamer.net they have written a brief article about their first impressions of the Beta and so far they seem a bit underwhelmed. It seems like Halo 3 is very similar to Halo 2. I don’t think that …

I have posted before about people speculating that the Xbox 360 would be better at folding that the PS3.  It has even been rumoured that Bill Gates himself wants the 360 to be used for folding, so why has this not happened yet? Well Digital Media Thoughts have a new opinion and they may actually be onto something. Basically they are saying that Microsoft …

Some rumours are floating around about a new software update for the PS3 which is going to be released soon. I have yet to find some official confirmation of this but here is what you can expect to find in the next update. The list is long so click through to check what is going to be updated…

Want a PS3 but can’t afford one? I know the feeling so head on over to Global Sense and see if you can win one. All you need to do is give them your name and email address plus the email address of 3 of your friends and you will go into the draw to win a Sony Playstation 3…. While you …

It’s time again for the top 5 stories of the last week and what a week it has been…. What with the spring dashboard update, the petition for Xbox live in SA and the large Crackdown update…. Thanks again to Amatomu.com for it’s stats that help me put this list together in 2 seconds… 4. PS3 Review by ScottySo this …

Ninty.co.za the local Nintendo new site has a post this morning about the latest Nintendo Wii rumours… Basically it has now been reported that the Wii is coming to SA before Rage and will sell for R2500. It won’t be sold by Nu Metro or Mustek and apart from that we don’t know much else…  Follow the link to see the few details …

TXL – The Xbox Lounge is receiving an extreme makeover… Due to South Africa’s lack of Xbox live finding local games to play has always been a problem. If we utilise the standard Xbox live functionality we generally end up in a laggy game with a bunch of foreigners. Which in turn makes the game virtually impossible to win or …

So the biggest three gaming things this week all seem to be related to the Xbox 360… There where a smattering of bad news PS3 stories and one or two little Wii events but generally this was the week for the Xbox 360… By far the most important thing that happend this week in relation to SA gaming was the Xbox …

So have you ever wondered how certain people out there have been racking up their gamerscores amazingly fast and you just thought they had to much time on their hands to play games… Well most of the time you are right but there is a seedier side to these achievements… Some people have been sharing their save files over the Internet. What …

In yet another blow to PS3 owners THQ has stated that they have scrapped Saints Row for the PS3… This after it was meant to be released soon… Nice. So why have they done this? Basically because they don’t think there is a large enough install base to warrant the cost of the game development. Where have we heard that before? Whats …