So you want a PS3 but can’t afford one? Well Highveld Stereo in conjunction with their inhouse Club VIP are raffling one this week. Club VIP is a loyalty program that they run where they give out keywords throughout the day that you then need to sms to a special number (33VIP – 33847), each SMS costs you R1.50 and …
Alex Kierkegaard has written a very interesting article on his website about how neither the PS3 nor the Xbox 360 are anywhere near powerful enough to do true HD gaming. Nor do we really need it in this generation. A warning though it is long to read. To put it in a nutshell when you go home today and turn on your DSTV or eTV …
This seems like really big news that has just not hit the big guys yet. Over at www.n4g.com they are reporting that Microsoft has admitted to it’s Xbox 360 console damaging discs due to having a faulty DVD drive. After more than thousand complaints of Xbox 360 users, Microsoft has admitted Saturday night that there is a flaw in the …
Those lucky people over at IGN where given a sneak peek at the new Tam Fortress 2 from valve… I have been ignoring this game for a while as I always thought it looked a little childish.. but after reading the write up on it today I am now very interested in giving this a bash. There are 9 different classes to …
From the makers of Geometry Wars and Project Gotham Racing is coming a new type of third person shooting game. Winning in this game is not about shooting the most people it’s more about shooting them properly… confused? Yeah me to. I can’t find a trailer for this one yet but the pictures look pretty and the gameplay sounds …
Capcom have announced 4 new games which are going to be hitting the Xbox Live Arcade and PlayStation network towards the end of this year. The one that I am most looking forward to is Rocketman: Axis of Evil (seen above). Which is going to be coming with 4 player co-op support. The basic idea behind the game is destory anything that moves, sounds …
The Chief Financial officer of Eidos has come out and said that he expects the PS3 to catch the Xbox 360’s user base by next April. That’s 1 year to catch up 8 million plus how ever many Xboxes get sold in the next year. I wonder what he knows to believe that currently as very few analysts have been …
Achieve360Points.com has just published the official list of achievments for Command & Conquer 3 which is about to hit the Xbox. In this list there are 4 negative achievements. You get 0 score for being really bad at the game. This made me wonder if this was a good idea for the developers or not. Knowing many people who insist on …
It looks like the Elite will be seeing the light of day in the UK in November this year, and since we follow their lead in all things gaming it is safe to say we will see it in November as well. Xboxer confirmed today with a publisher, peripheral manufacturer and a magazine that the UK Street date isn’t going to …
Over at Games Radar they have a mini review of the upcoming Drake’s Fortune for the PS3. This game is starting to really look good and with some original SIXAXIS usage this could become the PS3 poster child. Take a look at the picture above and imagine yourself balancing him using the motion sensitive SIXAXIS controller. Sounds like fun right 🙂 For some more pictures and …
So do you prefer the PS3 over the Xbox 360 but are mature enough to admit that 360 is a better controller? Well some guy over in the states has the answer to your problems. The PS360 controller, all you need to do is open up your 360 controller and throw away the insides then transplant the insides of your SIXAXIS into …
The kind guys over at Gamespot have reviewed Mortal Kombat II on the PS3 for us. All in all it does very well, coming in with a score of 7.9. Their biggest problems where regarding online play and a meaningless scoreboard. Hopefully all the PS3’s online problems will be sorted out when @Home comes into the picture and the dev’s have some sort …
A spooky European village. Properly scary castle mania. Vampires. Werewolves! The only thing more frightening, is a glimpse at your empty bank account when it comes to deciding whether or not you can grab Resident Evil Village this month. Capcom's successor to its long-running survival-horror franchise is finally out, and if you've read our review then you know the game is a winner on multiple levels.
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