Archive for the ‘Gaming’ Category

Xbox LIVE getting XNA games and more

Wednesday, February 20th, 2008

Finally the marriage between Xbox LIVE and XNA has been announced. Major Nelson live blogged it from GDC (Game Developers Conference) in San Francisco on his twitter feed and promptly posted about it. It was just announced at GDC that we are introducing a new, open distribution service ...

Zero Punctuation review of Call of Duty 4

Thursday, February 7th, 2008

Once again I find myself laughing my head off with the latest Zero Punctuation review from Yahtzee. This time he reviews Call of Duty 4 and I highly recommend everyone, even the non-gamers, go watch it. I've embedded it below for ease of viewing or you can head on over ...

Announcing Co-Optimus.com

Monday, January 28th, 2008

I just got word about a new site, Co-Optimus.com, which seems to be the first site to focus solely on co-operative gaming on consoles and PCs alike. The official press release follows: Easton, PA - January 28, 2008 - Nicholas Puleo, current Editor-in-Chief of EvilAvatar.com, has announced a new ...

Rock Band and Drumshhh

Sunday, January 27th, 2008

One game that I'm eagerly awaiting to hit the South African local retail shelves is Rock BandTM. The game allows you to form your own virtual band with lead guitar, bass guitar, drums and of course vocals. I'm sure I'm not the only one who has ever considered buying a ...

Download Undertow for FREE

Wednesday, January 23rd, 2008

Yes as stated previously, the Xbox LIVE Arcade game Undertow is available to all Xbox LIVE members for free today until Monday morning. So go download your copy between now and then. [tags]Xbox LIVE Arcade,Undertow[/tags]

Free Xbox LIVE Arcade game announced

Monday, January 21st, 2008

After the recent service issues that some users experienced with Xbox LIVE over the festive season a free Xbox LIVE Arcade game was announced and now we know what and when. The free game is Undertow worth 800 Microsoft Points and it will be available for FREE to all ...

Free Xbox LIVE Arcade game coming soon

Monday, January 7th, 2008

Major Nelson has posted about a free Xbox LIVE Arcade game for all Xbox LIVE members which will be made available in the coming weeks. This freebie seems partly as a result of the recent Xbox LIVE service issues that users have experienced. Dear Xbox LIVE Members:                                                                                                     ...

Xbox LIVE Friends of Friends

Monday, November 26th, 2007

Just got word of a new feature that will be included in the Xbox 360 Dashboard update next week. Its called Friends of Friends and it seems to an interesting step from Microsoft into the social networking market. Basically the new setting allows users to take a peek at ...

Gears of War releases in South Africa

Wednesday, November 7th, 2007

We all knew that Gears of War was coming to the Windows PC gaming platform and now its official. Yes it should be in stores later this week and will run on Windows XP and Windows Vista machines. One thing that is awesome about Games for Windows LIVE (basically ...

South African Xbox 360 buyers guide

Friday, October 26th, 2007

With the recent announcements of the Arcade and Value bundles on the local South African gaming market I thought a buyers guide might be useful. So I've taken the liberty to summarise the various console offerings for those considering buying a new console and perhaps dispel a few common ...