Tuesday, May 6th, 2008
After months of waiting for the South African release date to be announced, I can finally confirm that the Xbox 360 Wireless Racing Wheel accessory should be appearing in retailers in June 2008, possibly even at the end of May 2008. The expected retail price is set at R1299 ...
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Saturday, April 26th, 2008
For those in and around Johannesburg there are going to be some launch parties happening for one of the most anticipated sequels in the gaming industry. Yes I can only be talking about Grand Theft Auto IV. According to my sources the local distributor, Megarom, will be teaming up ...
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Wednesday, March 19th, 2008
For all the Halo 3 fans out there, there is good news. More downloadable content is on the way for just 800 Microsoft Points. The pack will consist of three new maps and some new Forge options. Bungie has some articles on two of the three new maps namely Ghost ...
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Monday, March 10th, 2008
For those that haven't heard the good news yet, there was a rather awesome bit of news out of Microsoft today. No Xbox LIVE isn't officially available in South Africa yet, rather the Xbox 360 product range got a cool R600 to R700 price drop depending on the model. ...
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Friday, March 7th, 2008
If you are a fan of the TV series Lost then you might be interested in picking up a copy of Lost the video game. The game has a Teen ESRB rating so it should be suitable for most of the family and apparently feels very much like ...
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Tuesday, March 4th, 2008
Fancy yourself as a movie producer? Microsoft invites South Africans to enter an international competition to shoot and upload a video of the character Master Chief, the star of the Xbox 360 exclusive game Halo 3, in circumstances outside of his usual world. Note that entrants need to be ...
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Wednesday, February 20th, 2008
Hot off the press at the Game Developers Conference 2008 is that Gears of War 2 is going to be released exclusively for Xbox 360 in November. The official press release follows: SAN FRANCISCO — Feb. 20, 2008 — Today at the Game Developers Conference (GDC) 2008, Microsoft ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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