I missed the Dragon Age train when it first came round, but managed to hop aboard a little earlier this year – and it ended up being one of the more enjoyable journeys I’ve had. Thanks to the game’s sometimes ambiguous morality, I made a few terrible choices that may come back to haunt me. Speaking to NowGamer, Dragon Age …
A while ago we put up a “Rumour†tagged article about an HD re-release for the Prince of Persia Trilogy. Ubisoft has since confirmed this HD re-release to be true and on its way on 19 November in headache-inducing 3D. The high-definition compilation will contain all three of the Prince of Persia titles that appeared on previous generation hardware. The …
I’ve maintained, in the face of the huge push towards 3D this year, that the biggest stumbling blocks for the adoption of the technology are the prohibitive high costs involved, and the cumbersome need for glasses. Toshiba may have stepped over the latter hurdle, but they made the already expensive tech even more so, while reducing screen size. A recent …
The local gaming community needs your help soldier! Yesterday we were contacted by an admin of a South African Steam community group (they also have a Facebook group) requesting our assistance in helping their cause. As we are always keen to fight the good fight, we were happy to do our bit, and now it’s your turn. If you remember …
Yes, you read correctly, Capcom expects MvC 3 to usurp the legendary Street Fighter’s spot on the sales charts. Chatting to EventHubs, Capcom’s vice-president of strategic planning and business development (thats one long business card) Christian Svensson stated that it was his “expectation” that the cross-universe over-the-top fighting game will do better. Capcom plan to make sure of that via …
Ladies and gentlemen, after nearly a year of silence, we are proud to bring you a special edition of the Lazygamer Podcast! Marc, Danny and Myself are back for a super-awesome 2010 recap episode where we talk about what games caught our attention this year as well as some thoughts and debates on the rAge 2010 gaming expo. We may …
So yesterday we posted a community news piece on how Goldman Sachs had dropped their rating of Microsoft and had singled out the Entertainment division which houses the Xbox as an example of a division that Microsoft should offload. However today Steve Ballmer has been chatting to the London School of Economics about cloud computing and has raised the Xbox …
If you recall, our commander in chief reported that Gears of War 3 was delayed by five months. The reason given was for marketing. The worst possible reason for a delay in a game, since its so intangible. At the recent Eurogamer expo, the Gears of War 3 campaign wasn’t on show to the public. According to a Microsoft spokesman, …
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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