This week Yahtzee takes a blind leap into the thrilling world of The Sims 3 and comes out thoroughly scarred and shaking like a little girl. I remember a few years back I bought a copy of The Sims for my wife as I had heard it was an awesome game, that has been my only experience with The Sims …

If you haven’t entered yet don’t forget that we are currently running a competition in conjunction with MSPoints.co.za where you can win one of two 3 month Xbox Live subscription codes. To enter simply email me (comps@lazygamer.co.za) the name of the website where you can now buy Xbox 360 subscriptions and points locally. The winners will be announced on Friday …

Worms has been one of the greatest and simplest little franchises in PC gaming for years and thankfully, us console folk have been included for the past while. I always loved Worms, but when I heard that the first XBLA release didn’t quite hit the spot for most people, I gave it a skip. This new release looks like everything …

This weekend will see not only one, but two games that will be dishing out double the experience points for online ranked multiplayer modes. Both games will have more than that going for them, as each is going to be changing things up this weekend. Call of Duty is going to see some permanent changes made to the ranked map …

While the distribution rights for the Xbox 360 are still up in the air it seems that we are still going to be covered when it comes to dealing with the Xbox 360 RROD’s John Press, the Product Marketing Manager for Xbox South Africa, has confirmed that existing Xbox 360 warrantee’s will be honoured by Powercare who can be contacted …

So a little while ago I had the pleasure of posting some new screenshots for Cryptic’s Champions Online. Today I get to double up on that same pleasure by not only posting five new screens but one of them actually displays a dude getting hit in his man-parts by a lazer! I’m still pretty keen on giving this one a …

The rumour mill grinds again – and this time it’s milling (once again) over the oft rumoured PS3 Slim. Demonstrative of Sony’s inability to not leak information, word comes from the far east that two Taiwanese manufacturers have been granted licence to manufacture the brand new PS3-on-a-diet. The companies in question, Foxconn and Pegatron (Not a dastardly shape-shifting robot) are …

While I can’t think of a single person who really yearns for the return of games made using digitised actors – old-age gems such as Pitfighter, Mortal Kombat and Naughty Dog’s godawful  MK rip-off Way of the Warrior – it seems one company wants to return to this not-quite-golden-age. Indie developer Galloping Ghost has been working on Dark Presence ; …