I saw an interesting news story showing that the popular American retailer "Circuit City" is going to be offering 1600 free Xbox Live points to anyone who buys Gears of War 2 from one of their stores. Ok, I though, this doesn't really apply to us South Africans so I don't need to bother posting the news. Then it dawned on me, this is very relevant to us because I want to know why we aren't getting cool deals like this. As a South African, any of us have quite a large amount of stores to choose from when buying a new game for our favorite console or handheld. Some go to certain stores for a better price, or because they like the service and most, well, most probably just pick whichever is closest. So with gaming picking up in the country and the potential for sales being huge this Christmas season, why in the hell aren't any of them using any methods to get us to buy from them instead of their rivals. Damn it. I want 1600 free points when I go buy my Gears of War 2, or a free keyring, or pat on the back, or something. I'm sure that you do too. Most of us have our favorite stores but if there is one that is offering something like this along with the game then you know damn straight that it will be there store that I go to when the game gets released. C'mon local stores, when are you going to realise that we all want free stuff and you all want more sales, it makes sense doesn't it?

I am starting to get the feeling that Treyarch is panicking, I don’t know if it’s just from how their comments are being reported or my original worry about going back to WWII rearing it’s ugly head. But I do actually think it’s more about how their comments are being reported, example A According to Noah Heller from Treyarch “There’s …

Valve have announced that a Left 4 Dead demo will be made available on Xbox 360 and PC on November 6. Here is the catch though, if you want the demo on November 6, you will need to have pre-ordered the game. If however, you are one of the many people that couldn't be bothered about pre-ordering a game that will obviously be in steady supply, the demo will be released to everyone on November 11. The demo will include both single player and multiplayer, with the multiplayer component being reported to end on November 18, the day of the games release.

There is a new Gears of War 2 trailer out and it gives us a bit more insight into the story that will be Gears of War 2. However, I don’t like it… it seems false and yes I understand the absurdity of calling a video game trailer false but it doesn’t change the fact that it does. This isn’t …

With the recent news of the LittleBigPlanet servers being shut down and the complete debacle that was the SOCOM beta we have to ask the question… Is it time to start charging for use of the PlayStation Network. Anytime the question is asked people point to the Xbox 360 Live network failing as proof that the charge model is not …

So yesterday we spoke about how well the LittleBigPlanet reviews are doing and it was only on Monday that we mentioned that Gears 2 was also receiving high praise from all over the Internet. Well today (actually yesterday) is Resistance 2’s turn with the first full review being published by IGN and with the reviewer summing it up nicely with …

Skate It 'Balance Board' trailer HD Skate It may be the only reason I still have a Wii lying around, there’s no denying that combined with the use of the balance board, Skate It looks like like it’s going to be tons of fun, let’s hope Black Box can translate the same feeling of control you got from using the …

Will any game be safe from zombies this Halloween? Treyarch has revealed its brand new Nazi Zombie mode in Call of Duty: World at War. Riding on the back of the original idea in World of Warcraft, it seems that zombies are the new pink this Halloween. Nazi Zombies attack in waves and by killing them you can earn money …