 Whether you like them or not Achievements have become an integral part of Xbox 360 gaming and even now it feels odd that I don’t get my little reward when I complete some really hard stage in a PC game or on my DS. The PS3 has addressed this by adding Trophies to their system but for now they …
This week I managed to download the Xbox 360 demo’s of Pure and Fracture. Pure Pure is an ATV racing simulator in the loosest sense of the word. There is nothing realistic about the driving and tricks that you pull off in Pure but that doesn’t take away anything from the key element behind Pure. Pure is about fun, pure …
Just a quick update, I see a few news stories are floating around this morning about Rock Band finally making an appearance down under and at a retail price of AUD$250 (R1616) for the whole set which is not a bad price at all. Unfortunately I received confirmation from EA South Africa this weekend that there is still no local …
The console gaming company that said digital distribution was not the way of the future has just become the first to offer a previously full retail title* as a download only. As of Thursday you will be able to download the entire Burnout Paradise game directly from the PSN. The game is priced at exactly the same price as the …
This is not a good sign for South Africans… Duke Nukem 3D has been given an Adults Only rating in Japan which effectively means it has been banned from appearing on the Xbox Live Marketplace. While that doesn’t mean anything to us directly it does raise the fears that Germany will also decide that badly pixilated nudity and less than …
I don’t know if this is a first or not but DPadMagazine has posted up a 3D screenshot from Call of Duty 5 which is unbelievably cool. Unfortunately I can’t embed it here so you are just going to have to click through to take a look at the new flamethrower in all it’s glory. As much as I try …
A lot has been said about the draconian DRM embedded in Spore at the moment but EA games are far from being the only company to try to thwart piracy. It seems that the movies you download from the PSN have a similar feature. The rentals are able to be kept for 24 hours which I think is perfectly fair …
According to Microsoft Game Studios head Phil Spencer, Microsoft has plenty more Halo in store for its fans. Quoted in an interview with games industry.biz Spencer said “Well, there’s more than one team building Halo games right now. There are more than two or three teams building Halo things right now. Some of them we will own, some of them …
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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