www.xbox-360.co.za has always been the most popular console gaming forum in South Africa since the launch of the 360 and now MiNeM has decided to improve it with a new look and feel as well as by adding some new functionality.. The forum is still there but it has now moved over to a new system (VBulletin) and we seem …

2007 really has turned out to be the year of the shooters… We are now creeping up on September and even if we completely ignore all the games released already this year the line up for the last remaining months is massive. Here is Gamedaily’s list of must have shooters… Bioshock, COD4,  Quake Wars, Halo 3, Unreal Tournament 3, Medal of Honor (?) and Half …

The UK sales figures are very rarely published so it’s difficult to keep track on who is winning in the UK. Here are the latest ones that I can find though. Xbox 360 – 1,193,088Wii           –    618,278PS3          –    281,977 So yeah it’s another territory where the PS3 is being hammered, the Wii looks like it will overtake the 360 in the next few …

You may or may not have known about the recent Gears of War league that has been happening online. Well koldFUSiON www.thexboxlounge.co.za has put together his review of the league which is quite interesting. I agree with some of his points but not all. My understanding of the League is that it’s to find the best of the best amongst SA, obviously …

A site call cheat code central  has written a very nice preview of the upcoming Ubisoft game Endwar. It is by far the best and most detailed review I have read and has easily put this game onto my have to have list. In EndWar we are able to view 1000+ characters and vehicles in real-time on your screen all at …

The above image is doing the rounds at the moment. Have Sony decided to follow Microsoft’s lead by integrating a gamer card into your PS3 profile? To give some more weight to this story Mark Rein was giving a UT3 demo in Edinburgh recently and he accidently showed the gamercard option to the crowd before saying Oops, you shouldn’t have …

Well that is the rumour at least. The next PS3 update (v2.0) will include browser improvements, moving icons for movies and games (?) and a choice of getting Home. What I don’t understand is if Home is such a great new feature for the PS3 why is it optional? That has never been Sony’s strategy before and personally I don’t see it happening now. I am …

It’s nearly here 🙂 The Halo 3 achievements are now available to view on www.xbox.com but be warned that if you don’t want to know what the stage names are and how many there are then don’t look. There are 49 achievements for a total of 1000 points which is pretty standard. Unfortunately all the online achievements are for ranked …