It’s a weekend of serious stuff (well, for the most part) at South African moviehouses, with manly men doing stuff like picking up guns, and flaming chains, and going to war… against everyone from drug dealers to Germans to, uh, the Devil himself. Can’t you just smell the testosterone? Ghost Rider: Spirit of Vengeance – Of today’s 4 major releases, …
The second trailer for Max Payne 3 has been released and we get to find out why Max is killing again
Huh, so Brazil is back in the news with another GTA related piece of weird. Last week we had that amazing, GTA-style car chase that ended with some police brutality. This week’s Brazilian GTA news is in no way connected to the events of last week, so don’t for a second think this is a knee-jerk reaction on behalf of Brazil’s authorities. Kotaku’s …
Alright so technically this isn’t gaming news, but it’s totally related to gaming! And it’s totally awesome as well. I realise that in posting this I am, in some way, contributing to the bollocks-filled argument that “violent games make people violentâ€, but I defy you to watch the following clip and not think to yourself, “Holy crap! This is exactly …
Brazil is one core member of the BRIC group which is the group of developing countries who the first world are most afraid of losing their comfortable economies to. But while we may not be part of BRIC we are at least miles ahead when it comes to gaming and being up to date with the rest of the gaming …
Germany has ludicrously draconian laws regarding the sale of violent video games. Australia doesn’t quite, but a glitch in the law system prevents games with adult-themed videogame content from being sold, effectively banning them. Looks like we may be adding Brazil to the list of countries to not be a gamer in, as Senator Valdir Raupp has penned legislation that …
As residents of the southernmost tip of Africa, we thought we got shafted when it came to console hardware and game pricing and availability. Spare a thought then for our Brazilian brothers and sisters, who not only pay MUCH more than we do for games, they also get the hardware much, much later. How much later, exactly? Well, the South …
About 2 months ago Nick had a bit of a lashing at the Zeebo for trying to launch in developing countries at a low cost but then requiring bandwidth to download new games over. As we all know bandwidth in places like South Africa and Brazil is far from cheap so the idea appeared to be a non starter. Well …
Have you ever double-checked your doors at night because something just didn’t feel secure? …
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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