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Confirmed! South African Forza Consumers Shafted by Microsoft!

By Geoffrey Tim
October 12, 2009
in :  Gaming
26

Remember last week how we surmised that, like Gears of War 2, the locally distributed copies of Forza Motorsport 3 might be shipped without the codes for the day one DLC extra cars? Turns out we were right! Kalahari has confirmed with Microsoft South Africa’s John Press that any additional content – such as extra cars and the like – …

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Forza 3 Reviews Racing In At 100mph

By Nick De Bruyne
October 8, 2009
in :  Gaming
2

Forza 3 is nearly out and the reviews from international sites are rolling in like mad today. IGN have released their video review for the game and after watching it I can truly say that I am now practically dying to get my hands on a copy. As far as flaws go it seems like the major gripe about the …

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Forza 3 Free DLC Pack At Launch – South Africans To Get Screwed Again?

By Nick De Bruyne
October 7, 2009
in :  Gaming
21

Here’s some great news! Forza Motorsport 3 will be launching with a free 10 car DLC pack! Here’s some crap news! If this goes the same way that Gears of War 2 did, we won’t be getting them. Forza 3 will indeed be launching with a download token in the box that will allow all purchasers to download the free …

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425 Million gamers matched – 150 Million change of clothes

By Gavin Mannion
October 7, 2009
in :  Gaming
3

While it may sound more like a dating sites tag line these numbers are coming out of the first annual Microsoft Open House in NYC. Robbie Bach has been chatting about the Xbox 360 and has confirmed that there are now over 20 million Xbox Live members who have played in over 425 million online games. That’s a whole lot …

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Peter Molyneux Hints at Fable III Natal Integration

By Geoffrey Tim
October 6, 2009
in :  Gaming
0

Peter Molyneux has been a particularly slippery fish of late. Interviews have him saying that Fable III would not support Microsoft’s Natal, using a controller for input instead. In a more recent interview with Dutch Site GameKings, he’s now pretty much confirmed that the next Fable game will indeed have some sort of Natal integration. Molyneux clarified his statement after …

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Fable II Split Into Episodes – First One Is Free, Right Now!

By Nick De Bruyne
September 29, 2009
in :  Gaming
2

For those of you who don’t know, Fable II is now offered in an episodic manner which means that those of you who don’t own the game can now play it in segments. The first episode clocks in at a hefty 2GB’s but is available for absolutely nothing and can be downloaded on your Xbox or scheduled by clicking this …

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Microsoft to buy EA games – Sony and Activision will not be pleased

By Gavin Mannion
September 24, 2009
in :  Gaming
4

A weird rumour has popped up on the internal stock market over night with Reuters of all people posting that Microsoft are looking at purchasing EA Games in full. The rumour is currently being looked at seriously with shares in EA Games shooting up by 8% but really can really be good for the gaming industry. I would highly doubt …

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Microsoft : Huzzah! We are the Digital Distribution Leaders

By Geoffrey Tim
September 22, 2009
in :  Gaming
0

Somehow forgetting the existence of Valve’s Steam, Microsoft have proclaimed themselves to be the undisputed leaders of digital distribution. This comes after the 200 percent increase in sales since last year. Admittedly, this was bolstered by a fantastic summer line-up of games, including Shadow Complex and Trials HD, both of which – according to Microsoft – broke sales records. "It’s …

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