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If there’s one thing I’ve always been insanely jealous of when it comes to our American compatriots, (besides their vast quantities of bacon, of course) it’s their easy access to video on demand services like Netflix and Amazon VOD. Video streaming technology is extremely popular everywhere else in the world as well, whereas back home we currently only have Multichoice’s …
The Playstation 3’s new tagline – It only does everything – is becoming more and more apt. Taking a feather out of the Xbox 360’s cap (and then summarily poking it in the eye with it), the PS3 will soon also allow North American users to stream Netflix video from the comfort of their couches. While this of course means …
One of the highly anticipated features of the NXE update is co-op movie watching via Netflix… Well apparently it’s highly anticipated but for the life of me I can’t understand why? The idea is that while you are watching a movie on your dashboard you can have friends dropping in to watch the movie with you, and talk to you, …
Oh well I guess you can’t be right all the time. It seems that Microsoft and Netflix have managed to sort out the licensing issues surrounding the Sony Columbia Pictures movies not being available for streaming on the NXE. So unfortunately this ones a bust as both 1up and Evil avatar are reporting all movies are back up and working …
Not that this story is completely relevant to us here in SA but I do think it’s an interesting one. Joystiq is reporting that Netflix streaming won’t have quite as many films available as may have been planned. Its seems a number of films are now no longer available to be streamed on the Xbox 360, including both Ghostbusters and …
Xbox 360 'New Xbox Experience Walkthrough' The New Xbox Experience isn’t launching until November 19, but they’ve been checking it out at 1UP for a week now, and they are passing the savings onto you. Or, uh, the knowledge at least. Check out the video walkthrough that GameVideos Associate Producer David Ellis put together to get your first look at …
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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