Review by Marius “Stripe” van der Merwe – Mint Gaming SC2 player Starcraft. The first title was released more than a decade ago, followed by the expansion: Brood Wars. It is one of the best selling games of all time, and in some countries namely Korea, one of their biggest national sports. It defined real-time strategy (RTS) and its standards. …
We all know what I’m on about here, right? As gamers, we are all aware of the hard hitters, the console sellers and the money makers in the industry. There’s a ton of big names out there, some of them popular because they’re just so damn good, and others that remain on top thanks to a fanboy following that refuses …
If there is one thing that is monstrously difficult to pull off in this day and age, it’s keeping something a secret. Keeping secrets, however, seems to be a skill that Ken Levine and his boys at Irrational Games are very, very good at. Three years after releasing the original Bioshock, they have smacked everyone out of the blue by …
It really sucks to have to be the bearer of bad news when the news disappoints me more than most of the people reading it. Test Drive Unlimited 2, the sequel to what was essentially a launch title in South Africa has now been delayed to 2011 so that Eden Games can polish up the very important online multiplayer component …
Folks on NeoGaf have put a thread comparing the graphics in Mafia II on the PC, Xbox 360 and PS3 as well as linked to a YouTube video that does the same. It’s a no-brainer that the PC version looks absolutely stunning when compared to the console versions, as is always the case but what about the other two? When …
Many of you aren’t fans of MMO’s right? Well, me neither really. That’s also mostly because when we all think of MMO’s we think of World of Warcraft and its subscription-based time-suck powers that involve a lot of mindless grinding. I have never really liked MMO’s all that much, with the exception of Guild Wars from NCsoft. It’s the only …
Boy, oh boy do we have a ton of juicy new info for you about Batman: Arkham City. Judging from the response we had to our first post on Batman: Arkham City just a few days ago, it’s very safe to say that there is a lot of reader interest in this new chapter in the “Arkham” game series. It’s …
It’s the next big evil that we all know is coming and are still refusing to admit, in the next few years it is pretty much guaranteed that Activision will begin charging for online play in Call of Duty but the big question is whether we will pay or not. Personally I completely understand why they want to charge for …
Film classification in the UK is designed to help audiences understand what content is …
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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