Ten years ago today in north America SEGA released what would become their last foray into the console hardware arena. It was the first of the 6th generation of consoles to make it in to people’s homes – Before the Nintendo Gamecube, the PlayStation 2 and Microsoft’s Xbox. It was, 10 years ago, a beast of a machine, sharing the …
Whilst sipping my coffee and eating my cucumber sandwiches (with the crusts cut off, of course) I came across a post by MooDy on the local Xbox 360 forums. It details what, according to the accompanying press release, is the country’s first ever conviction of a video game pirate. The brigand in question, one Muhammed Baber, ran “Game Zone,†a …
Bloomberg reports that a version of Sims 3 which isn’t even a complete final build with all of the content, is already being downloaded by the thousands. According to the report, in only 3 days, from May 18 to May 21, the game has been downloaded over 180 000 times. The really sad part about all of this is that …
I came across a really interesting article today, which you can follow by clicking the source link at the bottom of the article, that basically explains how to defeat piracy, Sony have not taken technological steps, but played on human nature instead. The article is obviously right in it’s argument, mostly because the PS3 has yet to have any sort …
The recently released Demigod boss has come out and given us his personal view on pirates and I agree with the man 100%. According to Brad Wardell “Demigod is heavily pirated” and “make no mistake, piracy pisses me off” He then goes on to say what most pirates refuse to admit. Last Updated: May 12, 2009
While we at Lazygamer.co.za do not condone piracy in any way, shape or form, we definitely have a good reason to love their designers today, and this image shows why. According to what you see in this image, you can now go to a dodgy store and pick up a copy of “GTA: San Andreas Tarazan” for PS2. Yes, Tarazan. …
Yesterday afternoon a story started hitting the local forums claiming that SterKinekor had instructed SARS agents at customs to block and confiscate all Blu-Ray imports claiming that they are counterfeit copies. The main accusation stemming from a claim by Zaner on HelloPeter that his Killzone 2 Limited Edition import has been blocked at the request of SterKinekors Brand Lawyers. If …
Nintendo have come out and asked the American Trade Representative to help them in combating the rampant piracy on their hugely popular DS and Wii systems. While this is a normal annual process for them, this year they have decided to name and shame certain countries where piracy has become rampant. Some of them are expected and some I have …
Cloud gaming removed hardware barriers, but it replaced them with something less visible and …
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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