Yesterday I voiced my disgust over the fact that yet another AAA title was struggling to cope with the day one load on their online servers and lamented the fact that they are screwing up something that really isn’t that complicated. Kazunori Yamauchi has stated in an interview with Edge magazine that the online service is currently in a critical …

For a so-called “core gamer” who regularly makes fun of motion-controlled gaming, I’ve certainly gotten caught up in it. I have a Wii (with motion plus!), Playstation Move and I’ve recently acquired Microsoft’s Kinect. While I must admit that I’ve been having quite a bit of fun with Kinect – having a family and all – the one motion-controller that …

Gran Turismo 5 is here. After years and years of patience, delays, news, rumours and flame wars, the next version of Polyphony Digital’s Real Driving Simulator is finally in our hands. I am a longtime fan of the Gran Turismo series as well as a complete petrol-head, which usually means that if a game lets me simultaneously propel and control …

Kevin Butler is back for yet another incredible advert in Sony’s Playstation 3 campaign. The question this time around: What happens if your kids want a videogames console, but your wife wants a Blu-Ray player? Mr. Butler is more than happy to help a man in need, and yeah, it’s just downright hilarious. Video after the jump. Last Updated: November …

Earlier today we reported that Gran Turismo 5 will offer an optional 40 – 50 minute install of around 6.4GB or so that unpacks as you play the game. While I already liked the idea of the install unpacking while you play, it seems that Polyphony have done one better. If you choose not to install the game straight away, …

UPDATED: We have been contacted by the owner of the ps3.co.za domain who insists that we have gotten the story all wrong. We have posted up additional info at the bottom of the article. One of our local gamers (@Psyndrome) stumbled onto something and posted it up on Twitter last night that we found pretty damn hilarious, sneaky and interesting… …

Earlier today I posted a piece on how the PSPgo is now dirt-cheap and comes bundled with free games. For those of you who already own a PSPgo, I could understand how that piece might have left you feeling a little miffed. Especially when you consider that you must have paid around R3000 for it and now it’s just so, …

Over the last week or so, the price of Sony’s redesign of the PSP, the PSPgo, has been reduced in various regions across the globe. The download-only handheld hasn’t exactly received massive sales since its launch, and that could be attributed to a number of things. Obviously, price was the major turn-off when the device launched. Locally, the redesigned PSP …