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Buying Halo Reach: South Africa's Retail Gaming Industry Is In Trouble

By Nick De Bruyne
September 15, 2010
in :  Gaming
55

Yesterday saw the release of Microsoft’s biggest title of 2010 by far, which as you all know, was the latest entry of their flagship series, Halo Reach. What is Halo Reach to the gaming industry? It’s money, and lots of it. The game had already surpassed 2 million pre-orders worldwide, and at an average price of around $60 globally, that …

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Halo Reach: A Strange Link To South Africa, Durban and Apartheid

By Nick De Bruyne
September 6, 2010
in :  Gaming
17

This week I noticed a comment on our site from a reader (for the life of me I can’t find it anywhere now) that mentioned that one of the lead characters in Halo Reach, Commander Carter, is in fact a South African. At first I was confused, but intrigued. Is the voice actor South African, or the character himself? Turns …

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We get confirmation about our Xbox 360 250Gb release date… It looks like a Rage release

By Gavin Mannion
August 17, 2010
in :  Gaming
6

With all the news flying around about Gamescom and Kinect it quickly became apparent that we still don’t have an official release date the for the redesigned Xbox 360. I dropped an email to Microsoft and this is the official answer as of today the 17th of August 2010. Last Updated: August 17, 2010

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Xbox 360 Halo Reach Special Edition Available In South Africa

By Gavin Mannion
August 16, 2010
in :  Gaming
9

The headline pretty much says it all but according to a listing on kalahari.net that awesome Halo Reach Special Edition 250Gb Xbox 360 will be sold locally for a not so terrible R3899. The console comes with a copy of Halo Reach and 2 Xbox 360 wireless controllers. If you are in the market for a new Xbox 360 and …

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Confirmed: SA games to begin receiving all Xbox Live content

By Nick De Bruyne
August 12, 2010
in :  Gaming
8

If there is one thing we have consistently moaned about here on Lazygamer, it’s the lack of Xbox Live content in our Microsoft games. It’s been a long road of reports, phone calls, emails and complaining from our side. Not sure what we mean? How about that time that we reported that Gears of War 2 wouldn’t be getting the …

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[Updated] Breaking News: Xbox 360 250GB Local Pricing Announced [Exclusive]

By Nick De Bruyne
August 5, 2010
in :  Gaming
35

Ladies and Gentlemen we have some breaking news regarding the new Xbox 360 “S” 250GB. We contacted Microsoft in South Africa recently a few times to try and get some more information regarding the price and release date for the system. Details after the jump. Last Updated: August 5, 2010

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Press Release: BuzzCity report shows mobile gaming is mainstream

By Gavin Mannion
August 4, 2010
in :  Press Release
0

BuzzCity report shows mobile gaming is mainstream – 90% of mobile users download and play games on their mobiles South Africa – 29 July 2010: Marketers and games developers in South Africa now have a very clear idea of the average mobile games player, thanks to data just released by Singapore-based mobile media company BuzzCity. The results of the sixth …

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Gaming

LAGza South African Super Street Fighter IV Tournament Results

By Nick De Bruyne
August 2, 2010
in :  Gaming
1

Local gaming community website LAGza hosted their second Xbox 360 Super Street Fighter IV online tournament this Sunday past, and after some really crazy matches, the results are in. The grand finals put local gamers Poddle (Dhalsim) and Twobop (Ryu) up against each other, but it wasn’t the first time they had faced each other in the tournament. In earlier …

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