The Xbox 360 – still the top selling HD console – has been plagued with hardware problems, largely a result of shoddy design and poor manufacturing. While the prevalence of the ominous “Red Ring of Death†has lessened (some say to make way for the now more common e74 error), Xbox 360’s do still die. Thankfully, after acknowledging the problem, …
Sony has launched a new service for all PS3 or PSP owners called the Playstation Protection Plan. For a mere $45 you can get an extra year added onto your standard PS3 warranty to protect you from standard operating failures or that dreaded YLOD. I don’t know if the warranty is being offered locally or not and to be honest …
I took a peek into my e-mail inbox this morning to find a rather interesting announcement from Microsoft. As the title already mentions, Comztek has been appointed by Microsoft as the new distributor of the Xbox 360 in South Africa. Some of you may be confused and would be right for thinking that Comztek was already handling the distribution but …
Who could ever forgot how Microsoft had to shoot themselves in the foot when they announced that they would be extending the warranty for the Red Rings of Death, Demise, Doom and a whole lot of other words starting with “D”. So basically, as most of us know, the E74 is the new RROD. The good news is that Microsoft …
You may remember that in January, I posted up a “Captain’s Log”, which was meant to follow the progress of my faulty Xbox 360’s swap-out procedure with MiDigital. What eventually happened is that I received no response to my request for a swap-out and was very quickly told my all of our readers that faxing through the necessary documents was …
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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