[Update: We have added the steps you need to take to migrate your account over] This post marks the exact moment that Xbox Live is officially available in South Africa. It’s just hit midnight and as announced at the Xbox Live / Kinect Launch event, the services are now officially available to Xbox 360 owners. Owners who have Xbox 360’s …
DICE will be releasing VIP Map Pack 7, a brand new map pack for Battlefield: Bad Company 2. The map pack takes the two favourite maps from the original Bad Company, as picked by the community and will be giving them the full 2.0 overhaul as well as two new maps that come from the BC2 singleplayer campaign . The …
The Need for Speed franchise has thankfully been granted a Criterion-fueled return to form and is promising to bring back the glory days of cop chases and exotic cars rather than Hondas with flame stickers on them. The first reviews are hitting the net and the game has so far been rated by IGN, Eurogamer, CVG and more. So then, …
Darksiders is totally awesome; any game that allows you to pick up an enemy by the leg and then smash it head-first on the ground gets a 10/10 in my book. I was a little late to the party so I’m actually playing it at the moment. The good news is that once I’m done with it I won’t have …
By Peter Carmody EA sports first jab at the world of Mixed Martial Arts has pushed its way into a genre previously dominated by THQ. While there are obvious similarities, considering both MMA and UFC are built around the same sport, this game does well to differentiate itself from its opponent. One of the most noticeable differences on first inspection …
Picture your favorite cover-based shooter… go ahead, don’t be shy. Now take that shooter, add tons of robots and crazy futuristic designs, make it chug down a pint of beer, stab it in the heart with a massive syringe full of adrenaline and then push it down a ski-slope made of missiles with nothing but an iPod and a pack …
Not only does the Kinect Sports trailer show happy people, but also once again proves that Microsoft think that everyone in the world has a ginormous TV room. I think that Microsoft’s marketing department are hitting the mark pretty damn well though and even if you don’t find any of this appealing, it doesn’t really matter when thousands of soccer …
Ben Cousins of EA has announced that they will be announcing an all-new Battlefied this Friday. Just to be clear, by “all-new”, I mean a completely new Battlefield series of games. In other words, this will not be Battlefield 3, or Bad Company 3, or Battlefield Heroes or even a nineteen-forty-something-or-other either. Last Updated: November 4, 2010
Have you ever double-checked your doors at night because something just didn’t feel secure? …
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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