If there is one thing that, especially as a reviewer, is annoying the hell out of me lately, it’s the fact that you don’t get any decent gameplay screenshots of games anymore. All we are treated to are images with strange angles that you will never see in a game rendered at resolutions far beyond a consoles capability. Racing games …
Here’s some great news! Forza Motorsport 3 will be launching with a free 10 car DLC pack! Here’s some crap news! If this goes the same way that Gears of War 2 did, we won’t be getting them. Forza 3 will indeed be launching with a download token in the box that will allow all purchasers to download the free …
NHL is not very big in South Africa but that doesn’t mean that it’s not fun to play when it’s in a videogame. Quite a couple of years back I used to play Ice Hockey for my city and while it isn’t well known here, it’s a great game to both play and watch. I was also a massive fan …
It feels like mere years ago that the first mention of Facebook and Twitter coming to the Xbox 360 was announced and now it’s finally nearly here. As you may have guessed I am now overly enthusiastic about the idea and I am flabbergasted that it has taken Microsoft, the world renowned software company, this long to implement it after …
While it may sound more like a dating sites tag line these numbers are coming out of the first annual Microsoft Open House in NYC. Robbie Bach has been chatting about the Xbox 360 and has confirmed that there are now over 20 million Xbox Live members who have played in over 425 million online games. That’s a whole lot …
A heads up to Xbox 360 owners connected to Xbox Live, two new arcade games hit this week. The new South Park LET’S GO TOWER DEFENSE PLAY is on its way, bringing some foul-mouthed children’s snowball action into an unlikely genre for the series. Next up is also the very intriguing and interestingly styled Lucidity, which has you helping a …
rAge 2009 is done and dusted and for the most part was incredibly awesome with new games, booth babes and giveaways galore. As much as we love and appreciate what rAge is for South Africa, we also have a concern with regards to the games that were being shown off at some of the stalls. The problem stems from the …
If you don’t know about James Cameron’s upcoming flick Avatar, then you have surely been living under a rock (or play some really awesome games). For those of you who didn’t listen to this week’s episode of The Lazygamer Podcast, firstly, shame on you! Second of all, we had a chat with Avatar: The Games’ Director of Art Animation, Brent …
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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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