Archive for February, 2009

F.E.A.R 2: Project Origin – Out now!

The waiting is finally over for those who were eagerly looking foward to F.E.A.R 2: Project Origin. As far as the basic outline of the plot goes, F.E.A.R 2 begins [...]

Xbox – Deal of the Week

I mean come on, it is so hard to get hold of points, but finally we are getting break on our point banks(collection). Coming from Microsoft’s Larry Hyrb aka Major [...]

Un-Boxing Halo Wars (Special Edition) + First 2 hours of Game

So I picked up my Special Edition copy of Halo Wars for the Xbox 360 this morning and I must say this is the nicest Special Edition package I have seen in a very long time, not to mention sexy looking. So what exactly comes with the Special Edition package? Well the Special Edition comes in your standard plastic over inside that cover you will find a tin box containing the game and manual.

miNt Call of Duty 4: Update

NakedPenguin leaves the miNt  COD4 team and will be replaced by Stripe. It saddens us to inform the community of the recent departure of Jonathan “NakedPenguin” Waters, who is leaving the miNt  Gaming team, [...]

Review: Okami Wii Edition

Set in an unspecified period of classical Japanese history, Ōkami combines several Japanese myths, legends and folklore to tell the story of how the land was saved from darkness by the Shinto sun goddess, named Amaterasu, who has taken the form of a white wolf. The game begins with a flashback to events 100 years prior to the game’s present, and describes how Shiranui, a pure white wolf, and Nagi, a swordsman, together fought the eight-headed demon Orochi to save Kamiki village and the maiden Nami, Nagi’s beloved.

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Create Your Own House of the Dead: Overkill Poster

As you know, I recently got my grubby little hands on the special edition of House of the Dead Overkill. What you didn’t know is that Sega has launched a poster creator for the game, and to say to say that it is friggen awesome is an understatement.

21 teams already signed up for AGASA Weekend Cup VI in March

AGASA seem to be doing something right as the Weekend Cup VI in March has already seen 21 teams sign-up. Usually there is a 16 team limit but it looks [...]

Golden Oldies: Stronghold

Introduction: Concisely elaborated, Golden Oldies will consist of a review of a game rich of age (age would be a relative concept). I will review various aspects of the pertaining [...]

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QUAKE LIVE!

Quake live will be a predecessor to Quake 3: Arena following the multiplayer aspect unlike Quake 4 which was story based. The really cool thing about Quake live is that it will be [...]

EA Games Confirms New Project – Dante’s Inferno

EA Games have really been at the top recently, with many fantastic and innovative titles to boast about. It seems that they aren’t finished yet, as EA have just confirmed [...]

EA Games and Double Fine Productions to release Brutal Legend

Electronic Arts and Double Fine Productions have announced that they have signed a new publishing agreement which will bring us a new rock-adventure called Brutal Legend. Brutal Legend will be [...]

PSP Triple Tag Titles Announced

It already seems to many as though Sony’s hand held console, the PlayStation Portable, is left neglected. With not many large titles to talk about, with the exception of Resistance [...]

New Microsoft SideWinder X8 mouse

Microsoft have revealed their SideWinder X8 Mouse with BlueTrack Technology. The mouse will feature the best-in-class tracking engine, thanks to Microsoft’s BlueTrack Technology and other wireless freedom. The SideWinder X8 [...]

Organised Chaos have cleared up some of the MSSA partnership details

Recently we revealed news about Organised Chaos and the MSSA (it hurts to say this) working together. While we were wondering why OC would do this, they have decided to [...]

Brazen have won the CoD 4 Tournament at Organised Chaos

Congratulations to Brazen for winning the first Organised Gamers’ Association (OGA) Frontosa Call of Duty 4 competition at Organised Chaos. Organised Chaos is currently the biggest on going lan in [...]

Killzone 2 Out now!

The hype surrounding the PS3 exclusive, Killzone 2, is extraordinary. It’s been an incredibly long wait, first revealed at E3 of 2006, and it’s been continuously showing us more exciting [...]

Lost Planet 2 Debut Trailer

Lost Planet 2 has released its first trailer, an 8 minute long (watch that cap!)  showcase for all fans out there. Enjoy watching, if you take a liking to Lost [...]

Un-Boxing The House of The Dead: Overkill (Special Edition)

So my first game I purchased from the UK store Shopto arrived in the country today and I went to pick it up at the local post office. This is the special edition of House of The Dead: Overkill, the special edition includes a comic entitled “Prelude to A Overkill” which tells the back-story of one of the characters namely Isaac Washington presented in a noir style similar to that of the Sin City movie.

PlayTech Gaming Magazine Shut Down!

It all seemed very sudden, as enthusiastic readers of the ‘PlayTech’ magazine (formerly known as Play the Zone) realised that this year’s February issue was missing. PlayTech, a South African [...]

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Gears of War Movie (Fantasy Cast)

After my previous blog post I was thinking it would be fun to try and make up a fantasy cast for the upcoming Gears of War movie, so I went and did some searching and found these images that someone matched and compiled to make up the fantasy cast for the movie. And I must say its pretty much spot on up to the point that it is almost scary…

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LATEST GALLERIES

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  • E3 2013: Check Out The Killzone: Shadow Fall Box Art And More Screens
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  • The Last Of Us First Multiplayer Gameplay Footage And Screenshots
  • See The Cyberpunk World In These Remember Me Screens

The “Uncanny Valley” of Digital Cleavage Uncovered

It seems that most game developers have reached the uncanny valley with games becoming more and more realistic everyday, pushing the bounders of graphical limits and realism each time they release a new game. But it seems the developers have reached one major hurdle in the quest for the uncanny valley and realism, and that would the breasts. Yes that is right breast physics in games; more often than not these take on a life of their own and forgo the natural law of physics.

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Review: Disaster: Day of Crisis

One year ago, during a rescue mission on Mt Aguilas, Raymond Bryce and his team were caught in a sudden volcanic eruption. In the mayhem that follows, Ray’s best friend Steve lost his life. Unable to save his friends and overcome with a strong feeling of remorse, Ray lost the will to save people.

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Saints Row 3 – Revealed!

Saints Row 2 was released back in October of 2008. It was a game full of fun and one that knew exactly what it wanted to be. Saints Row 2, [...]

Mass Effect 2 Debut Trailer

Mass Effect 2 has finally released its debut trailer, and a rather shocking one at that. Enjoy watching.

WELCOME TO THE VOID: A terse look at the S.A. gaming community

How meticulous and inconspicuous the South African gaming community has grown over the perpetual forgotten years. Surreptitiously yearning and feeding off devoted people, people who vicariously shared their adoration for [...]

UT3 New Titan Pack – Massive Update

Unreal Tournament 3 was quite an anticipated title back in 2007, however it was never a very popular game with the people once it was released. It was quite surprising [...]

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Review: Super Mario Galaxy

Mario the plumber is back and this time he takes to the stars to save Princess Peach from the evil Bowser and his son Bowser Jr. You start the game [...]

Preview: Grand Theft Auto IV: The Lost and Damned

Rockstar Games first introduced Grand Theft Auto in 1997, and the game has now progressed tremendously over the years. We are now in year 2009, and Rockstar are busy with [...]

Xbox Live for South Africa – We hope so!

Xbox owners would like to know that Microsoft are currently working on a solution to bring Xbox Live into the country. A Microsoft representative said that Microsoft will have to [...]

New Resident Evil 5 trailer

We have come across a new trailer for the Resident Evil 5 game. Hope you enjoy it :)