Archive for the Xbox category

Bite Size News: Xbox Live Rankings

Live Activity for last week of March shows the following: Xbox 360 Top Live Titles 1. Call of Duty: WaW 2. Halo 3 3. Call of Duty 4 4. Gears [...]

Microsoft Warranty extended to cover E74 errors

I’m sure all Xbox360 owners out there are well aware of their beloved console’s most feared danger – The Red Ring of Death. If this death ring isn’t bad enough, [...]

New Xbox Console due by 2011-2012

There’s already a definite confirmation regarding a new Nintendo Wii being in the works, but now we have news of there being the “next” next-gen Xbox console. Before panic starts [...]

Next-Gen Consoles reach 100 million in sales

Yes, it is indeed true. The PlayStation 3, Xbox360 and Nintendo Wii have a combination of more than 100 million consoles sold – as of 28th March 2009. This announcement [...]

Competition time at Onelargeprawn! Turok and Heavenly Sword up for Grabs

It’s that time where Onelargeprawn are holding their monthly competition. This month you will be able to win Heavenly Sword (Platinum) for PS3, while Turok will be available for the [...]

New Stores = Awesome Deals from BTGames – Check it out!

If you are in the Durban or Centruion area, you’d be happy to know that two new BT Games shops are opening, and along with the grand opening they have [...]

Research shows that Action Games improve Eye Sight

Researchers have recently discovered that people that constantly play action games are actually improving their eye sight. The video-game training which players under go actually improve their ability to notice [...]

Bite-Sized News: Xbox Live Awards

Microsoft have their own Oscars for Xbox Live titles… well sort off. But anyway, in the second annual community voting for which titles are the favourites, and in which categories, [...]

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 [...]

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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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 [...]

Guitar Hero Standalone Drumkit Coming Soon

Guitar Hero fans good news has come, in the form of separate instruments. The drums and guitar from the Guitar Hero World Tour will soon be available in South Africa [...]

New map pack for Call of Duty: World at War coming in March

Call of Duty: World at War will feature a brand spankin’ new multiplayer map pack for the Xbox 360 PS3 and PC. The maps will be available in March and [...]