| | Xbox Live Activity – 17th March 2008 | 
Lazygamer - March 27th, 2008 | I haven't checked back on the Xbox Live activity since Halo recaptured it's crown a few months ago.However I thought it was about time to take another look to see if we have any new suprises.... and we don't. Call of Duty 4 has retaken the top spot from Halo 3 which is now in second and Guitar Hero III has stabilised in third.On the Arcade game front we have Brain Challenge winning (I haven't even played this?) followed by Doom (I refuse) ... [»] | 
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| PlayStation Network Hacked | 
Lazygamer - March 27th, 2008 | It seems like someone has managed to break into the Australian and New Zealand version of the PSN and has possibly gotten hold of some users personal details.There is no work on exactly how it happened but it is obviously a worry and if they got into that database there is no reason why they cannot do the ... [»] | 
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| Sonic and The Secret Rings – Reviewed – Wii | 
Gavin Mannion - March 27th, 2008 | By Philip Dunkley When Sonic and the Secret Rings arrived for review last week, I nearly began having convulsions and wanted to tell Gavin that I had some serious illness that would take me out of reviewing for the next few weeks, and that he would have to review it. This was all because of Sonic’s last adventure on the Xbox360 and PS3, just called Sonic the Hedgehog. That game had to be one of the worst games I’d ever played, so I was rather sceptical about this one, understandably so. Needless to say, I popped the shiny little disc into the tray after contemplating using it for a coaster for a while, and voila, up she booted, and I can tell you now, it’s nowhere near as bad as the last outing. It’s not great, but it’s one hell of a step in the right direction.The story goes a little something like ... [»] |
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| 100 Reasons to hate your console | 
Gavin Mannion - March 27th, 2008 | I have been receiving quite a few tips about the latest Gamesradar feature 100 Reasons Fanboys Hate Personally I didn't find them all that great but some parts are funny... So ready or not here they are... PlaystationNintendo Xbox 100 Reasons Fanboys Hate PlayStation | GamesRadar |
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| Zero Punctuation: Zack & Wiki |
Gavin Mannion - March 27th, 2008 | This week Yahtzee reviews Zack & Wiki, an adventure game on the Wii. It got me thinking really, adventure games have all but disappeared recently and it really is a loss as I remember wasting away many hours behind Police Quest and the like. I found Lost to be similar in some regards to those games but Zack & Wiki sounds like another good option as well... I must go and see if it is available in SA yet. The Escapist : Zero Punctuation: Zack & Wiki |
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| Evil Genius 101: How to open Xbox Live part 2 | 
Gavin Mannion - March 27th, 2008 | I really enjoy reading doobiwan's evil genius column that gets published whenever he gets a new brainwave into his head. His latest one really hit home though as I am about to setup a new gamertag for my wife so that we can co-op ... [»] |
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| Killzone 2, LBP and Resistance 2 dated | 
Gavin Mannion - March 26th, 2008 | Some big news coming out of the UK this evening. It seems that the latest press release from Sony EU has included some much sought after release dates. Killzone 2 and LittleBigPlanet are now both planned for an September release while Resistance 2 is coming in November. So Resistance 2 is going to be going toe to toe with Gears of War 2.... that should be a very interesting battle. LittleBigPlanet is hopefully going to blow us all away and I expect Killzone ... [»] |
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| CokeFest and Gaming – Story | 
Gavin Mannion - March 26th, 2008 | By Philip Dunkley I would like to give some background to this story before I even start with the actual meat of it. Firstly, I know that the 5FM Coke Fest Concert has nothing to do with gaming, but music and games are closely linked. Secondly, I have had hardly any sleep in the last few nights due to loads of parties and a large amount of booze. Thirdly, I am definitely getting old; I just cannot last for 14 hours on my feet trying to rock out to some of the world’s best bands, drinking warm beer and getting covered in mud. That said, this is what I’m going ... [»] |
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| Xbox price cut fails in Europe – Should Microsoft panic? | 
Gavin Mannion - March 26th, 2008 | So Microsoft recently slashed the price of the Xbox 360 in Europe and in South Africa to help alleviate flagging sales. The PS3 has recently been beating the 360 in all European territories except the UK and this cut was planned to overturn that and to propel the 360 into the minds of all gamers just in time for GTA IV... But has it worked. Well apparently not, the first true post price cut sales are in and Microsoft will be crying. Lets get to the numbers Wii - 113,921PS3 - 74,638360 - 68,542 So not only has the 360 not received a huge increase it sales, it hasn't even received enough to overtake the PS3 and ... [»] |
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| Tiger Woods PGA Tour 08 – Reviewed – XBOX360 | 
Gavin Mannion - March 26th, 2008 | By Philip Dunkley I know this review is really late, but we kind of discovered it at the bottom of the draw the other day, and realised that we had not reviewed this, so we apologise terribly (Lazy: Mainly me since it was my draw), and will give you a quick summary of the game, as I do believe it’s worth the money. To EA, we apologise that this has not been reviewed earlier, it will not happen again. There is not too much depth one can go into on a game like this, as it’s generally a natural progression from one release to another. Golf is really golf at the end of the day, and being an avid player of both the real sport and the console kind, I generally enjoy these titles and spend more time than I should playing them.It has the usual amount of professional players that one would expect, and a healthy ... [»] |
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| Sacred 2 – Developer Diary | 
Gavin Mannion - March 26th, 2008 | By Simon Truempler People say game developers work in windowless rooms, have no social contacts to speak of, and know women only from hearsay. Every single one of them bridges the 4 inch distance to the screen with 2 inch bifocals - thanks to good ol' Franklin. With that tool developers may not only glance efficiently from screen to pulp to computer mags, oh no, their hands have to leave the keyboard only to push a piece of pizza into the gaping hole in their face. This efficiency is incredibly important, because it's a well known fact that everybody involved in the production of a game is a programmer. The game designers program the game's story. The graphic artists program the graphics. The programmers write green code, which runs down on the screen, and even the marketing department programs ads for games mags, movie theatres and TV like mad.Entering the industry, however, I ... [»] |
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| Unreal Tournament III – Reviewed – PC | 
Gavin Mannion - March 26th, 2008 | By Rob Hill Classic first person shooters have been around since the days of Doom in 1993 and with a few exceptions have stuck to one solid formula – chaos and carnage induced fragging. Of late, however, things have become a little fancier with the event of more sophisticated AI, better latencies and bigger bandwidth. When Unreal Tournament came out ... [»] |
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| Eurogamer 360 vs PS3 Round 10 | 
Gavin Mannion - March 26th, 2008 | It's the next round in the now regular Eurogamer 360 vs PS3 cross platform face off. If you remember back to the beginning of this month when they published round 9 where the Xbox 360 beat the PS3 5-0? Actually so far throughout the entire series the 360 has been comfortably on top, so has this trend continued? Well it seems like it has but the PS3 has started fighting back now. Lets take a brief look and then you can click through to view all the indepth technical details in the main article.Rainbow 6 Vegas 2 - Tie I was told the 360 won this round but after reading the article it does seem like this game it a tie. Blacksite: ... [»] |
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| Heroic Map Pack now available | 
Gavin Mannion - March 26th, 2008 | After a few technical issues at Bungie HQ yesterday the Heroic Map Pack is now available to download for free. If you are still playing Halo locally, which is only a few of us now, you will need to download these as they are going to now be included in the cycles of Ranked Big Team, Social Big Team, Team Slayer and Rocket Race. The map pack is 450 something megs big which means I need to wait until after payday to top ... [»] | 
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