| | Xbox Live South Africa; where are we now? | 
Geoffrey Tim - April 29th, 2011 | When Xbox live finally launched in South Africa last November, we were elated; our years of campaigning and hard work had finally paid off. No longer would we be treated as second class netizens! Of course, being realists we stashed a little cynicism and skepticism aside ... [»] | 
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| Megarom nabs Square-Enix! | 
Geoffrey Tim - March 28th, 2011 | Megarom Interactive, ostensibly the country’s biggest video game distributor has confirmed it’s managed to secure the rights to distribute Square-Enix published games in South Africa. This comes just weeks after the company announced it had managed to wrest the Codemasters’ licence away from its previous distributors – increasing their broad spectrum even further. ... [»] | 
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| Take Two is Metacritic’s highest scoring publisher for 2010 | 
Geoffrey Tim - February 10th, 2011 | Metacritic, that fine repository of reviews has run the numbers, and compiled a list of the “best†video game publishers in 2010, according to Metacritic scores and averages. With an average of 77.1 across its 40 releases last year, the number one publisher is Take Two, who brought you our game of ... [»] | 
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| Report : World of Warcraft : Cataclysm Midnight Launches | 
Geoffrey Tim - December 7th, 2010 | World of Warcraft : Cataclysm, the expansion to the evergreen MMO that keeps agoraphobes in their chairs was released to retail at midnight. We were on hand at Greenstone Mall where there was not one, or even two – but three midnight launches for the game. The stores in question; BT Games, Exclus1ve books and Look & Listen were open ... [»] |
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| Mario 25th Anniversary Release heading to Europe – SA too? | 
Miklós Szecsei - October 7th, 2010 | Mario is 25 years old. I’m totally older than him, but I don’t get a fancy 25th Anniversary commemorative release, he does. That’s ok, he deserves it after all that trouble he goes to rescuing Peach over and over and over again. What a trooper.The lovely looking Super Mario All-Stars 25th ... [»] |
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| HAWX 2 Promo Flash Game Brings Retro-tastic Awesomeness | 
Gavin Mannion - September 2nd, 2010 | If you’re a fan of aerial combat, you’re no doubt chomping at the bit to jump back in to the seats of your favourite fighter aircraft. HAWX 2 gives you access to an entire carrier’s worth; including the AC-130, F-16 Fighting Falcon, F-22 Raptor, F-35 Lightning II and the Su-37 Terminator. To promote the game, Ubisoft have made ... [»] |
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| Win Mafia II Collector’s Edition with Lazygamer and Megarom | 
Geoffrey Tim - August 27th, 2010 | Today sees the release of Mafia II, sequel to the highly acclaimed 3rd person look at life climbing the ranks of the Cosa Nostra. Mafia 2 chronicles the rise of World War II veteran Vito Scaletta, the son of Sicilian immigrants.Progressing through the game, Vito will join the Falcone Crime Family to become a made man.Today’s your chance to become a made man yourself – as we’ll be giving away a ... [»] | 
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| We met the voice behind Mario – and you can too! | 
Geoffrey Tim - August 11th, 2010 | The fine folks from Core – The official South African Distributer of all things Nintendo – invited us round for a meet-and-greet with Charles Martinet, the voice of gaming’s most recognisable icon, Mario.In the short time I spent in the his company I realised that Martinet – Ebullient, enthusiastic and effervescent – is Mario. Regaling the serendipitous tale of ... [»] |
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| Bobby Kotick Discontent with Xbox Live Model | 
Geoffrey Tim - July 6th, 2010 | The diminutive Activision executive that everybody loves to hate has told the financial times that he’s frustrated by the Xbox Live model – which sees Microsoft benefitting from 3rd party online content more than the creators of said content. Because y’know…he just doesn’t make enough money. To illustrate his point, he cited the success of Modern Warfare 2’s Stimulus Pack as an example – a pretty good one, considering ... [»] |
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| Activision Wants to Improve its Image | 
Geoffrey Tim - June 22nd, 2010 | Activision hasn’t had the easiest PR job of late. With the Infinity Ward debacle, Kotick’s possibly misconstrued comments about taking the fun out of games and milking franchises, increased game prices, and overprices map packs - gamer opinion about the company isn’t as high as it probably should be. Speaking to IGN, Activision’s COO Thomas Tippl realises the status quo, ... [»] |
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| The God of War III Launch at BT Games | 
Geoffrey Tim - March 17th, 2010 | God of War III, one of the biggest games of the year for Sony is now available in stores that didn’t break the release date – and as Gavin said earlier if you’re a PS3 owner there’s really no excuse to not get your hands on it. To celebrate the launch of such a colossal franchise, BT Games and Ster-Kinekor joined hands to host ... [»] |
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| Just Cause 2 Demo Available This Week | 
Nick de Bruyne - March 1st, 2010 | An email arrived in my inbox this morning from Nu Metro stating that the Just Cause 2 demo has been announced and a date had been revealed.
What I didn't know is that the demo is going to be freakin' huge at 35 square miles with Square Enix calling it "one of the ... [»] |
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| A Stranger in a Strange Land – EA’s Need for Speed Launch Event | 
Geoffrey Tim - September 18th, 2009 | We were invited, along with other members of the press, to EA’s Need for Speed : Shift launch event yesterday at Forsdicks (Hey, stop giggling..that’s really childish!) in Sandton. Unfortunately, our resident petrolhead Nick was unavailable so instead they sent me; and I’ll be the first to admit that when it comes to all things vehicular I am an absolute luddite. Different cars are ... [»] |
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| Retail Therapy Specials – 15 July 2009 | 
Faheem - July 15th, 2009 | So I've been asked to do a weekly post regarding any gaming specials. Now keeping within the LazyGamer code to support local gaming along with local distributors, I've been searching the .co.za retailers as well as all the typical brick and mortar establishments to see if any ... [»] |
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| Xbox 360 in South Africa…What’s Happening? | 
Geoffrey Tim - July 14th, 2009 | After the untimely demise of MI Digital, confusion reigned as to who would be handling the (very necessary) warranties – and just as importantly, who would be distributing the consoles, accessories and first-party software. Not too long after, we got our answer to the first question; Warranties would be handled by Powercare, a new entity that had previously split off from MI Digital.Today, we get our answer to the second – ... [»] |
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