| | PlayStation gamers are more refined, apparently. | Geoffrey Tim - May 8th, 2012 | thatgamecompany, the people behind the beautiful, artsy games Journey and Flower are busy with their next game; their first game this generation that won’t be exclusive to Sony platforms. That doesn’t mean that they’ve fallen out of love for Sony or PlayStation gamers though. Quite the contrary. In fact, thatgamecompany’s Jenova Chen believes that not only does Sony cater more to adult tastes, ... [»] |
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| Who do you want to see in PlayStation All-Stars: Battle Royale? | Geoffrey Tim - May 2nd, 2012 | Last week, while i was busy stressing about being stuck in the Bush without a functional car, Sony officially unveiled the long rumoured, terribly kept secret of PlayStation All-Stars: Battle Royale - their clone ripoff replica inspired take on Nintendo’s fan-favourite crossover fighting series Super Smash Bros. It borrows that games entire aesthetic - pitting heroes from all sorts of Sony games, fighting in ... [»] |
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| If you’re a PS3 gamer, you won’t be playing online tonight | Geoffrey Tim - April 16th, 2012 | Man, the PSN sure does seem to go down for scheduled maintenance quite a lot, doesn’t it? Usually, it’s not much bother when it does; if you sign in before maintenance begins you can still join your friends online for a spot of Battlefield 3, Mass Effect 3, Call of Dooty or whatever else it is the hips kids are playing. The last couple though, have nixed online play completely - and bad news for any of you who’ve made plans ... [»] |
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| The Evopoints downloads of the week – 13/04/2012 | Geoffrey Tim - April 13th, 2012 | Heads Up! EvoPoints now supplies download tokens for Crysis 2, Halo Reach, Fable III and Gears of War 2 for only R49 - R89! Check out the site for more info. Welcome to our weekly post of featured downloadable content available for different gaming platforms sponsored by www.evopoints.co.za Downloadable ... [»] |
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| Double Dragon returns, with some 80s flair | Darryn Bonthuys - April 5th, 2012 | What’s better than sitting down for an old-school game, inserting a cartridge, switching on, removing the cartridge and blowing on it, then finally playing a game? Why, playing said classic game with a new coat of paint of course!
While my Xbox happens to feature a hard drive that is crawling with such classic reboots, it’s unfortunately short a few dream games from my wishlist. One such game happens to be the ... [»] |
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| Rock Band creators return to roots with Rock Band Blitz | Geoffrey Tim - April 4th, 2012 | If you’d heard the name “Harmonix” before the rise and fall of the plastic instrument craze - then you’d probably be familiar with their earlier, excellent, music rhythm games - Amplitude and Frequency. Harmonix’s newly announced Xbox Live Arcade and PlayStation Network game, Rock Band Blitz sounds like it’ll be a wonderful return to its roots for Harmonix - because it’s pretty much just ... [»] |
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| The Evopoints downloads of the week – 30/03/2012 | Geoffrey Tim - March 30th, 2012 | Heads Up! EvoPoints now supplies 2 Month Xbox Live Memberships and 480 MS Points (worldwide)! Check out the site for more info. Welcome to our weekly post of featured downloadable content available for different gaming platforms sponsored by www.evopoints.co.za / www.evopoints.net
Downloadable content has become a pretty big thing. More and more people are opting to get their games and add-ons through digital distribution. ... [»] |
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| Journey’s becomes the PSN’s fastest selling title | Geoffrey Tim - March 30th, 2012 | The latest game from artsy auteurs thatgamecompany, the PS3 exclusive Journey has smashed previous records to become the fastest selling game on Sony’s Playstation-centric digital download service. It’s not your usual sort of game; instead of killing anything, you play as a robed figure in a vast desert, trying to reach a mountain in the distance. You can meet up with ... [»] |
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| PSN Beta invite sounds fishy | Gavin Mannion - March 29th, 2012 | According to reports a few people across the planet have started receiving emails from news@eu.playstationmail.com inviting them to be a part of an upcoming PSN beta and getting them to sign in with their PSN username and password. One such person decided to check the validity of the ... [»] |
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| These are 2011’s best user-created LittleBigPlanet levels | Geoffrey Tim - March 28th, 2012 | I love LittleBigPlanet, Media Molecule’s PlayStation exclusive, family-friendly platformer and creative platform. Something I’m terribly guilty of though, is not actually utilising it properly. I don’t mean that I don’t make my own levels - I’m about as creative as a fig when it comes to that sort of thing. No, what I mean is that I very, very seldom look through the billions of user-created ... [»] |
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| The PlayStation 3 is 5 years old; tell us why you love yours | Geoffrey Tim - March 26th, 2012 | The PlayStation 3 was released in March 2007 in Europe, The Middle East and - well, South Africa. That means that some of you have had the machine for just over 5 years now. In those 5 years, the PlayStation 3 has evolved in leaps and bounds, starting its life with a barely-there online gaming service in to one that gives Microsoft’s Xbox Live a run ... [»] |
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| Rumour: Sony shutting SOCOM developer Zipper Interactive | Geoffrey Tim - March 26th, 2012 | While we’re dealing with rumours that suck - new rumour suggest that Sony’s all set to shutter the studio behind combat shooters SOCOM, MAG, and most recently Unit 13 for the PlayStation Vita. In the previous generation, Zipper’s SOCOM 2 was quite probably the most played, and most beloved modern combat shooter in existence - but they’ve managed to piss away all ... [»] |
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| The Evopoints downloads of the week – 23/03/2012 | Geoffrey Tim - March 23rd, 2012 | Heads Up! EvoPoints now supplies 2 Month Xbox Live Memberships and 480 MS Points (worldwide)! Check out the site for more info. Welcome to our weekly post of featured downloadable content available for different gaming platforms sponsored by www.evopoints.co.za / www.evopoints.net
Downloadable content has become a pretty big thing. More and more people are opting to get their games and add-ons through digital distribution. ... [»] |
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| The Evopoints downloads of the week – 16/03/2012 | Geoffrey Tim - March 16th, 2012 | Heads Up! EvoPoints now supplies 2 Month Xbox Live Memberships and 480 MS Points (worldwide)! Check out the site for more info. Welcome to our weekly post of featured downloadable content available for different gaming platforms sponsored by www.evopoints.co.za / www.evopoints.net
Downloadable content has become a pretty big thing. More and more people are opting to get their games and add-ons through digital distribution. ... [»] |
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| Baldur’s Gate getting Enhanced Edition | Geoffrey Tim - March 15th, 2012 | The new Baldur’s Gate site we told you about last month got updated with a countdown timer - and that timer’s come to and end. Today’s Diablo III has gotten fans of the old-school RPG in a frenzy, but Bioware’s Baldur’s Gate has just as strong a following.
So what did the end of the timer signify?Fans of the isometric RPG have been wondering for some time now what’d happened to Baldur’s Gate. It ... [»] |
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