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Darryn Bonthuys

Check out the Sega console that never was

April 19, 2013 at 9:45 am | 30 Comments

What happens when we fall down games industry? We get right back up? Stuff you, you’re fired and I just murdered your puppies! The industry today is pretty unforgiving. Make one wrong move, and you’re out the door. But a couple of years ago, experimentation was welcomed. Especially with Sega, before they started to smell worse than the Virtual Boy 3D.


Geoffrey Tim

Ouya Kickstarters should be angry

April 9, 2013 at 2:30 pm | 42 Comments

As you may have read, the first wave of the android-powered Ouya consoles was sent to kickstarter backers – and some of those backers have included press, from the likes of Engadget and Polygon. Neither publication was particularly impressed by the Ouya, citing numerous problems with both the hardware and, more crucially, the software. Ouya’s responded to those negative reviews – and their statement should anger just about everyone who paid money for the Ouya to become a reality.


Darryn Bonthuys

The PS4 is “the worlds best PC”

April 3, 2013 at 10:30 am | 73 Comments

Like most of you who suffer from debilitating injuries from years of rough sports and motorcycle accidents, I too am a man in pain. A severe case of technolust has left me with a pain that few can understand, and with the Playstation 4 being sort of revealed this year, it’s starting to flare up all over again. Especially when I hear comments about how just how damn awesome it might be.


Darryn Bonthuys

PSA: Incredible Connection is having another big sale

March 27, 2013 at 11:15 am | 55 Comments

Briefly: Don’t have several hundred bucks lying around to buy new games such as Bioshock Infinite or Gears of War Judgement? Well good news cheapskate! Incredible Connection is having another big gaming sale, and it won’t break your bank and force you to have dog food for supper! Details after the jump.


Darryn Bonthuys

Another Aliens: Colonial Marines patch is inbound

March 25, 2013 at 9:45 am | 32 Comments

The first quarter of the gaming calendar is almost over, and we’ve seen some magnificent games released so far, with one or two other big names rounding off that period. We’ve also seen some decidedly craptastic garbage shovelled out, and that includes Aliens: Colonial Marines. Thanks to the fact that the game is more painful than a chestburster, people have been more than a little bit peeved so far. Which is why more patches are on the way.


Darryn Bonthuys

The Fast and Furious may be racing onto console soon

March 15, 2013 at 11:15 am | 15 Comments

Chances are, if you own an old car that has had “go-faster” stripes painted onto it, fuzzy dice hanging from your rear view mirror and a massive spoiler which makes no sense on your old VW Jetta, then you just might be a fan of the Fast and the Furious. The films have been knocking around for a while now, and it looks like that franchise is towards a console near you. Time to paint some stripes on my PS3.


Darryn Bonthuys

Could World of Warcraft ever make it to consoles?

March 13, 2013 at 12:30 pm | 42 Comments

When you think MMO, you think PC. It’s a domain that has largely been more active on that platform, even though consoles have tried in the past to grab a piece of that online pie. Still, we’re headed into new hardware territory this year, and it looks like PC MMO developers are keen to expand into those console areas. And one such game that would like to do so is World of Warcraft.


Darryn Bonthuys

Top ten kickass console mods

February 26, 2013 at 3:30 pm | 22 Comments

Hey, it’s not just the PC master race that has the time to rip the motherboard out of a PC tower and throw into a case of pure hipster-killing coolness. Consoles have also been on the modding scene for years now, with everything ranging from retro to current on that specific chopping block. Here’s our top ten of moulded plastic and cartridge entry ports.


Darryn Bonthuys

Diablo 3 is headed to Playstation 3 and 4

February 21, 2013 at 12:30 pm | 43 Comments

Brace yourselves, because today is unofficially Playstation 4 day. We finally got official confirmation on the console last night, sans any imagery of the device itself, as well as a whole heap of next-gen games that will be debuting on the device. One current-gen game that is arriving on the Playstation 3 and 4 consoles though? Why, it’s good ol’ El Diablo 3.


Darryn Bonthuys

Microsoft went into the console business to specifically fight Sony

February 7, 2013 at 2:00 pm | 19 Comments

As much as I love Nintendo, these days, console gaming is a war fought between two primary forces. On one side, you’ve got the Axis of Sony with their Playstation forces. On the opposite side, you’ve got Microsoft marshalling their Xbox armies to do battle. Love or hate either one of the two, there’s no denying that they live up the name of the Big Two. So why so much bad blood between the two. Who pulled the trigger that allowed Microsoft to start work on a console? Was it money? Hells to the no! It was bad blood!


Darryn Bonthuys

Double Fine’s adventure game will only be available on one console

February 7, 2013 at 10:15 am | 11 Comments

Crowd-sourcing really does pay off! Tim Schafer and his Double Fine studio hit it big last year on Kickstarter, as they blew past the original goals set forth on that pledge site to fund a game that secured millions of dollars from trusting fans. There’s no word yet on what the Double Fine Adventure game is actually even about, but clearly, people have a lot of trust in Schafer and his crew. Trust that will be rewarded hopefully, when it arrives on PC later this year. And one other home console that is.


Geoffrey Tim

FFD: Are next-gen consoles going to cost too much?

February 1, 2013 at 10:15 am | 86 Comments

Sony’s set to unveil its new PlayStation pretty soon, apparently – but is that sucker going to cost way more than people will be willing to pay? Think of it this way; Nintendo’s getting a ton of heat at the moment because the perception is that its Wii U costs too much.


Darryn Bonthuys

Apple is the biggest competition to the Steam Box

January 31, 2013 at 8:45 am | 30 Comments

Gabe Newell and Valve have some new hardware on the way, dubbed “The Steam Box”. It’s aiming to bring the PC experience of Steam a step closer to living rooms in a smaller package, something that will have Valve competing directly with the console big three for that precious digital real eastate. But the thing is, Valve doesn’t see Microsoft and Sony as their competition. Instead, it’s Apple that Valve co-founder Gabe Newell believes will become their biggest rival.


Darryn Bonthuys

Behold the Nvidia Shield!

January 7, 2013 at 9:45 am | 43 Comments

Mark my words, 2013 is going to be a great year for consoles. We’ve already got the Wii U (Which is like so 2012 awmahGAWD), and I’d bet my third nipple that we’ll be seeing a new Playstation or Xbox as well. And to further drain your bank account, here’s Nvidia with their very own handheld device.


Gavin Mannion

Diablo is playable on consoles.. just not for you

December 11, 2012 at 10:30 am | 49 Comments

According to a mini interview with Polygon; Diablo is actually running and playable on a console but just not outside of the R&D department of Blizzard. Which I envisage to either be in a dormant volcano or in a submerged city somewhere between Cape Town and Rio.

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