| | The Evopoints downloads of the week – 03/02/2012 | Geoffrey Tim - February 3rd, 2012 | 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. instead of the traditional Brick-and-mortar method. Some games and software; like XBLA games, PSN shorts and iOS games are available through ... [»] |
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| The Evopoints downloads of the week – 27/01/2012 | Geoffrey Tim - January 27th, 2012 | 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. instead of the traditional Brick-and-mortar method. Some games and software; like XBLA games, PSN shorts and iOS games are available through ... [»] |
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| Street Fighter X Tekken will have no exclusive characters on the Xbox version | Darryn Bonthuys - January 24th, 2012 | Well this is something Xbox fighting game genre fans should be used to by now. While last year saw Playstation 3 owners of Mortal Kombat get to play around with a certain, very angry, God of War, Xbox purchasers were left with no exclusive character of their own, and this year looks to be a repeat as well.
Street Fighter producer Yoshinori Ono has confirmed ... [»] |
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| What’s this generation’s most critically acclaimed game series? | Geoffrey Tim - January 20th, 2012 | Though it’s probably still far from over, this generation’s given us some of the very best in video games. New IP’s like Gears of War, Resistance and Uncharted have changed the way we perceive games - and helped push gaming in to the hearts and minds of a wider, more mainstream audience. Such is the impact these games have had that many of them have become whole franchises within ... [»] |
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| The real Skyrim PS3 lag fix may finally be on the way | Darryn Bonthuys - January 18th, 2012 | Still playing Skyrim? If you are, then you’re most likely engaging on those fantasy adventures of yours through the lag-free comfort of a PC or a Xbox 360. PS3 owners, are most likely still busy hiking to Mount Doom to cast their cursed copy of the game into the molten magma, ... [»] |
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| Alan Wake on PS3… not likely | Gavin Mannion - January 3rd, 2012 | Since Remedy acquired the rights to self publish Alan Wake on the PC and now own the IP outright it’s perfectly logical to expect it to land on PS3 any day now right?
Wrong... The original Alan Wake is never going to land on the PS3 ... [»] |
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| The Lazygamer Awards 2011 – Best PS3 Exclusive | Darryn Bonthuys - December 23rd, 2011 | If ever there was a year to own a PS3 console, then 2011 was it. With Sony wanting an impressive year, their exclusive studios were finishing up and cranking out quality title after title, making 2011 a year that was inhabited by top-notch titles with variety.
Here are the nominees for best PS3 exclusive game:
Uncharted 3 Infamous 2 ... [»] |
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| The Lazygamer Awards 2011 – Best Multiplayer | Geoffrey Tim - December 22nd, 2011 | If you’ve not been able to find a multiplayer game you enjoy this year, then you’ve got a serious problem - and should probably stick to solo gaming. Whether you like first person shooters, racing games, platformers or action adventures, there’s a multiplayer game for you in 2011.
Here are the nominees for best Multiplayer:Modern Warfare 3 Forza 4 Rayman Origins Battlefield 3 Mario Kart 7 ... [»] |
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| Man sues Sony for being refused to sue | Gavin Mannion - December 20th, 2011 | And who didn’t see this one coming? Remember a little while back the evil lawyers behind Sony decided to add in a clause to their PSN terms and conditions stating that by agreeing to use the PSN you waive the right to sue them, ever, over anything? And ... [»] |
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| GT5 breaks the 7 million barrier.. still going strong | Gavin Mannion - December 19th, 2011 | Gran Turismo 5 has been out for just over a year now and so far it’s sales have been spectacular with Polyphony Digital now revealing that it has now sold 7.3 million copies worldwide. Strangely the Americans have not been taken with GT5 with the title only selling ... [»] |
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| FFD: Why Do We Support Game Companies That Don’t Care About Us? | Nick de Bruyne - December 15th, 2011 | Being South African means you get a good grip on what it feels like to be left out.
I take DICE and EA for example, who are happy to take full price from us for Battlefield 3 in South Africa, with absolutely no intentions of hosting dedicated console servers for us, something that the rest of the world gets quite happily. MWEB (local ... [»] |
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| Check out these amazing PlayStation adverts | Gavin Mannion - December 15th, 2011 | I have a bit of a love / hate relationship with PlayStation advertising in the way that I pretty much hate all of them and love waiting for the next pile of crud to arrive from their marketing team.
But then every now and then they do something truly amazing, like the ... [»] |
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| Take a look at Cross Platform Play with the PlayStation Vita | Geoffrey Tim - December 14th, 2011 | We’ve discussed the Vita’s ability to stream content back and forth to and from the PlayStation 3 before; it’s a pretty nifty feature - one-upping Nintendo’s Wii U before it’s even out of the gate. Sony’s put out a trailer detailing just how it’ll all work; not only will you be able to use the Vita as a controller for your ... [»] |
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| There’s Youtube (and more!) on your Xbox RIGHT NOW | Geoffrey Tim - December 14th, 2011 | I switched on my Xbox this morning and was pleasantly surprised to see a big fat Youtube banner on the apps page - which means the rest of Microsoft’s digital video on demand services have gone live. There is, of course, a caveat in that as usual, some services are only available in certain countries. Here’s what’s working where.Here’s a list of new video apps ... [»] |
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| Mass Effect 3 Against All Odds Gameplay Trailer Is Action Packed | Nick de Bruyne - December 13th, 2011 | Shhh. I’ll tell you guys a secret but don’t tell anyone… Bioware is trying to make Mass Effect 3 more action packed to appeal to a broader audience. You said you wouldn’t tell, pinky swear on it.
Seriously, Mass Effect has never really been all about the combat at its core, so the jump to the more streamlined systems in Mass Effect 2 ... [»] |
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