Land of Gamers is not a gaming republic run by an awesome zombie president (like me…) promising free games all day on any platform your heart desires. It’s sadly not even a piece of Terra firma made of juicy, edible gamers to feed a hungry zombie. No, it’s a radio station. That should however not be a let down –…
EA Sports president, Andrew Wilson has told GamesIndustryBiz how a lot of people told EA Sports that Pro Evolution Soccer was such a great game, and so EA Sports should “just copy them”, and then because the publisher was the larger publisher, they would win on marketing. However Wilson explained that this option did not interest EA Sports. Wilson talked about…
Avid gamers will be glad to hear that Turtle Beach, the renowned gaming headset manufacturer, is coming to South Africa. Pure Distribution, a locally based electronics & telecommunications distributor has confirmed this in a press release. Pure Distribution will be importing a range of gaming headsets in association with QV Software (QVS), an Australia based leading interactive entertainment specialist in the…
EA’s Dead Space story producer, Chuck Beaver has apologised for his negative comments about Epic’s Gears Of War series. The apology stems from an interview which appeared on EA’s official blog knocking Gears Of War for its, “atrocious, offensive violations of story basics.” Beaver famously said the Gears of War series had “literally the worst writing in games.” The post has now…
Used video game retailers are largely frowned upon by many publishers, for various reasons, primarily because some retailers promote used games over new games. Publishers have in recent times implemented online activation codes among other mechanisms to counter used game sales. EKGaming, a new online retailer, now believe they can achieve a healthy “circle-of-life” for video games, and so the retailer…
Fable creator and former Lionhead boss, Peter Molyneux has reportedly received 1,000 job applications at his new studio, 22 Cans. Molyneux recently revealed how he was going about things differently when speaking about the new studio, and with the ‘hiring’ aspect in particular. Giant Bomb report [as cited by GIBiz] that Molyneux has had an enormous spike in applications since he’s…
EA and Crytek officially unveiled Crysis 3 recently and are now dropping information about the upcoming sci-fi shooter. The first screenshots released showed lush jungles among the buildings of New York, so we gathered that it would be a combination of Crysis 1’s jungle mixed with the urban jungle featured in Crysis 2 which took place in New York City. Interestingly,…
GamesIndustryBiz has spotted a job advert that suggests Skype could be collaborating with Xbox. Skype is looking to hire a Software Development Engineer for their London office who would be involved in helping to build the “next generations” of their products and technology. “As a member of the Skype Xbox Engineering Team in London, you will have a strong technical background developing client…
**UPDATE** Please note that this sponsorship is no longer available due to Ozone no longer being available locally. **ORIGINAL** Ozone Energy Drink South Africa made a little announcement a few weeks back about their intention to sponsor South African Gaming Clans – on PC, PS3 and Xbox 360. The interest from clans that sparked has been frankly overwhelming – as…