Hearthstone fans, your time has come at EGE 2016, and with it comes a R10,000 cash prize pool. This event at EGE will be brought to you in conjunction with one of the local champions of Hearthstone in Weekly Level Up and will be played on both Saturday and Sunday of the expo. On the Friday, there will the school’s tournament, while…
Good morning. Another day, another gaming news wrap, another threat that the zombie apocalypse draw closer… Games Bandai Namco has kicked off a sale on the Xbox 360 Game Store. The sale ends on 26 May and sees 11 titles discounted by between 50 and 75%. Titles on sale: Ridge Racer Unbounded (75%), Tekken Tag Tournament 2 (66%), Tales of Vesperia (50%), SoulCalibur V…
Good morning all. The Gaming News Wrap is to the point this morning as this zombie has had an epic weekend of gaming. Friday Fairmont High School allowed Call of Duty to entertain around 30 pupils, and Saturday and Sunday was the amazing UCON event. Both we will detail in upcoming articles, but our thanks and eternal gratitude to all…
Good morning. Welcome to another week. This one is the one where South Africans have to endure the talk about the PS4 from America and the build up to the launch of the Xbox One. All without getting the sweet taste of either. Bah. Hardware Day one sales of the PS4 in North America has hit one million. [More on…
Speaking at the GamesBeat 2013 conference, Nexon CFO Owen Mahoney told the audience that he isn’t particularly interested in going into the console business. He also believes the gap between mobile and console games will diminish in a few years. GamesIndustry are citing Mahoney who explained that the differences between mobile and consoles is comparative to the difference “between a…
Good morning all. A slightly more video-heavy Gaming News Wrap for you today, but that’s good too right? More than 20 prototype models of the DualShock 4 were considered (and rejected), including ones that resembled the Xbox 360 controller and the Wii U Pro controller. Sony settled on the more familiar symmetrical two analogue sticks because it’s “kind of in our DNA.”…
Good morning, and welcome to your public holiday (in South Africa) edition of the Gaming News Wrap. To celebrate our heritage, we will be slapping a severed limb or two on the barbie. Or braai. GTA Online will reportedly support 32 players and not 16 as previously anticipated. This has not been confirmed by Rockstar as yet. The online portion…
Good morning. Rather than make small talk, let’s get to it shall we? You can try both FIFA 14 and PES 2014 before you buy right now. The demos of both games are now available to download – if not right now, most likely later today on consoles. Microsoft has confirmed their line-up for the Tokyo Game Show. The line-up…
Good morning. “I wish it was Monday.” – not said by anyone ever on a Friday. Or any other day of the week for that matter. Microsoft were expecting controversy over their always-online Xbox One announcement, but were surprised by “how negative” the reaction ended up being. In an interview with Rev3Games, Microsoft’s Albert Penello did go on to say that an all-digital…
Good morning and welcome to your end of the week gaming news wrap. Microsoft have told Kotaku unequivocally that they do not plan to “introduce an Xbox One without Kinect. We believe in Kinect and the value it brings to both games and entertainment, and believe $499 is a great value for what consumers receive with their Xbox One.” WRC…