Good morning and welcome to yet another Thursday in yet another week in yet another year. The Gaming News Wrap is not nearly as mundane. Read it every day of every week of every year because we told you to. Please. The use of real names rather than Gamertags has been delayed on the Xbox One but will be added…
Good morning. Gaming news. In bite-sized chunks. Nomnomnom. The new ‘Obliteration’ mode for Battlefield 4 is being rolled out for beta users on Xbox 360, PS3 and PC. In fact, it might be available already. New details about The Order 1886 have surfaced thanks to an upcoming article in the next issue of Game Informer magazine. The details have been…
Good morning, and welcome to the day before rAge. If you’re going, we will see you there. Otherwise, cry into your bowl of cereal while reading the news round-up. The Xbox One reserves 10% of its GPU power for multitasking and the Kinect, however Microsoft aim to free up some of this in the future for developers to use. [More…
Good morning. Just a few more sleeps until South Africa’s rAge expo kicks off. We’ll see some of you there we assume? The Xbox One day one update is expected to take between 15 and 20 minutes to download. We assume that Microsoft is basing that time on internet speeds in the US and not South Africa… The day one…
Good morning all. As always, we’re here to give you the news you can use in the tastiest bite-size possible. In case you missed it, the release of the PlayStation 4 in South Africa has been delayed according to local distributor Ster Kinekor. The original launch date of 6 December is no longer valid, but the distributor has announced that…
Good morning, and welcome back to reality (if you took an extended long weekend). Let’s ease you gently back into things with an easy to digest wrap of gaming news and videos. The European PlayStation Network will have downtime for twelve hours for scheduled maintenance. From today (25 September) at 3pm until Thursday 26 September at 3am, the PSN, PlayStation…
Good morning. How has your first day with GTA V been? GTA V has attained the joint-highest ever Metacritic score of 97 on the PS3 and 98 on the Xbox 360. It’s tied with the previous entry in the series. The Battlefield 4 open beta early access was confirmed for 1 October already, but anyone without early access will be able…
Good morning. And happy GTA V day to you all. Xbox 360 gamers have been warned not to install the ‘Play’ disc of GTA V. Rockstar said via Twitter: “For optimal performance, we recommend not installing the play disc.” Rockstar has outlined the YouTube policy for GTA V. The company says it retains “the right to remove content we find objectionable on…
Day two of a four day week. Anyone feeling excited by that fact? Chocolate Easter eggs are on the horizon for you. Chocolate brains for us. And then yours. But fill them with all this news first. Rumour has it that the Battlefield 4 beta will be open to those of you with Battlefield 3 Premium subscriptions. That’s on top of the…
The announcement of the Battlefield 4 Beta and therefore the confirmation of the game itself sometime next year, did make some fans wonder why the loveable rogues from Bad Company weren’t getting a third airing. Battlefield 3 community manager Ian Tornay took to Reddit to address the query. Although, to be fair it’s not the most conclusive explanation why it’s not…