Ah, the Gaming News Wrap – just the place to get all the gaming news in snippets and head into the day more informed. Games Help us brainstorm ways to get these Destiny figures past the accountant as “expenses” Battlefield 1 Why Battlefield 1 fans are in a flap about a pigeon mode Battlefield 1’s spectator mode screenshots are absolutely…
Like it says on the tin, this is our daily Gaming News Wrap. And it’s just as edible inside. Games Fallout 4 A Beginner’s Guide to the world of Fallout Fallout 4: new weapons, mutants, bots star in 30 pages of art More Fallout 4 mod details will come after game release Uncharted 4 Uncharted 4 multiplayer to have microtransactions from…
Good morning. It’s the Halloween edition of your favourite daily dose of gaming news. It’s surprisingly fright free however. The 35 perks, and the new perk system for Call of Duty Ghosts has been revealed. Each perk is assigned a point value of between 1-5 and players have a total of 8-12 points to spend on perks depending on their loadout.…
Welcome to the day of thunder. Quite literally in some parts of SA. A new Crackdown appears to be in the works. Eagle-eyed viewers (not us) picked the hint chucked in to the Microsoft Xbox One Reveal on 21 May. Microsoft Studios boss Phil Spencer said to IGN: “I have a lot of love for that franchise. The homage to Crackdown in the [21st…
With the backlash Microsoft has come under since announcing that the Xbox One will impose DRM restrictions, one would thing that Microsoft could look at changing it policies. It does not look like that will happen. Microsoft’s studios boss Phil Spencer told CVG [via MCV] that the policies regarding Xbox One’s online and software authorisation requirements are “definitive” for now. “We wanted to…
Sony left Microsoft with a sour taste in their mouths by announcing at E3 that the Playstation 4, unlike the Xbox One, will not enforce any DRM restrictions, meaning that any PS4 game disc can be rented, traded, lent to anyone etc. with no checks or restrictions. While this is completely true with any SCE titles, it may or may…
I remember a time in South Africa when you could trade games with friends, and that was about the only avenue you had to palm off the game that you had tired with. There weren’t the abundance of willing retailers that would trade-in your games for credit. I was just as much an avid gamer as I am now. Importantly,…
Eurogamer report that Sony executives have taken to Twitter and acknowledged the #PS4noDRM campaign that sparked off on social media, aimed at deterring Sony from restricting used-games with the PlayStation 4.The pleading from fans follows the backlash that Microsoft has suffered in regards to the Xbox One and the DRM restrictions that the console will likely implement. NeoGAF users started a campaign…
And on the back of the article we just published about fans urging Sony to stay away from DRM, it is now being reported that Sony will likely regulate the sale used-games in some manner with the Playstation 4. CVG are citing Gametrailers‘ Geoff Keighley who claims to have ‘heard’ that Sony is likely to enforce similar used game policies to…
Sony has a chance to one-up Microsoft following on the confusion surrounding DRM and the “always online” topics with the Xbox One. Fans have raised concerns and it is clear that the masses do not want DRM restrictions with our next-gen consoles. Speculation has also been growing that Sony may have similar plans to those of Microsoft. A campaign has therefore…