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Gaming News Wrap [22 July 2014]

Good morning. We had to skip the regular morning news wrap yesterday, as the zombie in charge was suffering with a Johannesburg hangover. Today’s wrap is almost double the fun, and while some news maybe old news, remember that it’s always (new) news to someone somewhere. We would like to start by congratulating F34R_Adept for winning this past weekend’s LAN…

Gaming News Wrap [18 July 2014]

Good morning. And if you’re reading this as soon as it’s published, why are you up so early? If it’s later in the day… get up earlier you lazy sod. Games There will be no discount offered for PS3 owners of The Last of Us on PS4. Every one will pay the same for the Remastered version and that price is £39.99/$49.99…

Gaming News Wrap [24 Feb 2014]

Good morning all. If you have a passing interest in the local competitive and eSports scene, you may have noticed it was a busy weekend filled with controversy. The Call of Duty Championship qualifier saw South African teams having to play against a team hosting from the UK, which has caused a massive outcry both locally and internationally. Our article…

Google creates mini-games for Google Glass

Google has created a few basic mini-games for Google Glass in hope to coax developers to make games on the platform. Eurogamer are citing the official blog where Google eplain that it built the games by utilising Glass’ “unique features and design.” “Each game is visually simple and straightforward to play. We intentionally wanted games that are quick to get…

Gaming News Wrap [12 Dec 2013]

Good morning humans. It’s your favourite morning gaming news round-up in South Africa written by pretend zombies. Actually. It’s probably the only one that fits that bill. Games The free GTA Online Deathmatch & Race Creators Beta is now available for PS3 and Xbox 360. The tools are available via the latest automatic title update. [More on Rockstar News Wire] Microsoft is…

Gaming News Wrap [23 Oct 2013]

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.”…

Gaming News Wrap [27 May 2013]

Good morning. That was the weekend that was. Now we’ll keep you sane until the next one rolls around. Xbox One Call of Duty: Ghosts will (unsurprisingly) feature Kinect voice commands on Xbox One. Apparently, Activision said that it “really excites us because of the level of responsiveness and detail”. As long as you can’t kill the dog OK? Despite all…