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Gaming News Wrap [21 Oct 2013]

Good morning gamers. Another week, another healthy dose of brain food in the form of the Gaming News Wrap. A new GTA Online update was released just before the weekend for both PS3 and Xbox 360. The title update is aimed at fixing vehicle loss issues and other problems. Full details of the patch are available here. Games with Gold has…

Gaming News Wrap [18 Oct 2013]

Good morning. Statistics show that reading the Gaming News Wrap makes you a better person. We may have made the statistics part up. Ubisoft has said that their long-term plan is to “win the next generation”. This is a comment made in response to the delays of a number of next-generation new IPs from the firm. “The tough decisions we took…

Gaming News Wrap [18 Sep 2013]

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…

Gaming News Wrap [9 Sep 2013]

Good morning. It is a good morning right? Right?! Work with me here, we need to remain positive on this Mun(ch)day… Microsoft Game Studios vice president Phil Spencer has said that Xbox One availability “should feel a lot better than it did for 360” back in 2005. They want “people to be able to walk in the store and buy one…

Gaming News Wrap [6 Sep 2013]

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…

Gaming News Wrap [28 Aug 2013]

Good morning on the day that parades itself as the “middle of the week”. It’s clearly not as cool as the “end of the week”, but what can you do other than kill some time with us right here. There is an “official trailer” for GTA V coming this Thursday. That is all. Time when Rockstar announces it. The Day…

Gaming News Wrap [23 Aug 2013]

Good morning… and good riddance to you work week. Sony is expecting to face the “good problem” of selling out of PS4 stock in the UK. [More on OPM] While the selling out of stock is a good thing for Sony, American CEO Jack Tretton reckons that the lower price point of the PS4 over the Xbox One will not…

Gaming News Wrap [22 July 2013]

Good morning. It’s a new week yes. But we’re still only on last week’s consignment of brains. Better catch up then. This past weekend saw the first MSSA ‘Inter-Regional’ tournament between Cape Town and Johannesburg play out. While Cape Town went on to win the competition 3-0 (we will give more in-depth coverage in an upcoming article), we would like…

Gaming News Wrap [25 June 2013]

Good morning gamers… Let’s start with a Public Service Announcement: PSN will be down for “routine” maintenance today from approximately 5.30pm BST / 6.30pm CET until around midnight BST / 1.00am CET. [via PlayStation Blog] Sony is holding back on announcing new titles for the PS4 until Gamescom. And apparently “there’s a lot [of games] coming.” [via CVG] Sony’s Guy Longworth (VP in charge…