What happened this past week in the South African gaming scene? What is likely to happen in the next week? It’s probably all covered below. 2upGamers Trenchtown Gaming Tournament This Saturday (17 August), the third Trenchtown event kicks off and will feature Halo 4, FIFA 13, Street Fighter IV, Tekken Tag Tournament 2, Injustice, and will throw in a little…
Lost Planet 3’s multiplayer offerings have been detailed in bits and pieces until now. Speaking to Gamespot, Lost Planet 3 producer Andrew Szymanski detailed the entire multiplayer offerings, which will offer first-person views on mechs and even some Dead Space 3 similarities. Lost Planet 3 will feature Team Deathmatch, Scenario Mode, Extraction Mode and Akrid Survival Mode. Here are the…
The Xbox 360 controller has been pretty popular with PC fans, and it looks like the improved Xbox One controller will serve the PC next year. CVG report that Microsoft is planning to add PC compatibility to the Xbox One’s new controller. “New wireless protocol, combined with the ability to work in ‘wired’ mode, and the addition of features like…
Blizzard Entertainment formerly promised a “special announcement” for Gamescom, which was thought to be Diablo related. It has now filed a trademark application for “The Dark Below”. The trademark spotted by Massively [via Gamespot] did not give away any further detail and Blizzard is not fessing up either. The Gamescom invitation sent to media last month said: “We’re making a…
Morning and welcome to the midweek Gaming News Wrap. Microsoft is teasing a “unique exclusive” for Xbox One to be revealed at Gamescom. If you’re at Gamescom, you will also be able to try out Titanfall, which will be there in a playable version. [More on CVG] The Xbox One can detect and prevent itself from overheating. It does this…
The Madden NFL 25 demo is now available on Xbox Live for Gold members and the PlayStation Network users Xbox Live Silver members will need to wait until next week. The demo lets you two Play Now match-ups, offers some Skills Trainer challenges and all importantly, previews the new Force Impact System. The demo also gives us the first look…
I know the thought of being the “bad guy” shouldn’t excite me as much as it does… but it really does. Maybe it’s all that Dexter watching. Here’s Payday 2’s launch trailer. Payday 2 is already available on Steam, and launches locally this Friday for the Xbox 360 and Playstation 3.
Polygon report that StarCraft Universe, a StarCraft II mod that turns the game into an MMO in the vein of World of Warcraft, has turned to Kickstarter in hope to raise funds to bankroll the completion of the game. The project that has been in development for several years is seeking $80,000 to complete the game’s first act and release…
Nintendo president Satoru Iwata is adamant that the Wii U’s poor sales cannot be blamed on the console’s pricing. Iwata explained to CVG that if that was the case, then the cheaper basic model would not be selling worst of all. “If the price is actually an issue [with Wii U], then there is some contradiction between the current sales…
Good morning gamers and welcome to yet another in the gaming news equivalent of a daily soap opera. It’s an exciting week for multiplayer and online reveals this week. There’s the Call of Duty: Ghosts multiplayer reveal on Wednesday (14 August 1:30pm EST), and the next day (15 August) it’s GTA V’s turn, as Rockstar will reveal the online component…