Microsoft South Africa reveal the discounts on their Microsoft Surface range.
This past weekend saw the completion of the inaugural KweséSports ACE FIFA tournament which featured a prize pool of R50,000 for the final eight to battle for. The competition saw the top four players from the rAge qualifier in Gauteng face the top four from Cape Town’s qualifier in a double elimination event. In the end, the top two players were…
Another week has passed, so that means we’re on hand to wrap it all up. Let’s start with some coverage from elsewhere: DBNGamers: Photos G3AR: The Thrustmaster T150 steering wheel is coming exclusively to Takealot gearburn: rAge Expo’s ‘Home Coded’ stand aims to mix game development with job creation Lazygamer: The Super Lazygamer Rocket League Championship is live! Lazygamer: Why A MAZE Johannesburg…
Developer: Frontier Developments Publisher: Microsoft Studios Distributor: Microsoft SA Reviewed on: Xbox One Also available on: Xbox 360 If we had to give it a numerical score: 7/10 What I loved Unique gameplay elements Demolition mode and Screamrider mode Wanting to beat your (and your friend’s) highest score… Not so much Repetitive cutscenes The monotonous (robotic) narrator Screamride (or ScreamRide if you prefer) is a…
If you pre-order one of the two Xbox One SKUs coming to South Africa on 23 September, you will get some added value by way of FIFA 15, Forza Motorsport 5 and Dance Central. The bundle without the Kinect will retail at R6,299.99 and will come with digital copies of Forza Motorsport 5 and FIFA 15, along with the 500GB console,…
Xbox South Africa has decided to celebrate the launch of World of Tanks on the Xbox 360 by giving away a 40” Samsung LED 3D TV. It’s all relatively simple and requires you to answer a bunch of daily questions, with each correct answer scoring you another entry into the competition. The competition has started (today) and runs until 21…
EA South Africa (and we will assume Microsoft and Xbox South Africa too) have cancelled Titanfall for South African gamers, citing poor online performance rates in the country. The news was broken (cowardly, in this writer’s opinion) via a Facebook post, which reads: After conducting recent online tests for Titanfall, we found that the performance rates in South Africa were not…
Good. Morning. Gamers. You made it. You can celebrate. But read the Gaming News Wrap first before doing so. It would make the zombies happy. And you don’t want to make the zombies unhappy now do you? Sony expects to be able to replenish PS4 stock fast after launch day, to ensure “make sure people can buy a PS4 on November…
It was a busy week in South African gaming while you weren’t looking. There have been tournaments, which means there have been winners and losers. There has been news, which also means there have been winners and losers. So let’s get to it shall we… Xbox South Africa has issued a press release stating that any Xbox One prices currently…
Phew. Made it to the end of the week. Thanks for sticking it out with us. Let’s end the week with a bumper gaming news wrap. Yes, we’ll start with this week’s big news story. Xbox One. Other than every poll ever showing people were disappointed with the Tuesday reveal event due to a focus on applications most saw as unnecessary,…