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Kinect for Xbox 360 launch: 10th November

August 26, 2010 | Game News | 0 Comments

If you're an Xbox 360 fan, and you're salivating at the prospect of controller-free games and Xbox LIVE entertainment, then you should mark the 10th of November in your calendar. Microsoft has announced that they will launch Kinect for Xbox 360, officially, in Europe, Middle East and Africa, on Wednesday, 10th November. Xbox LIVE and a BIG line up of games on Windows Phone 7, will also launch, ...

StarCraft II : Wings of Liberty

August 2, 2010 | Game News | 0 Comments

At long last. 12 years is a veritable desert between releases, but, finally, it's here. The long-awaited, feverishly-anticipated sequel to the massively popular Blizzard title, was released globally on 27th July. And the good news? Blizzard, wisely, did not mess with the formula too much. In fact, just enough, is the consensus of response and reviews from the gaming world. Four years after the Brood War devastated the Koprulu sector, ...

Sony’s Playstation Move(s) In

July 2, 2010 | Game News | 0 Comments

OK, well now it's just all-out war in the game-console-with-motion-sensing-controller-or-camera land. It's always been a lucrative, dog-eat-dog space, but the arrival of some competitors for the Nintendo Wii has just kicked the intensity up a couple of notches. Microsoft and Sony have woken from their slumbers, taken while the Wii forged ahead, and both produced their own, get-off-the-couch controllers. Microsoft is betting on the Kinect (ouch!) for the Xbox ...

Final Fantasy XIII

March 4, 2010 | Game News, Gaming | 2 Comments

If you’ve ever played a game in the Final Fantasy franchise there’s a very good chance you’ll want to get your hands on Square Enix’s latest Final Fantasy title, Final Fantasy XIII; and if you’ve never played a Final Fantasy game before now is as good a time as ever to start. As usual the latest Final Fantasy has its own unique ...

The official World Cup 2010 South Africa video game

January 28, 2010 | Game News, Gaming | 2 Comments

We all knew it was going to happen and now it’s been confirmed; EA will be releasing the only officially licensed game for the 2010 World Cup. As can be expected, the title will be released across all major platforms. How the game will differ across each platform remains to be seen and can be tracked at: www.easports.com . Players will have access to each and every team that took part in the World Cup qualifiers for 2010 (199 teams). All of the South-African stadiums will feature in the game as well as others based abroad (for qualification matches). If you’ve been following and playing the FIFA franchise as long as I have you’ll know that a World Cup game is quite standard issue; having said that, it must be noted that EA have packed this particular instalment with some features that have never been available before.