It’s been a busy week for us here at MyGaming. Highlights news wise include word of a new Command & Conquer game in the works, a local distributor switch for Codemasters, and continued developments in the court case between hacker GeoHot and Sony. We were kept busy with Dragon Age 2 and Total War: Shogun 2 demos, and government announced that it is going to start taxing PC monitors the same as TVs, which means we should see a price increase.
We also got to chat to Gearbox founder Randy Pitchford about Duke Nukem forever, as well as the Magicka developers, and not to forget, creators of local indie hit Desktop Dungeons.
Mexico state congress seeks ban on video game
A particular game has ruffled the feathers of legislators in the Mexican state of Chihuahua
PS3 hacker Geohot asks community for donations
Infamous PS3 hacker asks for donations to fund court case against Sony
Codemasters bounces from Numetro to Megarom
Publisher switchs local distributors, joins Activision Blizzard and Ubisoft in Megarom stable
Microsoft and Nvidia quit the PC Gaming Alliance
Bad joke about “Console Gaming Horde” here
New Command & Conquer game in development
New studio working on classic RTS franchise’s future
Rumour control: hack-proof PS3 SKU in development
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Geohot raises enough cash through donations to fight Sony
Community appeal works
Ubisoft chucks always-on DRM for Assassin’s Creed: Brotherhood on PC
Publisher ditching annoying DRM for AssCreed: Broho, yay, etc
Arrowhead Games “trying to make” Magicka for console “a reality”
Developer wants to bring sleeper PC hit to broader audience
DICE: “Where other shooters are treading water Battlefield 3 innovates”
DICE gets its trashtalk on
Computer monitor prices in SA will rise soon
National Treasury reveals plan to re-introduce excise duties on monitors because they are ‘used as televisions’
PC monitor tax can be legally avoided
The new tax on monitors can be legally avoided, says the CEO of Mustek
Gears of War 3 release date announced
GoW 3 set for global release on 20 September 2011
Total War: Shogun 2 demo now available
Weighs in at hefty 5.9GB
OpenWeb reveals daily gaming traffic percentage
Gaming accounts for 12% of OpenWeb’s daily traffic usage, mostly PC gamers
Fable 3 coming to PCs in May
Lionhead’s RPG finally makes its way to PC
Features and columns
My Gaming talks with Desktop Dungeons creator
Rodain Joubert talks goats, exploding boobs, and exposing himself
What we’re playing this weekend
Bulletstorm, obviously, and some other stuff
Are You Ashamed Of Being A Gamer?
Chris Kemp talks about the unfortunate effects of stigmas and stereotypes…
PC hardware in SA – is the situation improving?
Are South African’s still getting the short end of the PC hardware stick? We chat to some industry insiders
Rift preview
Sharing so much in common with the dominant World of Warcraft, what does Rift offer to gamers looking for an MMORPG fix?
Interview: Magicka developer Patrik Lasota
We catch up with Arrowhead Game Studios’s PR and community manager Patrik Lasota
Bulletstorm review roundup
Looking ****hot, *******s
Reviews
Gainward Nvidia GTX 570 Phantom Edition review
We take a look at Gainward’s custom GTX 570, and are mightily impressed
Killzone 3
A dependable sci-fi FPS that keeps fighting on despite a few stumbling blocks
Cricket Power – official ICC Cricket World Cup 2011 game
This cheap hybrid browser game is surprisingly entertaining for just R70
Cities in Motion
Frustratingly difficult but all the more rewarding for it, Cities in Motion is something management sim fans should definitely consider
Media
Need for Speed: Shift 2 Unleashed screen shots
Battlefield 3 gameplay teaser
Cities in Motion screen shots
The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim gameplay trailer