It’s been a week full of new game announcements. It looks like we are entering the exciting period on the gaming calendar when developers make known their holiday blockbuster titles. Some dedicated gamers broke 9 world records over the last couple of weeks. Crysis 2 and its lack of DX11 support was a hop topic, with various rumours about patches doing the rounds. We also got some legal clarification on whether or not digitally downloaded games are breaking SA customs laws.
Finally, don’t forget to check out the MyGaming Shop which is in a beta testing mode – get R100 off items while stocks last.
Illegal digital distribution in SA analysed
MyGaming gets some legal opinion on the legal grey area of unrated digitally distributed games in SA
NFS Shift 2 Unleashed review roundup
The latest in the Need for Speed series has launched; we check out the review so far
News
Renegade Ops – new game announced
Just Cause 2 developer Avalanche Studios has revealed their next title
DnS Development announces Dead Horde
These zombies don’t seem to learn – teach them a lesson in this new top-down co-op shooter
SCEA currently taking applications to “join the God of War team”
Advertised responsibilities include multiplayer design
Also for “creating the worst writing in characters, plot and everything else in DA2”
Battlefield 3 single player 12 hours long
DICE tells you why you should care about the single player
Microsoft prepping “updated disc format”
Preview progam launching Stateside
Cut Kotick some slack says Blizzard boss
Mike Morhaime thinks that Bobby Kotick is a nice guy
It’s “not nearly as comprehensive as it needs to be”
News
George Hotz’s defence: He didn’t know Sony Computer Entertainment of America existed
Ergo case doesn’t belong in California
9 Guinness Gaming World Records broken
StickTwiddlers, Twitch Gaming and Game Informer break 9 Guinness Gaming World Records
Peter Molyneux wants to be “a little bit involved” in any new Syndicate title
Wishes he could spend a day telling devs what was special about the original game
Capcom announces Resident Evil: Operation Raccoon City
Capcom’s latest in the Resident Evil franchise will be coming to console, PC and handhelds
Red Faction: Armageddon dev wants players to “destroy everything in sight”
It’s every wannabe demolitions expert’s dream come true
PC
Fable III PC system requirements listed
Just the righ’ amoun’ o’ foam
Crysis 2 DirectX 11 patch coming in 2-3 months
Although DX11 remains officially unconfirmed
Crysis 2 PC multiplayer bandwidth usage tested
We find out just how much bandwidth playing Crysis 2 online uses
iGame announces Crysis 2, Homefront tournaments
Local PC tournaments announced for April
Xbox
Epic’s Gears of War 3 design brief: less is more
“We know that for every feature you add, you’re taking polish away from other features”
Rumour control: “New Xbox disc format” is a 1GB capacity increase
Industry spies confirm storage increase
But not to XBLA, because Microsoft is selfish and wants everybody to be sad
Hardware
AMD denies slagging off DirectX, clarifies comments
And probably appeases investors
Columns
What it actually means to be a critic, and how all opinions are not equal
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