MyGaming weekly roundup (8- 12 March)

News

Black Ops becomes best-selling game in history

The latest NPD stats point to slight year-on-year growth in general, Black Ops still tops sales list

Gamer criticises Bioware, Dragon Age 2 activation revoked

Guy buys Dragon Age 2, can’t activate it because he posted facetious comment in BioWare forums

Friday Fanatics Edition: UK therapist calls gaming “the silent killer of our generation”

Derpderpderp

PS3 injunction revoked, LG fined

But it’s not over yet

EA: “PC could become our biggest platform”

Digital downloads on PC the way forward

Gaming growing fast in SA, PC at slower pace – iGame

We catch up with iGame’s fearless leader Johnathan Smit to discuss the current state of gaming in SA

Sony to battle LG in court over PS3 seizure

PS3 shipments hang in the balance as the patent dispute between Sony and LG goes to court

AMD Radeon HD 6990: local pricing and availability

AMD’s new performance monster set to hit local retailers next week

Microsoft promises Games for Windows Live will “get better”

Yeeeeaaaaaaaaaahhhhhhhhhhh

Angry Birds cost $140k to make, has made $70 million

And that ladies and gentlemen, is what we call a ‘profitable enterprise’

Crysis 2 WON’T be using EA’s Online Pass scheme

Yay, etc.

Rift stock arrives in SA today

Retail availability by the end of the week

MWEB discusses World of WarCraft latency issues

MWEB gives some insight into the problems facing local ISPs when serving international games

BioWare releases official HD Texture Pack for Dragon Age II PC

BioWare knows that some PC gamers demand the best

Study: gaming causes insomnia

Also reduces productivity, mood, sex drive, everything else

Microsoft hiring for next-gen Xbox development

Job postings officially out MS’s not-so-top-secret plans

Valve boss reveals his Steam username and password

Shows off fancy new security system

MWEB announces gaming expansion, 53 new games on its network

ISP continues to push into gaming

Mind Sports South Africa “stronger than ever” in 2011

We chat to MSSA about its current role in local eSports

Sony to subpoena PS3 hacker’s site visitors’ IPs

They’re makin’ a list, they’re checkin’ it twice, gonna find out who’s naughty and nice…

Reviews

Fight Night Champion

Delivers a knock-out blow to any competitors in the boxing sim genre

DC Universe Online (PS3)

Massively Multiplayer Mediocrity

Samsung HT-C5500 review

Quality gaming audio on a budget

Features

Dragon Age II review roundup

Bioware’s fantasy RPG sequel meets early critical success

Steam vs. Local retail pricing

We compare local retail pricing with Steam pricing

MWEB uncapped 1 year in – gaming tested

We put MWEB’s 4MB shaped uncapped ADSL account to the test

Nintendo 3DS hands on

MyGaming lays hands on the Nintendo 3DS to see what all the fuss is about

Rift one week In

Early impressions of the MMORPG Rift

Columns

5 sequels gamers could have done without

And they’re not what you think they are…

S.I.C.C – Stuck In Cliché Conundrum

Tired of the same settings and concepts in gaming? I know I am.

Videos

Alice: Madness Returns gameplay teaser

Homefront multiplayer mayhem trailer

Marvel vs Capcom 3 – Jill Valentine

Dynasty Warriors 7 gameplay footage

Marvel vs Capcom 3 – Shuma

Screen shots 

Kingdoms of Amalur: Reckoning screenshots

Dark Souls mega gallery

Lego Star Wars III screenshots

Dragon Age 2 screen shots

Fight Night Champion screenshots

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