R16 000 worth of prizes in iGame’s March Mayhem
Local internet provider iBurst’s gaming division, iGame, has announced that it will be hosting a massive month long series of competitions for various games on its servers. An impressive total of R16,000 worth of prizes will be doled out by the end of the month.
iBurst launches ADSL and iGame Unlimited
iBurst this week announced the launch of iGame Unlimited, as well as its brand new ADSL offerings.
Massive issues with PlayStation Network
Thousands of PS3 owners around the world experienced issues trying to log into PSN this week. To make matters worse this also affected offline play.
Sony later came forward to reveal that the problem could be attributed to an internal clock error within the consoles.
StarCraft II beta cracked
It was only a matter of time before some cracker managed to get the recently released StarCraft II beta client working without the required beta key.
Local StarCraft II prices confirmed
Megarom this week provided clarity on StarCraft II pricing confusion.
Activision calls Infinity Ward heads “Insubordinate”
Things really heated up this week between developers Infinity Ward and publishers Activision – resulting in the firing of studio founders Vince Zampella and Jason West.
Sapphire releases 4GB overclocked HD 5970
Graphics card manufacturer Sapphire claimed this week that it has the fastest graphics card in the world in the form of the overclocked AMD HD 5970 which sports a monstrous 4GB of onboard memory.
March game release schedule
This month has some excruciatingly enticing new games set for release.
Nvidia: “GTX480 faster than HD 5870”
Nvidia’s Fermi range of GPUs is at this point still a largely unknown quantity. Having said that, the company now claims that the top of the range Fermi card – the GTX 480 – is the fastest single GPU graphics card in the world.
PC still the biggest online gaming platform
Despite recent trends leading many to believe that PC gaming is in a state of decline, American research firm NPD has revealed that the “PC is still the most-used system for online gaming, with 85% of online gamers reporting using a PC for online gaming activities.”
Battlefield: Bad Company 2 out this week, prices compared
After much hype and anticipation the sequel to the critically acclaimed 2008 first person shooter and multiplayer extravaganza, Battlefield: Bad Company, is out this week.
Ubisoft’s contentious DRM scheme already hacked
Ubisoft’s always on internet DRM system has already been hacked.
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