Multiplayer madness, HD remakes, and gold bars

17 August 2013
Splinter Cell Blacklist

There was a wealth of gaming news throughout the past week, including some big international and local stories.

The local news featured some updates regarding the delay of the Xbox One to South Africa, some news about the competition between game retailers, and some stats on piracy.

On the international front, there was huge reveals for GTA Online and Call of Duty: Ghosts’ multiplayer, a RAM overclocking world record, and some great digital gaming specials.

Features

Splinter Cell: Blacklist reviews released
Digital game specials revealed
Big HD remakes on the way
Top games in SA for 2013 (so far)
Payday 2 review scores steal the show
Bank heists and pantless ducks return

Top Games in SA H1 2013

Hardware

Free games in AMD Never Settle Forever detailed
Cooler Master Silencio 352 mATX chassis revealed
Nvidia Shield game streaming works over the Internet
Omni VR treadmill pre-order price revealed
RAM overclocking world record set
AMD Kaveri APU release period revealed

GSkill memory header hardware

Local news

Incredible Connection now has a digital download store
R29 per GB mobile data
Retailers extend console, game specials
Xbox One SA launch heading for 2014
Static ADSL IPs for gamers launched
AMAZE games, media, art festival returns to SA
Why do SA gamers pirate?
SA pre-order exclusives harm retail competition?

I would download a bear header

News you should check out

Call of Duty: Space Warfare abandoned
GTA Online goes live post-GTA 5 launch, Rockstar explains
Prey 2 being made by Dishonored devs: report
GTA 5 Online gameplay, details revealed
Former Valve employee now works for Microsoft
Witcher 3: Game of Thrones star lends voice
PS4 launch in October: retailer leaks info
Call of Duty Ghosts multiplayer elements detailed
Humble Origin Bundle boasts 8 big EA games
Xbox One boasts overheating prevention
WoW gold farmer victim of real gold bar theft
Call of Duty: frightening stats released
Blizzard trademarks “The Dark Below”
Starcraft MMO seeks financial boost through Kickstarter campaign
Nvidia confirms GTA 5 for PC?
Xbox One controller PC compatibility dated
Sony to announce “freaking huge” project
Battlefield 4 new multiplayer details revealed

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Humble Origin Bundle

Videos you should watch

Top game videos: FIFA 14, The Bureau

Get involved in the community; get games!

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If you’d like to get further involved with the MyGaming community, check out some of the popular threads in the forum:

ChessConquest – official discussion thread
General Gaming Specials
What are you playing right now?
Rate the Last Game You Played
Abandoned/dead/niche games multiplayer group
Gaming Mods – Making all PC games more fun
Whats the best War game for both Xbox 360 and PS3?
PS Vita… Worth getting or not?

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