It’s been a busy week with the Game Developers Conference and the Independent Games Festival generating a lot of news. In a South African success story, Desktop Dungeons secured the Excellence in Design Award and the IGF. Below we’ve rounded up a bunch of the biggest announcement, news story, interviews and features from the last week.
News
The world’s biggest PC gaming platform set to expand to the living room
Nintendo 3DS hacked one day after launch
Brand new handheld hacked to run notorious R4 cart
Portal 2 Achievements revealed, Half-Life 2: Episode Three conspiracies prompted
Ships? Missing experiments? EPISODE 3?!
Gamers’ Voice: Black Ops new territory for consumer rights
MyGaming catches up with Gamers’ Voice, who don’t think Activision will admit they are wrong
Team Ninja unveils Ninja Gaiden III teaser
A Ninja Gaiden III video clip has been released to kick off GDC
Devil May Cry movie rights pawned off
Capcom has sold the movie rights to Devil May Cry to Screen Gems
Duke Nukem Forever ESRB rating full of sh**
Also lap dancing, strip clubs, decapitation
Dragon Age 2 shorter than Dragon Age, bit longer than Mass Effect 2
Don’t expect 50+ hours out of Bioware’s fantasy RPG sequel
70% of people think piracy is OK says survey
Danish survey suggests attitudes towards piracy have not changed in the past 10 years
Red Dead Redemption and Minecraft clean up
Desktop Dungeons wins design award at IGF
South African born game Desktop Dungeons has walked away from IGF with an award
Local games distributors wary of cheaper broadband
Piracy and Steam threaten local distribution with falling broadband prices
Nintendo 3DS launched in South Africa
The 3DS has arrived in SA, launch titles and pricing detailed
Desktop Dungeon’s Rodain Joubert reacts to IGF win
The brain behind Desktop Dungeons lets us know how he feels post-IGF victory
Features
PC biggest source of online gaming in SA – Web Africa
We catch up with Web Africa’s Cliff Hazell who gives us some insight into local online gaming
March 2011 game release roundup
Dragon Age 2, Crysis 2, Rift, Shogun 2, Homefront and more all out in the next few weeks
PC
Magicka: Vietnam DLC expansion is a parodific reality
The first Magicka DLC expansion, Vietnam, warrants making up a new word
AC: Brotherhood PC collector’s editions coming to SA
Limited quantities of Brotherhood collector’s editions will be hitting SA stores
PC gaming on the up says PC Gaming Alliance
19% growth recorded in 2010
Xbox 360
CliffyB asks Gears 3 beta players to upload bug shots to YouTube
Whine now so you don’t whine later
Microsoft casts Improved Resurrection on zombie Gamertags
Expired Gamertags back up for grabs
PS3
Black Ops PS3 patch 1.07 released
Treyarch issues patch ahead of First Strike DLC launch
PlayStation Plus content attractions: 2 March – 4 May 2011
A rundown of the content attractions coming to PlayStation Plus over the next two months
inFamous 2 to feature user content tools, beta in April
Sucker Punch reveals some new details on the upcoming inFamous 2
Local PS3 shortage unlikely – SterKinekor
Local PlayStation distributor confirms local PS3 stock orders, European ban unlikely to affect SA
Could international patent wrangling cause South Africa’s PS3 console stock to dry up?
Reviews
Marvel vs. Capcom 3: Fate of Two Worlds
A fighting game that rewards both the novice and professional fighting gamer
Innovative gameplay, obscene humour, and excellent production values are the order of the day in Bulletstorm. It’s just a pity it’s so short.
Screenshots
Dead Space 2 Severed DLC screenshots
Videos
Assassin’s Creed: Brotherhood PC story trailer
Black Mirror III story trailer
Magicka Vietnam announce trailer
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