This week in gaming: Battlefield 4, Windows 8 pessimism, and… masturbating in public?

Keeping up with everything was pretty insane, but we’ve managed to wrangle up all those big stories for you right here, bringing together the news, rumours, and hints to what lies ahead.

Features

>> Games you can play this week
>> 2012 games you may have missed
>> Darksiders II: 5 things you need to know
>> 7 free retro PC games you have to play
>> Intel high-end chipsets detailed
>> Mario: the first 15 years
>> Gaming mice – don’t buy the hype
>> Thermaltake mice, two worlds apart

Local news

>> Gaming specials this weekend
>> SA Battlefield 3 hackers – how many are there?
>> Best country for online gaming: SA versus the world
>> Nintendo 3DS XL pricing comparison
>> Stuff ADSL – LTE is coming
>> Free gaming bandwidth on community networks
>> NGL: Starcraft II Online League 2012 Leg 3 registrations still open
>> South African SSD prices decreasing

News you should check out

>> FIFA 13 Manager mode gets detailed
>> Portal 2′s Space Core going to space on shuttle
>> R14,000 Xbox Live bill – customer blames Microsoft
>> Dead Trigger for Android now free because of “unbelievably high” piracy
>> Worms Revolution gets a release date
>> Modern Warfare 3 advert scares children
>> Battlefield 4 beta confirmed for 2013

>> Rugby League Live 2 trailer released
>> New PS3 models not at Gamescom, claim industry sources
>> Diablo III barbarian exploit discovered
>> Japanese arcade masturbator caught red-handed
>> Conan O’Brien reviews Minecraft
>> Nielsen survey shows Xbox owners more excited about Halo 4 than Black Ops 2
>> Final Fantasy Versus XIII still in production
>> EA CEO: “PC is the fastest growing platform today”

>> Nintendo infographic celebrates the company’s success
>> New Portal speed run record set at 8.5 minutes
>> Windows 8 is a “catastrophe”, says Gabe Newell
>> World of Warcraft: Mists of Pandaria release date revealed
>> Battlefield 3: Aftermath details revealed
>> Baldur’s Gate Enhanced Edition gets launch date, prices
>> Skyrim Dawnguard expansion “not announced” for PC, PS3

Videos you should check out

>> Darksiders II gets cinematic in new trailer
>> Metal Gear Rising: Revengeance trailer teaches you to kill

Reviews

>> Inversion review (Xbox 360)
>> Coolermaster TPC 812 CPU heatsink review

Video of the week

>> Sleeping Dogs video walkthrough pumps up the action

Image of the week

Dead Space 3 screenshots introduce the Feeder

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