The anticipation for the reveal of the next-generation Xbox has got the gaming world buzzing, but that’s not the only thing making waves, as THQ’s other IPs were finally sold, a new Call of Duty broke cover, and the another XCOM game was announced.

On top of that, we managed to check out 5 gaming character makeovers, the best ITX chassis available in SA and whether Dead Island: Riptide is worth checking out.

Features

Gaming specials this weekend
5 gaming makeovers
Dead Island: Riptide – brainless sequel?
Games you can play this week
Best ITX chassis available in SA
AMD Radeon HD7990 reviews go live
Planning for the PC component upgrade bug: part 2
Top Mini ITX motherboards pricing roundup

Local news

20Mbps, 40Mbps uncapped VDSL affordable for gaming?
SA eSports “treated equally” among Olympic disciplines: MSSA
System Crash: SA’s sci-fi gaming endeavour
Mweb Dota 2 Championship: team SA contenders emerge

News you should check out

Next-gen Xbox official reveal date set
Skyrim: Legendary Edition revealed
The Bureau: XCOM Declassified announced
Rayman Legends release date announced
Call of Duty: Ghosts outed by retailer
Crytek might get to make Darksiders 3
Police arrest senior LulzSec hacker
Would you quit a game for moral reasons?
Two PR personnel jailed for stealing from Activision
Bioshock Infinite “blasphemy” doesn’t discriminate: ESRB
Xbox 720 backwards compatible, no always-on, new source claims
Steam Subscriptions launched by Valve
SimCity update 2.0 adds ridiculous bugs
Razer Comms connects gamers worldwide

Videos you should watch

22-year old’s sci-fi short gets Hollywood attention
Just Cause 2 multiplayer mod is pure insanity

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