If you were hoping for some big things to happen this week in gaming, you were in luck because there were some huge stories in the industry.
On the local front, MyGaming compared BT Games’ and Dion Wired’s gaming sales, found out that SA Xbox Live Gold members would be receiving all the free games from the Games with Gold program, and did a local price-comparison of mid-range graphics cards.
In international news, there was an update about DirectX 11.2, rumours of Google working on a console, and the fact that Wolfenstein: The New Order will make you “cry blood”.
We also found time to play 5 browser games that will eat your time, discover 5 gaming lookalikes and checked out the gaming specials this weekend.
Catch up with the biggest stories listed below.
Features
5 free browser games to eat your time
Company of Heroes 2: glory or death?
5 gaming lookalikes
Does Deadpool deliver destruction or disappointment?
Digital download deals this weekend
Gaming specials this week
Hardware
Overclocker improves AMD Super Pi benchmark performance
AMD Stutter-free Crossfire driver release date announced
Mid-range graphics cards: SA price comparison
Nvidia Geforce GTX760 review roundup: more for Less
Nvidia GTX760 SA price roundup
Local news
Games you can play this week
BT Games winter games sale price comparison
GTA 5: who’s got the cheapest pre-order in SA?
SA game devs must aim for “substance not gloss”
BT Games vs Dion Wired: game specials price comparison
Telkom cable theft wreaks network havoc: pictures
South African Pokémon TCG National Championships a huge success
Popular games on Mweb servers revealed
Games with Gold works for SA Xbox Live: Microsoft
News you should check out
DirectX 11.2 exclusive to Xbox One, Windows 8.1
Google console in development: report
Consoles becoming PCs: Alienware
Ellen Page and Naughty Dog make nice
The Division and The Crew coming to PC, current-gen?
Project Spark, the game that lets you make games, beta opens
Wolfenstein: The New Order on hardest: “you will cry blood”
Half-Life 2 update all about Linux
Source engine gets Oculus Rift support; Linux, Mac get mods
Half-Life 3 tease a joke: PC Gamer
The Witcher 2 Full Combat Rebalance mod released
Baldur’s Gate 3 a possibility, Baldur’s Gate 2: Enhanced pulled from market
Top 7 reasons why game devs choose Geforce
SimCity creator praises Microsoft’s DRM reversal
The Last of Us phone sex number “an honest mistake”
Videos you should watch
Rust: Minecraft meets DayZ – new game from Garry’s Mod creator
GTA: Vice City Stories ported to PC through mod
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