{"id":37597,"date":"2012-05-12T06:00:15","date_gmt":"2012-05-12T04:00:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/?p=37597"},"modified":"2012-05-14T13:37:49","modified_gmt":"2012-05-14T11:37:49","slug":"news-you-may-have-missed-7-11-may-2012","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/features\/37597-news-you-may-have-missed-7-11-may-2012","title":{"rendered":"News you may have missed (7-11 May 2012)"},"content":{"rendered":"

As each week in May gets scratched from the calender, the only thing most gamers are thinking about is the eventual launch of Diablo III.<\/p>\n

Due to this, most people’s lives (including our own) are on hold, but the gaming industry doesn’t wait for even the most monumental of dungeon-crawlers, and instead trudged on, bringing us news, rumours and hints to what lies ahead.<\/p>\n

Was only a matter of time<\/h3>\n

Ubisoft<\/a> confirm some games that everyone\u2019s been waiting to hear about.<\/p>\n

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>> Rumour control: Ubisoft making Avengers game<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

>> Avengers video game coming in all its spoof-tastic glory<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

>> Avengers: Battle for Earth announced<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

>> Beyond Good & Evil 2 is back in \u201cactive creation\u201d, confirms Ubisoft<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

Just a peek<\/h3>\n

<\/strong>Ubisoft then teased us some more, but also let us lift up and peek under Assassin\u2019s Creed III\u2019s<\/a> skirt.<\/p>\n

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>> Assassin\u2019s Creed III gameplay premiere comes with a catch<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

>> Assassin\u2019s Creed III won\u2019t go Team America on you<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

>> Assassin\u2019s Creed III gameplay premiere shows slick combat and traversal <\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

If the wait wasn’t hard enough…<\/h3>\n

Prepare for release dates, and a little more.<\/p>\n

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>> Dishonored hunts down a release date<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

>> Hitman: Absolution targets a release date and gets Sniper Challenge <\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

>> Help kill the Ur-Dragon in Dragon\u2019s Dogma<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

>> Dragon\u2019s Dogma launch trailer prepares you for battle<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

>> Wii U launch titles leaked?<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

D\u00e9j\u00e0 Vu who?<\/h3>\n

Some classics were revisited as a nostalgic love-letter.<\/p>\n

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>> Tony Hawk HD release date confirmed<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

>> Original Deus Ex confirmed for PSN<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

>> Carmageddon reboot gets a Kickstart<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

>> Play Wolfenstein 3D in your browser for free!<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

>> Original Space Quest creators head to Kickstarter<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

>> All five Quest for Glory games on GOG for $10 <\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

Is it ready yet?<\/h3>\n

We were shown how a dominant game made it out of development, while one went back into the oven.<\/p>\n

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>> Bioshock: Infinite delayed<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

>> Assassin\u2019s Creed was once a Prince of Persia game <\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

“I can’t quit you!”<\/h3>\n

Addictions got the best of some…<\/p>\n

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>> Man hides cocaine bricks in Xbox, gets busted<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

>> Fez village recreated in Minecraft<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

>> Rovio made R770 million on Angry Birds last year <\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

Brace yourselves…<\/h3>\n

And other addictions emerged as the fiery gates began to open…<\/p>\n

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>> Zaps announces Diablo III midnight launch party<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

>> Diablo III to feature \u201cGlobal Play\u201d. Kind of.<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

>> Diablo III sets pre-order record<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

>> Diablo III Launch Day Preparation Guide released<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

>> Some BT Games Diablo III Collector\u2019s Edition pre-orders delayed<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

>> Zaps Online secures 40 Diablo III Collector\u2019s Editions for midnight launch<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

>> Diablo III: Wrath short movie prepares players for Hell<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

Teaching old dogs new tricks<\/h3>\n

Fat men flew threw the air.<\/p>\n

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>> Max Payne 3 launch trailer brings gunplay and drama<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

>> Max Payne 3 arcade mode revealed<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

>> Max Payne 3 comic available for free download<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

Inevitable surprise<\/h3>\n

We found out about some (inevitable) games currently in development.<\/p>\n

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>> Sony preparing three Killzone games<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

>> New Need for Speed game coming this year<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

>> Dead Space 3 to feature co-op campaign, \u201cskyscraper-sized\u201d enemies<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

>> New Dead Space game confirmed<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

>> Company of Heroes 2 officially announced<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

Digging it a lot<\/h3>\n

Minecraft made headlines following its Xbox 360<\/a> release and also caused some controversy.<\/p>\n

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>> Minecraft breaks XBLA sales record, makes money back in one hour<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

>> Controversy as Minecraft Xbox Edition doesn\u2019t support splitscreen on SDTVs<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

>> FortressCraft dev blames Minecraft community after DDoS attack<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

MMO money, mo’ problems<\/h3>\n

Online gaming subscriptions went through some unexpected rough patches.<\/p>\n

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>> EA loses 400,000 Star Wars: The Old Republic players<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

>> World of Warcraft still number 1 MMO<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

>> Call of Duty Elite has over 10 million users<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

Features<\/h3>\n

We checked out a bunch of top 5 stuff:<\/p>\n

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>><\/strong> Top 5 cancelled games that should be made<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

>><\/strong> Top 5 sleeper hits<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

>> <\/strong>5 worst moms in gaming<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

>> <\/strong>5 cool games that slow down time<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

Get a picture of the south African internet ladscape
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>> <\/strong>South African Internet stats for 2011<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

Prepared for Mother’s Day, Max Payne 3 and a future WWII shooter:<\/strong><\/p>\n

>><\/strong> Jou ma se favourite gadget gifts<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

>><\/strong> Max Payne 3 \u2013 everything you need to know<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

>> <\/strong>4 examples of shameless game branding<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

>><\/strong> Enemy Front \u2013 why you should care<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

Industry quote of the week<\/h3>\n

\u201cWords can not express how f**king wrong and horrible this is, for games, for gamers and for the platform as a whole.” – Edmund McMillen<\/a> on the state of “child-like” mobile games.<\/p>\n

Reader comment of the week<\/h3>\n

“An in other news, world population soars due to 1.1 million people growing lives overnight.” – PanthisZA, in response to World of Warcraft subscriber numbers slipping.<\/p>\n

Competitions! – Win an Xbox 360, Samsung Galaxy mini tablet PC, and a copy of Diablo III Collector’s Edition.<\/h3>\n

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This week MyGaming is giving away a Microsoft<\/a> Xbox 360<\/a> 250GB gaming console and a Samsung<\/a> Galaxy mini tablet PC. All you need to do to stand a chance to win is to tell us about your best gaming memories.<\/p>\n

To enter, head on over to the MyGaming competition forum<\/strong><\/a> and where you will find the details of the competition.<\/p>\n

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Our friends at Megarom Interactive have given MyGaming one of the totally awesome and hard to come by Diablo III<\/a> Collector\u2019s Editions to give away to one lucky member of the MyGaming community.<\/p>\n

More details here: Win Diablo III Collector\u2019s Edition courtesy of Megarom Interactive<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

What is your favourite story from this week? Anything you found this week that picked up your interest? Let us know in the comments below and on the MyGaming forum.<\/p>\n

Related articles<\/h3>\n

News you may have missed (30 April – 4 May)<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

News you may have missed (16-20 April)<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

News you may have missed (23-27 April)<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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