{"id":40888,"date":"2012-07-06T23:55:14","date_gmt":"2012-07-06T21:55:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/?p=40888"},"modified":"2012-07-06T21:20:55","modified_gmt":"2012-07-06T19:20:55","slug":"top-gaming-news-this-week","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/features\/40888-top-gaming-news-this-week","title":{"rendered":"Top gaming news this week"},"content":{"rendered":"

While your week may have been filled with studying, work, or preparing for a blow-out at Avastar this weekend, MyGaming has been hard at work to deliver the biggest news that happened throughout this chaos-filled first week on July.<\/p>\n

A lot of local and international news filled the headlines, although it was impossible to overlook some of the great details, videos and scoops on the latest and upcoming games.<\/p>\n

Features<\/strong><\/h3>\n

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<\/strong>>> Big games of Q3 2012<\/a><\/strong>
\n>> Top rated PC games of all time<\/a><\/strong>
\n>> The best games you probably didn\u2019t play<\/a><\/strong>
\n>> 4 in-your-face gaming gadgets<\/a><\/strong>
\n>> 5 games that better be in the Steam Summer sale<\/a><\/strong>
\n<\/strong>>> Super high resolution monitors in SA<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

Local news<\/strong><\/h3>\n

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>> Nintendo 3DS XL: South African pricing and release date<\/a><\/strong>
\n>> Friends of Design \u2013 SA\u2019s big thing in game development education<\/a>
\n<\/a>>> SA game devs support Blankets for Cape Town with Vlokkie<\/a>
\n<\/a>>> SA Dota 2 tournament launched by Mweb GameZone, 10ten Gaming<\/a>
\n<\/a><\/strong>>> Consumer Electronics & Technology Expo targets JHB and CT<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

Head in the clouds<\/strong><\/h3>\n

The future of consoles and gaming were addressed in a number of different ways.<\/p>\n

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>> Sony buys cloud-gaming service Gaikai
\n<\/a>>> Cloud gaming key strategy and area of investment for Xbox<\/a>
\n<\/a>>> Wii U hardware specs appear<\/a>
\n<\/a>>> EA to go \u201c100 percent digital\u201d in future
\n<\/a>>>\u00a0$99 Android-based console announced<\/a><\/strong>
\n>> Nintendo hints at online subscriptions in the future<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

That’s not how it was supposed to happen<\/strong><\/h3>\n

People and technology combined, with some sad results.<\/p>\n

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>> Baby dead for a day as mom chats online
\n<\/a>>> <\/strong>Student arrested over Wii homebrew hack<\/a><\/strong>
\n>> <\/strong>Police intercept online threat, raid wrong house<\/a><\/strong>
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Some things to be excited about<\/strong><\/h3>\n

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>> Assassin\u2019s Creed III \u201cRise\u201d trailer gives you something to fight for<\/a><\/strong>
\n >> Baldur\u2019s Gate: Enhanced Edition premium DLC to include new characters and storylines<\/a><\/strong>
\n>> Assassin\u2019s Creed III trailer brings patriotism to murder<\/a><\/strong>
\n>> PS1, PS2 games coming via PS3 streaming service<\/a><\/strong>
\n >> New PS3 model in the works<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

Honesty is the best policy<\/strong><\/h3>\n

Some game devs opened up about their games, with bold and refreshing statements.<\/p>\n

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>> Modern FPS setting is getting \u201cstale\u201d, says Battlefield dev<\/a>
\n<\/a>>> Warren Spector wants you to be a mouse for a change<\/a>
\n<\/a>>> Diablo III players are \u201cgoing to run out of stuff to do\u201d, admits Blizzard<\/a>
\n<\/a><\/strong>>> Sleeping Dog dev has \u201crespect\u201d for GTA, but throws a punch at the competition<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

In the pipeline<\/strong><\/h3>\n

We learned that there were some things cooking in the game development oven.<\/p>\n

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>> Total War: Rome II announced<\/a><\/strong>
\n>> Codemasters reportedly busy with GRID 2<\/a><\/strong>
\n>> New Iron Man game in the works<\/a><\/strong>
\n>> Microsoft secures \u201cXbox 8\u2033 domains<\/a><\/strong>
\n>> Final Fantasy VII returns\u2026 sort of<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

Don’t neglect me<\/strong><\/h3>\n

Things are definitely being appreciated in the gaming world and old friends are being remembered.<\/p>\n

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>> $3.4 billion spent on video games in US, Q1 2012<\/a><\/strong>
\n>> Left 4 Dead 2 Cold Stream campaign DLC coming this month<\/a><\/strong>
\n>> Resident Evil 6 \u2013 10 minutes of new gameplay<\/a><\/strong>
\n>> Conan O\u2019Brien flaps his arms around in Michael Phelps Kinect game<\/a><\/strong>
\n>> Rambo video game will make a debut at Gamescom<\/a><\/strong>
\n>> Black Ops II multiplayer features new, futuristic Nuketown<\/a><\/strong>
\n>> Call of Duty sale gives back to charity<\/a><\/strong>
\n>> Activision: pay to revert in Tony Hawk HD<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

Video of the week<\/strong><\/h3>\n

Assassin’s Creed III – “Rise” trailer<\/strong><\/p>\n