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Gamescom 2010<\/strong><\/p>\n

Gamescom has dominated the headlines this week, with numerous announcements coming from the event. The biggest stories: S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2<\/a> has been announced; Mass Effect 2<\/a> is making its way to PS3; some juicy Diablo III<\/a> details were revealed; Microsoft’s ‘Project S’ is a free-to-play Age of Empires game<\/a>; and Dragon Age 2<\/a> was dated, along with Portal 2<\/a>.<\/p>\n

MyGaming 12 Game Giveaway Lucky Draw<\/strong> – read article<\/a><\/p>\n

The MyGaming offices are drowning in a sea of games, and we need our dedicated readers to bail us out. Check out the competition forum thread<\/a> for details on how lay claim to one of many games.<\/p>\n

Is PC Gaming dying? id Software says no<\/strong> – read article<\/a><\/p>\n

The “PC gaming is dying” debate never seems to subside, with fans of both consoles and PC platforms sometimes vehemently defending their preferred platform. id Software has lent their voice to the debate.<\/p>\n

Microsoft responds to Mass Effect 2 on PS3<\/strong> – read article<\/a><\/p>\n

Following the announcement of Mass Effect 2 making its way to PS3, Microsoft took the opportunity to pout and offer reasons why the Xbox is still the best place to experience the Mass Effect franchise.<\/p>\n

Batman Arkham City: what we know so far<\/strong> – read article<\/a><\/p>\n

The Batman is back, and this time he has to rescue Catwoman from Two-Face, who is running amok in Gotham City’s all-new criminal containment pen – Arkham City. MyGaming rounds up the known facts.<\/p>\n

Bioshock Infinite First Look<\/strong> – read article<\/a><\/p>\n

MyGaming previews Irrational Games’ new BioShock title – Infinite. There’s an all new setting and an all new protagonist to look forward to.<\/p>\n

End of Nations: First Look<\/strong> – read article<\/a><\/p>\n

End of Nations is an MMORTS in development by Petroglyph Studios – a team which includes some of the talent behind Command & Conquer and Dune II. MyGaming checks in on the title that is being billed as the first true MMORTS.<\/p>\n

PS3 <\/strong><\/p>\n

A rumour surfaced that the 160GB PS3, officially only available in Japan, might be appearing<\/a> in the ‘West’ pretty soon. The PS3 was also reportedly ‘jailbroken’<\/a> this week.<\/p>\n

The Lazy Gamer<\/strong> – read column<\/a><\/p>\n

Myles Gray discusses how game-guides, forums and the like make you lazy and stupid.<\/p>\n

A<\/strong>n Open Letter to Duke Nukem Forever’s legal guardian<\/strong> – read column<\/a><\/p>\n

Dan Parmenter offers his opinion on Gearbox Software picking up the ever-evasive Duke Nukem Forever.<\/p>\n

The Achievements Made Me Do It<\/strong> – read column<\/a><\/p>\n

Tarryn van der Byl discusses how in-game achievements make you lazy and stupid.<\/p>\n

Reviews: <\/strong><\/p>\n

Split\/Second – <\/strong>read review<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

A roundup of the leading stories, opinions and reviews of the last week<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":157,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_sma_x_autopost_status":"idle","_sma_x_autopost_error":"","_sma_x_post_id":"","_sma_x_attempts":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7205","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-business"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7205","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/157"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7205"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7205\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7205"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7205"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7205"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}