Articles tagged with 'south africa'

Kinect won't launch with voice control support in SA

Wednesday, 01 September 2010 Tarryn van der Byl

A couple of weeks back, rumour broke out that Kinect would not feature any voice control support at launch. Microsoft quickly denied this, but remained somewhat vague about localised support in non-English territories ...

Retailers price Call of Duty: Black Ops Prestige Edition in SA

Thursday, 26 August 2010 Henry Dowling

Local online retailers have put a price to the recently announced Call of Duty: Black Ops Prestige Edition, which is packed full of Call of Duty: Black Ops paraphernalia, and topped off with a real-life remote-controlled vehicle modeled after the in-game RC-XD killstreak reward! While local distributor Megarom has indicated that the current recommended retail price is not yet final, it's looking far more reasonable than last years NVG-packing Prestige Edition which just about broke the bank ...

XG's Top 10 Xbox LIVE games in South Africa [Week of Aug 16]

Monday, 23 August 2010 Henry Dowling

It looks like everyone is having trouble with their 'eject' buttons, because Modern Warfare 2 still tops the charts, almost a year on. We suspect Treyarch's next addition in the CoD series will follow in MW2's foot steps and topple Infinity Ward's tour de force when it hits later this year ...

SA retailers list 250GB Xbox 360 Kinect bundle

Friday, 20 August 2010 Steven De Klerk

Let's cut to the chase, shall we. Microsoft will, at some stage, release a 250GB spec'd Xbox 360 Kinect bundle. You know it, I know it, and this official Xbox 360 box art knows it. While Microsoft has yet to officially reveal the "big surprise", it hasn't stopped practically every online retailer in South Africa listing it for pre-order ...

Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood Auditore Edition announced for SA

Thursday, 19 August 2010 Tarryn van der Byl

Ubisoft has announced that, alongside the previously confirmed Limited Codex Edition, Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood is also getting the Auditore Edition across Europe, Middle East and Africa ...

Halo: Reach Limited Edition console priced, dated for SA

Monday, 16 August 2010 Tarryn van der Byl

Update: A Microsoft SA representative has since stated that the console bundle release may be delayed by a few weeks ...

New Xbox 360 games to include Xbox LIVE content in South Africa

Thursday, 12 August 2010 Steven De Klerk

With Xbox LIVE officially launching later this year in South Africa, Microsoft has confirmed that all new Xbox 360 releases going forward will include LIVE content ...

Retailers price Halo: Reach Limited & Legendary Edition in South Africa [Update]

Wednesday, 11 August 2010 Steven De Klerk

While Microsoft SA has been tight lipped regarding pricing for the highly anticipated shooter Halo: Reach in South Africa, local retailers have started to list all three editions, including the extravagant Legendary Edition, along with pricing ...

Epic game sale starts tomorrow at Incredible Connection

Wednesday, 11 August 2010 Tarryn van der Byl

Starting tomorrow and running until the end of the month, there's an epic game sale going down at participating Incredible Connection stores around the country. What's epic about it? There's a bunch of Xbox games going at a criminally, scandalously, OUTRAGEOUSLY reasonable R149.95 a pop, including ...

Fable 3 pricing & pre-order DLC confirmed for SA [Update 2]

Thursday, 05 August 2010 Steven De Klerk

Microsoft South Africa has confirmed that the recently announced Fable 3 DLC pre-order incentive, the Villager Maker, will be available in South Africa through participating stores ...