Johannesburg, South Africa, March 4, 2010 –The EA Play Label of Electronic Arts Inc. (NASDAQ: ERTS) today announced that The Sims™ 3 Ambitions Expansion pack* is in development and will launch in June 2010. As the second expansion pack to The Sims 3, the best-selling PC game of 2009**, The Sims 3 Ambitions allows players to pursue a variety of exciting paths and careers in their Sims’ lives that...

If you’re a gamer or generally just enjoy bloody big gatherings of gamers, you will be beyond ecstatic to learn that this weekend is the monthly Organised Chaos (OC) LAN weekend. From 5 p.m. on Friday 19th February until 12 p.m. on Sunday 21st February, you can get your groove on at the Bellville Vellodrome playing a wide range of games like Call of Duty, Counter-Strike, Unreal Tournament, Dawn...

Byline:  Wisdom Games CEO, Raymond de Villiers There is an underground revolution sweeping through the corporate sector.  The Gamer generation are here and if they aren’t already changing your organisation…they will soon.  Generation X is the first generation to grow up with computer games rather than with board games as a means of entertainment.  As the Millennials follow Generation X into...

Based on the story here: http://gaming.do.co.za/articles/localnews/ndc_leader_accused_of_cheating_in_quake_live.htm Quake Live (http://www.quakelive.com) has become a pretty damn good past time any Quake fan. Whether you’re a little n00blet (like me) or one of South Africa’s best players, it is now one of the best places to go, simply because the servers are up 24/7 and you’ll almost...

By-line: Raymond de Villiers, CEO of Wisdom Games Technology, Values, and Institutions We all constantly grapple with the changes in the world around us. On a simple level it is possible to track social change by looking at three areas: Technology, Values, and Institutions.  As these three areas change they reflect the changing nature of the world, and drive further change.  As we look at these areas...

“ASL”, “Do you cyber?” From the World of Warcraft straight to the bedroom, role playing games (RPGs) aren’t just for nerds and geeks anymore (I’m damn proud to be one of them). Think about it, when the sex life gets a little down and out (excuse the pun) what’s the first advice you get? That’s right, “Why not try dressing up?”. Because as we all know, being your sexy self just...

MTV GAMES, HARMONIX AND EA ANNOUNCE THE BEATLES: ROCK BAND – TWO MICROPHONE PACK FOR PS3TM Unique Bundle Allows Fab Four Fans to Sing Along to 45 of The Beatles’ Greatest Hits Johannesburg, South Africa. – Sept. 22, 2009 – Harmonix, MTV Games, and distribution partner Electronic Arts Inc., today announced the The Beatles: Rock Band – Two Microphone Pack for PS3TM, combining...

Nick Burger is a full-time gamer.  I asked him to review this particular machine of fabulousness because as the editor of an online nerd magazine, even I felt intimidated when I realized what specs this Toshiba X300 has to offer.  And also because Nick spends way too much time online, I thought I’d give him something constructive to do.  And onto Nick’s review: What can I say about...

I was thinking the other day, that EVERY true geek should have certain items in their posession. This we all agree about. But I often see magazines list specific 10 things that you should have, and I always disagree with some of the stuff on the list. So instead of telling you, that if you’re a geek you should have an iPhone and not that nice new BlackBerry (yes Ed, that’s for you), I want...

So after the raging success of Guitar Hero, they made a Guitar Hero II, and then a Guitar Hero III, and then a Rock Band, and Guitar Hero Aerosmith, and their latest release is the rocking Guitar Hero Metallica! So all you metal heads out there and now rock in your own living room, invite all your Goth buddies over and have some wicked fun. Check out the site here, and it rocks from a design point...