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  • The death of Home Theatre PCs in South Africa

    I was saddened to open my feed reader this morning. A local developer and Windows Media Center enthusiast, Colin Savage, who was the man behind the ZaEpg service has been legally forced to cease and desist by the South African television monopoly known as MultiChoice. Yes everyone that is running a HTPC...
    Posted to Craig Nicholson (Weblog) by Craig Nicholson on 08-20-2007

  • BT Games time trial expanded

    BT Games just announced that the Forza Motorsport 2 time trial tournament that was announced yesterday for their Northgate store has been changed due to an overwhelming response from the community. The tournament has been expanded to include 9 of 10 of their stores. The only store not participating will...
    Posted to Craig Nicholson (Weblog) by Craig Nicholson on 06-08-2007

  • Forza Motorsport 2 launched in South Africa

    On Friday the 1st of June 2007, Microsoft South Africa invited a group of media, retailers and community members to the Kyalami Race Track for the launch of Forza Motorsport 2, the sequel to Microsoft Game Studios' award-winning, fully-customisable driving simulator Forza Motorsport. The day started...
    Posted to Craig Nicholson (Weblog) by Craig Nicholson on 06-06-2007

  • Xbox LIVE definitely coming to South Africa

    One result of all the commotion around the Xbox 360 Dashboard update and the new content control was an urgent push to get the draft of an online petition to Microsoft South Africa requesting clarity on Xbox LIVE in South Africa out the door earlier. And I must say that it is a great effort. The South...
    Posted to Craig Nicholson (Weblog) by Craig Nicholson on 05-09-2007

  • Xbox LIVE content control explained for South Africans

    Over the last couple of days the local Xbox 360 community has been a bit agitated regarding the Dashboard software update that has gone live today. The update adds a whole bunch of cool new features like integration with the Windows Live Messenger (or MSN Messenger for those behind the times) network...
    Posted to Craig Nicholson (Weblog) by Craig Nicholson on 05-09-2007

  • New Xbox LIVE content control and South African gamers

    The Microsoft Community Manager for Xbox.com known as AceyBongos has made an interesting post today regarding the new content controls put in place for Xbox Live Marketplace. Currently South Africa doesn't have official access to the Xbox LIVE service as it hasn't been launched yet locally so...
    Posted to Craig Nicholson (Weblog) by Craig Nicholson on 05-04-2007

  • Are PC game pirates scaring off the pubishers?

    Since the Xbox 360 emerged on the local South African market late last year I've started to hear PC gamers complaining about consoles. From letters to the editor of the local NAG magazine to friends and people I meet. Most PC gamers that I've spoken to say that the games cost too much and that...
    Posted to Craig Nicholson (Weblog) by Craig Nicholson on 03-10-2007

  • Xbox 360 firmware updates made easy

    Often I hear the cries from Xbox LIVE members here in South Africa. Microsoft releases an update to the Xbox 360 firmware (aka the Dashboard et al) and you are prompted to download it over the often horrendous South African international bandwidth. I was quite impressed to find the following blog post...
    Posted to Craig Nicholson (Weblog) by Craig Nicholson on 03-09-2007

  • Local player represents South Africa

    This year a Jozi based Xbox 360 community member ( Bondizzo aka Muluti Mundale) won the local qualifying event and has gone over to Amsterdam to represent South Africa in the FIFA Interactive World Cup 2006 . Read the press release here . For those that don't know what its all about here is a summary...
    Posted to Craig Nicholson (Weblog) by Craig Nicholson on 12-09-2006

  • Xbox 360 South African launch only 2 days away

    Its only two days until the Xbox 360 finally makes its official launch on the South African market. The original Xbox was never launched in South Africa and this marks a momentus occasion for many die-hard fans of the Xbox platform. Microsoft's next-gen console is launching nationwide at midnight...
    Posted to Craig Nicholson (Weblog) by Craig Nicholson on 09-27-2006
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