SOUTH AFRICA’S LEADING GAMING, COMPUTER & TECHNOLOGY MAGAZINE Vol. 16 Issue SEVEN SEVENSEVEN PREVIEWSPREVIEWS INCLUDINGINCLUDING PC / PLAYSTATION / XBOX / NINTENDO WOLFENSTEINWOLFENSTEIN DYINGDYING LIGHTLIGHT GAMESCOMGAMESCOM THETHE SIMSSIMS 44 EUROPE’SEUROPE’S MEGAMEGA GAMINGGAMING ZOOZOO TYCOONTYCOON EVENTEVENT COVERED:COVERED: IT’SIT’S ALLALL DIABLODIABLO III:III: REAPERREAPER JUSTJUST BEERBEER ANDAND SAUSAGESSAUSAGES OFOF SOULSSOULS CALL OF DUTY GHOSTS IF A GHOST KILLS YOU IN THE NIGHT DOES YOUR BEARD STOP GROWING? IT’S MORE GUNS, BEARDS AND EVEN SOME SPACE IN ACTIVISION’S BIG BLOCKBUSTER KNOW EXACTLY WHAT YOU MIGHT BE EXPOSED TO. p b contains prejudice contains blasphemy Web: www.fpb.org.za Twitter: @FPB_ZA Facebook: Film and Publication Board l v contains strong contains language violence NAG Magazine presents COMPUTERS | GAMING | TECHNOLOGY 4-6 OCT www.rageexpo.co.za Brought to you by rAge-Expo @rageexpo Regulars 12 Ed’s Note 14 Inbox 18 Bytes 53 home_coded Editor 70 Michael “RedTide“ James Everything Else [email protected] Assistant editor Opinion Contents Geoff “GeometriX“ Burrows 18 I, Gamer 20 The Game Stalker Staff writer Dane “Barkskin “ Remendes 22 The Indie Investigator 24 Miktar’s Meanderings Features Contributing editor 75 Hardwired Lauren “Guardi3n “ Das Neves 98 Game Over 32 WILLKOMMEN IN KÖLN NAG’S GUIDE TO A LITTLE Technical writer SHOW CALLED GAMESCOM Neo “ShockG“ Sibeko Previews It’s like Oktoberfest, but with games! Although there’s still loads of beer, so really it’s just an Oktoberfest International correspondent 36 Wolfenstein: The where somebody might occasionally pick up a video Miktar “Miktar” Dracon New Order game controller. Absorb all the juicy information in our 38 Hearthstone: Heroes of Contributors useful guide to Gamescom, and it’ll totally be like you Warcraft Rodain “Nandrew” Joubert were right there with us. Wunderbar! Walt “Shryke” Pretorius 39 Dying Light Miklós “Mikit0707 “ Szecsei 40 The Sims 4 Pippa “UnexpectedGirl” Tshabalala 41 Zoo Tycoon 46 CALL OF DUTY: GHOSTS Tarryn “Azimuth “ Van Der Byl 42 Diablo III: Reaper of Souls As part of our ongoing quest to ensure that you never Adam “Madman” Liebman 43 The Crew forget about Call of Duty, ever, we’ve got another info- fi lled feature for you to dissect. This time, we were Art director given the opportunity to go hands-on with the most Chris “SAVAGE“ Savides heavily evolved multiplayer component COD’s seen Reviews since the original Modern Warfare. 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Most of them have no wind on our skin or the burn of a red real clue where or how to start but came hot gun barrel or even the pain of losing out of the show inspired and wanting someone close to us. The brain always more. It might have been Disney Infi nity seeks new experiences and enjoys the or Skylanders that fi rst nudged open odd thrill and rush of adrenaline. Those the door of possibilities (or at the very of us who choose to live careful and least to get young Timmy a little “safe” ordered lives will be able to do those gaming for Christmas). It might have things we dare not do in reality. This been something more traditional seeking of new thrills and experiences like the possibility of driving a F1 car without the dangers is perfectly around Monza, playing soccer in the answered with gaming, now and next FIFA tournament or even the idea especially in the future. In some ways of getting sniped on the battlefi eld. it’s almost a direction we’re naturally Yesterday in the offi ce I received a call evolving into. The daring conclusion I’m from a guy who wanted to know which suggesting here is that playing games, type of Xbox he needed to buy to get visiting virtual worlds and making the most out of GTA V. He was new to up our own rules in an environment gaming and although I knew I should without consequences is just a step have warned him that starting with toward where were going to end up that particular game was a quick route evolving as a species. It’s a scary thought to addiction and the possible end of his and perhaps it’s already happened social life, I didn’t. Instead I wished and this life we’re living now is simply him good luck in Los Santos. It doesn’t a simulation to entertain us in our We’re now 21 days, 11 hours, 50 really matter what brings people into otherwise safe boring real lives. Ideas minutes and 24 seconds… 23 seconds gaming. It’s an industry that seems like this have been explored in movies away from rAge, it was my dumb idea to grow organically because it speaks and books before, extreme examples to put that countdown clock on the directly to the kind of people that have intended to shock and thrill. I think website and now it mocks me. Mocks always been born to live in it. People the reality of it will be a lot different. me with all the rAge things I haven’t that love science fi ction and fantasy, We’ll willingly accept insertion into a been doing while getting this issue people who dream of a different realty virtual world where we can live with the ready for the printer. It’s such an where they can be the hero or they save danger of death lurking around every exciting show this year with both the the day or in some cases where they are corner. We’ll do this because in our real new consoles making an appearance the bad guy. Sometimes it’s for none of world there will be no death or risk or and more of the stuff we all love in these things; sometimes you just want anything exciting anymore. The game one place for an amazing weekend. a different view. The average gamer is of life will be something everyone will I’ll see many of you there I’m sure someone who is smarter than most, has want to play. and I hope you enjoy it as much as we a vivid imagination and who is always enjoyed putting it together. seeking new experiences. Eventually, IT’S HERE Phew. given enough time (like the next twenty I was struggling a little for something years), it’s going to be very hard to tell to talk about this issue and the above -RedTide the difference between reality and the is about as good as it’s going to get. 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