Unorthodox from the start, the SAS was conceived as a commando force to operate behind enemy lines in North Africa, where the British were fighting Field Marshall Rommel's highly-skilled Afrika Korps.

BBC: The SAS secret hidden since World War II

It quoted Afrika Khumalo, the crime intelligence chief commissioner in the country's Gauteng province, as saying that surveillance cameras, visual and tape recordings and undercover policemen were used to track down the suspects.

BBC: Oliphant asked the police to investigate

Meanwhile, in terms of inspiring independent publishers to develop more challenging games that take full advantage of PlayStation 3's technological capabilities, only time will tell whether or not Afrika was the game that made the difference.

CNN: Sony goes hunting for big game