Gaming

Why spend R159 per month on Xbox Live when you can do this?

News of Microsoft increasing the price of Xbox Live Gold in South Africa has not been received positively. Then again, when do price hikes…

Pinchworm, Vector 2 & more: this week’s top mobile games

Welcome to Gearburn’s Mobile Game Picks of the Week, a weekly series in which Hadlee takes a look at the latest, most entertaining, or…

See Faith run in the latest Mirror’s Edge Catalyst trailer

Mirror’s Edge developers at DICE just love running with a pun, don’t they? Sorry. With that said, Mirror’s Edge Catalyst, the sequel to the…

Xbox One and PC gamers can finally play Rocket League together

After Microsoft’s announcement in March, Rocket League now finally supports cross-network play on PC and Xbox One. Yes, that means right now. Players can…

Spider-Man character pack is free for LEGO Marvel Avengers

For any fans of Spider-Man (and really, who wouldn’t be?) there’s a new web-slinging character pack for LEGO Marvel Avengers. The best part is…

Xbox Games with Gold for June includes XCOM, Goat Simulator & more

Microsoft has announced its selection of Games With Gold titles for next month – and it’s not Bioshock Infinite or Red Dead Redemption like…

Do you agree with the 2016 Video Game Hall of Fame inductees?

The Video Game Hall of Fame is an international hall of fame that celebrates and recognizes various electronic game titles (arcade, computer, console, handheld,…

Warner Bros. making ‘Minecraft: the movie’

Here’s the joke: Do you remember Super Mario Bros. — the movie, not the game? How about Double Dragon or Alone in the Dark?…

Flappy Bird lives again as coding eduction tool

Finally, Flappy Bird has a use outside of causing phones to be smashed. Coding site Code.org has taken the skeleton of Flappy Bird –…

Twitch server buckles under pressure as 100k gamers play ‘Pokémon’ together

The popular game streaming channel, Twitch, has put the old-time classic Pokemon: Red and Blue into the hands of tens of thousands of participants…

6 genre-defining titles from Irrational Games

Earlier this week, Irrational Games head Ken Levine posted an open letter on his site, saying that he’s winding down his company to concentrate…

10 unforgettable Dark Souls moments (and how to beat them)

Anyone who has played Dark Souls and has been lured in by its charms knows this is not a game you play half-heartedly. Once…

Win ‘Final Fantasy: Lightning Returns: XIII’ for Xbox 360 [closed]

Update: Congrats to @rty! He’s just won a copy of Final Fantasy: Lightning Returns: XIII for Xbox 360. Better luck next time guys! We’re…

‘Castlevania: Lords of Shadow 2’ preview: What is a Man?

“…A miserable little pile of secrets.” barks Dracula (played by Robert Carlyle of Trainspotting, Once Upon a Time) as the colossal hand of a…

South Africa, Serbia, Russia crack global top ten eSport rankings

eSports, for those of you in the dark about it, is a real thing. Gaming events (Modern Warfare, Starcraft II) organised with military precision…

These two ‘Flappy Bird’ tribute games are ridiculous fun

There are a lot of Flappy Bird clones out there. The popular one-touch control 8-bit bird flew from Google’s Play Store and Apple’s App…

Register here for Titanfall Beta, now open for PC and Xbox One

It’s a superlative day for gamers. Especially those whose itch can only be scratched by the FPS bug. For them, we offer the Titanfall…

‘Flappy Bird’ flies off, here’s how you get it back

If you still want to download Flappy Bird, just Google “flappy Bird apk” (Android) or “Flappy Bird ipa” (iOS) to download and install the…

2014 D.I.C.E game awards gives Sony’s ‘The Last of Us’ most of its prizes

The 2014 D.I.C.E awards just came to an end, with Naughty Dog’s The Last of Us scooping best game of the year, among other…

EA’s ‘Dungeon Keeper’ for Android rating system flawed with favouritism

Dungeon Keeper for Android was launched recently, and while many diehard fans rejoiced at the old horny demon’s return, they soon realized that the…

Flappy Bird review: ‘Dark Souls’ distilled

Firstly, download Flappy Bird (it’s free) for iOS or Android. Secondly, play it. Thirdly, keep playing it. Resist the urge to uninstall it. Finally, allow…

Flappy Bird cheats, hacks, fails and victories: the best videos so far

In Flappy Bird, you carefully tap to fly a bird/fish-hybrid with wings through pipes until you crash. All the art looks like it’s been…

ReROLL: an open-world RPG that turns Earth into the battleground

The ambitions and imaginations of gamers exceeds all. Some ex-Ubisoft developers are setting out on the bold mission to map the entire world using…

Acer’s New Nitro AI Gaming Gear Is Here—But Is It Worth It for South Africans?

R19,000 for Bass? Sony Tests South Africa’s Audio Appetite

Tech Stocks Tank – Can SA Survive a Global Meltdown?

SA Business Confidence: Fintech Lula Sounds Alarm on SME Reality

Why MVNOs are gaining ground — and how Huge NXTGN is accelerating the shift

Acer Unleashes Beastly New Predator BiFrost and Nitro GPUs with AMD Radeon RX 9000 Series

Philips Evnia Drops Jaw-Dropping QD OLED Monitors: 240Hz, Ambiglow, and All the Good Stuff

Microsoft launches new Surface devices in new AI era

Gravity is a true driver’s EV SUV

L2 charging and the power of dwell time

Tires and tariffs