Gaming

Raru offers Final Fantasy XV Ultimate Collector’s Edition for R4799 [update]

Update: The Ultimate Collector’s Edition on PS4 is now sold out. After the Uncovered: Final Fantasy XV event, fans were not only excited about…

Gears of War 4 trailer showcases gardening instead of gameplay

The first trailer for the next entry in the bro-shooter series, Gears of War, is now on YouTube. Don’t get too excited, though, as…

Rocket League, Her Story win big at BAFTA awards

The 2016 British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BATFA) video game awards have come and gone with some interesting winners. Even John Carmack was…

Mario & Sonic at the Rio 2016 Olympic Games 3DS review: as forgettable as the Olympics

For a fifth time, Mario and Sonic are heading off to the Olympic Games to see who’s the best at running, jumping, and wearing…

Watch 100 minutes of Mortal Kombat fatalities over the years [NSFW]

Whether it was the digitised sprites or the puddles of blood, Mortal Kombat made quite the impact upon its release in 1992. It’s the…

Here are your mobile gaming picks of the week

Welcome to a new feature here at Gearburn, where we pick some of the more notable mobile games to be released in recent days….

Gears of War 4 hits Xbox One 11 October, beta begins 18 April

Gears of War 4 finally has an official release date, after The Coalition’s Adam Fletcher today announced new details on the Xbox Wire. That…

Reversal of fortune: Xbox One doesn’t need Kinect to function, says Microsoft

The Xbox One needed the new Kinect to work. Without it, the Xbox One would not work. Simple as that. In an unsurprising about-turn,…

‘GTA V’ online trailer and gameplay preview coming 15 August

Rockstar’s upcoming open-world game, GTA Vhas seen loads of pictures and videos since it was announced. Rockstar has now said that it will release an…

Players before profit: how gaming companies can hang on to their fans

Most mobile users have experienced the frustration that arises when a supposedly free gaming app turns out to be nothing more than a pick-pocketing…

Snailboy review: visually stunning, but needs to come out of its shell

Snailboy: an epic adventure (beta version), a platform-puzzler from Cape Town-based mobile company Thoopid is mediocre fun. It has issues, like every other game out there…

12 of the most astonishingly beautiful games of all time

What makes a game beautiful? Is it the art, the sound, the gameplay or the character design? Maybe it’s all of the above, but…

Battlefield 4 second screen gaming to be next-gen, PC only

If you’re too lazy to access your Battlefield 4 server or mini map via your console, you can choose to do so on your…

Assassin’s Creed will have an end says Ubisoft

There are currently about six Assassin’s Creed titles out there. Poor Desmond’s having the ride of his life being chased over Italian Renaissance rooftops…

Elder Scrolls Anthology is the total RPG experience for $80, out 19 September

Elder Scrolls Anthology is every game in the sprawling, open-world series that practically defined the western RPG. Bethesda, developers of the Elder Scrolls series…

Cliff Bleszinski loves ‘Fez’ creator Phil Fish, blogs about it

Gears of War creator Cliff Bleszinski wrote an open letter to Phil Fish, creator of Fez, who recently said that he is “done” with the…

The 11-inch MacBook Air can now play any game you want it to

The 11-inch MacBook Air is no slouch in the looks department, but it still doesn’t have (and never really will) rock the hardware muscle…

Nvidia Shield review roundup: great specs but lacking content

Gearburn rounds-up a bunch of reviews from around the web of the NVIDIA Shield– the Tegra-powered gaming tech device that acts as a portable…

Leisure Suit Larry retrospective: revisiting the original loser

“Ken sent me,” mumbles greasy, sex-starved and balding 80s every-man Leisure Suit Larry. From a monochrome display tied to a grey brick of a…

‘Bioshock Infinite’ nabs first DLC map pack ‘Clash in the Clouds’

Bioshock Infinite, a thoughtful shooter that exposed the grimiest side of human nature and the random chaos of infinite universes, nabs its first map…

SA exclusive mobile shooter ‘Fleet of One’ blasts its way onto iOS, Android

Fleet of One, the South African-developed game for iOS and Android is now available for Apple’s iDevices and will be “released soon” for Google’s mighty…

‘Fez 2’ cancelled, creator Phil Fish has twitter meltdown

Fez 2 is cancelled. It all officially came to an end yesterday and since many of us were sleeping off our RedBull-induced hangovers (third…

Xbox One now open for indie self-publishers after all, but is it enough?

A few months ago we reported on the PS4 is to be a self-publishing platform for indie studios. Xbox, on the other hand, has…

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