Gaming

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…

New PS4 update launches tomorrow, brings PC/Mac Remote Play

Sony has been hard at work with its latest PlayStation 4 update, but it’s finally ready for primetime. The 3.50 update gets pushed out…

10 Xbox 360 games you should get for your Xbox One

Microsoft shocked the gaming world last year when it revealed that Xbox 360 games are backwards-compatible with the Xbox One. The company has done…

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…

10 absolutely terrifying games you still have to play

To celebrate the recent release of The Last of Us, which, we think you’ll agree, is pretty darn terrifying, I now present 10 of…

Snailboy to slide, slap and slither to your smartphone soon

No offence to lispers out there but the headline goes for good alliteration and is also fitting with the company behind this game’s name…

Badland for iOS review: an instant, indie classic

I follow a lot of app blogs online, and have tons of notifications going off everyday regarding apps that have been discounted or set…

‘Beyond Good and Evil 2’ to be next-gen and beyond ‘bigger’

Ubisoft game director Michel Ancel recently spoke about the upcoming sequel to Beyond Good and Evil. The game will still follow the story of…

iOS loophole lets you play Zelda, Mario, Pokemon on iPhone

In the past, playing any emulated game on an iOS device meant one thing: jailbreaking. But that’s the past and today’s news, care of…

IndieCade 2013: games you don’t know about, but should

I love indie games. Perhaps even more than I love mainstream AAA titles. There’s something about a good indie game that makes you realise…

‘Deus Ex: The Fall’ nerfs guns on jailbroken iDevices

This is just fantastic. Shit-hot iOS game, Deus Ex: The Fall has a random surprise for iThingy gamers who’ve jailbroken their devices. Simply put,…

Steam’s summer sale starts: tips, tricks and juicy titles

Steam’s having its famous summer sale and you’re itching to start spending precious moola, right? So, after all the rumours first got people stirring…

GPT 5.2 lands in the API and could reshape how SA builds with AI

Innovate47 Launches Global Food & Agri Accelerator to Back Climate-Smart Startups

Simbi Wabote’s 10-Year Roadmap: How Nigeria Achieved 54% Local Content Growth

Records Tumble In Best Year Yet For South Africa’s Hedge Fund Industry

HONOR’s customer first strategy is reshaping South Africa’s smartphone market

GTA 6 Is Officially Coming in 2026: The New Date, the Delays and the South African Reality Check

The Gaming Gear South Africans Are Actually Buying This December

Omoda C5 X review

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