Gaming

Mario & Sonic head for the Rio 2016 Olympic Games on Nintendo 3DS

In following release tradition, Mario and Sonic will be attending the Olympics once more in Mario & Sonic at the Rio 2016 Olympic Games. The…

Microsoft kills Fable Legends, mulls Lionhead Studios closure

In a blog post today, Microsoft has announced the cancellation of Fable Legends and are in talks with employees over the closure of Lionhead…

SEGA Mega Drive console with 80-built in games now available in SA

Arguably one of the best video game consoles ever made, the SEGA Mega Drive (or Genesis) has lived in the heart of gamers since…

Capcom purges persistent rage-quitters’ points in Street Fighter V

Ryu doesn’t like it when you rage-quit, and neither does Capcom. In its latest Unity blog post, the publisher has stated that it’s clamping…

Dead Island: Definitive Collection coming to consoles, PC on 31 May

Techland’s Zombie-killing franchise, Dead Island, will be making its way to PC, PlayStation 4, and Xbox One on 31 May. The package will be…

Far Cry 4 and Far Cry Primal’s world maps are strangely similar

AAA game developers have one of the most stressful jobs in the gaming industry, as they’re required to pump out money-making hit after hit….

Nintendo Direct: Kirby gets badass, Splatoon and Super Mario Maker get updates

More news on upcoming games and big announcements were made on Nintendo‘s latest Nintendo Direct broadcast. Aired at midnight this morning in South Africa,…

‘Game Dev Tycoon’ hits back with in-game anti-piracy features

Here’s an interesting way to approach piracy as a game developer. Patrick Klug from Greenheart Games lets players fill his shoes as a struggling…

Watch ‘GTA V’ trailer 3 right here at 5pm (CAT) today

Here it is, the third trailer for Rockstars upcoming GTA V. GTA V is the next entry in a series that practically wrote the…

Watch 30 mind-bending minutes of ‘BEYOND: Two Souls’

BEYOND: Two Souls is going to be an amazingly cinematic game, if nothing else. And we’ve got well over thirty minutes of gameplay from…

Next Call of Duty ‘Ghosts’ to debut with PS4?

Call of Duty: Ghosts is suspected to be Activision’s next big title in an already popular franchise. Yesterday the massive British retailer Tesco had…

CryEngine 3 pushes the limits in this almost photorealistic demo

French firm ENODO designed this incredible video of urban life by using CryEngine 3, software used to create games such as Crysis 3. ENODO…

10 games that deserve to be made into films

If there are two things I love, it’s games and stories. Luckily for me, these two aren’t that far apart. Most games feature narratives…

‘Dark Souls II’ preview: the good, the bad, the worrying

When you boot up Dark Souls I and choose to load a game, a counter appears that accurately represents how many hours you’ve sunk…

‘Broken Age’ from ‘Monkey Island’ co-creator Tim Schafer lands dreamy trailer

Here we are, finally. It’s a trailer for Broken Age, the game that until yesterday was known as “Double Fine Adventure”. It practically began…

Brand-spanking new GTA V screens

GTA V drops two new screenshots, which are essentially blown up art assets from the officially released box art. The new Grand Theft Auto…

Gaming AI learns Super Mario, could work on any NES game

Tom Murphy is a genius. He’s created an AI that can potentially beat any Nintendo Entertainment System (NES) title. Murphy, a CMU PhD student,…

‘Dark Souls 2’ assaults the senses with 12-minute gameplay video

Dark Souls 2 is coming, you should be very frightened. Released earlier this week were a smorgasbord of screenshots, a new trailer and this,…

Razer Edge review: a gaming tablet that blows the mind

When you hear the phrase “tablet gaming,” what comes to mind? Angry Birds, Infinity Blade and The Walking Dead games? Well what if we told you that Call of…

‘Batman: Arkham Origins’ drops Bats into Gotham City on Christmas Eve

The Batman gaming franchise has seen some highs (any Arkham game) and some lows (Batman: Dark Tomorrow), but nothing will beat the fever that…

This is how you finish the old-school classic ‘Snake’

Someone did it. Some mad genius actually beat the Nokia classic Snake. The users time clocks in at the fairly lengthy time of 13…

Thief 4 preview: sneaking evolved

It all begins with Garrett, the beloved protagonist and anti-hero of the original Thief trilogy. In deciding to reboot the franchise, the first question…

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