Gaming

Rainbow Six Siege’s Nvidia trailer shows of PC gaming goodies

We’re just over a week away from Ubisoft’s release of Rainbow Six Siege across all platforms, but lucky users will gain access to the…

‘The Beginner’s Guide’ and ‘Escapists: The Walking Dead’: short games, but extremely sweet

One thing that has become more and more apparent to me in the last few years is that, as I grow older, life starts…

Here are the Xbox One backwards compatible titles available in South Africa

On 12 November, Microsoft released the New Xbox One Experience system update along with 104 backwards compatible Xbox 360 titles. There was much celebration…

6 YouTube gaming channels you really should be watching

There are a lot of YouTube channels dedicated to gaming. In fact, there are so many that the Xbox One actually has an achievement…

Mario Tennis: Ultra Smash review: smash spread thin

Where do I start with this one? It’s not that I don’t like spin-offs, but I do wonder how many times a cow can…

Quantic Dream’s Beyond: Two Souls, Heavy Rain coming to PlayStation 4

Beyond: Two Souls is coming to the PlayStation 4 on 24 November, developer Quantic Dream today confirmed on the PlayStation Blog. The PlayStation 3…

Halo 5: Guardians gets its first big content update

Released just over a month ago now, Halo 5: Guardians was billed by us as a return to form for the franchise that was…

Halo 4 console bundle is legendary, official

You want exclusive Halo 4 content. You need a transparent Xbox 360. You desire the limited edition wireless controller. For US$400, it can be…

How an HTML 5 mobile game reached millions on Mxit

It’s a hit on Mxit, millions have played it and HTML 5 powers it. This is Moonbase from Maxxor. Gearburn spoke to one of…

Amazon launches GameConnect for MMO games

Woah, this feels familiar. Amazon has launched a brand new service called GameConnect, not to be confused with GameCircle — which it launched less…

Amazon takes aim at Apple with GameCircle

Things just got a lot more interesting in the world of tablet gaming. Today Amazon launched GameCircle, a service that allows players to gain…

Meet Ouya, the $99 ultra-hackable Android console

There’s a new kid on the block and it has its sights set on disrupting the gaming world for good. A new startup is…

Ebay’s $1.32-mil game collection auction done

It ended last night, the grandest, craziest Ebay auction ever. For US$1 229 899.99, the largest (possibly) old-school game collection of all time now…

Reviewed: Quantum Conundrum

It’s been a frustrating week. Kate and Tom are getting divorced, Prometheus was only so-so, and my car broke down. But none of those…

Reviewed — Magic: The Gathering 2013

Magic: The Gathering, released in the early 1990s, is the most widely played trading card game in the world. With numbers in the region…

Best of E3 2012: Gearburn Picks

E3 2012 is done and dusted, and although the event was laden with sequels upon threequels, there was still reason to be excited. Each…

Dick move of the week: Wii U games will only be ‘HD ready’ at launch

This source confirms it. Nintendo’s Wii U can support full-HD, or 1080p content but at launch, none of its first-party games will support this…

Day one of E3 2012 brings no alarms, no surprises

We don’t even know what to say. This year’s E3 has been an utter disappointment for gamers. Very few new IP’s, a barrage of…

E3 roundup: Microsoft’s press conference

Gamers, watch the Microsoft press conference live on Gearburn. The video has been embedded below. It’s a pretty demanding live-stream, so for those of…

Reviewed: A real life thriller in The Dream Machine

With an unusual art style of clay and cardboard, people might be put off The Dream Machine. What a shame that would be, because…

Wii U welcomes web wonderland

Nintendo’s E3 2012 pre-announcement singles out the Wii U and cements its position as a major player in the online arena. Let’s all welcome…

10 top games coming to E3 2012

Enough talk, more games. E3 2012 is tomorrow and these are the top titles expected to make a showing at the world’s largest console…

E3 rumour roundup

E3 2012, that super slick video game extravaganza is hurtling towards us like a bat out of hell. There’s plench rumours about what we can…

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

TDK enhances IMUs for extreme temps

Data centres and defence are reviving diesel