Gaming

Luigi’s Mansion 3 is coming to Nintendo Switch on Halloween

This Halloween Nintendo is dropping Luigi’s Mansion 3, the company confirmed in a tweet on Thursday. “When Luigi’s friends go missing on vacation, it’s…

Apex Legends will match cheaters with other cheaters in their own lobbies

Apex Legends developer Respawn is proposing a rather novel anti-cheating system, lumping cheaters with other cheaters in the same match. In a Reddit post,…

Help get South Africa’s team to the Overwatch World Cup at BlizzCon in October

This year’s South African sporting performances have been rather disappointing, but, there are some bright sparks out there. Take our national Overwatch team, for…

Nintendo Switch Lite vs Nintendo Switch: what’s new, what’s still the same?

The cheaper, lighter and much simpler Nintendo Switch for handheld gaming enthusiasts on a budget is finally here. Called the Nintendo Switch Lite, the…

You’ll be able to ‘rewind’ NES games on Nintendo Switch later this month

Nintendo on Tuesday revealed a new feature for NES on Nintendo Switch Online that will allow players to rewind their game play. The Rewind…

Apple launches a Texas Hold’em game for the App Store’s anniversary

Apple has released a new, redesigned version of the lassic card game Texas Hold’em to celebrate the App Store’s 10th anniversary. “Originally created for…

Apex Legends season 2, including new Legend and gun, dropping on 2 July

EA on Thursday released a launch trailer for Apex Legends Season 2, showing off a new character, weapons and giant monsters. “You didn’t expect…

Google’s new Game Builder lets you make 3D games on Steam

Google on Thursday announced its new Game Builder prototype for Steam that allows users to make their own 3D games without needing to code. “Game…

The 5 games that totally won E3 2019, according to social media data

Each year, fans of respective gaming brands, developers and companies compete in an unofficial “who won E3” debate largely based on emotion and very…

Netflix will drop Stranger Things location-based mobile game in 2020

At E3 on Wednesday, Netflix revealed that it will be releasing a location-based RPG Stranger Things mobile game with developer Next Games in 2020….

E3 2019: 5 titles coming to the Nintendo Switch (and their trailers)

At E3 on Tuesday, Nintendo released a rather large amount of game trailers for upcoming Switch titles. While the list is nightmarishly long, here…

Is your internet connection good enough for Google Stadia? Check it here

Google has launched a tool that allows hopeful users to check if their internet connection can support Google Stadia. Stadia, a streaming gaming service,…

4 big game trailers from Ubisoft revealed at E3 2019

Ubisoft on Monday announced a number of new updates, modes and events coming to some of its most popular games at E3 2019. With this…

5 game trailers from Square Enix’s E3 2019 show you have to see

Square Enix on Monday made a host of announcements at E3, showing of its rather lengthy list of upcoming games with several new trailers….

Ubisoft will launch gaming subscription service Uplay+ this September

At E3 on Monday, Ubisoft announced the upcoming release of Uplay+, the company’s very own subscription based gaming service. With Uplay+ gamers will soon be…

Bethesda Orion is the latest streaming gaming tech from the Fallout developer

Bethesda on Sunday revealed Orion at E3, the company’s very own cloud-based technology for streaming games. According to Bethesda, the technology will “optimize game…

Final Fantasy VII Remake release date, trailer revealed at E3 2019

The release date of Final Fantasy VII’s remake along with a short trailer was revealed at E3 this past weekend, teasing fans with scenes from the…

Bethesda’s bringing battle royale mode, actual living NPCs to Fallout 76

At its E3 2019 briefing, Bethesda revealed two free upcoming Fallout 76 updates dubbed “Wastelands” and ” Nuclear Winter” that will expand the multiplayer…

New Sims 4 Island Living Expansion: swim, sail and meet mermaids

At its EA Play event at E3 2019, EA announced its latest Island Living expansion pack for Sims 4. This means that, if you…

Microsoft debuts new wireless Xbox Elite 2 controller with Bluetooth and USB-C

Microsoft on Sunday announced a new Xbox Elite controller for serious tryhard gamers (like me). The controller sure looks stockier, witih grippier trigger grips,…

Xbox Project Scarlett: Microsoft details its 5th gen console coming in 2020

Microsoft’s Xbox debuted the future of its gaming hardware and software on Sunday, and the centre of this future is Project Scarlett. Today, Head…

Keanu Reeves will be in Cyberpunk 2077, set for April 2020 release

Keanu Reeves will be in Cyberpunk 2077. The news was confirmed at Xbox’s E3 2019 Briefing on Sunday night. As if anyone needed any…

These are the games heading to Xbox Game Pass for PC

It’s Microsoft Xbox’s time at E3 2019, and ahead of its big event, the company inadvertently announced the full title list for Xbox Game…

VR entertainment could be coming to a British Airways flight near you

Google updates Chrome OS with better navigation and audio control

YouTube to stop monetisation of ‘unfair’ manual copyright claims

Five SA fintechs that service the growing market of SME lending

AlphaCode awards R16m in grants, support services to eight black-owned SA fintechs

Seedstars calls on startups to apply to Tanzania accelerator and receive $25k each

Some older Nokia smartphones to receive an extra year of updates

The foldable Huawei Mate X is now delayed until November

Open-world Need for Speed Heat is launching in November

Audi’s new cars in Germany will count you down, pace you to green lights

Two Ford Focus trim levels also found to have lock issues

South Africa’s govt ministers really love German cars and big Toyotas report reveals