Gaming

Sony (finally) enables cross-play for Rocket League on the PS4

If your friends own an Xbox One or any other modern platform and you a PlayStation 4, we have good news for you. Fortnite…

4 Android games for time-wasting this festive season

The festive season is here, and so is the prospect of immense boredom. If you like to keep busy and don’t have baking, travelling…

5 fun video games for the family that aren’t Fortnite

Don’t be fooled, parents. Games aren’t evil. They can actually be incredibly beneficial for the development of childrens’ faculties. They encourage puzzle solving, improve…

Xbox Game Pass: new games include Mortal Kombat X, PES 19

Microsoft has revealed another haul of games coming to Xbox Game Pass in December, just a day after its original announcement. Xbox Game Pass…

4 new game trailers from the Game Awards you might’ve missed

The Game Awards 2018 wasn’t just an awards show, but also a launch even for a number of upcoming video games. Apart from the…

Trailer: Mortal Kombat 11 is coming April 2019

The first official trailer for Mortal Kombat 11 was release in a surprise reveal at The Game Awards 2018, which took place this week….

Red Dead Online beta will be playable tomorrow

A month after Red Dead Redemption 2’s release, Rockstar Games has finally announced that Red Dead Online beta will go live tomorrow. “Built from…

Xbox Game Pass comes to South Africa next month, price revealed

When Microsoft announced Xbox Game Pass earlier this year, our first question was “will it be available in South Africa?”. Unfortunately, as Gearburn exclusively…

War Wings and Meshi Quest: this week’s top mobile games

We’re looking at our most noteworthy mobile games again. So let’s get on with the show. We have four notable titles this week, with…

Tacoma review: time is oxygen…

Tacoma is a sci-fi narrative-exploration game developed by Fullbright, the same Portland-based indie studio that brought us Gone Home, one of the very titles…

Microsoft-exclusive Crackdown 3 gets shifted to 2018

The Crackdown series is one of the more underrated Xbox franchises around, delivering high-flying open-world antics and a neat visual style. But don’t hold…

New Humble Bundle sets sights on Sony consoles

We’ve already seen Humble Bundles on Sony platforms, now, the pay-what-you-want deal returns to PlayStations with the Humble 2K PlayStation Bundle. The Humble 2K…

You might regret downloading these 7 addictive mobile games

People look for different things when it comes to mobile games – some want adventure, others want strategy and millions want Candy Crush. However…

No Man’s Sky update brings basic multiplayer, much more

No Man’s Sky may have been a major disappointment at launch, given the hype, but you can’t deny that Hello Games has done a…

Q&A: the devs behind intriguing SA indie game Jetstream

Last week I had the pleasure of attending Cape Town’s Electronic and Gaming Expo (EGE) 2017, the third running of the local gaming event….

Watch: the moment Valve disappointed its fans with new game

Whenever video game colossus Valve announces a new game, it’s almost guaranteed to be greeted warmly, to say the least. After all, this was…

UFO 50: indie dev stars to release 8-bit collection

A group of indie developers, responsible for smash hits such as Downwell and Spelunky, have joined forces to release UFO 50, a collection of…

F1 2017: what’s new in career mode?

We really enjoyed F1 2016 (review), building on the solid but barebones F1 2015 to deliver one of the better approximations of the motorsport…

Indie spotlight: five intriguing indies games you may have missed

Once upon a time indie games were part of an extremely niche market, but they’ve increasingly expanded their influence and fanbase — creating some…

Humble Bundle and Tales: this week’s top mobile games

Welcome to Gearburn’s Mobile Game Picks of the Week, a weekly series in which Hadlee takes a look at the latest, most entertaining, or…

Fire Pro Wrestling World early access review: no Botchamania here

The Fire Pro Wrestling games have been going for almost three decades now, but you’d be forgiven for never hearing of it until last month’s…

EGE 2017: 3 SA indie titles to watch

This year’s running of EGE 2017 was all about esports, but that didn’t mean we didn’t get to see some local gaming goodness, with…

EGE 2017: what did we make of it?

The Electronics and Gaming Expo (EGE) has to be one of the gaming industry’s success stories in recent years. After years without a gaming…

Why digital entertainment platforms are evolving faster than ever

Samsung Celebrated for Transformative Tech by Consumer Technology Association

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

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