Gaming

Xbox Games with Gold: October picks are meh

Microsoft has announced October’s Games with Gold lineup, but those expecting AAA blockbusters might be a tad disappointed. Got an Xbox 360? Then you’ll…

Deus Ex: Mankind Divided [PS4] review: that unfinished feeling

Game developer Eidos Montreal has finally released its latest edition to the Deus Ex franchise titled Deus Ex: Mankind Divided. This widely anticipated game…

Don’t Starve beta and Vertigo Racing: 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…

Update: Destiny servers down as Rise of Iron debuts

Update #2, 20 September, 1.30pm: According to the latest tweet from Bungie, the company is slowly seeing more players enter the game’s servers, as…

F1 2016: 6 features we’d love to see in the next Formula 1 game

We’re quite enjoying F1 2016, being one of the better F1 games in the last couple of years. Still, that doesn’t mean there’s no…

No Man’s Sky: Sony’s Yoshida criticises Hello Games’ PR strategy

Sony is slowly distancing itself from the No Man’s Sky aftermath, that’s at least according to comments made by Sony Studios’ president Shuhei Yoshida….

Trials of Gnomus review diary: gaming as a chore

PopCap’s latest free content update to Plants vs Zombies: Garden Warfare 2 is its “biggest yet”, which adds new gaming modes, new maps and…

‘The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt’ will push high-end PCs to their limits

Well here’s something that might make budget PC gamer’s rigs cry out in agony. Polish video game developer, CD Projekt RED, has released the…

Riot Games crafting dedicated ‘League of Legends’ network

We love CES, but the overload of new devices can get tiresome and a tad mundane. That’s why when companies not associated with the…

‘Lara Croft and the Temple of Osiris’ review: she’s back

Since the release of Tomb Raider (2013), a highly successful reboot of the franchise, I have wondered if I will ever see the original…

Two to tango: 5 top multiplayer games to pass the holiday humdrum

Nothing strengthens the bonds between human beings like the spirit of competition. It’s a game of pride and self-recognition we have carried with us…

10 iOS games that got us hooked in 2014

Although for the most part I have long moved over to Android, I do still keep an iOS device handy almost exclusively for the…

5 indie games you should look out for in 2015

Indie games have always been dwarfed by the bigger gaming companies, both in resources and execution. But times are changing. There is now an…

‘Amphora’, ‘Shovel Knight’ and the top indie games of 2014

Without indie game studios and their creations, the gaming world would be filled with nothing but generic and money-hungry blockbuster titles. Over and over…

‘Uncharted 4: A Thief’s End’: what we know so far

Uncharted 4: A Thief’s End is the latest upcoming title to be released by developers, Naughty Dog. Information on this highly anticipated title has…

‘Assassin’s Creed Unity’ Patch 4 is huge, even larger for Xbox One users

Assassin’s Creed Unity is one of the buggiest games in recent memory. When I first played it back in September, I thought it was…

Fails, sharks and Minecraft mazes: this week’s greatest gaming and gadget videos

It’s Friday, and we really shouldn’t be at work, but that won’t stop us from gandering through the week’s best tech, gadget and gaming…

‘Final Fantasy XV’ demo will reward hardcore fans, be super exclusive

Is it safe to say that Final Fantasy XV is one of the most eagerly anticipated games ever made? I think so. The game…

‘Mortal Kombat X’ will reportedly have no platform-exclusive characters

Finally, it seems that some sanity has prevailed in the console gaming world. The executive producer of Mortal Kombat X — one of 2015’s…

‘Uncharted 4: A Thief’s End’ gameplay trailer makes South African accents cool [Video]

For all the Uncharted and The Last Of Us groupies out there, Naughty Dog launched a 15-minute long PlayStation 4 gameplay trailer of its…

Ralph Baer — a tribute to the gaming console’s spirit animal

It has been a sad week for the gaming, and technology fraternity in general. One of the pioneering fathers of the gaming console as…

‘Destiny’s’ Dark Below DLC trailer is all kinds of epic [Video]

A lot of gamers have found Destiny to be visually impressive but a load of mundane and tiresome hard work too. It would be…

Beyond gameplay: 10 video game cinematics that’ll give you chills

There is nothing quite like sitting down to play a game and being greeted by the most beautiful and epic cinematic sequence. One of…

TCL South Africa Unveils 2025 Mini LED TV Range with Wide Viewing Angles

RIP Skype Microsoft Pulls the Plug on a Digital Pioneer

SITA pushes back as Home Affairs eyes IT exit

EmpowaEntrepreneurs 2025 Targets Africa’s High-Growth Founders and Investors

French No-Code Pioneer Tinkso Secures Strategic Investment from SA Entrepreneur Henk Pretorius

IBM Think 2025: Enterprise Gen AI Moves Beyond the Hype

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

Slate Truck is an outrageously sensible pickup

Red Bull wings for Lucid – not Tesla

Gravity is a true driver’s EV SUV