Gaming

Update: The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt now R399 on Xbox One

Update: 2 September 2016, 10.20am: The PlayStation Store now reflects the price decrease on The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt at R429, making it R30…

Orbit and Justice Monsters Five: 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…

Electronic Arts server attack: here’s what we know

Update #2: 1 September 2016, 10.13am: It’s perhaps a tad late for an update, but Electronic Arts’ servers are now living and breathing once…

PlayStation Now streaming comes to PC, but not South Africa

Sony’s PlayStation Now streaming service is a rather interesting platform, allowing gamers to stream older PlayStation games over the internet. If you’re in a major…

Mirror’s Edge Catalyst [PS4] review: run away from your problems

If you and your friends spent a late night recounting the great games of 2008, Mirror’s Edge would likely feature somewhere in that conversation….

DOOM [Xbox One] review: Mars attacks

After completing Doom 2016 a while ago, I’m still reeling from the experience. It’s a new take on the franchise that kept me on…

No Man’s Sky [PS4] review: infinite bore-fare

I’m over 20 hours into No Man’s Sky‘s deep, dark universe and I’m still as lost as I was when I first started. I’m…

4K resolution ‘GTA IV’ rides the uncanny valley

Modders make bad games better and sometimes, they make good games even greater. Case in point: this 4K redo of the blandest Grand Theft…

Destiny’s ‘Fate Of All Fools’ exotic rifle belongs to one player alone, thanks to Bungie

There’s nothing quite like a fuzzy Friday feel-good story to set up the weekend. Bungie, creators of all things Halo and Destiny, has given…

A call to rehab: 5 addictive video games series you know and love

“Am I addicted to video games?” This is a question that serious gamers probably know all too well. Have you ever had to get…

New Far Cry 4 story trailer proves that we’re born to be wild

Far Cry 4 launches fairly soon, 18 November to be accurate. And the best way to get hyped up about any game has to…

Rockstar confirms GTA V First Person Mode with chaotic kickass new video

If you thought you were excited for GTA V before, wait until you feast your face on this new video. First-person mode is something…

Internet Archive brings over 900 free classic arcade games to your browser

The Internet Archive makes turning back the digital years a pleasurable ease, but its lesser known feature is its Console Living Room section and…

Shadow Warrior (PS4) review: fun-tastic

Games take themselves too seriously. Between the serious death and destruction of Mass Effect, Shadow of Mordor and Advanced Warfare, games like Hotline Miami,…

Battlefield vs Call of Duty: and the victory goes to…

In much the same way as we see a yearly iteration of most sports games, we also see regular releases of Call of Duty…

Live-action ‘Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare’ video brings the hype

Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare launches 4 November, or next week Tuesday. While pre-orders may be 40% lower than last year, the Peter Berg…

‘Borderlands: The Pre-Sequel!’ review: nothing is normal

With such an unusual name, you can expect a unique game. That is exactly what the new Borderlands is, and in the best way…

PS Plus November lineup leaks: includes ‘The Binding of Isaac: Rebirth’, ‘Escape Plan’ and ‘Luftrausers’

It’s that time of the month again when the free PlayStation Plus games are leaked. What’s on the cards for November? We’ve got the full…

Meet Alice’s Dystopia: South Africa’s first all-female ‘League of Legends’ team

In a world dominated by males between the age of 15 and 25, League of Legends suffers from an identity crisis. Although it’s one…

5 games that broke our hearts

Irving Stone once wrote “There is no love without pain.” Admittedly he probably didn’t have gaming in mind but it applies just as much….

‘Middle Earth: Shadow of Mordor’ review: my precious

Once more into Mordor we travel, into a cursed land where all that draws breath seeks to be the harbinger of your death. Middle…

5 games from rAge 2014 that left us saying ‘more please’

A weekend of rAge (god damn, I hate how that’s spelled) mayhem has come and gone, leaving many gamers’ hands pain-stricken, stiff and their…

Civilization: Beyond Earth cinematic spells out hope for humanity’s far-flung future

Civilization: Beyond Earth‘s new opening cinematic trailer has been released, giving us new hope for Sid Meier’s latest number, but smashes all that’s left…

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