Gaming

Overwatch, Uncharted & Dark Souls: the 10 best games of the year (so far)

We are now half way through the year — can you believe it? It always kind of sneaks up on you, and in this…

Humble Bundle and Rooms of Doom: 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…

No Man’s Sky: here’s what you should know

It’s been over two years since Hello Games announced No Man’s Sky at E3 2014 and has since become one of the most highly-anticipated…

Xbox Games with Gold for August revealed

It’s time for Microsoft to reveal their Games with Gold titles for next month, and we’ve got decent picks for August. Xbox Live Gold…

Xbox One 500GB now $249 ‘while stocks last’

The Xbox One S is scheduled to hit stores next month, while the formidable Scorpio is set to be revealed next year. So it’s…

South Park: The Fractured But Whole special edition pays tribute to the Coon

South Park: Stick of Truth was one of the most enjoyable games I’ve played in a long time, albeit basic and full of fart…

Latest No Man’s Sky trailer showcases zany space-fighting mechanics

The question I’ve been asking about No Man’s Sky is “what exactly do you DO in No Man’s Sky?” The latest trailer series is…

One console to play them all: Super Famicom K1 emulates 30 classic systems

There’s something satisfying about legacy gaming systems, with their dust-covered cartridges and unique port interfaces. Regardless of how powerful consoles are today, the charm…

This 20-second video perfectly explains Minecraft forever

Think you know Minecraft? Well, it’s a three year old game so you probably do. Describing Minecraft to the uninitiated, now there’s the challenge….

5 epic weapons from our favourite games

Violence is an integral part of modern gaming. I don’t know why gamers are so infatuated with violence but it is one of the…

No surprises here: Grand Theft Auto V looks terrible on a monochrome TV

Nostalgia cuts a fine line between want and need. Gamers want the latest titles to evoke memories of their favourite games, but what they…

50 reasons why Skyrim is, and will always be, the most beautiful game of all time

I already know what you’re thinking, that there are better-looking games than Skyrim. You would be wrong, though. After releasing on PC back in…

Grayson the fighting fish is Twitch’s latest Pokémon-playing star

Usually cats are the creatures that makes the internet tick, but this time, all honours go to a fish — a Pokémon Red/Blue playing…

No Sunset Overdrive for PS4, only Xbox One has the online muscle says Insomniac CEO

PS4 owners who watched the trailers or were lucky enough to play Insomniac’s Sunset Overdrive at E3 are surely lamenting the fact that it’s…

Broforce crossover Expendabros is best film-to-game ever made (and it’s free)

Many of you know Broforce as possibly the best retro-inspired shooter of 2014, and it’s still only in beta. So fans, rejoice: this South…

Call of Duty, GTA and 9 more games that need an all-women reboot

Games are manly, correct? What is a game if not a testosterone-fuelled adventure filled with grunting alpha males who piss bullets, swallow enemies whole…

Here are all 123 games on the PlayStation Now Beta store: includes Sonic CD, Farming Simulator and Crazy Taxi

Living in South Africa means that certain mouth-watering applications like Sony’s PlayStation Now game-streaming service are simply unavailable. This doesn’t stop us from hoping…

Road not Taken, Fez, Crysis 3: August’s free PlayStation Plus games

After a few misfires and incorrect rumours, we finally have an official list of PlayStation Plus Games for August, care of PlayStation.Blog. 6th August:…

11 TV, film and gaming mashup videos too batshit crazy to ignore

Gaming’s a weird passion. Most people see at a gamer and think “look at this nerd and their obsession with that Pac-Man game.” But…

PS4 system update 1.75 adds Featured Content downloads and 3D Blu-ray playback

The PlayStation 4’s system software update 1.75 is live, kicking and adds a host of features Sony’s current-gen console has been missing. The U.S….

EA Access is Netflix for games: $5 monthly and exclusively for Xbox One

Electronic Arts is betting big on their latest Netflix-like service with Microsoft, by offering a US$5 a month or US$30 a year service for…

Russian Twitter source didn’t guess August PlayStation Plus lineup, copied it instead

I accidentally mislead a lot of people when I wrote this article earlier today on August’s PlayStation Plus lineup, based on this enthusiastic source:…

Retro awesome: Tumblr artist give 300 iconic game, TV and film characters an 80s-style makeover

Paul Robertson could be a genius. Over on his Tumblr page, Robertson has completed (we believe) a series of gaming, TV and film drawings…

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