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Microsoft wants to become the ‘Netflix for games’

Microsoft firmly believes that it will become the “Netflix for games”. This according to an interview with CEO Satya Nadella, conducted by Business Insider…

Q&A: Xbox’s Albert Penello on exclusives, PC Game Pass and more

The Xbox One X is out of the gate, giving gamers the chance to get to grips with the most powerful gaming console ever…

Xbox 360 receives new system update, adds Xbox One features

In a post today on Xbox representative Major Nelson’s blog, Microsoft unveiled a new Xbox 360 firmware update and what changes it will bring…

South Africa’s Xbox One Elite 1TB bundle price announced

Microsoft’s Xbox One 1TB Elite console bundle is slowly making its way across the world, and one of its destinations is South Africa. Raru,…

WD My Passport X is a 2TB drive for Xbox One, PC gamers

In light of the next-generation console games, space on consoles is fairly limited. We filled up a 500GB PlayStation 4 is just under two…

Seagate makes portable hard drive just for Xbox 360, Xbox One

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7 massive reveals from Microsoft’s Xbox Gamescom 2015 briefing

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Miss Microsoft’s Xbox Gamescom announcements? Catch the recap here [video]

For all related news, views and analysis from the heart of Cologne’s gaming epicenter, have a look at our Gamescom 2015 Hub here. Usually…

Xbox Live Gold games for March includes ‘Rayman Legends’, ‘Tomb Raider’ and ‘BioShock Infinite’

There are some seriously great games coming to Xbox Live Gold in March, including the likes of Tomb Raider, BioShock Infinite and Rayman Legends….

Xbox Live temporarily knocked on its face thanks to hackers

After such a good Black Friday showing for the company’s current-gen console, Xbox Live has just about recovered from a DDOS attack earlier today,…

The Xbook Duo is the first, and only backwards compatible Xbox One

We’ve seen some Frankenstein monster consoles in the wild before, with tinkerers shoving every conceivable system into one tiny box, but what if one…

Games that make you go ‘meh’: 11 average titles on Xbox One

South African Xbox One fans, your time is now. Today, the Xbox One launches in South Africa, a mere eleven months after the 22…

Arctic blue ‘Holiday Value Bundle’ 500GB Xbox 360 E costs $250, includes Call of Duty: Ghosts and Black Ops II

There’s a lot of life left in the ol’ Xbox 360. Games like Skyrim, Devil May Cry, Mass Effect 2 and Destiny are some…

Is Destiny for you? Take our extremely scientific quiz to find out

Today, on Destiny launch day, there’s going to be much said of the most-hyped game of 2014. But how do you know if Destiny…

Killstreak confirmed: Microsoft shuttering Xbox Entertainment Studios

The 18 000 job cuts announced by Satya Nadella earlier this week weren’t going to go unnoticed, but Microsoft, for all intents and purposes,…

Watch Dogs on Xbox 360 is ‘super smooth’, but has PS2-quality trees

Watch Dogs releases 27 May for Xbox One, PS4, PC, Xbox 360, PS3 and Wii U but it’s only PC and next-generation console owners…

Netflix, Hulu no longer trapped behind Xbox Live Gold paywall

Well, here’s some news arriving earlier than expected. After speculation that Microsoft will drop Xbox Live Gold’s streaming paywall for services like Netflix and Hulu,…

Finally: Xbox Live Gold paywall for Hulu, Netflix to die off

The much-hated Xbox Live Gold paywall may soon be relaxed, allowing all Xbox Live users access to premium content, ArsTechnica reports. Currently Netflix and Hulu…

Xbox gamer Stallion83 first to get 1-million Achievement Points

Some of us try in vain to get 10 000 gamer points on Xbox Live. Imagine getting a cool million? One man has done…

‘Titanfall’ won’t launch in South Africa: here’s why

Titanfall is without a doubt, the most exciting online shooter of the next-gen consoles. Killzone: Shadowfall was generic nonsense while Call of Duty: Ghosts…

Xbox Live features reportedly coming to iOS and Android games

In a post first spotted by The Verge, Microsoft is flirting with the idea of pushing Xbox Live functionality to iOS and Android games,…

Win ‘Thief’ for Xbox 360 [competition closed]

Update: We’ve awarded Samu with our Thief gift! Well done. To everyone else, there’s been a few good reads and thanks for entering. Better…

Register here for Titanfall Beta, now open for PC and Xbox One

It’s a superlative day for gamers. Especially those whose itch can only be scratched by the FPS bug. For them, we offer the Titanfall…

Google Photos will now let you search for text in your camera roll

YouTube to discontinue direct messages feature in September

Google ditches the desserts in its biggest Android rebrand yet

Are these six, SA’s most important venture capitalists?

Healthtech platform Hospitalia wins Seedstars Cairo

Here are the 12 startups that will pitch at today’s Seedstars Dar es Salaam

Apple’s next ‘Pro’ iPhones to feature improved cameras, shatter-resistant screen

New firmware updates available for Canon EOS R and EOS RP

Samsung Galaxy A30s, A50s feature better cameras, new colours

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