Tech crystal ball reveals massive streaming churn

The gaming console turns 50, chip shortage set to persist, while video streaming competition will intensify,...

Pause, play, fast forward: More than just a game

By CHRIS BUCHANAN, client solutions director, Dell Technologies South Africa and Russia

Nas, Google, invest $20m in African games publisher

Andreessen Horowitz and Avenir lead Series A funding for mobile games publisher Carry1st

What makes serious games seriously good?

By GLENN GILLIS, Sea Monster CEO

Level up your gaming with Huawei MateView GT

Huawei has entered the competitive gaming space with a curved 34-inch monitor, which recognises that, in...

Uber-meets-firefighters in Embr

In a future where everything is a gig economy service, Embr puts players behind the app...

Game over: games can combat vaccine misinformation

Soraiya Verjee, business development director at the Sea Monster animation, gaming and augmented reality company, looks...

PUBG Mobile to award $100m to content creators

The PUBG Mobile Next Star Program will provide salary, training, and rewards for PUBG Mobile content...

PS5 becomes fastest-selling games console in history

Since launching in November 2020, PS5 global sales have outpaced PlayStation 4, Sony’s previous record holder...

Arsenal’s Aubameyang scores first cross-region esports event

Galaxy Racer is launching a new competition, the Galaxy Racer Aubameyang Cup from 1 August 2021,...

EA Play Live – In review

This week’s EA Play event held many significant gaming announcements. We’ve wrapped up five highlights from...

Steam gets PC gaming handheld, but …

The new Steam Deck handheld gaming console puts PC compatible hardware into a Nintendo Switch-like form...

FIFA 22 gets next-gen tech: see reveal trailer

The new edition translates real-world football data into ultra-realistic gameplay in every match across every mode...

Nintendo launches new OLED Switch

The new Nintendo Switch OLED model features a larger 7” screen, a longer battery life, and...

Logitech McLaren e-racing opens to South Africans

The Logitech G and McLaren’s 2021 competition will feature a celebrity grid race and allow South...

NES, PS2, top the retro popularity list

Technology has undoubtedly evolved at a rapid rate, yet many of us have huge admiration and...

VR warps sense of time

Grayson Mullen was playing a virtual reality game at a friend’s house when, suddenly, he noticed...

Asus unveils gaming laptops with RTX 3050, 3050 Ti GPUs

Asus yesterday announced laptops with new Nvidia GeForce RTX 3050 Ti and GeForce RTX 3050 GPUs....

What to look for in a gaming monitor in 2021

Since the start of global lockdowns, the gaming industry has been booming.  A recent report shows...

Component shortage hits gamers

By MATTHEW HALL, product director at Rectron