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latest news & developments48 Hours of Apex Legends: Local gaming personalities battle for the Red Bull Locked In title
48 Hours. 120 Gamers. One Epic Comeback. Step inside the Bellville Velodrome for Red Bull Locked In, where South Africa’s top gaming talent pushed their limits in a gruelling…
Entertainment companies look for female audience in all the wrong places
Industry players have misunderstood women consumers, leading to declining sales and audience engagement, pushing them to offerings in the East
LinkedIn introduces Gaming with Logic Puzzles
The games are designed to be a daily brain teaser, offering just one chance per day to crack the codes in Queens, Crossclimb and Pinpoint
How Galaxy became the ultimate gamer’s smartphone
The Galaxy S23 delivers the fastest mobile graphics of any Galaxy device
What is pulling the plug on digital arts in South Africa?
he demand for digital products rose during lockdown but there have been challenges meeting it
Comic Con 2023 hosts a geek festival in the mother city
Cosplayers and gamers are getting hyped for the April 2023 Cape Town Comic Con event, which promises to exhibit the latest attractions in the geekdom.
Netflix acquires first video game studio
Netflix had indicated its intention to venture into video games in July, eyeing potential hits based on the storylines of popular TV series
The war on women in video game culture
Women and girls make up almost half of the gaming community but are hardly represented and face abuse in the industry
Epic fail: Africa’s Fortnite battle
Forced onto the backfoot by poor ping and overseas servers, African gamers are getting creative in an attempt to play one of the biggest competitive games. In the second…
Milliseconds keep African gamers from esports dominance
Milliseconds keep African gamers from esports dominance
Finished at 23, eSports players peer nervously into retirement
In the most frenzied eSports games, players can be finished by 23 because reactions supposedly slow after that
American teen ‘Bugha’ becomes solo Fortnite champ, winning $3-million
At just 16 years of age, Kyle Giersdorf became the video game’s first champion, and a millionaire
Fun and games that change lives
Professional gaming can mean earning big bucks for elite competitors. It also fosters problem-solving skills in casual players
Netflix gets its game on at E3 with ‘Stranger Things’
The streaming television powerhouse is looking to expand its original shows into other media
South African team wins international gaming award
Bahiyya Khan and her team — Claire Meekel, Abi Meekel, and Tim Flusk — won the award for their work on ‘after HOURS’