The week has seen a fair amount of South African gaming and geek news to balance out some big announcements from the international scene.

The announcement and subsequent controversy surrounding Comic Con SA undoubtedly kept us busy this week, but we also managed to check out a South African initiative to change the way you save PC games.

On top of that, we checked out the top 5 recommended GPUs, 5 next-gen engines and tech, and the top games of April 2013.

Features

5 next-gen engines and tech
Top 5 recommended GPUs
Top games of April 2013
Gaming specials this weekend
Worst games of 2013 (so far)
Most attractive video game characters revealed

Local news

Comic Con SA: disregard everything you know
Games you can play this week
Comic Con SA: They Did This pull out
Razer Black Ops 2 Autumn Ladders return
SA Kickstarter campaign solves PC save game problems
MWEB Dota 2 championship on the road to National Team trials

Gaming news you should check out

Man beats girlfriend to death with Xbox
Fast & Furious: Showdown revealed
Sega admits to misleading Aliens: Colonial Marines demo
Doom 4 development: what’s going on?
LucasArts dead at the hands of Disney
Remember Me PC specs revealed
The War Z hacked
Diablo 3 auction houses hurt the game: director
Farcry 3 mod strips constraints, opens up world
Playstation 4 considered the “perfect gaming PC”

Videos you should watch

Thief trailer drops jaws
Activision character model tech demo released
PC vs PS4: Unreal 4 engine graphics comparison

Review

Cooler Master HAF XB Mid Tower review

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