If you were hoping for some big things to happen this week in gaming, you were in luck because there were some huge stories in the industry.

The week was filled with some weird news, such as a League of Legends gamer being jailed and a game dev being arrested for possession of child pornography, but there was also some positive news, such as SimCity possibly getting an offline mode and the truth behind SA game prices.

On the features front, we checked out the games of July 2013, did an SA pricing roundup of gaming keyboards, and checked out the top 5 sidekicks in gaming.

Catch up with the biggest stories listed below.

Features

Games of July 2013
Top 5 sidekicks in gaming
Weekly digital download deals
Gaming specials this week

Hardware

Radeon HD9000 family coming in 2013: rumour
SA gaming keyboard price roundup: backlighting on the cheap
Arctic Cooling gets official SA distributor
5 Geforce GTX760 cards you should be looking out for
Mad Catz STRIKE 3 keyboard: SA pricing, availability revealed
4 miniature PCs that drastically change your desktop

Local news

The truth behind SA game prices
Aspiring SA game devs must “get their hands dirty”
Telkom cable thieves cut off thousands
Telkom price hikes mean online gaming costs more
SA Xbox Live Gold members wait on free game
Win R100,000 for a killer Battle City AI
SA Halo 4 gamers fight for trip to R2-million finals
Unofficial Rugby Challenge 2 SA roster update released
iGame Logitech gaming mouse competition launched
SA Xbox Live Gold members get Defense Grid: The Awakening [Update]

News you should check out

SA Xbox Live Gold members wait on free game
Don Mattrick is leaving Microsoft, heading to Zynga: report
MechWarrior Online release date confirmed
SimCity introducing offline mode?
Mark of the Ninja dev reveals Incognita
Warning: Uplay accounts hacked, time to change passwords
Half-Life: Blue Shift gets co-op support
DirectX 11.2: what it does for you
Xbox One Kinect won’t work on PC
World of Warcraft microtransactions in the works
No link between violent games, anti-social behaviour: research
Which game was the “Best of E3″?
GTA 5: two discs for 360, multiplayer info
Xbox exec clarifies “meaningless” spec comparison comment
PS4, Xbox One not as expensive as you think
Teen jailed after League of Legends outburst
Game dev arrested on child porn charges

Videos you should watch

Destiny gameplay video shows promising multiplayer action

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