Here’s what games you can expect to arrive on store shelves and digital outlets this week.
Retail gaming specials this week
Check out some of the best online and physical retail deals in SA this week…
Kickstarter games raised $46 million in 2015
Kickstarter gives gamers the opportunity to have a say in what we play next, so is it any surprise that video game Kickstarter projects raised more than $46 million.
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Gaming Journalism Internship – Apply now
Broad Media is growing its editorial team and has a great opportunity for a graduate who wants to work in online gaming journalism.
Intel rumoured to be working on 5.1 GHz quad core processor
We’d guess that AMD’s Zen has almost certainly gotten to Intel because they’re reportedly working on a 5.1 GHz quad core Xeon processor.
Steam’s network infrastructure now supports 100Gbps
The massive growth seen year-on-year has forced Valve to upgrade Steam’s network infrastructure with 100Gbps internet ports.
Lamenting the loss of Silent Hills
Arguably the greatest let down in recent video game experience was the cancellation of Silent Hills.
This week’s best gaming deals
This week’s best deals, bundles, sales and discounts for any platform you might care about.
Muslim professor mistakenly blocked from Epic’s Paragon due to US blacklist
Everyone is a suspected terrorist, according to Epic Game’s upcoming MOBA-like shooter, Paragon.
Good riddance to video game pirates
You can rationalise piracy all you want, but at the end of the day many are pirating video games because they just don’t want to pay for them.
Here’s 3 minutes of new gameplay footage for The Division
New details, locations and weapons revealed in brand-new footage for one of the most anticipated games of 2016.
Blood and Wine to be the best The Witcher 3 experience yet
That’s according to CD Projekt RED’s senior writer Jakub Szamalek.
Best local ADSL deals
For ADSL Internet users who want an unshaped and unthrottled experience, a capped package is the way to go. Here are the best local capped deals.
Mainstream gamers no longer require discrete GPUs, says Intel
According to Intel’s Gregory Bryant, integrated GPUs are all mainstream gamers need these days, and only enthusiasts actually need discrete GPUs.
PC sales reached a record decline in 2015
A report from IDC shows that PC shipments fell by 10.6%, year-on-year, for the 4th quarter of 2015 – the biggest decline ever recorded.
Some of the coolest gaming hardware from CES 2016
The best gaming announcements made at CES 2016 were hidden under layers and layers of over-priced tech in its infancy. But there were some great finds.
5 FPS games we can’t wait to play in 2016
Grab your virtual rifles, it’s time to check out what FPSes are hitting our PCs and consoles in 2016.
EA will let you play nearly any game on Origin for $4.99 a month
The success of EA Access on the Xbox One has prompted the publisher to launch Origin Access for PC, which is much the same service, only different.
New, gloriously gory details about Doom
The return of the red, blue and yellow keycard.
AMD’s Zen CPUs, and why you should care
Today’s technology topic: what’s in store for that loneliest segment of the tech world, fans of AMD’s processors? And should we care about the launch of Zen?
Foveated rendering may drastically reduce the minimum requirements for VR headsets
The fancy displays and high refresh rates used to power virtual reality tech means expensive PC hardware. SMI, thanks to foveated rendering, argues otherwise.