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Telkom VS Gaming elevates the gaming experience at Comic Con Africa 2023 

This year, Telkom took the gaming experience to new heights, thrilling fans and participants in the gaming hall

Netflix has announced the acquisition of its first video game studio, as the streaming giant bids to expand its entertainment empire with a push into the lucrative gaming sector. (Photo by Jakub Porzycki/NurPhoto via Getty Images)

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

There is a record prize pot of $33.7-million — and still growing — this week in Shanghai at The International, a world championship where players compete in Dota 2. (Getty)

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

Epic Games — Fortnite’s creators — have spent a whopping $100 million on the inaugural event, including staging 10 weeks of qualifying culminating in this weekend’s tournament.(Steve Ryan/Getty Images)

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

Plugged in: Zuhair Ebrahim has won the largest e-sports tournament in South Africa. (Delwyn Verasamy/M&G)

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

Ben Myres and Cukia Kimani turned a university assignment into a gaming-world success.

No mere Semblance of success

How a South African indie game went from a university assignment to the big-time

FBI’s gullible goat slips up on jihadi slope

Anti-radicalisation tools are indicative of how clueless governments can be when it comes to reaching out to the younger generation

Diversity calls for change in app-titudes

App and game developers are slowly getting their heads around the fact that there’s more to girls than pink and princesses.

Local gaming heroes rAge on

The rAge expo was a feast of global gaming, but the growing presence of local developers was a significant phenomenon, writes Arthur Goldstuck.