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Team Silver led by Collins “Skarra” Manyame wins the Red Bull Locked In in Cape Town, South Africa on March 7, 2026. // Pregan Pillay / Red Bull

48 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…

Industry players have misunderstood women consumers.

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

Drawing our stories: Animation series Spien, by Gladwin Stellenberg

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 Africa is heading to Cape Town in early 2023. Picture: Comin=c Con Africa

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 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

Digital divide: Musician Pete Wentz playing in a Fortnite tournament.
The game has no servers in Africa. (Christian Petersen/Getty Images)
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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…

Every millisecond counts: Nigerian gamers have the potential to win on the world stage but are hampered by unstable power and slow speeds.

Milliseconds keep African gamers from esports dominance

Milliseconds keep African gamers from esports dominance

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

Netflix has not yet reported its 2019 financials. (Mike Blake/Reuters)

Netflix gets its game on at E3 with ‘Stranger Things’

The streaming television powerhouse is looking to expand its original shows into other media

Khan initially conceptualised the game as her honours project, as part of her game design degree at the University of the Witwatersrand. (Screenshot)

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’

Massive: Fans watch eSports championships together, but teams may even live together. (BorjaB.Hojas/COOLMedia/NurPhoto via Getty)

Berlin gaming house the stuff of Legends

eSports teams have descended on the city for an event that tests much more than the players’ skills

The people’s game: A virtual gaming centre

In praise of the beautiful e-game

Virtual football is putting more South Africans into the boots of their on-field heroes

“As years went by

Slice of life: A cool new voice in gaming

‘In 2012 everyone else was blogging about food and fashion but there was no cool black voice talking about gaming’

Design dilemma: Architect

Fak’ugesi digifest’s for everyone

Don’t be put off if you’re a novice to all things digital. It’s a great place to explore, experiment and learn

Panelists Lester Kiewit, Khadija Patel, Pearl Pillay and Angelo Fick. (Photos: David Harrison)
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Pokémon Go finally available in South Africa, much of Africa

South African trainers no longer have to game the system in order to enjoy the augmented reality game.

Panelists Lester Kiewit, Khadija Patel, Pearl Pillay and Angelo Fick. (Photos: David Harrison)
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Pokémon GO floods social media as gamers dump their keyboards to hunt for cyber beasts

You’ve no doubt seen your social media timelines and newsfeeds inundated with posts about Pokémon Go. Here’s an explainer on what it’s all about.