Author: Trent Meikle

Yesterday, Sony PlayStation held not one, but two State of Play showcases. The first was the usual affair of teasers, trailers, and announcements for some of the upcoming games headed to consoles. The next was… the same, but focused on titles developed by Japanese developers. Unfortunately, there was hardly anything worth writing home about. That heaps a certain amount of pressure on Nintendo’s rumoured Direct next week. Resident Evil https://youtu.be/KGlapnJFacE Okay, maybe it wasn’t all games. The show kicked off with a an “exclusive clip” of Zach Cregger’s Resident Evil film, releasing 18 September. It… looks like a Cregger movie, which will excite Weapons and Barbarian fans to…

Well, that didn’t take long. Only a few months after Acer unveiled the Predator Atlas 8, the company unveiled another one at IFA in Berlin this year. That would be the Acer Predator Atlas 7. No, we haven’t forgotten how numbers work. That ‘7’ is referring to the 7in 16:9 FHD display it’s now rocking — smaller than its brethren. Atlas 7 incoming Everything that made the initial Predator Atlas 8 such a specimen is still present in the Atlas 7. The first rendition is seemingly still on track for release in October, and EMEA is on the guest list.…

Recent years have seen automakers duking it out for the title of the cheapest EV in South Africa. Not Jaguar Land Rover, which just introduced its first fully electric Range Rover in South Africa, carrying a starting price of R3.9 million. The company is now taking orders for the car locally, hoping its exemplary specs justify the high cost. Range Rover, Electric Boogaloo And they are exemplary. They bloody better be, considering. The Range Rover Electric promises to be quieter and more responsive than anything else in the factory. It’s powered by two 260kW electric motors — one above each…

When Mario Kart World launched alongside the Nintendo Switch 2 last year, it seemed like Mario Kart 8 Deluxe was done for. Kaput. Finnito. We enjoyed our time with World, sure, but it never had us coming back for another lap quite like Deluxe did for nearly eight years straight. Now, Mario Kart 8 Deluxe is officially getting a free Switch 2 update. We can only imagine that sales for World were on the decline, prompting the upgrade. “My death was… greatly exaggerated” The update dropped yesterday for all owners of Mario Kart 8 Deluxe. It adds enhanced visuals in both docked and handheld modes, though Nintendo…

We’ll never say no to something from Anker’s Soundcore range, especially a new pair of sleep-focused earbuds. The Soundcore Sleep A30 lived up to our expectations and then some. The company, currently attending IFA in Berlin, just announced the Soundcore Sleep Earbuds 4 and Sleep 4 Pro — and they look like a solid upgrade. Same ol’ audio, now with OLED If it’s an audio upgrade you’re looking for, you’re fresh out of luck. These are nearly identical to the Sleep A30 internally, though Anker has included upgrades to the battery life and ANC to stave off angry would-be buyers.…

If there’s one thing you can always count on, it’s Sony propping up its bass-heavy ULT speaker range pretty regularly. The last we saw, the company expanded the punier ULT Field range, while the ULT Tower 9AC only got a small look-in. Yesterday, Sony unveiled three new behemoths to the Tower family — the ULT Tower 5, Tower 7, and the ULT Tower Max. The trio are currently headed for South African shelves sometime in October. Sony just ULTed The arrival of this threesome means Sony will be saying goodbye to some older models to make room. It may well…

UPDATE (07/09/2026): MultiChoice has confirmed that it will roll out its new reworked DStv packages to customers on 17 September. The new packages are designed to better fit with how and what customers watch today, “with clearer choices, more accessible content and more value across the line-up,” the company said. Throughout September, customers on the Access, Family, and Compact packages will move to Starter, Select, and Sports respectively. EasyView, Compact Plus, and Premium customers will remain on their existing packages unless they decide to migrate over to the new selection. “Our focus is on giving subscribers better value and access to the entertainment and sport…

Two years ago, Sonos took its first crack at making headphones and came out the other side only slightly scathed. It may even have learned a thing or two. We had a good time with the cans, though they were a little pricey, at least compared to the stiffest competition. Now, Sonos is back with the Ace Ultra, with a few big improvements. At the same time, Sonos unveiled the new Beam Ultra soundbar, yet another refresh of a beloved Sonos entry. The Beam line was long overdue for a refresh, with the second-gen Beam releasing all the way back…

There’s no shortage of weird Dyson wares out there, but the company’s latest product may take the cake. We’re not talking ‘weird’ by vacuum or hairdryer standards, but weird in general. Today, Dyson showed off the CameraJet — two words that probably shouldn’t align when its primary goal is cleaning one’s chompers. Yup, the CameraJet is a toothbrush. An overly-techy one at that. This isn’t the first time we’ve seen something along those lines, most notably thanks to Philips’ Sonicare Next-Generation DiamondClean 9900 Prestige. Dyson takes it a step further by embedding a camera into the device, along with some…

After much ado, PlayStation has finally confirmed when State of Play will next be beamed into our eyeballs. Mark your calendars for the afternoon of Thursday, 3 September. It’ll be immediately followed by a State of Play Japan, hosted by Yuki Kaji. And if that wasn’t enough, there’s chatter that Nintendo has something special planned, too. Perhaps chatter is an understatement. Nintendo has yet to confirm whether we’ll see a Direct showcase this month, but historically, September is a good bet. The company will likely only announce the specifics a day or two ahead of the stream, whenever that is.…