Author: Trent Meikle

Last night, Geoff Keighley took to the stage in Germany to open Gamescom with Opening Night Live. The two-hour show kicked off at 20h00 last night, 25 August, and gave us a peek at the games arriving over the coming months and, in some cases, years. The biggest of the lot was The Witcher 3 — which looks sumptuous enough to hold us over until Grand Theft Auto VI is ready. You can check out the entire show here to see what we missed. The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt – Songs of the Past https://youtu.be/SB3siHVCHpY Are there any other decade-old single-player games that…

It’s Gamescom all over again, but if you can’t make it to the showroom floor in Germany, Opening Night Live (ONL) is where you want to be. The show will be hosted by The Game Awards’ Geoff Keighley and is usually home to one or two big reveals, historically speaking. It’s taking place tonight, so adjust your plans accordingly. We got Opening Night Live before GTA 6 https://youtu.be/Zzvzt3IjNik Gamescom Opening Night Live is a mere snack, meant to hold you over ’til the main course — Rockstar Games’ extended look at Grand Theft Auto VI, taking place on Thursday, 27…

UPDATE (27/08/2026): It’s a joyous day for Android Auto users. A representative for the Android Auto team has reached out to Android Authority regarding the bug plaguing some Spotify users, stating: “a fix for this issue is beginning to roll out today.” Until the update reaches you, there a several potential fixes mentioned below. ORIGINAL STORY: You’d have to pay us a fair bit of money to give up Spotify for a long drive. Music streaming services are perhaps the last line of defence when defending your sanity. Which makes it all the more frustrating to see Spotify users — including…

Vivo already has another smartphone on the way. That’d be the Vivo V80 Lite, the bulk of which is occupied by a gargantuan 10,000mAh battery. It’s got other talents too, we’re sure, but Vivo isn’t spilling the beans on those just yet. All about Vivo That’ll come as soon as 3 September, when the company launches the phone in Malaysia. Vivo was kind enough to tease the new battery in a Facebook post in the meantime. While the 10,000mAh battery will certainly be the star of the show — especially if it reaches South Africa — we’ve got a rough…

Nearly eight months on from the launch of LG’s OLED evo W6, the company has announced that the ‘true wireless’ TV is headed to South Africa. The big thing then was the TV’s incredibly thin profile, and that’s still the sentiment here. According to LG, the TV is about as thick as thirteen bank cards stacked on top of one another. Anything but the metric system, huh? Now that the TV is coming to South Africa — we can simply divulge the impressive 9.95mm measurement. We’ve never found thinness to be much of a selling point for a TV as…

UPDATE (24/08/2026): The tipster known as Ice Universe has now clarified that the Galaxy S27 Ultra will not be offered in two different sizes. The images in the tweet below are referring to two separate devices: the Galaxy S27 Ultra and the S27 Pro. One device — the Pro — is smaller. Both devices feature the new camera island design. The leaker also confirmed that the Galaxy S27 Ultra will include the S Pen, while the S27 Pro will not. ORIGINAL STORY: We’re still several months away from the launch of the Samsung Galaxy S27 family, which means the leaks are right on…

Batman Returns is one of those Batman films you just can’t hate. Part of the reason for that is the excellent rogues’ gallery that director Tim Burton cooked up (and Max Shreck) for the film. Mostly, it has to do with Keaton himself and, more importantly, the film’s timeless Batmobile. You know, the one getting a new Lego set. Batman Returns, again No, not that one. This one. Seven years later, Lego has returned to Burton’s Batman universe to, again, celebrate the Dark Knight’s iconic Batmobile. And, oddly enough, the Batmissile. The new set, which contains fewer pieces than its 2019 counterpart, is technically two builds…

When Xiaomi Redmi has a new ‘Active’ smartwatch on the way, you listen. They may not be the most technically gifted bunch of watches in the world, but they’re not trying to be. At R850 for the Redmi Watch 5 Active, it’s earned some consideration. Ditto for the company’s Redmi Watch Active 6, just announced in China. Usually, that would mean a fair amount of uncertainty regarding the watch’s release in South Africa. Not this time. Syntech, Xiaomi’s official distributor for South Africa, is on the ball — a local listing is already live. Pricing is still under wraps at…

Affordable open-back headphones are few and far between. HyperX’s new Cloud Alpha Air is a gamified take on the tech, mimicking the likes of Beyerdynamic but with one big distinction: the price. HyperX’s latest set of cans will sling around your neck for the relatively low price of R2,400 ($150). Slappin’ da bass tube HyperX is certainly placing a bigger focus on audio here. It’s ditched the wireless functionality in what we assume is an attempt to keep the price as low as possible. The Cloud Alpha Air, being purpose-built for gaming, can get away with the omission without much…

There are plenty of Lego sets to go around. Narrow that search down to video game consoles, and you’re still overwhelmed with choice. Unless you’re specifically looking for an original Xbox, that is. Mattel has stepped in to fill that oddly shaped hole in the market, bringing to life a 1:1 scale brick set of the earliest Halo player from 2001. Brick by brick It may not be Lego, but we’re betting that the ‘Microsoft Xbox Building Toy Kit’ (it doesn’t quite roll off the tongue, does it?) will scratch all the same itches. 3,509 pieces will need assembling before it becomes the…