Author: Trent Meikle

If you’re tired of losing The Settlers of Catan to your best friend’s wife; it’s time to take back control of the weekly game night with Call of Duty: The Boardgame – an upcoming in-real-life tabletop game spawned from the minds of Activision, Arcane Wonders with some more help from Genuine Entertainment and Evolution. There’s just one problem. Call of Duty: The Boardgame is, for some reason, planning to launch a Kickstarter campaign later this year, with a 2024 release date in mind. It seems that Catan losing streak could plague us for yet another year. ‘We’re not in Catan…

Twitter’s big Blue fiasco Twitter is in hot water. Again. Elon Musk’s $45 billion purchase hasn’t seen the dividends the eccentric billionaire would have liked – specifically in the case of Twitter Blue. Don’t believe us? Open Twitter for more than ten seconds and you’ll start noticing a few more blue ticks plaguing the accounts of unpaying “subscribers.” If you weren’t aware, Twitter recently purged the platform of legacy blue tick holders, claiming that the only way to see the coveted checkmark next to your name was through the $8/m fee. Or being a politician. On Friday and Saturday however,…

WhatsApp’s disappearing messages aren’t all they’re cracked up to be. They get the job done, self-destructing after the set time limit. Great. Now though, well-known lizard-man Mark Zuckerberg has announced an update that’ll let users keep specific disappearing messages. If you think that goes against the entire idea of disappearing messages, you’re absolutely right. Don’t think too hard about it. The Keeper of messages (and voice notes) at Hogwarts Keep calm, everyone (and carry on). Your ex won’t be able to keep any disappearing messages willy-nilly. WhatsApp describes the update as “your new sender superpower” because it keeps the sender…

We’re not expecting Street Fighter 6 to sell particularly well. Not because it’s bad – far from it. But we do have to question Capcom’s thought process when choosing release dates. Not only is it competing with kids’ pocket money (which almost definitely went to Tears of the Kingdom) but it’s going up against the launch of Across the Spider-Verse on its opening day (tickets cost how much?). But that’s okay. Capcom is hoping that its newly released Street Fighter 6 demo can salvage some of the damage. Hadouken! At the time of writing, the Street Fighter 6 demo is…

When we first heard of Bayonetta Origins: Cereza and the Lost Demon, a spin-off to the Bayonetta series, we were sure it couldn’t work. For one, it barely resembles the original entries, replacing the over-the-top, gun-riddled scenario with a more fanciful, light-hearted adventure that puts puzzles and colourful illustrations at the forefront. Second, it replaces the titular character of Bayonetta with a younger, less in-control Cereza that hasn’t yet earned the moniker her guns. We approached Origins with slight reluctance, unsure of whether it could handle such a drastic change of pace while still living up to its name. And…

At this point, the team behind Sonic the Hedgehog has one shining memory – Green Hill Zone from the series’ first-ever game. It makes sense that Sonic’s return to Lego form, after the repellent 2016 Lego Dimensions run and the rather chic recreation of Green Hill Zone last year, would be yet another rehash of the iconic level. We’re not complaining though. See, this isn’t just another set that’s meant to sit on the shelf. Lego’s latest sets featuring the blue hedgehog are actually meant to be played with. Well, all four of them are. Yup, Lego is massively expanding…

It’s been a fortnight since the Department of Energy handed the country its latest round of petrol price changes, which saw diesel drivers saving R0.75c/l while petrol drivers were neither granted amnesty nor were they punished. Considering South Africa’s recent track record, it’s hard to complain about a 1c increase – no matter who you are. But that’s in the past. The Department of Energy is set to pass judgement on the country’s fuel prices once again on Wednesday, 3 May. This time petrol drivers may not get off so easily. At least, that’s what the Central Energy Fund’s data…

Remember that Basic with Ads tier Netflix introduced a few months ago? No? We aren’t surprised. South Africa – for some unknown reason – was left off the list of participating countries, with still no word on when or even if we’ll see the new category. SA wasn’t too fussed, though. Sure, it’s “cheap” – but it introduced limitations that many believed unworthy of the $7 price tag (us included). According to Netflix’s Q1 ‘letter to investors’, we might just have to change our minds. Want a break from Netflix? Before, the streamer’s ‘with-ads’ tier limited users to one stream…

The Competition Commission of South Africa (CCSA) has given the green light for Anchorage – a subsidiary of Microsoft – to acquire Activision Blizzard. And, more importantly, without any additional conditions tacked on. The Commission met on Tuesday, 11 April to discuss the acquisition, officially confirming its decision on Monday. Why all the hubbub, bub? For the unaware, Microsoft’s conquest to own the Call of Duty franchise hasn’t been a short or easy one. Back in January 2022, the company announced its intent to acquire Activision Blizzard for $68.7 billion in January, as part of an all-cash deal. Sony… Well,…

It’s been nearly two years since Nintendo last released a console; the Nintendo Switch OLED, an upgrade to the Big N’s regular old Nintendo Switch. Considering the original Switch’s age, having passed its sixth birthday in March, you’d think picking the right one of the two should be a pretty straightforward task. Anyone familiar with Nintendo will know that this isn’t the case. And we haven’t even mentioned the Switch’s firstborn spin-off: the Switch Lite. That one’s a little easier to discern from the rest of the pack for the more-experienced Nintendo shills. But for new players? It only adds…