Author: Trent Meikle

Remember God of War Ragnarök? Sure you do. It was one of 2022’s best games and won just about every Game of the Year award it could, though the top spot still ended up going to FromSoftware’s Elden Ring. It had everything it needed to sweep second place, but still, fans felt it was missing something: a New Game+ mode. Ragnarök’s latest update is a substantial one, not merely adding a run-of-the-mill NG+, but throwing in new armour, enchantments and even a glorious-looking black-and-white mode. Hints are still around New Game Plus is available in God of War Ragnarök now.…

April is the month of the Earth (and price hikes, we guess), and Xbox knows it. With Earth Day around the corner (22 April), Xbox has announced a new wireless controller – the Remix Special Edition. Wondering how a new, more expensive controller has anything to do with Earth Day? Well, each controller is partly made up of recyclable materials, lessening the gaming giant’s impact on the environment. Fresh out of the Xbox More specifically, a third of each controller is made up of old CDs, headlight covers, water jugs, and other controllers. What you get in return is a…

Have you ever watched the hope drain from another person’s eyes? No? Then you’ve probably never played a round of Exploding Kittens before. Or perhaps you’ve only ever played the game of detonating felines online through Netflix’s suite of mobile games – giving your opponent the chance to hide their shame of suffering yet another loss. But that doesn’t have to be the case anymore. Facebook has announced it is bringing online multiplayer games to its Messenger video calls. You can always blame the WiFi The news comes from Facebook Gaming, which recently saw its dedicated gaming app shuttered only…

It’s already that time of the month. South Africa’s Department of Energy has passed judgement on the country’s already-struggling fuel prices. Anyone that’s kept up with the Central Energy Fund’s predictions throughout March will be please to note that they were right. For those that haven’t kept up, we’ll summarize; diesel prices are down — way down — and petrol prices… they’re virtually unchanged. That, in itself, is a win. Things were looking rough for the country’s fuel prices at the beginning of March. But, a strengthening Rand (and depreciating stages of load shedding) have greatly contributed to the decrease…

Polyamory isn’t for everybody. Well… by definition it could be, but in this case we’re specifically talking about the new relationship between Vodacom Business, WiTaxi and Netstar. The end goal of this partnership is to bring free WiFi to South Africa’s taxi industry. Good things come in threes The idea is a simple one. Vodacom provides the WiFi, Netstar provides trackers for taxis (that double as routers) and WiTaxi brings the app that ties it all together. The point is to give passengers a chance to make something of a journey that would have otherwise been spent in the clutches…

We’re living in the age of renewable energy. Or at least, that’s the plan. South Africa still places a massive reliance on coal, with no real sources of green energy funnelling into people’s homes that aren’t a result of private expenditure. Even so, the EV industry hasn’t slowed its growth. It’s only grown. Mini, in partnership with Red Bull, is adding to that growth with the unveiling of the first Mini-branded solar-powered EV charging station. A gesture nonetheless Of course, this was all done in the name of PR the planet’s health, as a part of Mini’s overarching Big Love…

Updates to Meta’s WhatsApp have always been hit-or-miss. The company likes to test out a lot of new features but those can spend several months in development before they make it to the live build. If they even make it out of the testing phase. Some, like the recent revamp of the Windows desktop app, fall into the former category. Others, like the newsletter update… let’s just leave it at that. With that in mind, the folks over at WABetaInfo have unearthed two new updates that could make their way to the app. The first expands on an existing security…

Any young’uns reading this ‘ere article won’t remember the hassle of havin’ to use a cable to transfer files. Since then, we’ve come a long way – for the better. Apple is currently leading the file-transfer industry with AirDrop, the gold standard for Apple users. Fortunately, or unfortunately, depending on how you look at it, Apple’s monopoly is soon to become a duopoly with Google’s launch of Nearby Share on Windows. Nearby Share is within reach For whatever reason, Google has only confirmed the Windows Nearby Share beta for the US “and most countries globally.” Rather than telling us which…

Load shedding who? Despite constantly suffering at the hands of load shedding, BMW seems willing to look past the country’s troubled power generation history because it hopes to manufacture electric cars in South Africa, according to Sunday Times. The German manufacturer of cars and, apparently, indicators, is reportedly in talks with the South African government surrounding the current policies in place where EVs are concerned. Specifically, BMW South Africa CEO Peter van Binsbergen is in talks with the country’s minister of Trade, Industry, and Competition, Ebrahim Patel. “We are encouraged that minister Ebrahim Patel is focusing on that and are…

Checkers Sixty60 has been on the rise ever since its launch in 2019, predating the Covid lockdown by just a few months. Post-lockdown, however, the app has only continued to grow. Bolstered by its success, Sixty60 has grown bold and wearisome of other competitors that are catching up. To keep customers coming back for more, Sixty60 has introduced a ‘service guarantee’ – which will see customers get their R35 delivery fee back if certain requirements aren’t met. Customers that receive their goods 30 minutes late or “receive less than 80% of your first-choice products,” will be eligible for the refund,…