Author: Trent Meikle

Nintendo’s Switch 2 sales are going swimmingly, if a report from Bloomberg is to be believed. The Japanese Mario-makers have reportedly told their suppliers to build 25 million Switch 2 units by March 2026. It’s easy to see why. The Nintendo Switch 2 is still basking in the warmth of its massively successful launch back in June, with sources familiar with the matter citing a continually climbing number of sales — even all these months later — for Nintendo’s sudden interest in quickly furthering the number of units available. Switch 2 on the rise The behemoth looks set to surpass even the…

Could this be it? Is the end of the Xbox as we know it? Maybe. But we can definitely say that this is the start of something new for Microsoft’s iconic brand, even if we aren’t sure where it’s headed. While this is technically Xbox’s first go at “creating” a gaming handheld, the ROG Xbox Ally X is Asus’ third time around the block. That means a couple of things. One, Asus has a pretty good handle on how to make these things by now, which makes for an excellent, if expensive, experience. And two… well, this is an Xbox,…

The MacBook Pro M4’s body is still cooling in the wake of the fruit company unveiling a newer, faster M5 model, and already rumours are flying of the next big thing: the M6 MacBook Pro. Those are courtesy of industry insider Mark Gurman of Bloomberg, whose intel is rarely wrong when it comes to Apple’s products. Return of the MacBook Pro And if the rumours are true, Apple is readying its next-gen MacBook Pro to feature an OLED touchscreen display, in addition to the M5’s natural successor. Seeing that Ming-Chi Kuo, another Apple insider, suggested something similar to Apple’s next…

The rumours were true. PlayStation’s PS Plus Extra and Deluxe tiers will be treated to one of the service’s better lineups for quite some time when they go live later this month. Silent Hill 2, Until Dawn (2024), and Yakuza: Like a Dragon are just the headliners for October’s Game Catalogue additions. Running up that Silent Hill (a deal with PS Plus) Before you go getting all excited, access to these titles (alongside hundreds of other games on the service, including God of War Ragnarök) is only available to customers with large enough wallets to shell out for the ‘Extra’ or ‘Deluxe’…

Concept phones are nothing new. Companies throw out fantastical ideas with no real plans to produce them in the real world. Not Honor, which just announced what it calls the ‘Robot Phone’, with a full unveiling scheduled for March 2026. From the front, it resembles any other smartphone. It’s only when you see the dystopic robot arm and accompanying camera sticking out of the camera bump that something starts to feel off. Wall-E vibes https://youtu.be/YB6j8tsFFkc The Honor Robot Phone doesn’t exist. Yet. All we can go on is the company’s CG (and almost certainly AI-generated?) teaser, with plans for a…

Apple’s first foray into the mixed-reality space with the Vision Pro feels like an eternity ago, and in Apple years, it was. The device was first announced in 2023, bearing the M2 chipset which has, as of this morning, been usurped by the bigger, leaner M5 chipset. It arrives first inside the refreshed Vision Pro, MacBook Pro, and iPad Pro. If the original Vision Pro didn’t exactly entice you with its far too-high R110,000 price, it’s unlikely the M5 upgrade will do the trick. Aside from a new Dual Knit strap that admittedly looks a whole lot more comfortable with…

It’s no secret that Apple had its M5 chipset in the oven for some time, and now it has called us down to the dinner table. The menu consists of new M5-powered devices, including the iPad Pro, MacBook Pro, and the refreshed Vision Pro headset. The devices have yet to arrive for pre-order locally, though judging by the local iStore’s handling of this year’s iPhone 17 lineup, we don’t reckon South Africa will have to wait long. As ever, the M5 iPad Pro is available in 13in and 11in models. While the M5 chipset is the standout upgrade, which Apple claims offers…

Without a solid challenger present, we should consider ourselves lucky that YouTube functions as well as it does, even if the video player has felt a little… off lately. Today, Google announced that it was rolling out a major visual update to the platform globally this week, alongside some new quality-of-life upgrades to play around with. YouTube finally tackles its toughest opponent: YouTube The biggest upgrade headed to YouTube’s mobile, desktop, and TV users is also the first one users will notice after clicking on a video, or by simply looking at the image above. The updated video player, which…

SteelSeries is one of the better names when it comes to choosing a gaming headset that won’t mind having rude insults thrown at it. The SteelSeries Arctis Nova family — the Nova 7 in particular — is proof of that, and can be had for a relatively reasonable price. The company today announced the Arctis Nova 7 Gen 2, featuring the same $200 price tag, real-time audio control, and a 40% battery life upgrade. Nerves of SteelSeries It may lack hot-swappable batteries like its more expensive siblings, but the Arctis Nova 7 Gen 2 is no slouch when it comes…

Those grand Lego sets featuring more than 9,000 pieces and a price double that are impressive, sure, but all the average person can do is stare longingly and wipe the drool from their chin. So it makes our excitement for Lego’s new, and only 357-piece DeLorean set from Back to the Future warranted, wouldn’t you say? Back to the ATM It’s a little ironic that the ‘Time Machine from Back to the Future’ meant to celebrate the iconic first film’s 21 October 1985 date (if you’re not sure why that date, you need a little more culture in your life) will…