Author: Trent Meikle

The absolute decline of Pro Evolution Soccer in recent years has left the path clear for EA to turn FIFA (now EA Sports FC) into the gambling empire it always knew it could be. Without a real challenger to EA’s gaming football monopoly, gameplay lay forgotten. That is, until SloClap, the developers behind 2022’s Sifu, decided to take it on with Rematch. Kinda. Rematch is as far from a ‘proper’ footballing sim as it gets, and it’s arguably just the kick up the backside that the genre needed. Fans who want the most detailed match experience can stick with EA Sports FC’s absurd prices and…

E3 as we know it may be dead and buried, but the old congregation of the industry’s elite developers (and even a couple of new ones) hasn’t died out yet. In June alone, when we’d typically have settled in for a long weekend of news, trailers, and releases, gamers have the Summer Games Fest, the launch of the Nintendo Switch 2, and now the return of Microsoft’s Xbox Games Showcase to look forward to. Now what about the Outer Wilds 2? It may not be the E3 that we remember, but seeing as all three events take place over a…

Hopefully continuing the glorious streak of sci-fi television from Apple TV+ comes Murderbot, a comedic thriller starring the great Alexander Skarsgård and helmed by the brotherly duo of Chris and Paul Weitz, whose storied careers involve the writing and directing of such hits as About a Boy and The Nutty Professor II. Skarsgård: Become Human https://youtu.be/vEioDeOiqEs Murderbot looks to fill the Severance-shaped holes in our hearts and our Fridays, with the first two episodes landing on 16 May 2025. The remaining eight episodes of what could potentially be spun into a multi-season series will continue to fill the Friday slot ’til 11 July…

It only took five years and a refreshed partnership with Google, but Samsung’s BB-8-like Ballie robot is finally ready to roll into homes as soon as this Winter. At least in the early stages of Ballie’s life, Samsung will take a big swing at customers in the US, with no mention of an expanded release elsewhere. That’s fine by us. If Ballie is really as bright as Samsung makes it out to be, it might be safer to sit this one out, robotic apocalypse pending. The balls are coming from inside the house “Available to consumers this summer, Ballie will…

The gears never stop spinning over at Meta HQ, and more specifically, WhatsApp. There’s always some new update in the works, usually reported on by the folks at WABetaInfo. You may not like all of those (Meta AI, anyone?), but occasionally, it returns to form with some necessary security update. You can see where we’re going with this, right? First spotted by WABetaInfo in a recent WhatsApp iOS beta (before it later turned up in the Android beta), WhatsApp is busying itself with something it calls an “advanced chat privacy” toggle. This lets users dictate whether they want friends or…

As it turns out, nabbing an exclusive for your upcoming console isn’t as difficult as it sounds. First, find a developer with a game still in the lab, hand over a big red bag of money, and voila – exclusive. That appears to be the only logical conclusion as to why Supergiant Games’ Hades II will launch exclusively on the Switch 1/2 at first. Grab your tissues https://youtu.be/1G3wbCIUVqs Hades II has long since been available over on Steam in early access, with no official release date for the v1.0 launch on both PC and consoles. That still hasn’t changed. Supergiant Games…

What are we meant to do with ourselves now that Severance has left our Fridays exceedingly dull? Rewatch Severance, duh. Or any of the other critically acclaimed series that Apple TV+ has pumped out on the regular like Slow Horses or Silo. At least, this is what Apple hopes you’ll do with its latest promotion, which offers customers access to the streamer for three months at R30/m. For the Apple TV heads Of course, it’s hoping even harder that you’ll stick around for the long haul at the actual price of R125/m. Whether that price is worth it for the content provided (Severance S3 is…

After the Department of Mineral Resources and Energy (DMRE) lowered fuel prices for all South African motorists this April, the Central Energy Fund (CEF) has returned with some early predictions that tell us how our wallets might fare at the garage come May. Unexpectedly, South Africa is expected to keep its months-long fuel price decrease streak going – with only one grade of fuel expected to see a price increase. Petrol for the soul If you’re a regular buyer of Petrol 93 (the only fuel grade currently facing a price hike), we wouldn’t get too down in the dumps over…

While Nintendo mulls over Donald Trump’s recent tariff hikes, more news has come from on high that’s sure to put the minds of any potential Switch 2 customers at ease. After the company’s deep dive into the coming console, Nintendo silently unveiled what it calls ‘Game-Key Cards’, which are different to the game cartridges you’ve become familiar with on the Switch 1. Lower those pitchforks Rather than store the entirety of a particular game on the cartridge locally, game-key cards are a new type of cartridge that, when inserted into the Switch 2, will simply download said game from the…

In an attempt to distract customers from ever-rising prices, most recently introduced on 1 April 2025, MultiChoice’s DStv has rustled up some new channels for its more affordably priced packages. DStv’s Compact customers are the luckiest of the lot, receiving five new channels previously available to Premium watchers, while DStv Family Access and EasyView customers also walk away with some changes. Channel-surfing just got interesting “Spanning kids, movies, music, news, lifestyle, sport and more, DStv Compact is already an excellent viewing experience, and the five new channels and extra concurrent stream add even more value for customers,” the broadcaster said.…