Author: Trent Meikle

In what we hope is the first of many apologies for delaying Grand Theft Auto VI, Rockstar Games has finally ported the original Red Dead Redemption to PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X/S, Nintendo Switch 2 and… iOS and Android? That’s right — we got Red Dead Redemption on mobile before GTA VI. Plus, it’s coming to Netflix. It’s no GTA VI, but we’ll take anything we can get https://youtu.be/SlkizyzZ8k4 No, really. The game is headed to all the devices we mentioned on 2 December. Players who previously purchased the PS4, Xbox One, or Switch version of the 2010 Game of the Year will get the…

One little R5 increase we can handle. But a second, much larger hike only a couple of months later? Yeah, we’re good, thanks, Spotify. The music streaming giant recently reworked its subscription model, adding a new ‘Premium Platinum’ tier into the mix, which adds Spotify’s “lossless” audio and audiobooks for South Africa. That we can handle, even at the proposed R180/m price. It seems like a fairly good deal, offering three accounts (R60/m for each), lossless audio, offline listening, twelve hours of audiobook listening, AI DJ, and AI playlist creation. It comes at a hefty cost for Spotify’s other tiers,…

Insta360, makers of fine action cameras, just announced a slew of accessories for its 8K-capable Ace Pro 2, one of which will turn it into an instant camera. It’s joined by new lenses, a grip, and some additional Leica colour profiles. Insta360 reckons it’s the first to offer an action-cam-turned-instant-cam, costing £545 (∼R12,200). Polaroid360? “With help from Leica, we’ve redefined the action camera. It’s no longer just for capturing thrilling action sports, it has become a creative tool for serious photography,” said Max Richter, Insta360’s co-founder and VP of marketing (via PetaPixel). At launch, you won’t be able to pick…

After the box-office hit that was The Super Mario Bros. Movie landed on the big screen in 2023, it was only a matter of time until Chris Pratt warmed up those vocal chords to do absolutely nothing Mario-like in a sequel. The Super Mario Galaxy Movie is that sequel, and Nintendo has dropped the first trailer. Mario’s fame has reached the skies https://youtu.be/GuCejewteF8 Whatever your thoughts on Nintendo’s first Mario movie, Super Mario Galaxy looks like buckets of fun. How could it not, adapting one of the better Mario games of all time, which launched on the Wii back in the day? Rosalina joins the cast this time around,…

Yesterday was a big day for Valve. Not only did it reveal the Steam Frame, a new bit of VR kit, as we knew it would, but it took us by surprise with the announcement of its Steam Machine. Reviving the old Linux-based, SteamOS-running hardware the world wasn’t ready for back in 2015, it’s a console-like PC wrapped in a tiny black box that’s meant to be hooked up to your TV. With the ol’ Steam library, of course. It’ll need a controller, obviously, and Valve hasn’t disappointed. The Steam Controller is best described as a Steam Deck without that…

If your only excuse for not paying off those speeding fines was the long lines and paperwork, that’s now out of the window. The City of Cape Town, in partnership with Pay@, has launched a new online portal — PayThat.co.za — which will help Capetonians pay off fines and ‘by-law violation warrants’ more practically. Cape Town is tired of asking “We’re proud to support the City of Cape Town in delivering a digital payment experience that meets the expectations of today’s users. PayThat.co.za is designed to be intuitive, secure, and scalable,” said Andrew Hardie, CEO of Pay@. “For the Pay@…

It’s beginning to look a lot like Valve’s got some new hardware hidden up its sleeve — if you can call the floods of rumours about its next VR headset ‘hidden’. Known as the ‘Deckard’ in leaks, but in reality called the ‘Steam Frame’, a fresh set of leaks from multiple insiders reckon the device will be revealed as soon as this week. And, you might be tired of hearing it, but the talk of the town isn’t actually the headset itself (though we don’t doubt it’ll live up to the expectations), but rather the software coming with it. We’re…

Our healthy dose of copium was all for nought. Bloodborne, sadly, did not make an appearance at Sony’s State of Play Japan presentation, which premiered at midnight local time. Instead, we got a ton of Japanese-developed game announcements, DLC updates, release dates, and even some new hardware from the company. If you were rightfully asleep during the action, we’ve got all the biggest announcements below. The PlayStation 27in Gaming Monitor https://youtu.be/mRHgZ_l94F0 The biggest announcement of the night wasn’t a game or DLC, but a 30-second teaser for the PlayStation Gaming Monitor ‘with DualSense charging hook’. This is the first official PlayStation monitor,…

Stuff covers all things Lego, but usually the kind that can easily fit into the backseat of your car. You’ll have trouble doing that here, though. Lego South Africa has revealed what is easily the biggest build brought to the country: a life-sized 192,937-piece Technic Mercedes-AMG F1, shown off at the Zwartkops Raceway this week. Lego’s all bricked up Arguably more impressive than the eight hours Lego claims it took to build the thing (in Singapore, no less) was getting it to South Africa in one piece. Well, it’s here now, and it’ll be shipped around the country for all to…

Sony’s State of Play presentation is back, and this time it’s celebrating everything Japan. Well, specifically the country’s games (which tend to err on the side of ‘good’) — and even more specifically the ones headed to PlayStation in the near future. State of Play Japan is a first for the company, and will air in the early hours of Wednesday, 12 November local time. And if you can’t make it because you’re, well, asleep, we’ve got your back. Big in (State of Play) Japan https://youtu.be/DJp8K40TSxc If there were ever a time to drop the long-rumoured Bloodborne remaster, it would be here. Sony…