Esports Nations Cup Pushed to 2027
South Africa’s first trip to the Esports Nations Cup will have to wait another year. The Esports Foundation announced on…
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GTA VI’s extended look premieres on Netflix: when you can watch if you’re in Mzansi
GTA VI's extended look premieres on Netflix at 21:00 SAST on 27 August, reaches Rockstar at 03:00 SAST on 28 August, and launches 19 November 2026.
Supercell has up to R3.3 million for African game studios. SA qualifies.
SA game studios can apply for R330,000 to R3.3 million from Supercell, with no equity taken. Applications close on 9 August 2026.
Modern Warfare 4’s beta dates are set. The Switch 2 getting Call of Duty is the bigger story.
Modern Warfare 4's beta runs over two weekends from 21 August, and the open weekend puts Call of Duty on Nintendo Switch 2 for the first time in over a decade.
Esports no longer speaks English first.
Asian-language streams have overtaken English in global esports viewership. South Africa proved vernacular sport commentary works decades ago. The lane is open.
Game Pass just dropped Gears of War: Reloaded, and there is more behind it
Gears of War: Reloaded, Palworld 1.0 and The Planet Crafter lead the first July Game Pass wave. The games worth your time, and the SA fine print.
Trash talk is not the crime: what ESL’s new comms rule means for our scene
ESL can now punish hate speech inside CS2 team comms. Our take: the chirp survives, the workplace arrives, and local organisers just got free rulebook language.
PS Plus in July: worth your rands?
Avatar and Rise of the Ronin hit the PS Plus catalogue on 21 July, and SA gets the full drop in one go. We do the rand math on Essential, Extra and Deluxe.
Google is putting R16 million into Africa’s indie games, and SA studios qualify
Google’s first Indie Games Fund for Africa: 10 studios share R16 million with no equity taken, and South African studios qualify. Applications close 31 July.
Steam just had its biggest six months ever, and old games carried it
Analysts estimate Steam banked around R181 billion in the first half of 2026, its biggest half-year ever. The twist: only 21% of it came from this year's releases.