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.
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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.
Stick It to the Stickman: Cape Town’s Free Lives klaps the corporate ladder
Cape Town has done it again. Free Lives, the local studio behind Broforce, GORN, Anger Foot and Terra Nil, is…
Xbox hits reset: 3,200 jobs to go and four studios cut loose
Xbox has hit the reset button, and it is the hardest one in the company’s history. On 6 July, Xbox…
Relooted: the Joburg-made heist game taking back what was taken
A Joburg studio just made one of the most talked-about games of the year, and the premise hits different if…
Introducing Play Spots: the map of every place to play in SA
Gaming cafés, lounges, arenas, LAN spots and community hubs, all on one map. Founding venue listings are open and free.
GTA 6 locks in 19 November 2026 and pre-orders are open
Rockstar’s second delay lands the biggest game of the decade on 19 November, and pre-orders went live on 25 June.
EA FC 26’s World’s Game update turns everyone into a national hero
48-team international tournament mode,
AGC 2026 hits Cape Town this month: R150,000 on the line at GrandWest
The African Gaming Championship takes over GrandWest from 16 to 19 July: six titles, school finals, and free entry for spectators.
PlayStation is ending discs for new games
The best-feeling FC in years, and the World’s Game update just made it the ultimate national-pride machine.
PS Plus July games: Modern Warfare III headlines a stacked month
A painterly RPG that makes turn-based combat feel brand new, and it hits harder than it has any right to.