PC Port

Octopath Traveller is coming to PC

A PC listing for the Nintendo Switch Exclusive Octopath Traveller has been spotted on the Korean Ratings Board.

Gearbox Software

Borderlands 3 is coming — everything you need to know

This is not news, this is old news, we have been teased for a few weeks before PAX East 2019 and then the bomb was dropped, we are getting Borderlands 3!

Civilization VI

Civilization VI gets cross-platform cloud saves for Steam & Switch

Firaxis Games has announced a new Civilization VI update that allows cross-platform cloud saves between steam and Nintendo Switch.

Evolution Studios

Sony shutting down Driveclub's servers

The impressive racer by Evolution Studios will no longer be available for purchase from the end of August 2019.

Blizzard Entertainment

WarCraft: Orcs & Humans and WarCraft II launched on GOG

Three weeks after Blizzard and CD Projekt released the original Diablo, the companies have announced the availability the original WarCraft: Orcs & Humans and WarCraft II Battle.net Edition on GOG.com. WarCraft WarCraft2

Reboots and Remasters and Remakes, oh my!

Dwarf Fortress is getting an HD remaster, and is coming to Steam

One of the legendary and most complex ASCII games in history is trading in its text-based graphics for something prettier, enhancing its audio, and coming to Steam.

Facebook

Facebook stored millions of passwords in plain text

Facebook stored between 200 million and 600 million passwords in plain text, though it says there is no evidence of a breach or abuse by its staff.

Epic Games Store

Quantic Dream's PS3 and PS4 games are all coming to the Epic Store

I reported in January that Quantic Dream has partnered up with NetEase and that all their future titles are going to be multiplatform releases but what they didnt disclose was that they were also planning to port their previously released Sony console exclusives to the PC platform.

Upcoming Games

After 15 years, Vampire: The Masquerade — Bloodlines 2 announced

Prepare to return to the World of Darkness and unleash your supernatural powers against your prey in a blood war among the vampire factions of Seattle!

Console Gaming in the Dark

As we know our current Power supply from Eskom is in a dire status but that does not mean that we cant make use of our video game consoles when the power is out.

Load Shedding Sucks

Gaming in the dark: A Gamer's guide to Load Shedding

You can always spend your load shedding time by reading a book, doing chores or taking a walk outside, but why would you? Gaming is life! So, let’s look at some tips for gaming during a black out. #loadshedding

Electronic Arts

Battlefield V Firestorm mode arrives on 25th of March

Dice's Battlefield 5 firestorm battle royale mode is set to drop in 10 days time.

Tesla

Tesla unveils its Model Y SUV

Last night Tesla unveiled its model Y Suv, that is based on the underpinnings of the model 3 sedan, hence the uncanny resemblance to it.

Google

YouTube Premium finally launched in South Africa

Access to YouTube Originals is still limited, but the monthly price is relatively cheap.

Satisfactory

Satisfactory: Construct, Automate, Explore & Exploit

Satisfactory, the new 3D factory builder sim from Coffee Stain Studios. Visualize the hybrid game that would emerge if Factorio, Subnautica, and Space Engineers somehow merged and blended their digital DNA. That's Satisfactory.

Halo

Halo: The Master Chief Collection on PC and Steam

Halo: The Master Chief Collection Including Halo: Reach is coming to PC including steam.

Jade Raymond joins Google

A few days ago, we reported that Google is working on a gaming console and that Phil Harrison who previously worked at Both Sony and Microsoft has also signed on at the Search engine juggernaut. Now 20 year game development veteran Jade Raymond of Assassins Creed fame has also joined

Hunt Showdown from Crytek to launch between March and June on Xbox Game Preview

Crytek's survival horror FPS, Hunt Showdown that is currently in early access on steam since February 2018 will be coming to Xbox Game Preview between March 20 and June 21 (essentially spring in the US) 2019. Hunt Showdown was originally developed by Vigil games under the title Hunt:

Cape Town

Comic Con is coming to Cape Town in 2020

Cape Town will host its own version of Comic Con.

Google's Console might be very close to reality

A picture has leaked online of what appears to be the prototype controller for the console google is working on that we only know as project Yeti. Rumours of Google working on a console spans as far back as 2013 and we all know that Google has been dabbling with

E3 2019

EA will not attend E3 2019

EA has confirmed that it won't be attending E3 2019. This does not mean it won't have anything to announce, though, as Microsoft will still have its annual conference, as is tradition.

Activision Blizzard

Diablo released on GOG, more Blizzard classics on the way

Blizzard Entertainment announced that it will release some of its classic games on GOG starting with Diablo.

Trine

Trine 4 to release later this year

Trine 4: The Nightmare Prince will be releasing later this year and will be returning to the original 2.5D perspective.

CW's Arrow will end after season 8

Stephen Amell has announced via twitter that the upcoming 8th season of the CW's Arrow will be the last. It is the CW's longest running DC Series (yes, Smallville had 10 Seasons but 5 of those aired on the WB channel before the CW merger happened)

Tabletop

Critical Role's Kickstarter for "The Legend of Vox Machina" animated special hits $5-million

Critical Role launched a Kickstarter campaign on Monday for an animated special featuring characters from its popular weekly Dungeons & Dragons live stream.