Gaming
Diversity, streaming reshape video games for a new generation
The Japanese tech giant and its American rival Microsoft are preparing to launch their latest consoles next week, competing in a $160 billion global market -...
Video games have come a long way since the first rudimentary arcade machines emerged in the 1970s with offerings such as 'Pong', 'Pacman' and 'Space Invaders'.
The PlayStation 5 will enter a head-to-head battle with rival Microsoft's new Xbox, released two days earlier, with both hoping to capture the market in the run-up to Christmas.
Fortnite, which is free to play, has 250 million users worldwide.
Think Pac-Man or the first Super Mario Bros. But some would argue that Tetris, which turns 35 on 6 June, is the most well-known game of all. Tetris has sold more than 170 million copies across almost every gaming and computer platform.
A team of programmers at a British artificial intelligence company has designed automated 'agents' that taught themselves how to play the seminal first-person shooter 'Quake III Arena', and became so good they consistently beat human beings.
Accountants PwC said in 2017 the value of Africa's video game industry would more than double to $642 million by 2021.
Nintendo has revived its classic Super Nintendo console and updated it for a new generation of gamers. CNN's Rachel Crane relives her childhood with the new Super Nintendo Classic Edition console.
In 1995 there were 100 million gamers worldwide; today that number has climbed to 2.6 billion.
The Japanese video game maker has said that it plans to release two or three mobile games every year.
Gaming geeks are in for a treat this weekend when the Electronics & Gaming Expo comes to Cape Town.
Within hours of its US release, Pokémon Go shot to the top of the app store.
The game is now on more Android phones than dating app Tinder.
Visitors to Rage previewed soon-to-be-released popular games and some even got the chance to play them ahead introduced to the public.
Nintendo said it made an operating profit of around $215 million in its fiscal second quarter
EWN tech guru Aki Anastasiou, who tested the new device, says it doesn’t disappoint.