The Kenneth Walker III revenge game didn’t go as planned. The Seattle Seahawks’ defense dominated in a 20-3 win over the previously undefeated Kansas City Chiefs in a Sunday nightcap, holding Patrick Mahomes and Walker, who won Super Bowl MVP for the Seahawks in February — to their lowest passing and rushing totals of the…
Curator-turned-publisher Pantaloon has rolled out a subscription service tailored for enthusiasts of independent video games. Dubbed The Playbill, the platform functions similarly to Xbox Game Pass but centres exclusively on experimental, “bold and bizarre” titles, backed by a strict zero-tolerance policy for generative AI. Read: Apple iPhone Duo launches in South Africa for up to…
As anticipation builds for the first Olympic event ever to be staged on African soil, 15 of the continent’s most promising young table tennis players have secured places at the Youth Olympic Games Dakar 2026 in Senegal. The athletes are among the 64 competitors selected for the table tennis event, which will take place from…
Critics argue that the administration’s arcade games prioritise entertainment over pressing issues like rising costs and foreign conflicts. Published On 4 Sep 20264 Sep 2026 The White House’s unveiling of five arcade-style games on its website, each believed to be promoting a different policy of United States President Donald Trump’s agenda, has ignited backlash, with…
Africa has a proud history in the men’s football tournament at the Olympic Games, highlighted by gold medals for Nigeria in 1996 and Cameroon in 2000. The Under-23 tournament has seen reputations forged and a number of star names from the continent come to the fore in the pursuit of Olympic success. With the draw…
Graphic: Xsolla Xsolla, a global video game commerce company, today introduced integrated backend solutions for game developers through a founding partnership with AccelByte, a fully managed extensible games backend platform, and opened a closed testing program for a combined solution that pairs AccelByte Gaming Services (AGS) with Xsolla’s global payments and monetization tools. Select developers…
Team Nigeria wrapped up its campaign at the 2026 Commonwealth Games in Glasgow with an impressive seventh-place finish on the final medals table, collecting 24 medals across athletics, weightlifting, para-sports and judo. The Nigerian contingent secured 10 gold, seven silver and seven bronze medals, making it the highest-ranked African nation at the Games ahead of…
Today, Glasgow will once again become the meeting place of the Commonwealth, as athletes and supporters from 56 nations descend on its red-sandstone streets for the Commonwealth Games. Also read: Rwandan athletes in final preps for 2026 Commonwealth Games For the next fortnight, sporting triumphs will capture the attention of millions across the Commonwealth. Florence Niyonkuru…
Google Play today launched its first Indie Games Fund, committing $1 million to support rising, innovative game studios from across 32 countries in Africa to scale their games and reach a global audience. The fund provides equity-free capital, technical support, and expert mentorship empowering African game developers with the skills and resources they need to…
The specific fruits of Disney’s $1.5 billion investment in Epic Games are finally coming into focus. According to Bloomberg, Epic is set to release a Disney-themed extraction shooter this November, marking the first major milestone in a partnership that has previously been limited to Fortnite character skins. The project is being positioned as a critical…
