2016’s reboot of Hitman may have been polished brilliance and a guilty pleasure of creative murder, but the sales numbers simply weren’t good enough for the massive Japanese publisher that was chasing immediate sales over a more steady and consistent stream of fans who were sticking around for a very long run. Kicked to the curb, it looked like IO Interactive’s days were numbered. Fortunately, that proved to not be the case when IO Interactive rose from the ashes like a proverbial phoenix.

Remember at the start of the generation when Microsoft banged on and on about the cloud and how it was going to change video games as we knew them? We’ve seen very little of that materialise, but it could just be that Microsoft was being a little too forward thinking. In 2013, technology wasn’t sufficiently advanced to enable that sort of cloud-powered wizardry. In 2018, I’m still not sure it is – but that doesn’t mean that other companies aren’t doubling down on the cloud.

Of course Red Dead Redemption 2 was going to be successful (despite all of the stories about its human cost). The eagerly anticipated sequel to one of the last generation’s best games was always going to make a heck of a lot of money – but nobody expected it to have the best opening weekend of any product in the history of media entertainment.

blackout For the last week or so, Call of Duty players in South Africa (and other countries, predominantly – but not limited to the Southern Hemisphere) have been unable to play the Battle Royale mode, Blackout. Instead, players are greeted with error messages and infinite wait times.

Bravado Gaming made waves this past Sunday when they qualified for DreamHack Open Winter 2018. It was a marathon day, with them playing a total of eight maps throughout three matches. They were up against strong opposition and succeeded in claiming the lone North American qualifier spot. A huge achievement for the South African team.

Marvel’s Spider-Man to Dragon Quest 11, Green Day’s ballad of a month-long slumber proved to be entirely incorrect as gamers worldwide stayed awake and burnt the midnight oil so that they could enjoy some new releases. Big games, big names and even bigger financial results defined the month. The biggest surprise though? That Destiny 2 was the most profitable game of the lot.

No Man’s Sky may not have been the space-knees of the space-bee when it first launched in 2016, but a few years later and Hello Games’ passion project definitely was better. Not perfect mind you, but definitely a step in the right direction for those fans who had fallen in love with the idea of exploring a wide cosmos and …

After the colossal screw up of Battlefront II and its microtransactions, many fans were left wondering if the new World War II game would have a hint of that sort of progression, or even include loathed pay-to-win systems. In a post detailing the game’s economy, EA has tried its best to assuage those fears, saying that Battlefield V won’t include any purchasable items that might confer an “unfair gameplay advantage.”