From the decade that defined many of us and got us hooked on video games, who deserves a second chance…dude?

If a mini-console powered by nostalgia could work for Nintendo, then that’s an idea which could certainly work wonders for Sony and the PlayStation brand. The PlayStation Classic is that very idea, realised and given a Sony slap of paint, although of the 20 games that were announced for the system, only five of them were revealed a few months ago. That all changes today, as the holiday season draws closer and Sony looks to generate some buzz on the console and all of the goodies included. And boy oh boy, are there some absolute classic games bundled in with this device.

Will developers ever cease focusing on single-player games and pump more resources into the potentially more lucrative fields where games exist as a service for new content and streams of revenue? With Bethesda releasing Fallout 76 soon, you’d think that at least one big name developer is bidding farewell to games where story comes first and online takes preference. Bethesda apparently, is far from done when it comes to making the kind of games that made the studio famous in the first place.

Can the South African gaming and pop culture scene even handle two mega-events that are so closely paired together on the convention circuit, or will one of these giants eventually fall and leave a massive void that the other titan will consume?

We’re nearly three quarters of the way through 2018, which means that it’s time for the deluge of annual blockbuster games. We’ve got the annualised sports games and shooters, and other great, hugely anticipated games on the way in the next three months or so. Some of them will suck though! which?

This year, Zombies is on of the main pillars of Call of Duty Black Ops 4, which ditches the traditional single player campaign to instead focus on traditional multiplayer, Battle Royale and the Zombies mode.

Taking some pixel art and weaving an intricate first act out of the few blocks of data in the 1990s before the three-dimensional polygon boom was and currently still is a lost art. YouTuber Einokeino303 clearly thinks so, as the fella has created a supercut of 51 classic video game openings.

Monster Hunter World has become Capcom’s most successful game ever, and for good reason. If you’re the sort of person who goes in for its beguiling charms and incessant grind, you’ll fall in love with World’s voluminous content. If you don’t own a current gen console, preferring to game on Pc, you’ve been forced to sit on the side-lines while others team up to corral and cleft all manner of beast. But no more! Monster Hunter World is coming to PC, and it’s coming next month.