Jjoin us, as we take a tour through history, platforms and crossovers that chart the rise and fall of a franchise which refuses to stay down.

Bad news guys: South Africa doesn't crack the top ten for most skilled gamers in the world. Or the top 20. Heck, we're not even on the global map.

Right out of the gate, Microsoft clearly has numbers on its side with the Xbox Series X. Looking more like a PC that has had a crash diet, the XSX has a stupid amount of grunt under the hood. How much of a difference does it really make in the grand scheme of things? Quite a bit if you know what you’re talking about.

There’s a bit of uncertainty in the air right now over the launch of the next generation of gaming hardware and the software that’ll follow in its wake. Sort of like a lost fart in a perfume factory. The fog of war in the gaming industry has resulted in developers and publishers from all spheres of development to adapt or perish in a rapidly changing environment where release dates are constantly shifting and established plans have been thrown out of the window.

You look at Nintendo, and you see a gaming company. A brand that has existed for eons, a name synonymous with video game icons and some of the best-selling hardware of all time. Nintendo is video games, and the entire industry would have been wildly different if the Japanese company had stuck to making card games and toys. Could Nintendo be more than just a video game company though? One of its new investors certainly thinks so.

The biggest game on the planet has its fair share of local players, who are drawn in by Fortnite’s addictive gameplay and its main selling point being that it’s completely free. The local Facebook group is demanding that the AWS servers provide local Fortnite support and the hashtag #FortniteAfricanServers is trending on Twitter. Here’s the problem: AWS can’t provide that option.

The latest chapter in the Guilty Gear saga is heavenly for your thumbs, hell for your eyeballs.

Back in November, Gearbox detailed how Mayhem Mode would be overhauled, promising details on how these changes would apply. Several months later, and you won’t have long to wait on those promised details or the actual tweaking of Mayhem Mode. It’s coming tomorrow, April 23.