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Why Control Resonant Had to Take Our New Hero Outside
There seems to be some sentiment from players of Control Resonant that taking the action beyond the confines of the brutalist interior halls of the first game, Control (2019), is less than ideal. But understanding the relationship each game’s protagonist has with the building itself explains why this was the right choice. With each game having a different setting, we also have a clearer articulation of each protagonist.
Put Remedy’s Immortality Toggle In All Games
In preparation for Remedy’s upcoming third-person action-adventure Control Resonant, I began my third or fourth replay of its predecessor. Despite my love for the original Control, with its floating workers and teleporting rubber ducks, I eyerolled at the idea of tackling one particularly large boss–it’s a giant anchor that shoots clocks and I refuse to elaborate. However, Remedy added a slew of accessibility options post-launch that have made Control more comfortable for more people.
007 First Light is like a James Bond movie in the best way possible
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007 First Light is like a James Bond movie in the best way possible
The studio behind Hitman has captured the franchise’s signature spectacle. The studio behind Hitman has captured the franchise’s signature spectacle. by Tauriq Moosa May 27, 2026, 1:30 PM UTC Image: IO Interactive The James Bond franchise is nothing if not a spectacle: Aside from the explosions and gun fights, even its calmer moments are dripping in the pomp and glamour of elite ostentation and luxury locales.
The Boys limped through its last season, but made up for it with the finale
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The Boys limped through its last season, but made up for it with the finale Original
A satisfying conclusion to a bloody mess of a show. by Tauriq Moosa May 22, 2026, 1:00 PM UTC Image: Amazon A satisfying conclusion to a bloody mess of a show. by Tauriq Moosa May 22, 2026, 1:00 PM UTC It’s hard existing in a world seemingly designed for the undeservingly powerful and painfully boring few. They have been gifted what many of us only dream of: the ability to effectively do whatever they like, free from everyday concerns like money, housing, and health.
Resident Evil Requiem is the best of both terrifying worlds
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Resident Evil Requiem review: the best of both terrifying worlds Original
The game successfully mixes first-person horror and slick RE4-style action. by Tauriq Moosa Feb 25, 2026, 3:00 PM UTC Image: Capcom The game successfully mixes first-person horror and slick RE4-style action. by Tauriq Moosa Feb 25, 2026, 3:00 PM UTC Resident Evil has always been a strange creature: Like many of its most notable monsters, it has shifted and evolved into various forms.
Returning stolen artifacts becomes a thrilling heist in Relooted
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Relooted review: returning stolen artifacts becomes a thrilling heist Original
The anti-colonialist action game explores the fantasy of a moral heist. The anti-colonialist action game explores the fantasy of a moral heist. by Tauriq Moosa Feb 14, 2026, 2:00 PM UTC Image: Nyamakop Part Of The best indie games we’re playing right now see all updates Colonialism is not merely about occupying nations. It’s a project of mass violence, part of which involves total erasure and the widespread theft of some of the most culturally significant artifacts in the world.
Dispatch offers a rare unique twist on superhero stories
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Dispatch review: a rare unique twist on superhero stories Original
The narrative adventure game gets off to a good start, but its interactive elements are lacking. The narrative adventure game gets off to a good start, but its interactive elements are lacking. by Tauriq Moosa Oct 24, 2025, 1:00 PM UTC Image: AdHoc Studio We are saturated with superhero media to the point where even self-criticism has been done to death with franchises like Watchmen and The Boys.
Metal Gear Solid Delta awkwardly mixes modern visuals with old-school frustrations
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Metal Gear Solid Delta awkwardly mixes modern visuals with old-school frustrations
The remake of the stealth classic can feel dated without the benefit of nostalgia. by Tauriq Moosa Aug 27, 2025, 6:30 PM UTC 0Comments Image: Konami The remake of the stealth classic can feel dated without the benefit of nostalgia. by Tauriq Moosa Aug 27, 2025, 6:30 PM UTC 0Comments Metal Gear Solid Delta: Snake Eater seemed to be designed specifically for me, at first.
Metal Gear Solid Delta awkwardly mixes modern visuals with old-school frustrations
Metal Gear Solid Delta: Snake Eater seemed to be designed specifically for me, at first. I’ve played and loved nearly every entry of the Metal Gear Solid series, and the original MGS is one of my favorite games of all time. These weird, third-person stealth action games feature bizarre characters and scenarios that have lingered in my memories through a consistent mixture of intricate political espionage and ridiculous action sequences.
FBC: Firebreak is missing Control’s weird charm
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FBC: Firebreak review: a co-op shooter missing Control’s weird charm Original
Entertainment / Gaming / Games Review The co-op game ignores Remedy’s trademark strangeness in an unremarkable shooter. Jun 19, 2025, 2:00 PM UTC Image: Remedy Entertainment Entertainment / Gaming / Games Review The co-op game ignores Remedy’s trademark strangeness in an unremarkable shooter. Jun 19, 2025, 2:00 PM UTC With FBC: Firebreak, Remedy Entertainment has entered the world of the first-person co-op shooter.
The Lake House is a welcome return to Alan Wake 2 - and a bridge to the future
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The Lake House is a welcome return to Alan Wake 2 — and a bridge to the future Original
After a year, Finnish studio Remedy Entertainment has opened the gates to a mysterious location in the 2023 third-person horror hit Alan Wake 2, known as The Lake House. In this short DLC, released just in time for Halloween, players step into the shoes of Kiran Estevez, the long-suffering agent of the mysterious Federal Bureau of Control we meet in the main game, who allies with Alan Wake 2’s protagonists, Alan Wake and Saga Anderson.
The Lake House is a welcome return to Alan Wake 2 — and a bridge to the future | Flipboard
The Lake House is a welcome return to Alan Wake 2 — and a bridge to the future Remedy’s latest release is connective tissue for its growing video game universe. After a year, Finnish studio Remedy Entertainment has opened the gates to a mysterious location in the 2023 third-person horror hit Alan Wake 2, known as The Lake House. In this short DLC, released just in time for …
Star Wars Outlaws is the solution to Ubisoft’s open-world woes
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Star Wars Outlaws is the solution to Ubisoft’s open-world woes
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Star Wars Outlaws is the solution to Ubisoft’s open-world woes Original
There was a moment in Massive Entertainment and Ubisoft’s Star Wars Outlaws when I was scouring the depths of a creepy cave, just after finishing a dogfight in space and winning a card game in a boozy cantina, that the game clicked for me. The usual Ubisoft drudgery, where icons on maps become weights on the brain, was gone. Instead, there was an organic, self-determined flow as to why I chose to leave the frozen wastes of one planet to dig beneath the surface of another.
Star Wars Outlaws is the solution to Ubisoft’s open-world woes
Here's some beginner tips and tricks to get you started with Star Wars Outlaws. Star Wars Outlaws is out for everyone now, and if you’re just getting …
Investigating Directorate becomes permanent unit in NPA
The Investigating Directorate against Corruption (ID) became a permanent unit within the National Prosecuting Authority, after being gazetted on Monday. While the ID has been operating for five years to address cases raised in the Zondo commission, it did so only as a temporary unit within the NPA, established by presidential proclamation. It is empowered to investigate and prosecute high-level and complex cases of corruption, including common law and statutory offences.
Flintlock is so close to being a great Dark Souls for newcomers
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Flintlock is so close to being a great Dark Souls for newcomers
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Flintlock: The Siege of Dawn review: close to an accessible Dark Souls Original
In a world terrorized by gods, Flintlock: The Siege of Dawn sees you step into the vengeful boots of Nor Vanek — armed with a cutlass, a flintlock, and a tiny magic god. The steampunk, open world of Kian needs saving as the armies of the dead flood from a magical doorway.
ConCourt rules Mathabatha failed in royal family dispute
Former Limpopo premier Stanley Mathabatha. A years’ long battle concerning the traditional leadership of the Tshibvumo Village in Limpopo, between the Rambuda and Tshibvumo royal families, ended after the Constitutional Court ruled the authority to choose the head rests with the Rambuda family.
Residents win case against Cape Town for demolition of shacks
Residents win case against Cape Town for demolition of shacks In 2020, Bulelani Qolani made national headlines when he was dragged naked from his home during the city's raid in Khayelitsha A man who was dragged naked from his Khayelitsha home during the height of the Covid-19 lockdown by the City of Cape Town’s Anti-Land Invasion Unit (Aliu) has won a major victory in his challenge against the city.
Sars loses appeal against R142m ‘gift’ to swimwear model
After the high court ruled against the SA Revenue Service (Sars) in a decades-long battle against a swimwear model who received a R142m “gift” from an overseas companion, Sars lost its appeal bid. Sars’ fight with Candice-Jean Poulter will, however, return to the tax court, after the full bench of the high court ruled in a landmark decision in April that SA taxpayers could be represented by accountants, not just lawyers, in tax court.
Avian flu judgment sets precedent on compensation over dead animals
The department of agriculture, land reform and rural development has been criticised by the high court for refusing to properly compensate a farming company in George, after an avian flu outbreak resulted in about R31m loss of chickens and poultry products.
Bloody nose for Sars in Coronation case
Tax expert hails Constitutional Court ruling that throws out R800m tax claim involving Irish subsidiary
Bloody nose for Sars in Coronation case
Bloody nose for Sars in Coronation case Tax expert hails Constitutional Court ruling that throws out R800m tax claim involving Irish subsidiary 23 June 2024 - 00:03 By DINEO FAKU and TAURIQ MOOSA A tax expert has hailed a Constitutional Court ruling in favour of Coronation Fund Managers in its R800m tax dispute with the South African Revenue Service. ..
Concourt dismisses Motsoaledi’s challenge of ZEP regime
Permits remain valid until November 2025 Concourt dismisses Motsoaledi’s challenge of ZEP regime Due to the ruling and pending Motsoaledi implementing a proper decision, existing ZEPs remain valid until November 2025 19 June 2024 - 20:53 By Tauriq Moosa The Constitutional Court has dismissed home affairs’ latest attempt to overturn a high court judgment that found the government’s termination of the Zimbabwean Exemption Permit (ZEP) regime was unlawful...
Still Wakes the Deep makes the terror of the ocean more tactile
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Still Wakes the Deep makes the terror of the ocean more tactile
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Still Wakes the Deep review: the horror of the ocean gets more tactile Original
The sea is basically the blue skin of the world, yet we know so little of its depths. Much like the vastness of space, it is filled with mystery. With both comes the unknown — and, therefore, horror. In Still Wakes the Deep, the latest first-person horror from The Chinese Room, the sea births a mysterious terror that takes over an oil rig, and its workers must fight to survive.
Shell loses appeal bid over Wild Coast oil exploration
News Editors Choice The Supreme Court of Appeal (SCA) dismissed most of the companies’ and energy minister Gwede Mantashe’s appeal bids on Monday. British oil major Shell and its South African partner Impact Oil and Gas have lost their appeal over exploration rights for the Wild Coast despite investing R1.1bn in exploration.
Hellblade II’s stunning world is alive with horror
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Hellblade 2 review: a stunning world that’s alive with horror Original
Traversing the nightmare realms of the human mind has always been central to horror. The stories we tell ourselves about what’s moving in the darkness, the creation of monsters out of unknown sounds — from this emerges our fascination with terror. In Senua’s Saga: Hellblade II, players navigate a cold, dark ninth-century Iceland in the often wet shoes of the Pictish warrior Senua on her second adventure in the third-person action-horror franchise.
Farmers’ claim against SA government in Zim land expropriation case denied by ConCourt
Farmers’ claim against SA government in Zim land expropriation case denied by ConCourt 'Sympathetic' judge orders no costs against the farmers after years-long case 06 May 2024 - 14:15 South African and Zimbabwean farmers' case in their years-long attempt to sue the South African government for R2bn has been dismissed by the Constitutional Court. ..
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Suicide Squad hides its brash personality under a generic looter shooter
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Suicide Squad hides its brash personality under a generic looter shooter Original
A chaotic sludge of information covers the screen, with detonating colors, words, and numbers flying everywhere — button prompts ping the sides, explosions drown out the voices of team members and mission givers. This was my kaleidoscopic experience playing Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League, the latest game from the otherwise incredible Rocksteady Studios, creators of the intricately designed Batman: Arkham games.
Suicide Squad hides its brash personality under a generic looter shooter
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Knockout punch put on hold in battle over boxing influencer profits
Knockout punch put on hold in battle over boxing influencer profits A company arranging boxing matches between social media influencers may face scrutiny from the prosecuting authority and the companies regulator after the high court found the pugilist contests were unlawful. The Pretoria high court ruled in December that the company, “Tikbox”, organised fighting events that “[had] not been legalised” and therefore warranted further investigation...
Trophy hunter awarded almost R9m in damages after being accidentally blinded by municipal worker
A hunter has successfully sued the Thabazimbi municipality for R9m after he was struck by a rock from a lawnmower. Stock photo. A man won almost R9m in damages from the Thabazimbi municipality in Limpopo after he was blinded by a stone shot out from one of its worker’s grass cutters. In 2011, Hendrik Badenhorst, a trophy hunter, was driving in Thabazimbi, Limpopo, when a flying stone penetrated his eye. The stone was shot out the back of a lawnmower driven by a municipality worker cutting grass.
Man denied bail after being arrested twice for impersonating doctor Original
Support independent journalism. Subscribe to our digital news package for R80 p/m. The Cape Town high court has decided a man caught twice pretending to be a doctor should remain behind bars. Stock photo. After being arrested for impersonating a doctor, a 65-year-old man who was removed from the Health Professions Council of South Africa (HPCSA) register almost 10 years ago has lost his bail application.
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