by vbassey
2 min read – May 6, 2021
by vbassey
1 min read – May 4, 2021
Carry1st secures $6 million in Series A funding
by vbassey
5 min read – May 3, 2021
Function Unknown talks Alpha Particle
by vbassey
3 min read – April 30, 2021
Plummeting mobile data fires up SA gaming
Noohkema Interactive unveils animation project
by vbassey
1 min read – April 28, 2021
Noohkema Interactive which is a subsidiary of Joinplay Games is a creative studio specialized in the production of real-time 3D content.
Enter Africa alumni launches LUtopia
by vbassey
1 min read – April 26, 2021
Bethlehem Anteneh, one of the front figures of the Enter Africa initiative has launched a digital project dubbed LUtopia under the banner of her teams company – SOSTLAB.
Massive updates to Freja and the False Prophecy
by vbassey
2 min read – April 21, 2021
Cape Town based Unsigned Double Collective have been hard at work putting the finishing touches to their first title, Freja and the False Prophecy. The Norse Mythology themed action metroidvania has already garnered some fanfare following their successful crowdfunding campaign as well as their win at the Nordic Game Discovery Contest qualifier in late 2019.
One on One with Abubakar Salim
by vbassey
16 min read – April 19, 2021
As news of Silver Rains deal with Electronic Arts hit the interwebs, I caught up with the studios co-founder Abubakar Salim as he reflected on the significance of the deal and the beauty of realising a life long dream with his feet firmly planted on the lands of his family and forefathers.
CareGame brings your mobile games to the Cloud
3 min read – April 14, 2021
Mobile games distribution and discoverability are a pain for game developers and publishers. But CareGame has developed a unique cloud gaming technology allowing any mobile game – even the newest, the heaviest, the most demanding ones – to be made available to all smartphones from 2014 on both iOS and Android, and it’s a first.
Art & Inspiration the focus of Amma dev diary
by vbassey
1 min read – April 12, 2021
Cameroonian studio, Joinplay Games have released the first development diary for Amma: Chronicles of Lost Stars. The game which is the brainchild of studio CEO Michel Nkuindja is a 3D Afrofantasy action-adventure RPG with exploration and narration inspired by the Dogon mythology
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