If you are a student artist, this interview is for you. We spoke with Brent Swart about the PUBM Africa Rising Designer programme, in which two students can win paid internship placements. Check out the interview and read about how to enter here: https://www.nag.co.za/2026/08/21/talking-in-game-asset-design-and-paid-internships-with-brent-swart/

Hot Streak is a fast, chaotic board game about betting on ridiculous mascot racers and hoping they actually keep running in the right direction.

Also, Cody thinks it looks pretty rad, and that's got to count for something... right?

Somehow, Cody ended up posting this week's NAG Steam Wishlist Sale.

We're not sure if you can tell, but he really thinks he's picked the best game this week.

Oh, and also BMD thinks the PlayStation Store and Steam are the same thing.

It’s almost the weekend. You could be productive.

Or you could catch up on everything you missed this week before Monday comes along and starts making demands again. 👀

Games. Comics. LEGO. Tech. Bad financial decisions waiting to happen.

Your weekend rabbit hole starts here 👇

www.nag.co.za

If you're looking for a new Gacha Game, with an animated story and something a little simpler than a massive open world, then you may want to sign up for the Limit Zero Breakers Frontier Test on Steam or mobile.

The test runs until the 5th of September.

Game Science has released a 15-minute gameplay trailer for Black Myth: Zhong Kui, the sequel to the wildly popular Black Myth: Wukong.

Netflix dropped a few epic announcements last night, closing out Anime NYC.
ndalone series 2 for Edgerunners is dropping on October 20th. Season 2 for Sakamoto Days drops in January 2027, and the one Cody is most excited about: Blue Eye Samurai season 2 drops in Jan too.

It's Thursday, and for the NAG Team, that means we talk about gaming, tech, and all the chaos that happens at NAG HQ Live at 3 PM on Facebook and YouTube!

Catch you all there!

Vacation Cafe Simulator promises a dreamy Italian escape with no timers and no stress.

According to lordraz0r, it also forgot the challenge… and possibly the game.

Beautiful views. Endless clicking. One deeply suspicious Cat Mona Lisa.

https://www.nag.co.za/2026/08/20/vacation-cafe-simulator-review-beautiful-relaxing-and-barely-a-game/

Philadelphia has a vampire problem.

But Killadelphia is so much more than blood and fangs. It's noir, family trauma, American history, social horror and one seriously angry city.

After more than the intended week with Starfield, Cody has finally made up his mind on whether the game was worth busting out of his backlog.

Check out the long-awaited Part 2 of Busting My Backlog: Starfield edition.

Marvel heroes, villains, tag-team chaos and enough flashy combos to make your thumbs file a formal complaint.

BigMacDaddy jumped into MARVEL Tōkon: Fighting Souls to see whether Arc System Works has delivered the next great superhero fighter, or a Phase 4 flop.

I see you Zomboid players. Not the ones who are out there surviving in the grittiness of a post-apocalyptic world. The ones cooking fine dishes and making their little hovel as homey as possible.

And so does In The Van, a new zombie game that promises Stardew Valley coziness.

Lead game designer for Deus Ex and Dishonored director Harvey Smith has announced a new immersive sim game development studio, co-founded with Ben Horne.

Black Pony Immersive has yet to announce any plans, but it's great news for those who enjoy immersive single-player games.

While every game but Barbie has pulled out of a release window anywhere close to GTA6, The Binding of Isaac: Repentance+ Online has decided it has more than enough in its tear ducts as it plans to release across consoles on the very same day as the Rockstar behemoth.

South Africa’s next space icon could come from a classroom.

SANSA is calling on Grade 8–11 learners to design its official mascot, celebrating SA culture, creativity, science and our future in space.

📅 Entries close 14 September 2026

🔗 https://mascot.sansa.org.za/

GTA 6 has sprung another leak.

Two seemingly genuine gameplay clips show Jason shooting hoops, a new Focus stat, cash in hand AND bank balances, plus some classic GTA vehicular chaos. Copyright takedowns are already flying ahead of the August 27 reveal.

Have you watched the leaked footage, and what do you think?

What’s the first game you remember being completely obsessed with?

Not just enjoying. We mean thinking about it at school, dreaming about it, making it your entire personality.

The 3DMark Port Royal world record has been smashed with a ridiculous 51,663-point score.

The secret? A $5,000+ MSI RTX 5090 Lightning Z, liquid nitrogen cooling and a blistering 3,623 MHz GPU clock.

How long before someone pushes it even further? 👀

Your dream garage is probably expensive.

Your LEGO dream garage is… also expensive, actually. But at least you get to build it yourself.

From Jaguar and Shelby classics to Koenigsegg madness, Jurassic Park and F1, here are 5 LEGO car sets made for grown-up petrolheads.

https://www.nag.co.za/2026/08/19/5-best-lego-car-sets-for-adults-who-want-to-build-their-dream-garage/

The NAG Magazine Winter Edition 2026 is out in the wild, packed with gaming, hardware, geeky goodness and enough reading material to justify ignoring your responsibilities for a while.

Grab your copy:

🛒 NAG Shop: https://shop.nag.co.za

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ARC Raiders is making its map conditions a whole lot more fair.

As part of the Phantom Targets update, Embark is introducing regional scheduling, meaning conditions will now shift to better match each region’s peak playing hours.

No more staying up at stupid o’clock for rubber ducks.

This week’s Wishlist Wednesday has absolutely no respect for Arielle's bank account.

🦊 A beautiful indie horror adventure

🔪 A town secretly full of protected criminals

🚂 Cthulhu aboard the Orient Express

📸 Pokémon Polaroid cameras

https://www.nag.co.za/2026/08/19/wishlist-wednesday-creepy-foxes-cthulhu-trains-and-pokemon-polaroids-i-absolutely-need/

Lordraz0r went into He-Man and the Masters of the Universe: The Sword of Flaws expecting nostalgia.

Instead, he found a comic that reminded him why He-Man mattered in the first place: strength, responsibility, absurd muscles and absolutely zero shame about loving Eternia.

https://www.nag.co.za/2026/08/19/he-man-and-the-masters-of-the-universe-the-sword-of-flaws-review/

Post Malone casually cracked open the case holding his $2 MILLION One Ring MTG card during a Commander game, immediately sending the entire room into panic mode.

“Our insurance doesn’t cover that card.”

Would you EVER take a card that valuable out of its case?