South Africa

Playtopia, jams, workshops, meetups, funding: we chat to Dominique Gawlowski about Free Lives' success and how it's enabled it to take South African developers under its wings

CEO Glenn Gillis discusses Games for Change, what South Africa has to offer to the world of games, and how the industry across the continent has matured

RocketRide Games' business development manager on the importance of being able to connect with the wider industry, and the structural challenges hindering growth

Richard Bolland shares the studio's experience of its first year trying to make its foray into games, and why South Africa is such a "fertile ground"

We talk to Pieter Koornhof and Tarryn van der Byl about being acquired by the indie darling, and how it will "make a difference" to South Africa's dev scene

Ben Myres and Sithe Ncube on making African-inspired titles, and the multifaceted challenges of funding games in South Africa

Six Peaks' Jason Ried and Luan Joubert talk about bringing big budget game development to South Africa and "resilient, independent community building"

Africa Games Week co-founders Nick Hall and Rex Bowden on the future of the event and scaling the South African games industry

Update: Competition Tribunal has "unconditionally approved" the merger