Gaming: These are the top five

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Gaming: These are the top five free PC games to play in lockdown

With popular game titles going free-to-play it has never been a better time to be gaming.

Gaming: These are the top five

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Is gaming your thing? Free-to-play video games give players access to a significant portion of their content for free. This trend is becoming more popular with game publishers on platforms such as Steam, Epic Games and Uplay.

Here are five of the best games to keep you or your kids entertained.

Counter-Strike: Global Offensive

PC

CS:GO for short, is a first-person shooter game best played online with friends and fellow South Africans. The good news is there are lots of dedicated local gaming enthusiasts online playing this competitive title.

How competitive can this game be? CS:GO Major Championships, colloquially known as Majors, are regularly held where tournaments have a prize pool of up to $1m or more, and special features get introduced for players during competitions. 

Call of Duty: Warzone

Xbox One, PS4 and PC

Call of Duty, which is one of the biggest brands in gaming, has now introduced a free-to-play battle royale mode featuring crossplay, unifying PC and console gamers for the first time.

Fortnite

PC

Fortnite is probably one of the most popular battle royale-style games. It includes survival and building elements, forcing players to think creatively out of the box to work with friends in order to outwit other players online. 

Yu-Gi-Oh! Duel Links

PC

Take on Duelists in the world of Yu-Gi-Oh with this card battle game. Step into a world that crosses dimensions and connects all Duelists. In Duel World, any location transforms into a Duel Field where heated Duels unfold.

Star Trek Online

PC

Live long and prosper in Star Trek Online. The Star Trek universe appears for the first time on a truly massive scale in this MMORPG title. Players take the captain’s chair as they command their own starship and crew. Explore strange new worlds, seek out new life and new civilizations, and boldly go where no one has gone before.

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