Not unexpectedly, Comic Con Cape Town has been postponed due to COVID-19.
**UPDATE** 16 March 2020: Due to the COVID-19 pandemic and restrictions placed as a result by the South African government, UCON 2020 has been postponed indefinitely. We apologise for any inconvenience. **END OF UPDATE** UCON returns in 2020 for its sixth annual event on 21 and 22 March. As always, we will be there, along with our sister organisations ACGL and…
One of South Africa’s best-loved geek weekends out has announced that it will be taking a break in 2020. The announcement also reveals the festival is under new ownership. This sees the seven year old event returning in 2021, with a promise to ‘return to basics’. In 2019, the event joined forces with Rush, who this year moved to Rand…
India’s biggest esports company, NODWIN Gaming in a landmark move, has announced its expansion to South Africa. NODWIN Gaming announced the appointment of Nathaneal Slabbert, Head of Operations and Anthony Nell, Head of Sales to spearhead the functions in the region. With immense experience in esports operations, production and tournament execution, the duo adds rich value to this expansion. “South Africa is one of…
Goliath Gaming’s CS:GO and FIFA players heading to Dubai in March.
South Africa – 21 February 2020 – Inqaku FC (PTY) Ltd in a licensed partnership with SAFA have announced the qualifying programme for the second edition of FIFA eNations Cup and SAFA eFootball National Championships. This unique tournament kicks off on 21 March 2020, with the SA final taking place on Saturday, 28 March. Champions will be crowned on both…
PES vs FIFA tournament happening on 22 February 2020 at the Castle of Good Hope in Cape Town. Presented by PES Society and Zombiegamer. Register via the form on the PES Society website. PRIZES 1st Place: R1,000 cash | football jersey | PES jersey | PES ball | Fives Futbol voucher | Fives Futbol t-shirt 2nd Place: Gaming headset | PES…
#MYTHICROYALE POWERED BY MSI, REDRAGON, & SPARKFOX R30,000 cash up for grabs in new Fortnite series South Africa, 3rd February 2020 – MSI, Redragon, Sparkfox, and ACGL are proud to announce the first season in a new Fortnite tournament series. Season one of the #MythicRoyale will be hosted from 3 February until 27 June and features a total prize pool…
Last year saw the local event scene settle a little. Fewer gaming and geek expos were hosted than previous years. Smaller events and larger events started disappearing. Cape Town took the brunt of the reduction, losing EGE and the Canal Walk Gaming Expo. Gauteng saw more added with the Sandton City Gamers Expo being the major addition, along with a…
SOWETO TECHFEST EXPO BACK AGAIN – BIGGER – FOR 2020! 26 – 27 June 2020, Soweto Theatre, Soweto. The 4th Ekasi Techfest & Gaming Expo, now simply called “Techfest Expo”, aims to meet the needs of technology and gaming enthusiasts in Soweto and the surrounding areas which are together home to several million people, most of them under 30 years…