Been a week of firsts in South Africa with the big news that Comic Con was making its official debut later this year, and that local servers for Rainbow Six Siege were on the horizon. And some say, nothing good ever happens here… Some news you may have missed in the last week: Zombiegamer: AfrEsports | Details, schedule and more Zombiegamer: Comic…
This coming weekend our sister organisation, ACGL, takes on GrandWest with AfrEsports. The event (which will feature zombies, obviously…) sees Call of Duty and FIFA hog the limelight with a total of R40,000 in cash prizes, while other titles will also be featured in a variety of shorter tournament formats. There is also a free entry option to the event…
2018 is now in full swing. We’re heading to UCON this weekend with our sister organisation ACGL, but there is plenty more happening elsewhere in the country this week. Read on to find out more, and to find out what you may have missed elsewhere: Zombiegamer: World Electronic Sports Games Dota2 Southern Africa Qualifiers: Preview ACGL: AfrEsports | Call of Duty Team…
The return of UCON after skipping 2017 means a return of the zombies and the Ultimate Gamer event, as well as bringing – in collaboration with our sister organisation ACGL – console Call of Duty fans a LAN event and FIFA fans a 2v2 tournament. UCON 2018 will run over 27 and 28 January 2018 at the UCT Sports Centre. The…
When we had a look back at our 2016 a year ago, we never truly expected to exceed what was a pretty great year in our opinion. However, 2017 did just that. Even with a missing Call of Duty World League event, there was plenty that we were proud of. As we look back at 2017, we can promise you that 2018…
**UPDATE** Our thanks to everyone that entered into the giveaway. The winner of the R200 Raru voucher via the online giveaway is Tanika White. Congratulations to you – an email with your code has been fired off to you. We hope to do another giveaway soon. Thanks to Raru for the support. **ORIGINAL** On 2 September we’re hitting Stellenbosch as…
Ah yes. Another week has flown by and we sit again with the task of looking both backward and forward in the weekly SA Gaming New Wrap. Let’s start with a few things you may have missed elsewhere: Critical Hit: Wesely “oDu” Rose joins White Rabbit Gaming in Dota 2 roster change Critical Hit: Orena’s Championship Series gets a date change Critical…
That’s it. Another week in the local scene, and barring the promised zombie apocalypse, there should be a few more on the horizon still. Let’s kick off with a few local articles you may have missed recently: Zombiegamer: Valkyrie Challenge – a compelling case for more standalone esports events Zombiegamer: LAN added to Con.ect 2017 ACGL: Top 5 Plays of the Month…
We unfortunately had to skip a week (and this arrives later than usual) of our series due to a rather jampacked event period, so some of the news may seem a little out of date. But never fear, things are almost back to normal again. Sort of. Maybe. Zombiegamer: [Photos] Electronic & Gaming Expo 2017 Day 2 Zombiegamer: [Photos] Electronic & Gaming…
This year at the Electronics & Gaming Expo (EGE), we’re offering attendees cash prizes and more across a variety of titles. As with the 2016 edition of EGE, Friday is the ‘school’s day’. That means cheaper entry for learners in school uniform, as well as number of tournaments geared specifically for school goers too. Yes, for the Friday only, scholars in their school uniform…