The winners (and some of their prizes) from this past weekend’s DGC finals which were hosted at rAge.
Call of Duty Ghosts (X360)
F34R Adept continued their dominant form in 2014 by beating Insane Gaming 3-1 in the finals.
Prizes sponsored by CoolerMaster, Xbox South Africa, Megarom and Telkom:
First Place:
- 4x Sirus C headsets
- 4x Xbox One consoles
- 4x Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare vouchers for Xbox One
- R22,000 in cash
Second Place:
- 4x Sirus C headsets
- R14,000 in cash
Total prize pool estimated at R95,000 in cash and prizes.
Call of Duty Ghosts (PC)
Energy eSposts, eN Blaze, took the PC Call of Duty Ghosts title in a five map “thriller” over Bravado to get back the title they lost last year. [More…]
Prizes sponsored by CoolerMaster, Megarom and Telkom:
First Place:
- 5x QuickFire Rapid-i keyboards
- 5x Sirus C headsets
- 5x Mizar mice
- 5x Alienware X51 PC’s
- R23,000 in cash
Second Place:
- 5x Sirus C headsets
- 5x Mizar mice
- R13,000 in cash
Total prize pool estimated at R170,000 in cash and prizes.
Battlefield 4 (PC)
ApG.Apollo (Aperture Gaming) beat [dM]Exodus (Divided Motion) 3 – 2 in the final to claim the title. [More…]
Prizes sponsored by MSI and Telkom:
First Place:
- 8x MSI GE series gaming laptops
- R9,000 in cash
Second Place:
- R8,000 in cash
Total prize pool estimated at R150,000 in cash and prizes.
Dota 2
Bravado’s bvd.Blue beat Energy’s eN.eVo in “convincing fashion” to claim the title of Dota 2 Telkom Do Gaming Champions. [More…]
Prizes sponsored by ASUS, NVIDIA, SteelSeries and Telkom:
First Place:
- 5x Maximus VI Formula motherboards
- 5X NVidia GTX 770 graphics cards
- 5x Intel Core i7 processors
- R70,000 in cash
- 5x SteelSeries Rival mice
- 5x SteelSeries 6GV2 keyboards
- 5x SteelSeries Wireless H headsets
- 5x SteelSeries QCK Heavy mousepads
Second Place:
- 5x NVidia GTX 770 graphics cards
- R30,000 in cash
- 5x SteelSeries Rival mice
- 5x SteelSeries 6GV2 keyboards
- 5x SteelSeries QCK Heavy mousepads
Total prize pool estimated at R270,000 in cash and prizes.
League of Legends (PC)
Energy eSports ReVera took top spot against Team Immersion Raptum.
Prizes sponsored by Razer, Alienware and Telkom:
First Place:
- 5x Kraken Pro gaming headsets
- 5x Razer Naga mice
- 5x Razer BlackWidow Ultimate keyboards
- 5x Razer Goliathus medium mousepads
- 5x Alienware X51 PC’s
- R5,000 in cash
Second Place:
- 5x Kraken Pro gaming headsets
- 5x Razer Naga mice
- R3,000 in cash
Total prize pool estimated at R160,000 in cash and prizes.
CS: GO (PC)
Bravado’s Counter-Strike team (bvd Counterstrike:GO) retained their title after a 3-0 win over iFG.eC (Infinity Gaming). [More…]
Prizes sponsored by Razer, Alienware and Telkom:
First Place:
- 5x Kraken Pro gaming headsets
- 5x Razer Naga mice
- 5x Razer BlackWidow Ultimate keyboards
- 5x Razer Goliathus medium mousepads
- 5x Alienware X51 PC’s
- R5,000 in cash
Second Place:
- 5x Kraken Pro gaming headsets
- 5x Razer Naga mice
- R3,000 in cash
Total prize pool estimated at R160,000 in cash and prizes.
Gran Turismo 6 (PS3)
David Peetham took the top spot on the podium with Robin Van Merch placing second in this year’s GT6 finals.
Prizes sponsored by Ster-Kinekor and Telkom:
First Place:
- PlayStation 4 bundle (console + 2 controllers + a game)
- R5,000 in cash
Second Place:
- PlayStation 4 including a game
- R2,500 in cash
Total prize pool estimated at R30,000 in cash and prizes.
This year’s total prize pool at the Telkom Gaming Championships was reportedly over one million rand.
