Another week in South African gaming has passed, and unfortunately it has been a sad one with a respected CS: GO player passing and one of our more established local gaming news sites shuttering their doors. Read on below. A few articles you may have missed elsewhere: ACGL: MGMS Rocket League | Exdee Gaming Reign Supreme ACGL: COD:WWII Minor LAN…
The first of the ESEA South Africa Season 26 Semi Finals are coming your way later tonight. What happened last week after my Quarter Final preview article? What can we look forward to in the Semi Finals? Read on. The Quarter Finals in review Goliath Gaming vs Exdee Gaming: 2 – 0 After a flurry of force buys on either…
The group stages of ESEA South Africa Season 26 have come to a close. As expected, South Africa’s top two, Energy eSports and Bravado Gaming are neck and neck with each other at the top of the log. Energy took the top spot due to winning against Bravado earlier in the competition. The playoffs will be running for the next…
We think the end of the year is in the air, as the local news is clearly slowing down. But there’s still enough happening to keep us looking and these are a few things you may have missed. Zombiegamer: [Photos] Playstation Free-For-All Soccer Tournament at MWEB GameZone ACGL: ACGL Site Maintenance and Updates Critical Hit: Understanding corporate influence in esports GLHF: Running An MGO…
Africa’s largest gaming event, the annual rAge Expo, is upon us yet again. A veritable gaming paradise awaits both casual gamers and hardcore esports fans alike within the Galaxy of Geek housed in the Ticketpro Dome located in northern Johannesburg. Known last year as the Telkom Digital Gaming League Masters Finals, now rebranded as VS Gaming Masters, this year’s tournament…
Damage Control (DC) are the gatekeepers to the top tier of South African Counter-Strike. While they were a highly decorated, multiple LAN winning team in previous versions of the game, a second tournament win has been elusive in CS:GO. Their last and only title in CS:GO was by beating Bravado at the IS Invitational in 2013 – SA CS:GO’s first…
A Who’s Who Guide to Navigating South African CS:GO I’m doing this as much for the benefit of you, our valued reader, as for Sargon and Zombie Dredd. Why, you ask? They’re cretinous Counter-Strike noobs. Ignorant in the ways of the flame and the flashbang. Philistines unaware of the great feats of skill and the sheer brilliance of the Sonics…
I’m going to be pretty straight with you here. When it comes to CSGO I know pretty much nothing about the game. I mean, if I’m honest, I played CS 1.6 over a decade ago. I therefore have about as much understanding of the game as a casual player might, so it’s not completely over my head. I enjoy watching…
The VS Gaming Community Shield 2 for DotA2 is currently underway (19 June – 9 July), with Round 2 fixtures taking place last night. The Community Shield is the Wildcard culmination of the series of open qualifier tournaments that took place last month and earlier this month (Amber & Ruby streams). The top two finishing teams in the Community Shield…
One of the biggest paydays in South African esports happened this past weekend in the Mettlestate Samsung Galaxy CS:GO Champs when Bravado Gaming walked off with the lion’s share of R1 million. The top eight teams from the online qualifiers kicked the LAN battle off on Friday 5 May with match one featuring tournament favourites Bravado Gaming up against Ventus Pro. The…