Well, that was a surprisingly quiet week in gaming around South Africa. We may of course have missed something, so feel free to let us know then. Trenchtown FIFA 14 Tournament Last night was a special one for the regular (basically weekly) gaming night at Trenchtown. It didn’t just have one, or two, or even three platforms featuring FIFA 14……
The gaming calendar should by rights be picking up as the new year has got past its early lethargy. There’s a fair amount happening, but it’s still early stages and we can expect the coming months to be jam-packed with gaming related events. Weekend One (31 January to 2 February) The first weekend of February is a busy one, and…
It’s South African gaming in full swing already. A host of upcoming and completed events litter the landscape already. Us zombies hosted our first event of 2014 at Trenchtown, and you can read the full skinny here. DGL The DGL has adopted the MLG #CODeSports ruleset for console Call of Duty Ghosts going forward. You can see the rules here.…
Good morning all. Hope you had a great weekend – we certainly did. We would like to thank all the players and spectators (along with the admin team) who made the Trenchtown Gaming Tournament such a success. Our full coverage will follow, but our congratulations goes to AA Gaming for taking the Ghosts event on Saturday and Mubeen Gafoor for…
Welcome back to the start of another (hopefully) great year in South African gaming and eSports. Not that you would think so based on the first part of our first SA Gaming News Wrap for 2014… MSSA Last year a Battlefield 3 PS3 community team was told they weren’t South African enough for the MSSA to represent themselves as ‘Team…
…and just in time to get your team warmed up and ready to battle for their spot at this year’s Call of Duty Championship. The MWEB Gamezone Scrim ladders will be available for both Xbox 360 and PS3 players, with matches commencing from 13 January. Registrations are now open and the ladders will run until… they don’t actually say, but…
Wow. The weekend of 14 and 15 December was a busy one. Plenty went down around the country to celebrate the end of an entertaining year in SA gaming. 2014 looks likely to continue the upward trend, and we can only suggest you get your body ready… Trenchtown Gaming Tournament This past Saturday (14 December to give it a date)…
We’re hitting that moment in the year when things start to wind down. We’re pretty sure gaming will feature heavily in the shopping malls around the country, but for those who don’t want to make a fool of yourself dancing in front of the Kinect in public, it’s the last week of activity before the event organisers take their break…
Fairmont High School FIFA 14 Tournament A chance discussion led to what will be the first of many school gaming events. Thanks to Elize Crouse, the Computer Applications Technology teacher at Fairmont High School in the northern suburbs of Cape Town, Monday 2 December saw the roll out of a new programme aimed at school pupils which goes straight to…
It’s the holiday season, and quite unsurprisingly, the first half of the month is packed full of action, and then promptly quietens down. This is what is happening around the country in December (and the last two days of November) in your neck of the woods. Weekend One (29 November to 1 December) 2upGamers kicks things off tonight (29 November)…