**UPDATE** An official press release has been issued but fails to confirm the venue. Other event details are generally as below. **END OF UPDATE** Over the course of this weekend – behind what is best described as closed doors – Comic Con Cape Town was announced. It is a Comic Con brought to you by the same people behind Comic…
**UPDATE** Ventus Gaming has announced via Facebook that the matter has now been resolved. We just want to assure all concerned parties that the issues regarding payment of Mettlestate winnings has been resolved with all of the players. It was never the intention to keep the money and sponsored equipment have been returned by the players. We want to assure…
**UPDATE** The first Pre-Qualifier Cup for South Africa is now complete and ViNCO Gaming took the tournament. South African teams have a second opportunity to qualify for the HWC 2016 South Africa Final Cup scheduled for 16 January 2016 by competing in the second Pre-Qualifier Cup #2 which will be played on Saturday 2 January 2016. **ORIGINAL** We’ve always been pretty proud advocates…
When Playstation first announced their Vote to Play system for PS+ members last month I got really excited about the prospect of having my say in the choice of game we will be getting each month as part of our subscriptions. This excitement was further piqued when I saw the marketing punts on Youtube for each of the three games, Grow Home, Armello…
MLG has announced the qualifiers for the 2015 Call of Duty Championships and South Africa is not included this time around. In fact, the truth of the matter is that the entire continent of Africa is not included while Asia, Australia, North America, South America and Europe are all accounted for. South Africa and Africa’s exclusion has not been explained yet,…
There is a problem in South Africa. It’s the regular rise and quick death of small events and organisations that focus on gaming – both casually and competitively. For every organisation that starts (sometimes with admittedly overly optimistic aspirations) or announces a new event, it seems two others quietly disappear from activity. For many this is simply down to an apparent…
…long live Zombiegamer?! This post is a milestone post, and one that marks a metaphorical start of a new beginning for your favourite “gaming site in South Africa with ‘zombie’ and ‘gamer’ in the name.” This post is the 10,000th post on the site. Yes. Ten thousand articles have been published under ‘new management’ since May 2009. That is an extraordinary…
I have something to admit. I am a video game pirate. Or at least, I used to be… A PIRATE! Now wait, before you lose yourself in a fit of internet rage. Let me explain. My gaming life started at the ripe old age of six. I was a silly little kid that was smitten by anything on the TV. When…
GamesIndustry shed a little more light on the report that Halo composer, Marty O’Donnel was let go from Bungie. Bungie suggests in a statement that it was an amicable split. This could of coarse just be the way they are spinning the debacle. “For more than a decade, Marty O’Donnell filled our worlds with unforgettable sounds and soundtracks, and left…
The news sounds rather dodgy – Veteran Halo music composer, Martin O’Donnell has been terminated from Bungie without being given a reason. O’Donnel took to Twitter to confirm that the board of directors sacked him “without cause”. @MartyTheElder Tweeted yesterday: I’m saddened to say that Bungie’s board of directors terminated me without cause on April 11, 2014. If you’ve played…