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Mettlestate are hosting a Counter-Strike event at the upcoming Cape Town 10s. However, before the two male and two female teams reach that point, there’s the matter of an online qualifying tournament. And registrations for that close on 11 January. Your time is running out teams. Online qualifying matches start on 14 January. The Cape Town 10s – “one of the world’s biggest and most…
Come March 2019 a number of South African esports competitors will be in China competing for their share of $5.5 million in prize money. But before that, Mettlestate are hosting the qualifiers to determine who that will be. From today until Sunday (11 November 2018), registrations are open for the local qualifiers for Dota 2, CS:GO, Hearthstone and StarCraft II. On the…
This coming weekend sees rAge turn 16, and to celebrate they’re inviting you to join them at Ticketpro Dome in Gauteng to enjoy three days of gaming, geeking and gadgets. And giveaways. There are always giveaways of some sort, and this year should be no different. One pretty cool giveaway suggests you “get your rAge Badger Passport and win a…
Following the announcement earlier this week of the prize pool for the VS Gaming Championship, the prize pool for the Masters has at last been revealed. After nearly nine months of battle, the CS:GO and Dota 2 Masters teams will each battle for their share of the R600,000 cash up for grabs. There’s an additional R20,000 cash up for grabs for the…
Comic Con Africa will play host to the finals of the VS Gaming HSEL on 15 September 2018. The finals will see the top teams from the High School Esports League (HSEL) online tournament battling for… well, the press release doesn’t say but it’s a good opportunity to claim bragging rights at least. The four schools that have grabbed the slots…
This past weekend saw us hosting the second edition of Afresports at the GrandWest Casino and Entertainment World in Cape Town. The big focus of the event was the Fortnite Festival which brought the first custom lobby experience to Africa. As the dust settled on the weekend, there were the usual winners and losers across all titles, but we hope that for all attendees…
The prize pools for the VS Gaming Championships have been made public. This is for all teams participating in the VS Gaming Championships at Comic Con Africa between 14 – 16 September at the Kyalami Grand Prix Circuit and International Convention Center. This is probably the most anticipated local esports event of the year, outside of the VS Gaming Masters…
This coming weekend at Afresports at GrandWest in Cape Town, we will be hosting Tekken 7 and Dota 2 (1v1) tournaments with cash prizes up for grabs. There will be a standalone tournament for each title per day, with R1,200 in cash up for grabs per tournament. Entry will cost R50 per player per day. Each tournament will have a 32-player entry…
As much as we want this to be a weekly conversation with various local clans, players and industry bodies, we find it takes only the dedicated to actually reply. And one such dedicated clan is Calyx Clan who may be pretty new to the local scene, embody a passion that some more established teams can learn from. So let’s all…