It’s been a quiet week in the local gaming scene. While Rush has gone batty with tournament announcements and E3 has drawn all the usual attention, it’s just felt a little dead locally. But that’s the nature of the beast really. It’s probably about to get a whole lot busier soon. Here are a few local gaming articles from elsewhere…
Mettlestate has announced details of their upcoming Evetech Champions League for CS:GO. The announcement followed their show match featuring the CS:GO Legends and Leetpro Esports on Sunday night. The Seasons The Evetech Champions League will boast a R50,000 cash prize pool per season, with a total of four promised. The Evetech and Lenovo sponsored tournament series will feature 16 teams. These top 16 teams will…
Let’s dispense with the niceties and get right into it shall we? There’s still a little time left to pick up an Xbox One 1TB bundle for a discounted price. Details can be found here. Dota 2 teams also have very little time to get registered for the Mettlestate ASUS ROG Cup. Only today (7 June) until 12pm still in…
Counter-Strike, FIFA 18 and Fortnite all feature with over R150,000 in prizes up for grabs. The tournaments will be operated by Mettlestate and ACGL over the course of the 3-day event. VODACOM 4U FOOTBALL CUP The FIFA 18 tournament (operated by ACGL) features eight heats. The top four players per heat will return on Sunday to compete for the cash…
Another week, another South African Gaming News Wrap. We do it because we can and care. From today (31 May) at 2pm, you can catch a couple of local FIFA players strutting their stuff against the best in the world in the FIFA eWorld Cup Global Series Playoffs in Amsterdam. No, you don’t have to go to Holland to watch.…
Mettlestate and ASUS Republic of Gamers are bringing Dota 2 fans in South Africa a tournament – the ASUS ROG Dota 2 Cup The tournament offers a R55,000 prize pool and will be open to all teams via registration. An open qualifier into a 16-team group stage will lead to a double elimination bracket which all concludes on 12 August. Registrations…
This year’s Rush Esports event will be hosted at Sun Arena at Time Square in Pretoria with Vodacom 4U as the headline sponsor. The event runs from 29 June to 1 July and will feature three titles in Fortnite on mobile, FIFA 18 on PS4 and CS:GO on PC. Competitors will get free entry, while spectators and general visitors will be…
If you’re into gaming and geek culture, then this coming weekend is the one for you. There is plenty on the horizon and it’s almost happening all over the country. Details can be found below, but let’s kick off with local articles you may have missed recently: Zombiegamer: Souzern Lions brings FACEIT to South Africa Zombiegamer: CS:GO Evetech Champions League and show…
Souzern Lions is the name of the FACEIT affiliated CounterStrike: Global Offensive pickup game service for the South African market. While this is not the first pickup service for CS:GO in the country (hello ESEA and Billosoft), it comes with arguably more prize incentives than the others. It also launches sans a true league system and is (according to an Esports…
Mettlestate – along with their partners Evetech and Lenovo – have announced the Evetech Champions League (ECL) for CS:GO. To mark the announcement, things will kick off with a legends against contenders exhibition match. The legends team will feature some familiar names, while the contenders will be one of three teams. The team to feature however will be determined by…