This past weekend, 1,024 players across PlayStation 4 and Xbox One started the battle to be named the VS Gaming FIFA eWorld Cup qualifier champions. By the close of play on Sunday 6 May, those two players were 16 year old Thabo Moloi and Shiaan Rugbeer. For their efforts, each walked off with R400,000 in cash and a spot in the Global Series…
South Africa, we’re into the fifth month of the year already. Time does fly when you’re planning for the zombie apocalypse. May also happens to be our birthday month and 2018 marks nine years since we took over from the original zombie of the site. We hope to celebrate it all somehow. This weekend is big for FIFA fans with…
South African gaming – and by that matter South Africa in general – has a long weekend ahead of it. And to celebrate, FanCon is happening in Cape Town. So if you’re looking to add some geek culture to your extended weekend, then you have the perfect event to do just that. In case you missed these articles from elsewhere,…
And just like that, South African esports has a new friend. Esports Central went live this week and promises to be “a central home for local esports”. That might be so, but we’re still the prettier older sibling of the bunch… We would suggest heading over and bookmarking it for your go-to-stop for esports. Zombiegamer: VS Gaming FIFA eWorld Cup Qualifier…
Recently VS Gaming announced that they had acquired the licence to operate a FIFA eWorld Cup Qualifier tournament for South Africa. The tournament features over R1,5 million in cash prizes as well as a spot (or even spots possibly) in the Global Series Playoffs later this year. At the time it wasn’t clear as to when or how those keen to compete…
The SA Gaming News Wrap took a little break over the last few weeks. Blame it on any reason you care to, but it’s back and better than ever before. OK. It’s just back. But that should be enough right? ACGL: [Photos] Call of Duty Minor Lan at Funderland ACGL: [Photos] 31 March Minor Lan at Funderland ACGL: Season 2 – Home Page,…
Not the busiest news week ever around the country but the upcoming week or so have plenty of events happening, so get supporting and enjoying them. A couple of items you may have missed elsewhere: Zombiegamer: [Photos] FIFA 18 Tournament | Arsenal CT Supporters Club ACGL: Season 2 – Rank Reset and Community Pages GLHF: Where To Now For SA Esports? Red Bull: South…
Once a week, a zombie shuffles around the local internet searching for all things related to South African gaming and esports. And then they wrap it up with a neat little bow just for you right here. Zombiegamer: Updates on RSA teams @WESG | Featuring Ashley “BrinkeR” Groves ACGL: Minor LAN Registrations Open ESI: Overwatch heroes: female gamers in South Africa Game…
See that in the rear view mirror? That’s the last week that went racing by and is disappearing into the distance. If you don’t take the time to stop and see what’s happening in the local scene, you will soon find yourself in 2019 wondering where this year went. Here are a few things you may have missed elsewhere this…
Get yourself a little acquainted with what’s been happening around the local gaming scene once a week with our wrap. It’s tasty. It’s nutritious. It’s wholesome. It’s… we’re running out of superlatives and opening paragraph ideas as we close in on edition 250 of our weekly love-letter to the local scene. But let’s kick you to other local news you…