rAge is around the corner and will be ready to open its doors to you on 8 December.
**UPDATE** 16 March 2020: Due to the COVID-19 pandemic and restrictions placed as a result by the South African government, UCON 2020 has been postponed indefinitely. We apologise for any inconvenience. **END OF UPDATE** UCON returns in 2020 for its sixth annual event on 21 and 22 March. As always, we will be there, along with our sister organisations ACGL and…
PES vs FIFA tournament happening on 22 February 2020 at the Castle of Good Hope in Cape Town. Presented by PES Society and Zombiegamer. Register via the form on the PES Society website. PRIZES 1st Place: R1,000 cash | football jersey | PES jersey | PES ball | Fives Futbol voucher | Fives Futbol t-shirt 2nd Place: Gaming headset | PES…
Last year saw the local event scene settle a little. Fewer gaming and geek expos were hosted than previous years. Smaller events and larger events started disappearing. Cape Town took the brunt of the reduction, losing EGE and the Canal Walk Gaming Expo. Gauteng saw more added with the Sandton City Gamers Expo being the major addition, along with a…
The Rocomamas Smashball Series comes to its conclusion at the Z-Fest event, on 7 December. The day will feature two heats in the last chance qualifiers and the grand finals where R12,000 cash will be up for grabs. Z-Fest also features a number of other activities throughout the day should FIFA 20 not be your game. LAST CHANCE QUALIFIER The last…
We are pleased to announce Z-Fest – a community gaming event – which is being brought to life with the good people of ZA Gaming Alliance and ZA PlayStation Association. The event is a one day community gaming event intended to ‘connect communities’. It will be an opportunity for Cape Town gamers and geeks, and members of the two Facebook groups to…
Rocomamas, ACGL and ZAPA have announced the Rocomamas Smashball Series. The (PlayStation 4) FIFA 20 tournament series will hit 14 branches in Cape Town, Pretoria and Johannesburg in the next few months. On the line are cash prizes and spots in further finals where additional cash will be up for grabs. October sees Pretoria and Johannesburg playing host to ten tournaments.…
We are partnering with Virtual Realms Arcade in Canal Walk Shopping Centre to bring Cape Town their next FIFA 19 tournament. The tournament will be hosted on 10 August 2019 and will feature a cash prize pool of R3,750. Competitors will be able to compete on either PlayStation 4 or Xbox One with the cash-winning players being determined in a…
IT’S TIME TO COME OUT AND PLAY COSPLAY STYLE … AT JOBURG’S BEST DAY OUT It’s a celebration of creativity and imagination that has taken the world by storm, and now it’s time for visitors to The Rand Show to get in on the game and play – Cosplay to be exact! The stage is set at this year’s Rand…
On 16 and 17 March 2019, GrandWest Casino and Entertainment World played host to a slightly different version of the third Afresports event, while MWEB joined as sponsors for the third time in a row. This year saw the UCON event by the UCT Genshiken Society join us to offer a wider variety of geek culture elements alongside our more casual tournament experiences. Over the course of…