Look, we try to keep up with what’s happening around the country with gaming and esports but sometimes it’s not that easy. So if we missed something, how about helping us by letting us know – it makes you a better person and helps keep the community informed.
Here are a few articles you may have missed from elsewhere:
- Zombiegamer: VS Gaming Presents… CSGO Masters LAN Cup
- Zombiegamer: R15,000 in the Mettlestate CASTAR Competition
- Zombiegamer: VS Gaming Community Shield 2 | Round 2 DotA2 Results
- Zombiegamer: Player Contracts, Salaries, and Professionalism in South African esports | A Sinister Response
- Zombiegamer: R1,5 million up for grabs in the VS Gaming e-Football Festival
- ACGL: Cape Town Esports Weekend Wrap Up
- ACGL: Injustice 2 SA Cup – Final Four Announced
- Critical Hit: Orena have opened two spots for this year’s ESWC South African Qualifiers
- Critical Hit: No, I don’t think Dota 2 is dying in South Africa
- Critical Hit: Energy Esports unveil new Headquarters at the Nexus
- Critical Hit: VS Gaming (formerly DGL) announce new FIFA football tournament
- The Esports Observer: “ReDeYe” on Talent Management and the Rise of South African Esports
- Game Nation: Energy Esports’ Headquarters Reveal at the Nexus
- GLHF: Getting Paid with Goliath Gaming
- MWEB GameZone: Energy Esports opens new headquarters at The Nexus in Johannesburg
- MWEB GameZone: What South African gamers need to know about the Winter NAG LAN
- MWEB GameZone: CS: GO – Why you should take notice of ESEA in South Africa
- NAG: The Winter NAG LAN at Rush is gonna be hot hot hot
- NAG: Podcast: Episode 47 – The Chani_ZA Takeover
- Nexus: The Gigabyte Experience Room Launch and VR Competition
- Tech Girl: 3 Things You Have to See at Rush This Year
- Tech Girl: South African Esports – Another Shake Up
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Upcoming Events
ACGL have online tournaments for Rocket League, Call of Duty Infinite Warfare and Halo 5. Details can be found here. Call of Duty players can play for the R12,000 up for grabs in the Infinite Warfare tournament forming part of the MWEB GameZone Masters Series. Details here.
VS Gaming is hosting a variety of legs, cups and other tournaments, while Orena have kicked off their Orena Champions Series. There is also the ongoing ESL Africa tournaments, while there are these events to keep your eye out for:
- Xbox Playdates ZA are hosting a number of playdates in May. The Thursday events start at 8pm, while the Friday F1 events begin at 9pm. You can get more information here about the regular gaming play dates.
- 29 – Micro Machines World Series
- VS Gaming is supposedly hosting the CS:GO Masters Cup this weekend. I say supposedly because at the time of writing there was pretty much zero information available publicly. Assume it will be streamed live and assume the best place to keep tabs on links is via their Twitter account.
- The Royal LAN is being hosted in Polokwane this weekend. R100 gets you a seat and the event starts Friday 30 June at 12pm. It runs until Sunday 2 July at 3pm. The best link for information we have is here.
- Cold Fusion LAN continues their almost monthly LAN action with a return to Laerskool Edleen in Kempton Park. From 6pm on Friday you can join other like-minded souls until 11am on Sunday. All for just R100. Head to the event page for more information.
- Kosta Games is hosting a PS4 FIFA 17 tournament on Saturday 1 July from 1pm at Epic Lounge in Ormonde. For R180, you will find yourself playing for a R3,000 cash prize pool. Details are available here.
Remember to keep these days open for some upcoming action a little further in the future:
- 6 to 9 July 2017: LanX
- 21 to 23 July 2017: Rush
- 28 to 30 July 2017: EGE
- 6 to 8 October 2017: rAge JHB
- More 2017 Gaming and Geek Expos can be found here.
Competitions & Giveaways
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