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 you may have missed:
- Zombiegamer: 11 gaming settings perfect for fiction novels
- Esports Central: An overview of the South African PUBG scene
- Esports Central: The Esports Central Podcast: Episode 003
- Esports Central: Mettlestate ASUS Rog Dota 2 Cup Qualifiers Preview
- Esports Central: Registrations open for Evetech Champions League
- Esports Central: Evetech Champions League: Leetpro vs The Legends
- Esports Central: Bravado Gaming Riding High
- Game Nation: Leveling up South African CS:GO
- GLHF: Why South Africans should play Hearthstone
- Leetpro Esports: Opinion: Jumping on the battle bus
- NAG: Cooler Master is bringing the Mod-Squad to Rush 2018
Upcoming Events
ACGL have online tournaments happening over the course of this weekend and into next week, including Fortnite, Call of Duty, Rocket League and more. All the necessary details and registration pages are available here.
On the agenda this weekend and beyond:
- Xbox Playdates ZA June play dates are every Wednesday from 8pm and selected Fridays from 9pm. You can get more information here about the regular gaming play dates for Xbox One players.
- 20th – EA SPORTS FIFA 18 World Cup
- 22nd – F1 2017 (Malyasia 25% Classic Race)
- 27th – Forza Horizon 3
- Despatch LAN is hitting the Eastern Cape from 5pm on Friday (15 June). It runs until 7am the next day and all platforms are welcome. Entry is R50 at the Methodist Church of Despatch. Additional information can be found here.
- FIFA 18 features in the Maingaming operated tournament at The Base in Johannesburg. The tournament starts at 6pm on Friday and features prizes valued over R2,500. More information can be found here.
- SA Real Racing are hosting a 24-hour Le Mans racing event starting at 3pm on Saturday (16 June) and running until – you guessed it – 3pm the next day. For more on this unique local event, head to the event page.
- Next weekend sees a variety of events (mainly LANs) around South Africa, including GAC LAN, FRAG LAN, Orena Undergrounds, FIFA tournaments and more. Hit our calendar for more.
Remember to keep these days open for some upcoming action a little further in the future:
- 29 June to 1 July 2018: Rush
- 29 June to 1 July 2018: ICON
- 12 to 15 July 2018: LanX 2018
- 27 to 29 July 2018: EGE
- 14 to 16 September 2018: Comic Con Africa
- 5 to 7 October 2018: rAge
Competitions & Giveaways
- Raru: Enter the Raru E3 2018 Video Games Poll to WIN Amazing Gaming Prizes. Ends 22 June 2018
- SA Gamer: FRE3 Games Vrydag – E3 2018
Videos
ACGL Top 5 | May
by ACGL
ACGL Top 5 | May | Rocket League
by ACGL
You can find out about even more events happening in South Africa in our events calendar. If you want all the news about goings on in South Africa, simply click on the SA flag to be whisked to the most comprehensive coverage of South African gaming that you will find on the internet. You may just be surprised by how much is happening around the country.
Know of anything gaming related happening or happened in South Africa? Drop us an email at info@zombiegamer.co.za and we will do our best to cover it.
