Almost every world series, world tour or world championships in gaming and esports tends to conveniently ignore Africa. Not so with the 2019 Tekken (7) World Tour. The southern-most point of the continent has been included, with a Cape Town leg in September. The original social media announcement revealed nothing more than the addition of Cape Town (and other new…
Our companions over at ACGL have launched their updated website and it brings a host of new features and updates. Registered members can continue to enjoy a series of free-to-enter online tournaments, as well as some “upcoming events, seasons, main tournaments and more.” The changes see a new Avatar system for player profiles, a reputation system, Achievements and more on the…
As we look back at 2018, it comes as quite a surprise to us that it has surpassed 2017 on so many levels. That was not possible without the support of the communities, volunteers, staff, partners and sponsors. Can we continue to improve and grow in 2019? With the help of the aforementioned, we would really like to think so. Continue reading…
This article is an unedited version of a piece written by Zombie Dredd and published in the Tech Magazine: Issue 65 January 2019. The MTN App of the Year Awards rewards local app developers for their creativity across multiple categories. The awards started in 2012 and this year saw well over 750 entries over 12 categories. I had the opportunity…
ESWC Africa for CS:GO has (recently) been announced but it is only open to selected North African countries. Of course, the exclusion of South Africa has not gone down particularly well with some players in the community. Many have questioned why this exclusion occurred. Some have accused apparent missteps by Orena during the 2017 qualifiers as a reason. However, while Orena’s Luca Tucconi has officially admitted…
Reed Exhibition and VS Gaming have announced that come September of this year, South Africa and Africa will be getting their own official Comic Con. From 14 to 16 September 2018, local comic fans, geeks, cosplayers, movie fanatics, as well as gaming and esports supporters and players can head to the Kyalami International Convention Centre (or Grand Prix Circuit depending…
Registrations are open for African qualifiers. And there’s $5,500,000 up for grabs in the Grand Finals.
We’ve been north of South African borders before with Kenyan gamer James Karanu but today we stay a little closer to home with Zimbabwean gamer Thomas Phiri. He is also the man working on giving Zimbabwean competitive players a place to start (and ultimately continue) their journey into the world of esports. He founded Esports Zimbabwe (also known as Zimbabwe Mind…
For this week’s Profiled, we decided to spread our (decaying) wings and look beyond the borders of South Africa. For some time, we’ve been aware of efforts around the continent by others in Ghana, Namibia, Mozambique, Zimbabwe, Nigeria and more, so when Kenyan James Karanu contacted us asking to feature, we were only happy to oblige. One of the (OK, we’re…
Scandinavian reality TV show Gamerz recently completed season one of its CS:GO talent-finding series. Five new CS:GO players secured a 6-month professional contract after spending time living and playing together while cameras recorded their every move. Imagine the gaming equivalent of Big Brother and you’re almost spot on. Why is this of any importance to you as a South African Counter-Strike player?…