It seems like the local Counter-Strike community is getting just a little spoiled these days given all the tournament announcements recently, but here is another one to add to the year. Evetech in association with nAvTV have announced the R150,000 first season of the Evetech Champion’s League (ECL). And yes, I do assume given the ‘first season’ mention, this will not…
The final Gaming News Wrap of the week rolls in and gets you ready for the weekend. And in case you need reminding, the Steam Summer Picnic Sale is now on. Sorry wallets. Games Overwatch Overwatch: Blizzard’s plans for Competitive Play based on PTR feedback Blizzard will eventually remove sudden death from Overwatch‘s competitive mode Overwatch penalties for leaving Competitive…
Orena has opened registrations for the CS: GO online qualifier that forms part of the road to ESWC in Paris later this year. 32 teams will battle online, with the top four teams heading to EGE in July for seeding in the LAN quarter finals. For teams that don’t make it via this route, there will be a second chance…
OK South African Counter-Strike community, we think you have a busy enough year as it is, now E-Frag.net have announced their 2016 World Championships, and South Africa (and Africa as a whole) have a chance to participate. The details for the qualifiers are still to be announced, but they will start in June with teams from 93 countries across multiple regions (Europe,…
Orena (who just revealed their new website) have revealed the ESWC 2016 qualifiers for Counter-Strike which will see a South African team heading to Paris later this year to participate against teams from around the world. Last year, the honour fell to Bravado Gaming, and this year, the battle should be an exhilarating one, with the qualifiers reaching their apex…
Our friends (look, we’ve said this before plenty of times: we like other humans) over at Orena have continued the 2016 reboot with the relaunch of the their website – and we’re not really all that shamed to admit, we’re a little bit jealous. The new site is simple to navigate and looks the business, but also adds a host of…
As well as announcing that the Predator range of products by Acer has taken over headline sponsorship of the MWEB GameZone Masters Series, registrations for the first CS: GO qualifier of 2016 have opened. The top two teams in the qualifier will gain seeding for the LAN final in October, while two more teams can join them in the second qualifier…
It’s over. No, not the Gaming News Wrap, but the Xbox 360. Microsoft will be discontinuing its icon. Salute. Games The Division players up in arms over bugs, exploits and glitches Mafia 3 pre-orders include Family Kick-Back pack, two editions contain Season Pass Performance Analysis: Doom beta on PS4 and Xbox One Rainbow Six Siege’s next DLC to be revealed…
Ugh. Monday. The only thing making it better is the Gaming News Wrap, and promise of brains. Well, the one appeals to us more than you of course. Games Mass Effect Andromeda short gameplay leak (Early build) Jeff Kaplan talks ideas for Overwatch 2 and the possibility of exploring other genres Halo 5 Ghosts of Meridian update releases next week,…
Thanksgiving weekend (in the US) means a really quiet Gaming News Wrap. It also usually signals the slow down of gaming news as we head towards the end of the year. Games Burnout studio Criterion helped make Star Wars Battlefront‘s Speeders Free-to-play version of PES 2016 announced Exclusive to PS4 and PS3. Help unlock Metal Gear Solid 5: The Phantom…