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…
Come March 2019 a number of South African esports competitors will be in China competing for their share of $5.5 million in prize money. But before that, Mettlestate are hosting the qualifiers to determine who that will be. From today until Sunday (11 November 2018), registrations are open for the local qualifiers for Dota 2, CS:GO, Hearthstone and StarCraft II. On the…
The Ekasi Tech Festival and Gaming Expo kicks off in Soweto this coming Thursday (18 October). Over the course of the event’s three days will be “30 speakers” across numerous keynote speeches, panels and workshops. As well as a number of exhibitions, there will be the Gauteng Gaming Community Cup and a CS:GO exhibition match. Entrance is free to the event which…
Following the announcement earlier this week of the prize pool for the VS Gaming Championship, the prize pool for the Masters has at last been revealed. After nearly nine months of battle, the CS:GO and Dota 2 Masters teams will each battle for their share of the R600,000 cash up for grabs. There’s an additional R20,000 cash up for grabs for the…
Another whirlwind of a week has gone by and there’s only time to breathe briefly before we race on to Cape Town’s Electronics & Gaming Expo on the weekend of 27 to 29 July. Tournament registrations for a variety of titles have rolled out but we suspect being there over the weekend will reveal more. We will hopefully see many…
We’re in the heart of the busy season now with gaming events pretty much happening every week until mid-October. If you want to keep in the loop, we’d say making our weekly wrap part of your must-visits would be… very kind of you. See, we appreciate you. And your brains. Up first, tournament registrations for EGE 2018 have started opening.…
Mettlestate has announced details of their upcoming Evetech Champions League for CS:GO. The announcement followed their show match featuring the CS:GO Legends and Leetpro Esports on Sunday night. The Seasons The Evetech Champions League will boast a R50,000 cash prize pool per season, with a total of four promised. The Evetech and Lenovo sponsored tournament series will feature 16 teams. These top 16 teams will…
Let’s dispense with the niceties and get right into it shall we? There’s still a little time left to pick up an Xbox One 1TB bundle for a discounted price. Details can be found here. Dota 2 teams also have very little time to get registered for the Mettlestate ASUS ROG Cup. Only today (7 June) until 12pm still in…
Counter-Strike, FIFA 18 and Fortnite all feature with over R150,000 in prizes up for grabs. The tournaments will be operated by Mettlestate and ACGL over the course of the 3-day event. VODACOM 4U FOOTBALL CUP The FIFA 18 tournament (operated by ACGL) features eight heats. The top four players per heat will return on Sunday to compete for the cash…
If you’re into gaming and geek culture, then this coming weekend is the one for you. There is plenty on the horizon and it’s almost happening all over the country. Details can be found below, but let’s kick off with local articles you may have missed recently: Zombiegamer: Souzern Lions brings FACEIT to South Africa Zombiegamer: CS:GO Evetech Champions League and show…