Souzern Lions is the name of the FACEIT affiliated CounterStrike: Global Offensive pickup game service for the South African market. While this is not the first pickup service for CS:GO in the country (hello ESEA and Billosoft), it comes with arguably more prize incentives than the others. It also launches sans a true league system and is (according to an Esports…
Mettlestate – along with their partners Evetech and Lenovo – have announced the Evetech Champions League (ECL) for CS:GO. To mark the announcement, things will kick off with a legends against contenders exhibition match. The legends team will feature some familiar names, while the contenders will be one of three teams. The team to feature however will be determined by…
It’s a wrap. Tasty and filled with bite-sized edible pieces. And hopefully it sates your hunger just a little. Yes, it’s the SA Gaming News Wrap. Tonight (17 May in case you arrive here tomorrow), sees the Black Ops IIII reveal event. You can catch it unfold here from 7pm. Some local interest articles you may have missed recently: Esports…
We can’t help but notice all the new voices appearing in the local scene wanting to talk about South African gaming and esports. Welcome we say. Welcome to the original undead home of just that specific conversation. A few articles you may have missed this past week: Zombiegamer: VS Gaming FIFA eWorld Cup | The results are in Zombiegamer: [Photos] FanCon…
This past weekend, 1,024 players across PlayStation 4 and Xbox One started the battle to be named the VS Gaming FIFA eWorld Cup qualifier champions. By the close of play on Sunday 6 May, those two players were 16 year old Thabo Moloi and Shiaan Rugbeer. For their efforts, each walked off with R400,000 in cash and a spot in the Global Series…
South Africa, we’re into the fifth month of the year already. Time does fly when you’re planning for the zombie apocalypse. May also happens to be our birthday month and 2018 marks nine years since we took over from the original zombie of the site. We hope to celebrate it all somehow. This weekend is big for FIFA fans with…
South African gaming – and by that matter South Africa in general – has a long weekend ahead of it. And to celebrate, FanCon is happening in Cape Town. So if you’re looking to add some geek culture to your extended weekend, then you have the perfect event to do just that. In case you missed these articles from elsewhere,…
And just like that, South African esports has a new friend. Esports Central went live this week and promises to be “a central home for local esports”. That might be so, but we’re still the prettier older sibling of the bunch… We would suggest heading over and bookmarking it for your go-to-stop for esports. Zombiegamer: VS Gaming FIFA eWorld Cup Qualifier…
Recently VS Gaming announced that they had acquired the licence to operate a FIFA eWorld Cup Qualifier tournament for South Africa. The tournament features over R1,5 million in cash prizes as well as a spot (or even spots possibly) in the Global Series Playoffs later this year. At the time it wasn’t clear as to when or how those keen to compete…
The SA Gaming News Wrap took a little break over the last few weeks. Blame it on any reason you care to, but it’s back and better than ever before. OK. It’s just back. But that should be enough right? ACGL: [Photos] Call of Duty Minor Lan at Funderland ACGL: [Photos] 31 March Minor Lan at Funderland ACGL: Season 2 – Home Page,…