The Console Club has been announced. The first rule of The Console Club is you don’t talk about The Console Club… Wrong. The Console Club is another community driven effort by console players to push their beloved competitive gaming pastime ever closer to a “professional” activity, and platform for gamers to get both their Provincial and National Colours. The club is…
Team eSports South Africa has continued to make its mark on the battlefield. The PC Battlefield 3 team has made it to the final eight in the Clanbase Nation’s Cup. However, this past week’s win against Italy was not without controversy. The match between the two sides played on 28 March went the way of the South Africans 340 –…
The MWEB Gauteng Provincial Championships happened this past weekend. Yes, there was R12 500 in cash sponsored by MWEB, but the real treat for competitors was the opportunity to walk away with provincial colours for what many others may see as “just silly games”. Well, clearly it’s not anymore. We need not remind you that Team XtaZ leaves today to play…
MWEB has announced the second season of their Black Ops 2 Ladders competition. This time, it appears that the competition has moved away from being a beta and on to being a true opportunity for a continuous test of the skill of South African clans. Better prizes, a better points system and a variety of modes are catered for. A…
MWEB has announced an additional R2 500 in prize money for the MSSA MWEB Gauteng Provincial Championships. This brings their total cash sponosrship to R12 500 over four games, and the additional R2 500 is specifically for the Tekken Tag Tournament 2 portion of the Provincials. On top of the cash for various placings in the tournament, each player in…
All around this wonderful (and, let’s be fair, it is – more often than not) country of ours, there are always some hard working persons, gamers, businesses and other interested parties trying their damnedest to bring their fellow gamers tournaments and whatnot to keep their virtual killing thirst sated, or their virtual football star on the rise. We feel it’s…
We decided that this week is as good a week as any to let our traditional ‘Gamer of the Week’ feature take a small break, so that we could focus on the four gamers that make up the Call of Duty team on everyone’s lips… XtaZ. If you asked: “why?” – we’ve dispatched an elite zombie hit squad to your…
We’ve had a fair number of console gamers asking us about the process and benefits of registering with South Africa’s controlling body for Board games, eSports, Robotics, and historical figure games (or Wargames). In the last few months, the console eSports scene has seen a flurry of activity at international level which most notably started with the team of South Africans…
South African gaming witnessed two firsts this past weekend, and hopefully it is the start of many more for its growing eSports scene. On Sunday, Team Xtaz became the first South African team to qualifier for a major international console based tournament. The team won the ESL sanctioned SA qualifiers for the Call of Duty Championship, which gets them to…
MWEB have again put their hands up and supported South African gaming. This time the ISP has stepped in and sponsored the 30th Gauteng Provincial Championships with R10 000 in prizes. Included in the sponsorship is a limited-edition commemorative t-shirt for all those who register on time. The event – which features both PC and console tournaments – has also officially being…