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…
I took a few hours out of my busy schedule on Saturday to stop by Mettlestate’s #JoinTheLegion Dota 2 event at Evetech Studios. If I’m really honest though, this was the more realistic scenario: I tore myself away from my latest obsession Forza 7 for just long enough so that the severe withdrawal shakes weren’t too noticeable to others in…
Alright, you’re not joining Mettlestate themselves but their latest tournament event which takes its cue slightly from Sinister 5’s recent rAge expedition. During the VS Gaming Championship, Sinister 5 were forced to replace three of their Dota 2 team’s pros, and they did so with some of their fans. It was actually pretty great and now other aspiring Dota 2…
That’s it. Another week in the local scene, and barring the promised zombie apocalypse, there should be a few more on the horizon still. Let’s kick off with a few local articles you may have missed recently: Zombiegamer: Valkyrie Challenge – a compelling case for more standalone esports events Zombiegamer: LAN added to Con.ect 2017 ACGL: Top 5 Plays of the Month…
Expos: the long-time home of SA esports tournaments Conventional wisdom in South African esports circles when it comes to staging a successful esports tournament with a live audience would suggest that one should attach one’s competition to an existing expo of some kind. Whether it be rAge, EGE or RUSH, we can all think of a successful event with a…
We unfortunately had to skip a week (and this arrives later than usual) of our series due to a rather jampacked event period, so some of the news may seem a little out of date. But never fear, things are almost back to normal again. Sort of. Maybe. Zombiegamer: [Photos] Electronic & Gaming Expo 2017 Day 2 Zombiegamer: [Photos] Electronic & Gaming…
Your weekly dose of SA gaming action in one neat wrap up. We call it the SA Gaming Wrap, but we’re not very creative… Time is running out to grab a team and register for the Call of Duty World League affiliated MAG Cup on PlayStation 4. Local Black Ops 3 teams will start battling from Saturday 10 September to…
There’s never a dull moment in South African gaming and this week is a fine example of that. The big news is that registrations have opened for the first Call of Duty World League affiliated South African tournament (called the MAG Cup) which features over R120,000 in prizes. Details can be found here. Meanwhile, the ESEA Season 23 CS: GO…
Hello SA. It’s your weekly gaming news wrap all about the local goings-on. The big news for this weekend is that a number of local teams and players will be in Dubai for the WESG regional finals. We would would like to wish them all the very best as they take on a number of other teams from Turkey, Middle…
All around South Africa, there is so much happening in the local CS: GO scene, with the Predator MGMS opening qualifier two registrations, as well as tournaments by ESEA, ECL and more which you can read more about below. Sticking with CS: GO, the Southern Barbarians team in the E-Frag Word Championships sadly lost in the playoffs to the team from Tunisia…