Tag: Ground Zero

Undead Observations | Small eSports Organisations Need Your Support to Survive

There is a problem in South Africa. It’s the regular rise and quick death of small events and organisations that focus on gaming – both casually and competitively. For every organisation that starts (sometimes with admittedly overly optimistic aspirations) or announces a new event, it seems two others quietly disappear from activity. For many this is simply down to an apparent…

SA Gaming News Wrap

Hey SA, here’s the things happening in your own backyard. A few things you may have missed over the last week: Mountain Dew SA is giving away Xbox Ones Stunt Zombie was at the Far Cry 4 launch event PlayStation TV is now available in SA Results from the Orena Life Child Invitational We got to know eN_F34R better Zombiegamer…

SA Gaming Events in September

September already… And poor old September, it always has to worry about October and the fact it brings rAge. It doesn’t stop September from having its share of gaming events however. Weekend One (5 to 7 September) The first weekend of every month is generally the busiest one, and September appears to not want to buck the trend. Ground Zero…

SA Gaming News Wrap

As always, there’s probably something for everyone happening around South Africa. Sometimes you just need to look. And starting right here is not a bad way to go about it… Comps Game is running an Xbox One giveaway, which was spotted by MWEB GameZone. If you’re keen to enter, you must SMS “XBOX, your name, email address” to 40105 (we assume special rates…

SA Gaming Events in June

Yes, there’s another month coming up in South African gaming. Shame on you if you didn’t think there was. There’s always another month. Weekend One (6 to 8 June) The first full weekend of June starts off as the busy one. The zombies and some human friends from TTSA will be at Trenchtown on Saturday. FIFA 14 and Forza 4…

SA Gaming News Wrap

As sure as the sun rises in the east and sets in the west, we’ll cover the goings-on in the South African gaming scene. If we stop, it’s most likely that the sun may rise in the west and set in the east, marking the end for all… Trenchtown Gaming Tournament On Saturday 31 May, we achieved a little milestone.…

SA Gaming News Wrap

Another fantastic week of gaming has come and gone. If you missed out, it’s most probably because you don’t visit the zombies often enough. FIFA 14 Inter-Schools On Monday 14 April, the first of our (yes, as in the zombies) inter-school events took place at the MWEB Mcave. Over the past few months, Fairmont High School and Fairbairn College (both…

SA Gaming News Wrap

Your weekly dose of SA gaming news is dampened more with controversy, in-fighting, and make-ups than most. At the core has been the omnipresent (equally evasive) MSSA and the SA qualifier for the Call of Duty Championship. We’ll rather just direct you to the articles posted earlier in the week and focus on other things here… which is not as…

SA Gaming News Wrap

Fairmont High School FIFA 14 Tournament A chance discussion led to what will be the first of many school gaming events. Thanks to Elize Crouse, the Computer Applications Technology teacher at Fairmont High School in the northern suburbs of Cape Town, Monday 2 December saw the roll out of a new programme aimed at school pupils which goes straight to…