Hi5 are not strangers to these pages. They have featured not once, not twice, but three times before. Considering they’ve been around for the better part of 11 years, that is quite understandable. It’s also pretty obvious that in being around that long, the team will have featured in a number of firsts. At least in relationship with us and…
And just like that, Hi5 (or High 5 or H^5 or H.5 or H5) resurrect themselves after a few years of struggling to maintain a stable team since their heady heydays. The brand has been around since 2007 and have featured as tournament winners over a variety of titles, including Call of Duty and Gears of War. They have featured…
10 January 2015 saw us kick off our event season for the new year with a Call of Duty Advanced Warfare LAN at Kamimodo eSports Cafe in Observatory, Cape Town. With 12 teams pre-registered, the event had already expanded beyond our original intentions, but at 9am we were ready to go. Frustratingly it seems the teams themselves didn’t quite have…
This was meant to be the round-up of the South African qualifier for Call of Duty Championship and a celebration of the South African team representing an entire community. Except it’s not. It might read a little like someone who is personally upset, but the reader needs to understand that there are many roleplayers in the South African competitive console…
It was a busy week in South African gaming while you weren’t looking. There have been tournaments, which means there have been winners and losers. There has been news, which also means there have been winners and losers. So let’s get to it shall we… Xbox South Africa has issued a press release stating that any Xbox One prices currently…
Welcome to the wrap that matters – the one all about South African gaming. 2upGamers Yes, 2upGamers (Community) is making a return after a two month hiatus brought about due to venue issues and a busy as hell schedule of other activities. On Friday 26 July from 7pm, head to Leslie Social Foyer at UCT for your dose of social gaming.…
Having taken a break – as is our want over public holidays – we return with a delightful gaming couple. We say “delightful” but we’re only being polite because they met while killing zombies. How can that be the basis for love? Go ahead. Introduce yourselves. Don’t be shy. Akina: Hey I’m Amanda AKA Akina77za. Ionizedshooter: I’m James AKA Ionizedshooter.…
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…
Just over six months ago we started our clan profile feature under the rather catchy moniker ‘Undead Ed chews the fat with… *insert clan name here*’. Looking back now we kinda feel a little smug with ourselves. We’ve covered 26 clans over a variety of platforms and games. However, we probably shouldn’t take all the credit for the feature. If…
Much like the previous 2upGamers event, I find myself in the difficult position of reporting – or writing waffle as some prefer to call my stream of haphazardly constructed sentences – and being directly involved in the event itself. Unlike the 6th Gen I might have got the balance partly right this time. However, I suspect that’s down to the…