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…
At the time of writing it certainly seems to be a quiet month in South Africa. We may have missed something. In fact, we probably did, so how about telling us about your events then and we will update the information for you and the readers. First Weekend (28 February to 2 March) From 5pm on Friday (28 February) until…
The gaming calendar should by rights be picking up as the new year has got past its early lethargy. There’s a fair amount happening, but it’s still early stages and we can expect the coming months to be jam-packed with gaming related events. Weekend One (31 January to 2 February) The first weekend of February is a busy one, and…
It’s South African gaming in full swing already. A host of upcoming and completed events litter the landscape already. Us zombies hosted our first event of 2014 at Trenchtown, and you can read the full skinny here. DGL The DGL has adopted the MLG #CODeSports ruleset for console Call of Duty Ghosts going forward. You can see the rules here.…
Welcome back to the start of another (hopefully) great year in South African gaming and eSports. Not that you would think so based on the first part of our first SA Gaming News Wrap for 2014… MSSA Last year a Battlefield 3 PS3 community team was told they weren’t South African enough for the MSSA to represent themselves as ‘Team…
Wow. The weekend of 14 and 15 December was a busy one. Plenty went down around the country to celebrate the end of an entertaining year in SA gaming. 2014 looks likely to continue the upward trend, and we can only suggest you get your body ready… Trenchtown Gaming Tournament This past Saturday (14 December to give it a date)…
We’re hitting that moment in the year when things start to wind down. We’re pretty sure gaming will feature heavily in the shopping malls around the country, but for those who don’t want to make a fool of yourself dancing in front of the Kinect in public, it’s the last week of activity before the event organisers take their break…
It’s the holiday season, and quite unsurprisingly, the first half of the month is packed full of action, and then promptly quietens down. This is what is happening around the country in December (and the last two days of November) in your neck of the woods. Weekend One (29 November to 1 December) 2upGamers kicks things off tonight (29 November)…