ACGL has announced their festive season festival of madness. Well, we called it that, they have officially dubbed it the XP Festival. The series of free-to-enter tournaments will offer players a variety of titles and platforms to play and will give players XP in return. This is in theory an ongoing test of the XP system and leaderboard that will…
This past rAge weekend saw record-breaking numbers through the door, as well as a larger focus than in previous years on eSports. It certainly wasn’t only PC-focused eSports either, with the console Call of Duty scene getting a chance to shine with the MAG Cup. The tournament saw eight teams compete live on the show floor (to generally a full…
The Call of Duty World League affiliated MAG Cup keeps on getting more and more larger-than-life with the announcement of a Celebrity Challenge that features AKA, Jack Parow, Pippa Tshabalala, Jason Goliath, Rohan Janse van Rensburg and Deep Fried Man, alongside two players from the tournament. While the action is sure to be… entertaining, there is also a chance for you to…
This past weekend, the MAG Cup saw the top eight teams battle for seeding, while the addition of international caster Benson ‘Ben’ Bowe to the broadcast team was announced. MAG CUP RESULTS WRAP UP The eight teams delivered a feast of entertainment over the two days of action, and have set up a tantalising prospect for the MAG Cup LAN…
South Africa (and we’d suggest probably Africa as a whole) have their foot back in the door of the international Call of Duty eSports scene with the Call of Duty World League (CWL) sanctioned tournament, the CWL Monster ASTRO Gaming (MAG) Cup which is brought to you by Monster Energy, ASTRO Gaming, PlayStation, KontrolFreek and African Cyber Gaming League (ACGL). The…
New local multi-gaming organisation, Energy eSports has announced its arrival on the local scene. Energy eSports includes some known gaming managers and industry leaders such as Matt ‘fluKe’ Merks (owner of PolarfluKe), Rob ‘GrIdL0cK’ Clegg (ex-Pantheon Gaming founder) and Kas ‘CAWA’ Ahmad (Monster Energy gaming team founder and leader). Energy eSports aim to takeSouth African gaming to the “next level,”…