I’m going to be pretty frank – I’m bemused by the number of people who don’t know what a BYOC LAN, but I can only guess that they all grew up after the mighty Organised Chaos existed. Never the less, this year, at the Electronics & Gaming Expo the BYOC EGE LAN is happening and 400 gamers can enjoy 53-hours of…
Hearthstone fans, your time has come at EGE 2016, and with it comes a R10,000 cash prize pool. This event at EGE will be brought to you in conjunction with one of the local champions of Hearthstone in Weekly Level Up and will be played on both Saturday and Sunday of the expo. On the Friday, there will the school’s tournament, while…
This year at EGE 2016 we’re really going to try and tap into the potential eSports and competitive stars of tomorrow by making Friday of the expo all about them. (Don’t worry if your school years have already passed, you are still welcome at the expo on Friday too). The first thing to note is that all school pupils attending the…
Let’s get the roundhouse kicks and uppercuts in with the EGE 2016 fighting titles now live for registrations. This year the fighting will feature two titles in Street Fighter V and Mortal Kombat X. While each will feature a main tournament featuring a R10,000 cash prize pool, there will also be a few ‘King of the Hill’ tournaments for both,…
FIFA 16 fans, we have you covered at EGE 2016 (and for some, a few weeks before that). Last year, one of the comments we took on board about the FIFA tournament was the sometimes long wait times between matches, so this year we have increased the number of legs and decreased the number of players per leg to ensure reducing…
EGE 2016 will feature Halo 5: Guardians in the shape of an online qualifier with a LAN final. 12 teams will compete in a double elimination online qualifier to be played on Saturday 16 July 2016. The top two teams from the online qualifier will then complete their battle on the stage at the Electronics & Gaming Expo at CTICC on…
While this year’s Call of Duty at the Electronics & Gaming Expo (EGE) has an opportunity for two teams to secure a spot in the money at the LAN event via an online qualifier, the teams that don’t get in via that route still have the opportunity to do so via a LAN event at the expo itself. 20 teams…
The Electronics & Gaming Expo has announced the prize pools for almost all the eSports Arena tournaments. While Counter-Strike players and teams are competing for the chance to head off to Paris for the Electronic Sports World Cup, the other events can enjoy the money that is up for grabs at EGE 2016. The prize pools for the various titles (with Dota2 still to…
EGE 2016 is heading our way and this year more has been promised in the newly dubbed ‘eSports Arena’ – more titles, more cash and more action. Our first title to be detailed is Call of Duty Black Ops 3, which this year features an online pre-expo qualifier and a LAN tournament at the expo. This year, the top two…
So what’s happening at the Electronics & Gaming Expo (EGE) this year from 29 to 31 July, along side the obvious vendors and exhibitors, cosplay, the new EGE LAN and the South African qualifier for ESWC CS: GO? Well, a few more things that we zombies will be doing, along with a number of our friends. Much like last year,…