**UPDATE 2** Thank you again to all those that offered to assist. We have now closed the registration for volunteers. **UPDATE 1** Thank you to everyone that has volunteered so far, your support is humbling and much appreciated. We are generally sorted for Saturday and Sunday now, so will not be accepting any more offers for assistance on those days…
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…
Another week has gone passed in the South African scene, this is the weekly wrap of what happened. The Electronics & Gaming Expo is heading your way at the end of the month, and if you’re keen to keep up to date with what is happening, you can head here. This past week we welcomed @SARGONDOTA2 to the Zombiegamer crew and…
It’s a little like the quiet before the storm in the local scene, with a number of ongoing tournaments heading towards their conclusion and an expected glut of announcements to follow. This is the happenings of the last week – and the future weeks – in the South African gaming scene. A few articles you may have missed from elsewhere:…
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…
South African gaming happenings and news are in the spotlight again. See you all again around the same time next week? A few local interest articles you may have missed from elsewhere: GLHF: The State of the eNation MWEB GameZone: About those MWEB Dota 2 server issues MWEB GameZone: PS4 players unable buy COD 4 Remastered via local PSN MWEB GameZone: Local pricing of GeForce…
We suppose it is pretty apt that this week’s SA Gaming News Wrap is a day late and happens to hit on the Youth Day South African public holiday. Anyway, let’s get this show on the road. You are running out of time to register your Dota 2 team for the Eclipse Cup, while Black Ops 3 players on PlayStation…
There’s plenty happening in the local scene at the moment, as well as a lot to come, so get your gaming body ready for action. In this last week, two Electronics & Gaming Expo announcements were made, with the CS: GO ESWC Qualifiers by Orena, as well as early details on the titles you can expect to be offered to…
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,…