Back when I first competed in esports 20 years ago, players were competing to win simple prizes like a new keyboard. These days, it’s normal for international gamers to play for a prize pot of millions of dollars. This indicates how quickly esports has...
The Ekasi Tech Fest and Gaming Expo is set to take place in Soweto from the 18-20 October 2018, at Dlamini Multipurpose Centre. The event’s name has been shortened to Ekasi Tech Fest but it still seems packed with stuff to see and do, especially if you’re...
Tens of thousands of gaming, comic and geek culture fans converged on the Ticketpro Dome in Johannesburg this weekend for Rage 2018. South Africa’s biggest annual video gaming, computer, technology and geek culture exhibition, it was also the place to meet...
eSports is one of the fastest growing sporting sectors and could be worth over US$5 billion globally by 2020. But this is not the most interesting aspect of this fast-rising and highly competitive world. Instead, eSports – the competitive play of...
July 25, 2018 •
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Over a third of South African gamers consider themselves as mainstream, but roughly the same number play games daily and a fifth of them play for between 6 and 10 hours. Where do they find the time? Many of the more hardcore gamers can play from 6pm to...
March 15, 2018 •
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McDonald’s Virtual LaLiga eSports touches down in Spain as the first major project from LaLiga eSports. In association with the Professional Videogame League (Liga de Videojuegos Profesional; LVP), Mediapro’s strategic partner in the field of...
IT News Africa spoke to Andreas Hadjipaschali, the CEO and Owner of Bravado Gaming, in an interview which looks to unpack the current climate of the African eSports scene. Andreas started Bravado Gaming in 2006 and it has since developed into one of South...
August 17, 2017 •
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Kwesé Gamer has revealed that fans of EA Sports’ FIFA football franchise will be able to view the upcoming 2017 FIFA Interactive World Cup via live stream. Held in the Central Hall Westminster in London, the grand finals of the FIFA Interactive World Cup...
A gaming event sponsored by ASUS Republic of Gamers (ROG), a brand of ASUS, took place this past weekend in Kenya. The gaming PC manufacturer hosted the tournament that saw eight teams of gaming enthusiasts competing for a grand prize of Kshs. 100 000....
It’s no secret that eSports, or online gaming, is a growing phoneme both in South Africa and across the rest of the continent. Local gaming and media developers descended on Autodesk’s University Extension (AUx) event that took place at Cape Town’s...
Consumers are evolving into marathon consumers of video content. Thanks to faster internet connectivity and more affordable bandwidth, digital users are likely to binge watch an average of five television episodes at a time. This is according to the 10th...
