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Charitystream raises $1500 for Johannesburg orphanage

April 22, 2013 at 3:00 pm | 6 Comments

Almost two months ago we reported that Daniel Matros, global community manager at DICE started an independent charity stream to raise money for orphans in South Africa. Since then Matros and now partner Tim Kjell has driven the project to raise $1, 500, delivered it first hand to The Fountain of Love Children’s home in Johannesburg and made a documentary.

Yolanda Green

Deviation Gaming launches academy for eSports development

April 22, 2013 at 2:00 pm | 8 Comments

Deviation Gaming has quickly become a name we all recognise on the local eSports scene. Developing and growing our community has been one of their top priorities, and now to further ensure the growth of the Deviation Gaming community as well as the eSports community, they have launched the Deviation Academy.

Yolanda Green

Nine teams qualify for the Dota 2 National Team trials

April 22, 2013 at 12:00 pm | 4 Comments

20 April marked the inaugural 2013 MWEB Online Dota 2 Championship. 14 teams signed up for a chance to qualify for the National Team trials which will determine our Protea team to take on Romania later this year.

Yolanda Green

SteelSeries Apex [RAW] Review – [RAW]R baby!

April 19, 2013 at 3:30 pm | 1 Comment

The SteelSeries Apex [Raw] is the Apex’s less flashy baby brother, but don’t count it out. It’s one smooth sun of a gun with lots to offer. It’s the more affordable version of the Apex, and yes, yes it does make a huge difference in gameplay.

Don’t miss out on the Gears action this weekend

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Don’t miss out on the Gears action this weekend

April 19, 2013 at 1:30 pm | 6 Comments

Lone Wolves kick off the second round of the Microsoft SA Gears of war: Judgment tournament tonight, and all games will be live streamed. Who will you be supporting?

Yolanda Green

Skywrath Mage comes to Dota 2

April 19, 2013 at 12:00 pm | 22 Comments

According to PCGamesN Skywrath Mage is being added to Dota 2 with the latest patch. Skywrath mage is a force to be reckoned with, a potent support hero. Check out all his abilities and stats, how to play this hero as well as the overall patch notes.

Yolanda Green

International eSports community has started training S.A StarCraft 2 players

April 18, 2013 at 2:30 pm | 6 Comments

Over the past couple of months we’ve really tried to inspire support, and help the local eSports scene where we can. It’s amazing to see that it’s actually made an impact to such an extent where our local gamers and the international community are collaborating.

Yolanda Green

Congo Kyle to be South African eSports’ next big thing

April 18, 2013 at 1:00 pm | 11 Comments

South Africans are putting our eSports scene on the international radar, and not just with some of our very talented gamers. One of our, if not our most popular Dota 2 shoutcaster Kyle Wolmarans is kicking off his career with a bang; which leads me to believe that he could become South Africa’s next gaming celebrity.

Yolanda Green

rAge Expo 2013 details revealed

April 17, 2013 at 3:00 pm | 70 Comments

rAge 2013 is no doubt the biggest yearly gaming event for local gamers. I don’t know who the rest of the thousands of people are that usually walk around looking at us funny, but apparently it’s the biggest for them too. Dates and ticket prices have been revealed, so you can get in before all the tickets disappear.

Yolanda Green

Support SAGamer supporting local eSports

April 17, 2013 at 2:00 pm | 13 Comments

Getting people to support eSports is a much tougher thing than getting competitive gamers to support each other. One of the challenges are raising awareness of competitive clans or players and another actually finding these guys and girls on the internet. SAGamer’s Richard Scott is calling all competitive gamers in an effort to help raise awareness of their clans and social media and get more followers and supporters. If you want to show people where to support your clan or find some teams to follow, check out the details on the click through.

Yolanda Green

League of Legends account transfers launched

April 17, 2013 at 12:00 pm | 18 Comments

There’s nothing worse than being stuck on a server you hate, with all your assets you worked so hard to obtain. Level, currency and items aren’t things you can just throw away. Starting over on a new server is a giant pain in the butt. This doesn’t only apply to MMO’s, but MOBA’s too. Riot Games have been working hard to eliminate this headache from their game, and have finally made account transfers available between servers.

Yolanda Green

Dota 2 league hacked to fix results

April 16, 2013 at 3:30 pm | 14 Comments

In some bizarre eSports news, players in the G-1 Dota 2 league have suffered DDOS attacks supposedly as a result of hacking by some one trying to fix the results in order to win $20, 000.

Yolanda Green

New GTA V wallpapers show off the Speedophile 2000

April 16, 2013 at 2:00 pm | 5 Comments

Rockstar have released two new GTA V wallpapers, both the images are familiar, can you tell where they’ve been used before?

Yolanda Green

Bravado Gaming lands huge Alienware sponsorship

April 16, 2013 at 1:00 pm | 9 Comments

Bravado Gaming is currently South Africa’s most professional gaming organisation, what started off as a clan many years ago has turned into a brand, a business. And now, they’ve acquired a more than impressive Alienware and Intel sponsorship, equipping their players with 28 brand new rigs.

Gears S.A results – Here’s who made it out alive

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Gears S.A results – Here’s who made it out alive

April 15, 2013 at 3:00 pm | 12 Comments

Just a hint, it wasn’t Gavin! But good on you for supporting local eSports boss, even though you did suffer a “beat-your-ass-to-the-ground” loss. As for the rest of the competitors, the lone wolves saw six no-shows and the in the clan wars CMR Flashback knocked out their brother team CMR Umkhonto.

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