Women in Gaming highlights diversity

‘Shining a light on Diverse Women within the gaming industry,’ is the theme of this year’s Women in Gaming initiative developed and organised by Clarion and sponsored by the South Africa-based Zamani Holdings. The campaign is running throughout...

Local game development gets a boost at Comic Con

Comic Con Africa is helping to grow independent local game developers, as well as to also give them an international platform, by focusing on Project Mosi and Project Springbok. Project Mosi is the brainchild of Mario Rizzo, a 17-year veteran of the international...

Africa to get its first dedicated PUBG Mobile servers

Tencent Africa has announed the imminent launch of its dedicated PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds Mobile (PUBG Mobile) servers in South Africa. The announcement was made at the PUBG Mobile Club Open (PMCO) 2019 held at the at the Estrel Congress Center in Berlin,...

Bravado unveils its first Fortnite team

They have been blazing trails in Call of Duty, Counter-Strike: Global Offensive and FIFA. Now South Africa’s top esports group, sponsored by Dell, Alienware and Intel, has expanded into one of the biggest competitive games on the planet. Bravado Fortnite will...

All roads lead to Soweto gaming festival

Thee 2019 Esports tournament will be co-hosted in three African countries – Ghana, Nigeria and Zimbabwe. The esports tournament will have a prize pool of R20 000, which will be the first of its kind and will be hosted at the prestigious Soweto Theatre. The third...

Students get ‘Neon Runner’ game published on Google Play

Four second-year students from Vega are well on their way to pursuing careers in the gaming world, after having their game, Neon Runner, successfully published on the Google Play store. Neon Runner is an endless runner game that becomes more challenging as it...