Durban team reaches Enactus World Cup semi-finals
A team of students from the Durban University of Technology (DUT) held the South African flag high this week having reached the semi-finals and placing in the top 16 at the 2019 Enactus World Cup in California. Enactus is the world's largest experiential learning...
First competition on now at Vodacom esports hub
Vodacom has launched an esports hub at Vodacom World, it digital mall in Midrand. The esports hub will play host to a variety of gaming events and experiences providing gamers with an opportunity to experience Vodacom's network speeds and capability first hand, and is...
Vodacom invests in rAge expo
Vodacom has announced a partnership with rAge, the gaming, technology and geek culture expo taking place from 27-29 September 2019. Vodacom has long been a long-standing supporter of sports in South Africa and has already made a substantial investment in driving...
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 August which is...
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, Germany...
Busting the gaming stereotype
South Africa's gamers are educated, healthy, well-off and lives life to the full, writes Rachel Thompson, insights director of GfK South Africa. Perceptions that gamers are predominantly young, geeky, and male persist, despite the reality that playing videogames has...
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...
Trends driving the gaming market in 2019
Current trends are positively reshaping the gaming experience, transforming virtual to reality through ICT innovation. As the gaming industry evolves, gaming enthusiasts are increasingly devouring cutting-edge technology, says Matthew Hall, product director at...
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...
Upgradeable Alienware Area-51M launched in SA
Dell has launched Alienware-51M, a powerful, upgradeable gaming laptop and the first product to feature Alienware's new Legend design, now available to the local channel from official distributor, Drive Control Corporation (DCC). The reimagined Area-51m is the first...