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rAge is finally coming to Cape Town

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Cape Town people, you don’t get a lot of gaming love. Sure, you got the EGE expo, which was a step in the right direction. But I know you people crave something bigger. Grander!

Gamier than that funky meat on my slamwich! So hold onto your butts, because rAge is finally coming to your flat-mountain worshipping city.

2016 will mark the touchdown of the rAge in ye olde Jou Ma se city according to New Age Gaming. The official dates locked down for the Cape Town rAge are Friday 18 March to Sunday 20 March at GrandWest Casino and Entertainment World in Goodwood.

Just like the Jozi rAge, the infamous NAG LAN will also be set up, but here’s the catch: This rAge will stand for the Really Awesome Geeky Expo, with the Jozi version still being the prime gaming convention in October.

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There’ll still be a big gaming focus at the Cape Town rAge, but since more of you adorable nerds live in Cape Town anyway (MY PEOPLE), you get more love from that side of the culture.

“The closure of NAG magazine has allowed us the time and resources needed to expand the rAge footprint into Cape Town,” rAge overlord Michael James explained on NAG.

We’re taking some of the key elements of rAge JHB and bringing them to rAge Cape Town with a vision of growing Cape Town into something unique and exciting.

The plan is to bring some ideas to rAge Cape Town that we’ve not been able to realise at rAge JHB due to space constraints and other logistical issues.

It’s a good start. The floor space may not be as big as the dome in Jozi, but there’s a variety of factors to consider here, in getting the bulk of the local gaming scene down to Cape Town. And I’ve got to hand it to NAG, they do actually put on one hell of a show every year in Jozi with rAge.

Hell, it’s the one local expo that actually manages to get me outside the house. That says something. There’s more details in the original link. Go and peruse, my Kaapies. And be happy.

Last Updated: July 24, 2015

51 Comments

  1. Well thats awesome. Capetonians are getting something other than passion gaps.

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    • Hammersteyn

      July 24, 2015 at 07:42

      E-tolls?

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      • Umar

        July 24, 2015 at 07:57

        Dont ever want that.

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      • Marc O Polo

        July 24, 2015 at 08:39

        We busy fighting that shit mofo! At least we have a functioning local government,!

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        • Hammersteyn

          July 24, 2015 at 09:06

          Hey I’m also in the Western Cape.

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          • Captain JJ Fantasticus

            July 24, 2015 at 11:22

            You are?

          • Hammersteyn

            July 24, 2015 at 11:32

            Well……on the border

          • Gardos

            July 24, 2015 at 12:04

            The little town of Rietbron?

          • Hammersteyn

            July 24, 2015 at 12:09

            XD

      • Lardus-Resident Perve

        July 24, 2015 at 10:26

        LoL – rest of the country were like “E-Tolls is a Gauteng problem leave us out of it”. Knew we were only the “test bunnies” 😛

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      • Aries

        July 24, 2015 at 10:47

        Dont even joke

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        • Hammersteyn

          July 24, 2015 at 10:50

          E-joke 😛

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          • Aries

            July 24, 2015 at 11:09

            lol

    • Pariah

      July 24, 2015 at 09:24

      hahahaha XD

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  2. Kensei Seraph - Terran Ghost

    July 24, 2015 at 07:36

  3. Ottokie

    July 24, 2015 at 07:59

    This is great news! Only downside is I will be attending 2 rAge’s, 1- the physical expo and 2- the rAge from having to drive to Cape Town City between these WP drivers.

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  4. Jonah Cash

    July 24, 2015 at 08:17

    Wow what a great morning so far! Tomb Raider coming in 2016 to PS4 and Rage hitting up Cape Town… Half life 3 confirmed???

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    • Ottokie

      July 24, 2015 at 08:19

      • Jonah Cash

        July 24, 2015 at 08:24

        That ducks looks like he is either having a good chuckle or one of his girlfriends are doing something to him under the water o_O

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        • HairyEwok

          July 24, 2015 at 08:46

          Or just building up one helluva sneeze. Either way the other ducks have no clue what’s going on.

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          • Jonah Cash

            July 24, 2015 at 08:48

            Inside joke maybe? 🙂

  5. The Sten

    July 24, 2015 at 08:34

    Great. I’ll bring the papsak

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  6. DragonSpirit009

    July 24, 2015 at 08:42

    YES! So marking these days on my calendar! Might have to go on my own but who cares!!

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  7. HairyEwok

    July 24, 2015 at 08:48

    It’s at the Casino….. Rage at getting pwned in games then head to the casino and let your wallet get pwned too. I see a vicious circle here.

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    • CypherGate

      July 24, 2015 at 11:37

      True gamers will make full use of there wallet just for gaming lol Not for ‘casual’ gaming like casinos where all you do is lose real money lol

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  8. Bagel

    July 24, 2015 at 09:02

    too lazy to go to Joburg
    too lazy to go to C-Town

    What do?

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    • Sageville

      July 24, 2015 at 11:18

      Sleep

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    • Johan Diedericks

      July 24, 2015 at 20:21

      Come to LAN in Bloemfontein!!

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  9. ZA Ludomusicologist

    July 24, 2015 at 09:12

    It is essential. NAG must survive without a magazine.

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  10. Pariah

    July 24, 2015 at 09:23

    YES!

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  11. Lollies the Laughing Lollipop

    July 24, 2015 at 09:29

    Aweh ma se Kinners!! 500ml Jive and a 1/4 Gatsby at the door, Ho$h, mal excited ekse ouens

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    • Gardos

      July 24, 2015 at 12:07

      2l Jive! what kind my laanie?! Don’t forget the vienna and chips parcel.

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      • Lollies the Laughing Lollipop

        July 24, 2015 at 12:35

        naai my broe.. moenie met jou stink VnC parcels hier to kom ni.. dis a duidelike gabba of fokof kanala

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  12. Lollies the Laughing Lollipop

    July 24, 2015 at 09:34

    Brasse vannie Kaap is Duidelik!!!!

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  13. RinceThis

    July 24, 2015 at 09:58

    I think we can thanks EGE for having the BALLS in the first place to hold it. They may have failed on the marketing side, but they pulled in a crowd and showed the rest of the boys in the yard that although it takes 9 months get anything moving in the Mother City, there is a market. Now I look forward to the excuse the Nana is going to make for not meeting up at rAge!

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    • Captain JJ Fantasticus

      July 24, 2015 at 11:28

      He’ll say he was there, but he couldn’t find us.
      I mean seriously, you can spot us delinquents a mile away.

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  14. Aries

    July 24, 2015 at 10:45

    Whoop whoop

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  15. Gary

    July 24, 2015 at 10:53

    So in other words, because EGE had such a good turnout rAge deemed Cpt good enough

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    • Rowan Govender

      July 29, 2015 at 12:27

      Pretty much. It’s a little annoying that people who don’t even play games decided a gaming exhibition was worth organizing, while a major gaming company involved in publishing and events, dragged their heels about it.

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  16. Sageville

    July 24, 2015 at 11:06

    Rage: Timed Exclusive period concludes….

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  17. Captain JJ Fantasticus

    July 24, 2015 at 11:21

    Sucks that it’s going to be at Grand West though. There are nicer/better venues.
    But RAAAAGEEEE
    Also, there’s no reason for outsiders to come to Cape Town. I agree.

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    • Gardos

      July 24, 2015 at 12:08

      I would rather they host it on the balcony of my apartment. Anything is better than Grand West…

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      • Captain JJ Fantasticus

        July 24, 2015 at 12:45

        I can agree to that.

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  18. CypherGate

    July 24, 2015 at 11:35

    ITS ABOUT FREAKING TIME! The beauty of this? I live 6 roads away from Grandwest Casino lol Im so going to enjoy this lol

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  19. CypherGate

    July 24, 2015 at 12:30

    When can we book?

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  20. Johan Diedericks

    July 24, 2015 at 20:17

    Just as I was loading this article in the browser while listening to music, my media player coincidentally started playing Guiles Theme. Coindence?

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