The year has just hit the halfway mark and we’re already being treated to our third LAN tournament this year. Following the Electronic Gaming Expo and Electronic Sports World Cup, AXE LAN will feature South Africa’s best Counter-Strike: Global Offensive (CS:GO) and Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare (COD:AW) teams. The tournament kicks off on Saturday, and here is all you need to know.
The tournament is hosted at Emperor’s Palace in Johannesburg. It’ll begin on Friday the 3rd of July, and conclude on Sunday the 5th. As mentioned, South Africa’s top teams will be attending, with some hoping to retain their unbeaten LAN titles.
Some notable names include Damage Control, Bravado Gaming, Energy eSports, Ventus Gaming, Aperture Gaming and Veneration eSports. While we haven’t seen many Call of Duty offline LAN events, all eyes will be on the Counter-Strike matches as Bravado Gaming hope to retain their title ahead of their feature at ESWC in Montreal, Canada next weekend.
Where to watch
If you’re unable to make it to the venue, the games will be streamed online by nAv TV. The CS:GO matches will be streamed on the nAv TV hitbox channel, with coverage by Nathaneal ‘BurningRed’ Slabbert, Matthew ‘Haze’ Stott and Adam ‘whaM’ Postepski. The Call of Duty event will be streamed on their Twitch TV channel. The first round for each respective tournament begins at 9:00 AM on Saturday morning, so set those alarms and be sure to support your local teams. There’s a R50 entrance fee for spectators.
What’s up for grabs
There are a host of hardware prizes for the top two placing teams.
Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare
First Place
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1 x Genius Zabius Universal gaming Headset
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4 x Genius Cavimanus 7.1 Gaming Headset
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5 x Genius Maurus Gaming Mouse
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5 X Vinyl PC Printing
Second Place
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5 x Steelseries Siberia V2 Headset-MSI Gaming Edition
Counter-Strike: Global Offensive
First Place
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5 x Steelseries Siberia V2 Headset
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5 x NAG-Branded Gaming Mouse Pads
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5 x Tickets to Rage
Second Place
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5 x MSI Super Genius gaming Mouse III Dragon edition
For more information check the event FAQs and be sure to catch all the action this weekend! I feel like we’re in for a treat.
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Last Updated: July 2, 2015
Guild
July 3, 2015 at 07:37
Welcome to LG CongoKyle. What platform is the COD:AW being played on console or PC? And what were the other two LAN tournaments?
Admiral Chief's Adventure
July 3, 2015 at 08:03
(psst, he has been here before)
Guild
July 3, 2015 at 08:15
Really? Was looking for other posts and couldn’t find any so thought this was his first. I know he was at MWEB for a year
Gavin Mannion
July 3, 2015 at 10:30
psst no he hasn’t
CongoKyle
July 3, 2015 at 15:18
Just trolling the comments in the past. Gavin and I used to pass some banter on each other’s articles.
CongoKyle
July 3, 2015 at 15:17
It’s PC 😛