Comic Con Africa wasn’t just a showcase of geek culture running wilder than Hulkamania, it was the weekend where South Africa’s cosplay community came together in a massive showcase of talent, character and passion. It didn’t matter what your specific interest was or even how obscure it may have been, because Comic Con Africa was a space to strut your stuff and wear your love on your sleeve. Sometimes even literally.

Comic Con Africa has come and gone, leaving one hell of an impact on the local convention scene. Was it worth all the hype though? Did it live up the expectations that fans and consumers had for the very first official Comic Con on African soil?

There’s no game around that can top 2016’s Hitman when it comes to its unique combo flavour of stealth, atmospheric storytelling through its NPCs and getting creative with the sandbox you find yourself in. In fact, the only game that can possibly out-Hitman IO Interactive’s resident assassin is Hitman 2, a sequel which builds on the foundation of the original by sharpening the best aspects of that episodic game into a fully realised sequel that is sharp enough to slice an atom in half.

Comic Con Africa is on right now, so what can you absolutely not miss during the weekend? I don't really know, but here are the 10 things I would love to see this weekend, if I was in South Africa.

Thanks to Mother Nature being a fiend, hurricane weather in the US of A has resulted in many flights being grounded, which has also had the knock-on effect of Mackie no longer being able to catch a plane down to sunny South Africa.

Want to grab a photo with an Avenger or that fella from that Vikings TV series? It's going to cost you some extra scratch to do so at Comic Con Africa this weekend.

It’s now a week until the inaugural Comic Con Africa kicks off, bringing the highly-celebrated geeky pop-culture convention to African shores. Here’s a thing though – coming a month earlier than the usual big convention, rAge, it tramples on toes a little.

By Michael ‘axtremes’ Harmse The prize pools for the VS Gaming Championships have been made public. This is for all teams participating in the VS Gaming Championships at Comic Con Africa between 14 – 16 September at the Kyalami Grand Prix Circuit and International Convention Center. This is probably the most anticipated local esports event of the year, outside of …