Bravado's Project DEstiny comes to and end, as Aran “Sonic” Groesbeek, Rhys “Fadey” Armstrong, Ruan “Elusive” Van Wyk, Johnny “JT” Theodosiou and Coach Tiaan Coertzen have all moved on to Denial Esports. Demitri “Detrony” Hadjipaschali has opted to remain with Bravado, though he was apparently offered a spot with Denial too.
Farming Simulator is one of those games that everybody likes to poke fun at, but it’s one of the largest gaming brands on the planet, and sells by the truckload in some regions, notably places like Germany, Switzerland, and here in South Africa where it regularly makes the top-selling games list. It’s a big game with a larger audience than you might imagine. And that audience is ripe for the picking, because Farming Simulator is now an esport.
Esports in fighting games makes for huge business, with the likes of Street Fighter, Mortal Kombat and Smash Bros. hosting regular international tournaments where big prize money is at stake. One game that you seldom see reach the same highs? Dead or Alive, a franchise that has always had the potential to not only offer thumb-blistering competition, but spectacular matches for fans to watch as well. This year, Dead or Alive wants to get cereal.
With a new year comes new plans, as is the case for Blizzard who have announced what lies in store for the World of Warcraft Esports program in 2019. The big headlines of the announcement include the return of the Arena World Championship, which will see players bang it out for a larger prize pool, which will be sourced from …
2019 has begun and the mantra often paraded is “new year, new me”. However, it seems the local esports scene was not sent the memo and already the same, tiring scandals are appearing. The local scene is a young and fragile one that continues to grow from competition to competition, but it cannot shake its infantile mistakes. In July last …
South Africans love sports. Whether it’s sitting a whole day watching people chase a leather ball, fervently supporting your national football team regardless of how bad they are or crying because the Springboks yet again lost in the last-minute – we take our sports passionately. Which is arguably one of the reasons why the country hosts so many popular sporting …
By now, anyone interested in the local esports scene would have heard the story surrounding Orena and Electronic Sports World Cup (ESWC). Earlier this month ESWC announced its African qualifiers for its CSGO tournament and South Africa was a noticeable omission to the lineup. Which is just the tip of the iceberg of this particular story.
The world's most popular tabletop trading card game is now embracing the digital world and looking to be a major player in the esports space.
Have you ever double-checked your doors at night because something just didn’t feel secure? …
A spooky European village. Properly scary castle mania. Vampires. Werewolves! The only thing more frightening, is a glimpse at your empty bank account when it comes to deciding whether or not you can grab Resident Evil Village this month. Capcom's successor to its long-running survival-horror franchise is finally out, and if you've read our review then you know the game is a winner on multiple levels.
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