US government recognises pro gamers as professional athletes
Riot Games, developer of the free-to-play online RPG League of Legends (LoL; yes, really) has secured a victory that could prove to be very important for professional gaming. This past weekend the...
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Mind Sports South Africa: bringing gaming further into the mainstream
Since 2005, students have been able to earn their national colours for gaming, which enables them to apply for university bursaries under the “sports” category. They’ve even been able to earn Protea...
View ArticleKenyan game dev assistance announced at the country’s first esports event
Humanipo.com has reported that Intel has successfully hosted Kenya’s first-ever esports tournament at the iHub in Nairobi, and given Kenyan gamers a taste of what game development is like with a free...
View ArticleWorld sport body to include eSports in future events
The International eSports Federation has achieved another victory in the war to have playing videogames competitively recognised as an actual sport. This time, they have convinced The Association for...
View ArticleLocal gamers forced to play against foreigners in SA leg of a million dollar...
The local leg of the Major League Gaming Call of Duty competition was held on Saturday. You’ll remember this as the competition that’s worth over a million dollars that we reported on two weeks ago… so...
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Dota 2 bags five Chinese gamers one million dollars each
The final of Dota 2 championship The International was an all-China affair, with two Chinese teams duking it out for the top honours. When the dust settled, team Newbee walked away five million dollars...
View ArticleWhat does it take to be a professional Dota 2 gamer?
Last night saw the finals of this year’s The International, the fourth edition of the annual Dota 2 championships. This year the prize pool topped $10 million (R106 million) with the winning team,...
View ArticleJoburg COD LAN delivers a tense final
A couple of weeks ago we told you all about the Xbox 360-only Call of Duty: Ghosts LAN being organised by MWEB; this week we can tell you who won. In the end it all came down to two teams, F34R Adept...
View ArticleSA to take on Egypt in DOTA 2 test
Friday will see the South African DOTA 2 team taking on Egypt in an all-Africa test match according to a press release sent out by Mind Sports South Africa. It’s properly official, too, as it makes use...
View ArticleSA team Energy eSports going to the Electronic Sports World Cup
South African Counter-Strike: Global Ops team Energy eSports is going to the Electronic Sport World Cup (ESWC) in Paris that kicks off next week. The guys are all aged between 20 and 24, and will be...
View ArticleSee the Halo 5 multiplayer beta in action
So you’ve bought the Master Chief Collection, you all fired up about the Halo 5: Guardians multiplayer beta and you’re anxiously awaiting the arrival of the 29th of December so you can start playing....
View ArticleMortal Kombat Cup finals are this weekend.
While you can’t get Springbok Colours for eSports – yet – you can take part in the enthusiastic community that is growing at a competitive rate in our country, especially around the new Mortal Kombat...
View ArticleEsports players to be subject to random drug tests
Still think playing videogames competitively shouldn’t be considered a sport? Think again, because nothing legitimises an activity as a sport quite like people using drugs to gain a competitive edge....
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Sweden adding eSports to curriculum of 3 schools
The Dota 2 The International Tournament concluded last weekend which saw the winners Evil Geniuses walking away with $6 634 661 in prize money. That inordinate amount of money does make one ponder, how...
View ArticleMind Sports South Africa to grow eSports at schools
The local body behind competitive gaming, Mind Sports South Africa (MSSA) has said in a statement that in order for South Africa to truly compete at an international level in eSports, more must be done...
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[Hands-on] Xbox One Elite Controller preview
Full disclosure: we at htxt.africa don’t usually go in for pro-controllers. No one in the office is a player in any eSports league and to be honest, our general level of skill is such that regular...
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League of Legends team sold for around R14 million
Team Diginitas – a British company that owns and manages many esports teams – has sold one of its League of Legends teams for about $1 million due to rules in the professional circuits the team was...
View ArticleTencent now owns League of Legends outright
Tencen, the Chinese company best known for its instant messenger, WeChat, now owns 100% of League of Legends developer Riot Games. Back in 2011 Tencent, which South African media enterprise Naspers...
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Telkom puts up R1m prize fund for SA esports league
Telkom’s new Digital Gaming League (DGL) is offering R1 million in prize money and technical support to South African esports. Unveiled last night by Telkom executives as well as famous international...
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How Telkom’s R1 million prize pool stacks up to esports tournaments around...
It seems we’re on the cusp of a new era in esports for South Africa. Last week, Telkom announced their Digital Gaming League (DGL) tournament with a sizeable R1 million prize pool. But how large is...
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