South Africa

ATK add Cyrix, bLazE steps down

Another American will join up with the South Africa-majority lineup. Following McKinley "⁠Cyrix⁠" Hollison's announcement of joining ATK, the South African side has announced that Josh "⁠bLazE⁠" Saunders is stepping down from the lineup and that the young American will join the active lineup. Cyrix most recently played with ONET4P, who made the playoffs of ESEA Premier in their first season and also beat Triumph in the recent SteelSeries Prime Cup. At the end of the ESEA season both Cyrix and Sean "⁠Subarashii⁠" Tuttle decided to step down from the

FURIA win IEM Fall NA, EG claim final Major Legends spot

IEM Fall North America has concluded, with FURIA winning the grand final over GODSENT 3-0 while Liquid defeated paiN 2-1 to win the third place decider. As a result of paiN placing fourth overall, they end up with fewer Regional Major Ranking (RMR) points than Evil Geniuses and will take the North American Challenger spot, while the Peter "⁠stanislaw⁠" Jarguz-led side will come into the Major as Legends. FURIA will play their first Major top 16 The first map of the grand final started off quite poorly for GODSENT, who

IEM Fall NA: 3 Major spots left, 9 teams in the running

One last round of the group stage is left to be played at IEM Fall North America, where only three teams' fate is sealed: Liquid and FURIA have already clinched their spots at PGL Major Stockholm by advancing to the playoffs, while ATK are entirely out of contention with no RMR points to their name and no chance to make it to the top three in their group. Beating Triumph would guarantee GODSENT a Major spot The rest of it is all up in the air. Three more Major spots

RMR standings breakdown: Where teams need to place to qualify for the Major

With the full team lineups for all IEM Fall divisions set, there is now a limited number of teams who can potentially qualify for and compete at the PGL Major in Stockholm. In this breakdown, we will go through each region and preview which teams can still claim a spot, how well some teams would have to do to lock themselves in, how badly some teams would need to do to not qualify, and more. To quickly break down the overall format for IEM Fall, each region has an even

IEM Fall initial matchups announced

ESL have announced the initial matchups for the upcoming Regional Major Ranking (RMR) events that will take place between September 29 - October 10. The European, North American and CIS events will start with a round-robin group stage before moving to a single-elimination bracket. Meanwhile, the Asian, Oceanic, and South American teams will only have to play a double-elimination bracket. IEM Fall North America and Asia will start on October 5 while the other events will all kick off several days earlier, on September 29. The European RMR will take

Microsoft Flight Simulator – FlyTampa Teases Amsterdam & Corfu Airports; Aerosoft Announces Simple Traffic; Bordeaux Released

Today third-party developers had some juicy news to share about upcoming add-ons for Microsoft Flight Simulator. First of all, we get a tease from acclaimed developer FlyTampa, which released two interesting images. The first portrays Amsterdam Airport Schiphol (EHAM) in the Netherlands, while the second teases Corfu International Airport (LGKR) in Greece. The first is a major hub that could definitely use a fresh coat of paint in Microsoft Flight Simulator. The second is one of the most scenic and interesting airports in the Mediterranean. Next comes Aerosoft with something

Microsoft Flight Simulator Brisbane, O.R. Tambo, Aysén, & Aarhus Airports Get New Screenshots; Sumburgh Released

Today Third-party developers released a lot of assets about airports coming for Microsoft Flight Simulator, while another has been released. First of all, Orbx shared a first look at the brand new Brisbane Airport (YBBN) in Queensland, Australia. As the third-busiest airport in the country, this is certainly a relevant addition to the sim, and another step in Orbx’s quest to improve the country where it’s based. “Brisbane Airport is the work of our experienced team in Havant who have overhauled the airport with a considerable number of updates since

Nigeria leads mobile app market growth in Africa as use of gaming apps surge 44% from Q1 2020

The pandemic’s effect on the global app market has not been hard to miss. In the first quarter and first half of this year, consumer spending in mobile apps hit new records at $32 billion and $64.9 billion, respectively. In Africa, it can be tough to call out exact numbers on consumer spending because the continent gets hardly a mention in global app market reports. Yet, other metrics are worth looking at, and a new report from AppsFlyer in collaboration with Google has some important insights into how the African app

Microsoft Flight Simulator CRJ 1000 Gets First Screenshots; Twin Otter Gets Details & Pricing; Edinburgh Airport & More Announced

Today third-party developers had a lot of interesting news to share about upcoming aircraft and scenery for Microsoft Flight Simulator. First of all, We hear from Aerosoft, which released the first screenshots of its upcoming CRJ 1000, featuring the AirFrance HOP! livery. More liveries will include Binter Canarias, Garuda Indonesia, Iberia, and more. It’ll come alongside the CRJ 900 as a further add-on to the excellent CRJ 550/700 package. Recently, we heard that Aerosoft hopes to release it this month and today it was confirmed that development is “fully on schedule.” Next,

Call of Duty: Warzone ‘Ground Fall’ Event Explained

Call of DutyWarzone's latest event, Ground Fall, is set to kick off with the launch of Season 4 later this week. / ActivisionWarzone's latest event, Ground Fall, is set to kick off with the launch of Season 4 later this week.Ground Fall and its exciting backstory were revealed in the Season 4 Cinematic trailer. Jackal has infiltrated the Jumpseat Satellite Ground Station located in South Africa, taking out several staff members responsible for the flight path of the objects' orbit in space. At the behest of his employer, the one