Gaming events this week

With the rAge 2012 gaming expo on its way to us next weekend, there are still a number of gaming events that shouldn’t be overshadowed.

Over the last weekend of September, gamers can warm up for rAge with the Organised Chaos LAN, the Friday Night LAN Party, the dAZLAN, and the Mayhem Magic the Gathering pre-release event.

Organised Chaos

Cape Town’s Organised Chaos is hosting its big LAN this weekend, which will take place from 28 September 2012 – 30 September 2012.

You have until the end of today to book, so if you’re interested, head over to the Organised Chaos site and buy tickets http://www.oc.co.za/buy-tickets

Date & Time: Friday, 28 September, 2012 – 5:00PM – Sunday, September 30, 2012 – 12:00PM
City: Cape Town
Venue: Sunningdale Sports Complex
Type: LAN
Hosted by: Organised Chaos
Price: R150 for Standard seats and R200 for Gigabit seats
Website: Organised Chaos

Friday Night LAN Party

The Friday Night LAN Party will take place on 28 September 2012 and run until29 September 2012.

The event will be held at The Crescent in Sandton, so if you’re in JHB and looking for some LAN action, head over to NetPlayers and book your spot.

Date & Time: Friday, 28 September, 2012 – 7:00PM – Saturday, 29 September, 2012 – 9:00AM
City: Johannesburg
Venue: The Crescent, Sunninghill, Sandton
Type: LAN
Hosted by: NetPlayers
Price: R130
Website: NetPlayers

dAZLAN – Wierdapark

The dAZLAN is happening this weekend in Wierdapark, Centurion.

The LAN will run from 28 September 2012 (16:00) to 29 September 2012 (08:00), with some competitions taking place at the event.

There will be food and snacks available at the Snack Shop

dAZLAN LAN Games is sponsored by Roccat, Computer House, and Inter Computers.

Date & Time: 28 September 2012 (16:00) – 29 September 2012 (08:00)
City: Pretoria
Venue: 290 Friederiche Str, (corner of Friederiche & Koedoe Str – Next to Springvale Primary School’s entrance) Wierdapark, Centurion
Type: LAN
Hosted by: LAN Central
Price: R100pp (EFT R80pp)
Website: www.dazlan.co.za
Tickets: To book: Register as a member www.dazlan.co.za and post in the forum

FRAG LAN

Durban gamers will be happy to know that the FRAG LAN is taking place this weekend.

Running from 28 September 2012 to 30 September 2012, the FRAG LAN will be celebrating its 5-year birthday bash.

Date & Time: 28 September 2012 (16:00) to 30 September 2012 (12:00pm)
City: Durban
Venue: UKZN Sports Science Hall
Type: LAN
Hosted by: FRAG
Price: R150 Door (first 25 @ R120) (Loyality and Credit card booking will be available from next week)
Website: FRAG

Mayhem – Magic the Gathering event

The Mayhem Magic the Gathering pre-release event will take place on 29 September 2012 at 10:00 am, with players will be informed of the venue after registration.

Each player will receive one Return to Ravnica Guild Pre-release Pack to use for building a deck.

Players can register for the event by sending an email through to [email protected], with your name, surname, nick, DCI number (if you have one), contact number, and which guild you wish to play with. Players who do not have a DCI number can sign up for one on the day of the event.

Date & Time: Saturday, 29 September, 2012 – 10:00am
City: Johannesburg
Venue: TBA
Type: Sealed Deck event
Hosted by: Mayhem
Price: R270 per player
Website: Mayhem

Resident Evil 6 launch

Ster-Kinekor will be launching Resident Evil 6 this Friday, and 10 lucky MyGaming readers will have the opportunity to attend the launch party at Microsoft Xbox 360 HQ.

We can neither confirm nor deny that Milla Jovovich will be present and/or will be performing a belly-dance, but just in case, head over to the competition page and get yourself on the list by winning.

There are five (5) double-invites up for grabs, meaning the winners can take a friend along. The launch party is taking place on Thursday evening (18.00, 27 September 2012), at Microsoft HQ in Bryanston, Johannesburg.