It’s a South African gamer’s favourite time of the year, the rAge gaming, tech and entertainment expo.
Taking place at the TicketPro Dome in Northgate, the event will surely be one of the biggest to date.
But what’s going down at the expo? What games will you be able to get your hands on and what goodies can you buy?
Well, using my keen senses and having dug through all of the press releases, I have put together a guide of everything, well, everything we know of so far, that you should expect from rAge 2015.
When and Where?
This year’s rAge expo takes place on 9 – 11 October.
- Friday – 10:00 – 18:00
- Saturday – 09:00 – 18:00
- Sunday – 10:00 – 16:00
- Where – The Ticketpro Dome | Corner Northumberland Road & Olievenhout Avenue | Northgate, North Riding
You can get day or weekend tickets at the door for R100 and R250 respectively, or at Computicket for the same price.
Gaming Exhibitors
Megarom
Megarom is looking to bring their A-game at this year’s rAge, as they have a handful of games releasing in the next few months that are on the top of everyone’s list of must-buys.
So, if you want to get your hands on Assassin’s Creed Syndicate before it launches this month you can at rAge. Or perhaps you’re more keen on destroying everything in site, and all while from the comfort of a wing-suit; we’re talking about Just Cause 3 here, and it’s available for you to play at just one place this weekend.
There’s a lot more where that came from too:
- Just Cause 3 – Playable
- Assassin’s Creed Syndicate – Playable/Presentation
- Tom Clancy’s Rainbow Six Siege – Playable
- Tom Clancy’s: The Division – Playable/ Presentation
- Guitar Hero Live – Playable
- Skylanders: Superchargers –Playable/Presentation
- Call of Duty: Black Ops III – Playable
- WWE 2K16 – Playable
- NBA 2K16 – Playable
- Just Dance 2015 – Presentation
- Mafia III – Presentation
- Deus Ex: Mankind Divided – Presentation
- XCOM 2 – Presentation
Microsoft
Microsoft has a few tricks up their sleeves for rAge 2015.
Rise of the Tomb Raider will be playable; plus, they’re giving away a trip to Cambodia in partnership with GeekXP. That alone is worth turning up to rAge for.
They will also have their new Xbox One Elite Controller on display for gamers to try out for themselves. And for a demonstration of the Xbox One’s backwards compatibility, you’ll need to get your butts to rage. And there’s more.
For the first time ever, ID@Xbox will be at rAge showcasing some great indie titles, as well as giving out some info on how South African developers can take part in the program.
Microsoft will also have a Fallout 4 Pip-Boy booth where you can get your photo taken and printed with a rather charming Fallout aesthetic.
- Rise of the Tomb Raider
- ID@Xbox – Wasteland 2
- ID@Xbox – Cuphead
- ID@Xbox – The Long Dark
- Rare Replay
- Forza Motorsport 6
There will be more on display for sure.
PlayStation
We have not received confirmation of all of the games that will be showcased at their year’s rAge at the PlayStation stand, but we do know that these three will be there for sure:
- PES 2016
- Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain
- Mad Max
Prima Interactive
Prima will be showing off their biggest title, Disney Infinity 3.0, as well as past titles in the series.
Apex Interactive
Apex will have the new Razer Forge on display, as well as the new Chroma Range. WRC5 will be playable, as well as Darksiders II: Deathinitve Edition and MX vs. ATV Encore Edition
- Darksiders II: Deathinitve Edition
- MX vs. ATV Encore Edition
- WRC5
Home_Coded Stand
There will be 19 local games on display at the Home_Coded stand:
- Stand 52-HC1 – Axon Games (Kronostasis)
- Stand 52-HC2 – Red Dot Lab (Skadonk Showdown)
- Stand 52-HC3 – Celestial Games (Montez)
- Stand 52-HC4 – Nikita Nel & Kaylin Sham (Don’t Believe the Tales)
- Stand 52-HC5 – Zero Degrees Games (Among the Innocent: A Stricken Tale)
- Stand 52-HC6 – The Brotherhood (STASIS)
- Stand 52-HC7 – Every.Single.Soldier (Vietnam ’65; Afghanistan ’11)
- Stand 52-HC8 – Celestial Games (Toxic Bunny HD)
- Stand 52-HC9 – Celestial Games (BAD)
- Stand 52-HC10 – RetroEpic Software (A Day in the Woods; Ginjah)
- Stand 52-HC11 – Westudio Games (Rolling Ball Zero)
- Stand 52-HC12 – Made With Monster Love (Cadence)
- Stand 52-HC13 – Team Devil (Rogue Raid)
- Stand 52-HC14 – Celestial Games (BAD)
- Stand 52-HC15 – What if STUDIOS (SAM)
- Stand 52-HC16 – Twoplus Games; Paul Potgieter (Beat Attack; Clutchfighter)
Outside of gaming there’s:
Skullcandy
Skullcandy will be giving away a headset to the value of R1, 699, as well as a hamper. You can also get some hands on time with the PLYR and SLYR range at their stand. If you bring your old headset in, you can get 30% off a new one too (T’s & C’s Apply).
Cosplay Competition
As always, be sure to stop by your favourite cosplayer and take a few selfies with him or her. The competition has over 100 entries so far, so there will surely be some variety.
Entelect
The final play offs in the Entelect 100KChallenge are taking place at rAge this year. Be sure to check it out on Saturday morning at 09H00.
The Shops #LOOT
With every passing rAge comes two-minute noodles for the foreseeable future as all of our earnings are thrown away at the expo, and rAge 2015 will be no different.
From games, to art, to jewellery and merchandise, rAge 2015 will be full of ways to waste you hard earned cash.
Are you looking forward to rAge 2015? Let us know in the comments and forum.
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