{"id":124060,"date":"2022-03-09T11:41:58","date_gmt":"2022-03-09T09:41:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/?p=124060"},"modified":"2022-03-09T11:42:36","modified_gmt":"2022-03-09T09:42:36","slug":"top-5-competitive-fps-games-with-south-african-servers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/entertainment\/124060-top-5-competitive-fps-games-with-south-african-servers","title":{"rendered":"Top 5 competitive FPS games with South African servers"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>As a gamer in South Africa, you\u2019ve likely suffered the struggles of remaining competitive in games where the servers are situated in Europe.<\/p>\n<p>If you\u2019ve played Fortnite or Apex Legends, for example, you will be all too familiar with the frustration of high ping that often leads to your death.<\/p>\n<p>While 200ms may not seem to be substantial, it can be the difference between making or missing a shot &#8211; especially when your enemy is unlikely to be playing with the same issue.<\/p>\n<p>We have therefore listed five multiplayer FPS games that have local South African servers to help you stay competitive.<\/p>\n<h3 class=\"my-4\">Counter-Strike: Global Offensive (CS:GO)<\/h3>\n<p>CS:GO has remained popular since its release in 2012, and it\u2019s one of the most popular competitive FPS games in South Africa.<\/p>\n<p>You can enjoy CS:GO on your own or with your friends, and the servers are busy most of the time so you shouldn\u2019t have a problem finding a game.<\/p>\n<p>If your competitive nature is unsatisfied playing on the \u201ccasual\u201d servers, you can sign up with ESEA, which is a matchmaking service that hosts tournaments and provides servers for trusted players.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/0IF7-WD3TPY\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3 class=\"my-4\">Call of Duty: Warzone<\/h3>\n<p>Activision has released a multitude of COD titles, including their more recent Battle Royale addition, Warzone.<\/p>\n<p>COD has had South African servers for many years now, and is one of the most popular gaming franchises &#8211; both locally and globally.<\/p>\n<p>The game is available on PC and console, and it is usually easy to find a game. However, if there aren\u2019t enough players locally at any given time, you\u2019ll be moved to an EU server.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/0E44DClsX5Q\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3 class=\"my-4\">Battlefield V<\/h3>\n<p>This Battle Royale game came out in 2018 and is set in the World War 2 era. There are local servers available but the search time for a game varies significantly.<\/p>\n<p>If you\u2019re keen on jumping onto Battlefield V, have a look at this<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/groups\/battlefieldsa\"> community group<\/a> which will help you get into some good competitive games with trusted players.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/LCZLabOywYU\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3 class=\"my-4\">Tom Clancy\u2019s Rainbow Six Siege<\/h3>\n<p>Rainbow Six Siege has local servers and is popular on both PC and console. It is a close-quarters combat type of game that has you breaching buildings and eliminating the enemy.<\/p>\n<p>The search time is reasonable, although you might wait a bit longer for ranked matches.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/YlVf0XCybmg\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3 class=\"my-4\">Free Fire<\/h3>\n<p>Free Fire is a mobile battle royale game that has gone largely unnoticed in South Africa despite gaining worldwide popularity.<\/p>\n<p>This game is a combination of Fortnite and COD mobile, and has SSA servers for South Africa and other African regions.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/oq2Rz2I11l0\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><strong>Read: <a title=\"Permalink to Stranger of Paradise: Final Fantasy Origin system requirements released\" href=\"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/pc\/124054-stranger-of-paradise-final-fantasy-origin-system-requirements-released\" rel=\"bookmark\">Stranger of Paradise: Final Fantasy Origin system requirements released<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As a gamer in South Africa, you\u2019ve likely suffered the struggles of remaining competitive in games where the servers are situated in Europe.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":251,"featured_media":124062,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_sma_x_autopost_enabled":true,"_sma_x_custom_text":"","_sma_x_autopost_status":"idle","_sma_x_autopost_error":"","_sma_x_post_id":"","_sma_x_attempts":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[23,695,2664,15397,1870,243],"class_list":["post-124060","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-entertainment","tag-call-of-duty","tag-counter-strike-global-offensive","tag-gaming","tag-pc","tag-playstation","tag-xbox-2"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/124060","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/251"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=124060"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/124060\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/124062"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=124060"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=124060"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=124060"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}