• The Liberty Midlands Mall in Pietermaritzburg is set to host a gaming festival next week.
• The festival is being run from 26th to 28th March, with R60 000 worth of prizes to be won.
• Game4U is sponsoring the event in collaboration with the African Cyber Gaming League (ACGL).

If you enjoy gaming and find yourself in the Pietermaritzburg area next week, you may want to head to the Liberty Midlands Mall as a gaming festival is set to take place from 26th to 28th March.

Now in its third year, organisers explain that over 2 000 players attended in 2023, with this year’s gaming festival being presented by retailer Game4U in collaboration with the African Cyber Gaming League (ACGL).

This year’s event will be open to platers from 9:00 in the morning until 17:00 in the afternoon from Tuesday 26th to Thursday 28th March in the Centre Court, Woolworths Court, and Wimpy Court of the mall.

Furthermore, there will be over R60 000 worth of prizes up for grabs.

“Participants will be able to compete in various mini-tournaments, with prizes awarded for players at the top of the leader board, as well as in random draws. In the Keyboard Rebuild Race, sponsored by Redragon. the daily “fastest time” winners will win Redragon keyboard, with an additional keyboard being given away in a lucky draw at the end of the weekend,” organisers shared in a release with Hypertext.

There is also a PlayStation 5 EA FC 24 tournament will be hosted throughout the event in the Wimpy Court as one of the main draws for the festival.

“A total of five qualifiers and a grand final will see players competing for a prize pool of R5,000 worth of gift cards and a PS5 to be won. Each qualifier is limited to 64-players, and registration will be done on a first-come-first-served basis at the event. The top four players from each qualifier will return on the event’s final day for the grand finale to compete for their share of prizes. Registration for the qualifiers opens at 9:00 AM and 1:00 PM on Tuesday and Wednesday respectively, and at 9:00 AM on Thursday, with the final commencing at 1:00 PM,” organisers added.

Other events planned over the three days include a fastest lap competition where daily winners on the racing setups will each win a R500 Midlands Mall gift card. There’s a Tekken 8 cup taking place too on the Thursday, with a total of R1 500 in gift cards to be won.

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