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GirlGamer Africa, a global festival empowering women’s competitiveness in esports, hosted qualifiers at ATK Arena in Claremont, whose teams reigned as the fest’s champs.
The tournament, which started on Friday 27 October, was a qualifying event where some of Africa’s best female players competed for a spot in the GirlGamer World Finals. The festival was said to be an exhilarating spectacle, featuring some fierce competition as teams have been contending in rounds of League of Legends and Counter Strike Global Offensive.
ATK Arena’s media liaison Devon Murphy confirmed to People’s Post their winning titles for both competing rounds of League of Legends and Counter Strike Global Offensive (CS:GO) over the weekend.
League of Legends, a team-based strategy game where two teams of five powerful champions face off to destroy the other’s base. It demands gamers to master teamwork, have lightning-fast reflexes, and razor-sharp decision-making skills. While (CS:GO) is a fast-paced, high-action and strategy-heavy multiplayer first-person shooter game pressing players to exhibit tactical skills and precision shooting.
“ATK will be representatives for the Sub-Saharan African Region at the World Finals. The GirlGamer World Finals is effectively the biggest women esports tournament in the world. It’s going to be a great time! It gets a lot of viewers with hundreds of thousands of viewers on Twitch and similar channels,” Murphy detailed.
The City of Cape Town is a proud sponsor of the event, celebrating women in esports.
This leg of the competition saw 60 of the best female gamers from South Africa, Namibia, Zambia, Botswana, Zimbabwe, Mozambique, Lesotho, Mauritius and Reunion Island competing against each other for the chance to represent the continent in the GirlGamer World Circuit Finals taking place in Spain.
“Cape Town has become a critical player in the African gaming industry, with more than half of the country’s game development studios based here,” said the City’s Mayco member for safety and security JP Smith.
Smith added that “the GirlGamer esports Festival is an ideal platform for highlighting the achievements of female players, helping break down barriers and encouraging more women to get involved in this exciting and rapidly growing industry. We are thrilled to be a part of this event to see local gamers gaining more exposure within the esports scene and be provided with opportunities to display their skills on an international level.”
GirlGamer is a global esports community promoting female gamers, providing a platform to connect and compete in tournaments.
