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Africa's biggest gaming and technology event, Rage Expo 2011, has officially kicked off at the Coca-Cola Dome in Johannesburg, giving gamers and tech addicts the chance to check out the latest games, gadgets and technology, all in one place.
So what's happening this year at Rage that makes it the place to be? Plenty. If that's not a good enough answer, then check out the list below of some of the highlights from this year's schedule:
| Activity | Date & Time | Stand no. |
| Developers | ||
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Megarom Interactive will be hosting private cinema style demonstrations of the following games:
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30 Sep – 02 Oct 30 min intervals |
Megarom Stands X, W AA & AC |
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Nu Metro Entertainment present Rocksteady Studios’ Paul Crocker, Lead Narrative Designer on BATMAN: ARKHAM CITY available at the stand for interviews. |
30 Sep – 01 Oct 10:00 – 15:00 |
Nu Metro Stand L |
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Game.Dev is presenting community sessions with some of SA’s most talented professional game developers. Developers will be available answer questions about their games, have them available for testing and discuss what the world of game development is doing in South Africa. Saturday: 10:00 – 10:30: Sven Bergström – Getting into Game Development 10:30 – 11:00: Jonathan Hau-Yoon with Chris Minaar – 3D Art for Games 13:00 – 13:30: QCF Design – Desktop Dungeons and more 13:30 – 14:00: Danny Day (QCF) – Revenue, Funding & Cloning 15:00 – 15:30: Luma Arcade – Running a Game Dev Studio 15:30 – 16:00: Dave Russell – Windows Phone 7 Development Sunday: Game. Dev will be demoing locally made games all day! |
01 Oct – 02 Oct 10:00 – 16:00 |
Castle Corner |
| Gaming Competitions | ||
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Telkom Do Gaming, EA & Alienware present 24-player BATTLEFIELD 3 madness. 24 PC's will be setup at the Telkom stand with BF3 code installed on each of them for players to try the game out. AND 2011 Telkom Do Gaming LAN CHAMPIONSHIPS will take place in a VIP section at the rAge expo on 30 September to 2 October as the top gamers in Call of Duty 4, StarCraft 2, FIFA 11 and Counter-Strike 1.6 battle it out for a total prize pool of R160 000 and bragging rights as the best gamers in South Africa. |
30 Sep – 02 Oct |
Telkom Stand AE |
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Corex Alliance will announce 10 of SA's top players in StarCraft and 10 in Call of Duty Black Ops, based on individual League Results, so a total of 20 players all together. This will be opened to the gaming community and public to vote on the Corex Alliance Facebook page for their favourite player. By 17 October, Corex will have eliminated 10 contestants (5 from Starcraft and 5 from Black Ops) and the remaining 10 will feature in a video review. The two final winners will be awarded with a Corsair Dream Machine to the value of R30,000, and the opportunity to continue to review products and brands under the Corex Alliance logo. |
30 Sep – 02 Oct |
Corex Stand O |
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Indie Gaming at rAge: Learn 3D, a local learning institution specialising in 3D animation and game development, will be presenting the “Home Grown” competition. Games produced by Learn 3D students will be put to the test as rAge visitors game-off for top honours and some awesome prizes throughout the show. Games are available for download at http://www.learn3d.co.za/HomeGrown_Competition.html. |
30 Sep – 02 Oct |
Learn 3D Stand 23 |
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Call of Duty Black Ops Finals on the stage. The top 2 clans out of 64 will be competing on sponsored PC's. Rest of the clans in this comp also available for interviews in the NAG LAN in the NGL area. |
Sun, 02 Oct |
Stage / NGL Area |
| Games | ||
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Megarom Interactive will be demonstrating the following games on the rAge stage throughout the expo (See stage schedule below):
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30 Sep – 02 Oct (see stage schedule below) |
Stage & Megarom Stands X, W AA & AC |
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EA Games will have the following latest featured games on their stand:
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30 Sep – 02 Oct |
EA Games Stand AD |
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Nintendo will be focus on the recently released The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time 3D on the 3DS; but will also have the following on their stand:
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30 Sep – 02 Oct |
Nintendo Stand U |
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Ster Kinekor Enterainment will be offering the following on code:
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30 Sep – 02 Oct |
Ster Kinekor Stand V |
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Nu Metro Entertainment will feature the following games on their stand:
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30 Sep – 02 Oct |
Nu Metro Stand L |
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4Gaming will be showcasing Fling Controller & Joystick-IT games : Fling Controller: Modern Combat: black Pegasus; Call of Duty World: Zombies; Geometry Wars Joystick-IT: Gun Bros, Etolis Aren, Infinity Field, Max adventure |
30 Sep – 02 Oct |
4Gaming Stand A |
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Overall the following games will be available on playable code from various exhibitors:
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30 Sep – 02 Oct |
Various Stands |
| Products | ||
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Nintendo are going big with their handheld 3DS marrying 3D and portable gaming. |
30 Sep – 02 Oct |
Nintendo Stand U |
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Sony PlayStation’s new portable device, the PS Vita to be showcased. |
Ster-Kinekor Stand V |
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Elementek bring you the best in high performance memory: Black Dragon GeIL DDR3 Memory - Gaming Series - Black Dragon is equipped with 8-layer PCB for high stability and specially tested IC for high performance. The Black Dragon is DBT – Die-hard Burn-in Technology tested for superior reliability. GeIL DDR3 Memory - Enhance Series – Enhance Corsa is tested with 10% guard band of the labeled speed which is implemented in XMP profile. It delivers performance & reliability exceeding expectations. The Enhance Corsa is DBT – Die-hard Burn-in Technology tested for superior reliability. GeIL DDR3 Memory - Gaming Series – EVO Corsa is hardcore gaming performance memory designed and tested for the latest Intel chipsets with frequencies starting from 1866MHz, 2133MHz and up. The EVO Corsa is DBT – Die-hard Burn-in Technology tested for superior reliability. |
30 Sep – 02 Oct |
Elementek Stand 1 |
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Corsair & Thermaltake showcased at Corex stand: Corsair Gaming And Enthusiast Components
Thermaltake Gaming & Enthusiast Components & Peripherals
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30 Sep – 02 Oct |
Corex Stand O |
| Other | ||
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Cosplay competition: Three categories:
Each category has separate judging criteria. |
Sat, 01/10 at 13:30 |
Stand AF |
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Artworks of Jolene Boshoff aka Joe Doe will be on display at the Artists Alley. Joe Doe has been living through her art for most her life and continues to explore and push the boundaries of art exploration every day. In recent years, Jolene has gained cult popularity within the wildlife circles with her vivid depiction of mysterious leopards and other wildlife. Lately Jolene has started exploring the bonds between women and nature, delving into the notion of ‘getting back to nature’ and as she puts it, “the great loss we suffer by secluding ourselves in a post-modern society of quick fixes and silicon dreams.” |
30 Sep – 02 Oct |
Artist Alley & Stand AF |
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Overclocking: Frontosa will be showcasing X58 Intel based motherboards running liquid nitrogen and three 69 series graphics cards to have a go at the 3D Mark records from the Frontosa stand. Gigabyte Overclocking on AMD stand: AMD FX 8 core CPU with 990FX board as well as an A8 APU with A75 |
30 Sep – 02 Oct |
Stand B/G/H Stand K |
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Magic the Gathering celebrates International release of Innistrad: Friday September 30th, 2011. Innistrad is a plane filled with savage monsters, strange transformations, and sinister magic. This article will walk you through the major new and returning mechanics of Innistrad, as well as a new evergreen rules term debuting in the Magic the Gathering set. |
Fri, 30 Sep 2011 |
MTG Stand AB |
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IT Human Interest Success Story: Goodwill Kwenza came from a previously disadvantaged background with no education behind him. He was disabled in a taxi accident many years ago, rendering him unemployable with no education. Goodwill was selected by the 94.7 Christmas Wishlist initiative to study with Dynamix Learning Solutions. Without any experience, Goodwill struggled with his studies. Dynamix sponsored for him start again on much needed pre-requisite courses. In 2011 Goodwill graduated top of his class and was immediately employed, now earning a good salary and owns a house. Microsoft chose him, out of every story submitted globally, for his story to be screened at the Microsoft Worldwide partner conference as a success story within IT. Based on his story, Microsoft has now started a foundation named after him to help underprivileged around the world. To view the video, visit http://www.microsoft.com/presspass/presskits/learning/videoGallery.aspx and select Dynamix Learning Solutions. |
Sat, 01 Oct 2011 |
Dynamix Stand 25 |
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NAG teams up with The Verge – check out their stand in the centre of The Dome! |
30 Sep – 02 Oct |
Stand AK |
| Stage Schedule | ||||||||
| Friday, 30 September 2011 | Saturday, 1 October 2011 | Sunday, 2 October 2011 | ||||||
| Time | Staged Event | Time | Staged Event | Time | Staged Event | |||
| Start | End | Start | End | Start | End | |||
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10:30 |
10:50 |
Samsung |
09:30 |
09:50 |
Introduction Tomb raider |
10:00 |
10:20 |
NGL Premier Division Finals |
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11:00 |
11:20 |
Tomb Raider |
10:00 |
10:20 |
Platinum Micro: monitor give-away |
10:30 |
10:50 |
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11:30 |
11:50 |
Evetech give-away |
10:30 |
10:50 |
Darkness II |
11:00 |
11:20 |
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12:00 |
12:20 |
Just Dance 3 |
11:00 |
11:20 |
Guildwars 2 |
11:30 |
12:20 |
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12:30 |
12:50 |
Guildwars 2 |
11:30 |
11:50 |
Corex prize give-away, competition & dancers |
12:20 |
12:25 |
LG 3D TV give-away |
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N/A |
N/A |
N/A |
N/A |
N/A |
N/A |
12:25 |
12:30 |
HP notebook give-away |
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13:00 |
13:20 |
Corex prize give-away, competition & dancers |
12:00 |
12:20 |
Just Dance 3 |
12:30 |
13:00 |
NGL Prize Giving |
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13:30 |
13:50 |
Rayman |
12:30 |
12:50 |
Ghost Recon |
13:10 |
13:25 |
Corex Alliance Facebook Competition |
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14:00 |
14:20 |
Darkness II |
13:00 |
13:20 |
Corex F1 competition & Dancers |
13:30 |
13:50 |
Skylanders |
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14:30 |
14:50 |
Skylanders |
13:30 |
13:50 |
14:00 |
14:20 |
Just Dance 3 |
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15:00 |
15:20 |
Corex F1 competition & Dancers |
14:00 |
14:20 |
Skylanders |
14:30 |
14:50 |
Guildwars 2 |
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15:30 |
15:50 |
14:30 |
14:50 |
Guildwars 2 |
15:00 |
15:20 |
Corex prize give-away, competition & dancers |
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16:00 |
16:20 |
Guildwars 2 |
15:00 |
15:20 |
Corex F1 competition & Dancers |
15:30 |
15:50 |
Diablo III |
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16:30 |
16:50 |
Ghost Recon |
15:30 |
15:50 |
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17:00 |
17:20 |
Platinum Micro: monitor give-away |
16:00 |
16:20 |
Guildwars 2 |
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17:30 |
17:50 |
Diablo III |
16:30 |
16:50 |
Corex prize give-away, competition & dancers |
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17:00 |
17:20 |
Diablo III |
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17:30 |
17:50 |
Evetech give-away |
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Rage Expo 2011 is open from 30 September – 02 October at the Coca-Cola Dome, Johannesburg.
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