Movies, animation, comics, gaming, digital art and tech. Want to know what’s happening in Africa and beyond? Here’s the Run Down for this week.
NEWS OUT OF AFRICA – Comics/Digital Art
It All Started With Vanguard Union…
First it was Vanguard Union, a comic that saw Comic Republic’s flagship character Guardian Prime team up with Nu Tech, Aje and several other heroes as they united to fight against a common threat and protect their people.
Then came Vanguard Aftermath, that looked into what resulted after the heroes fateful team up and now this 2021, Comic Republic will be releasing another brand new title – Vanguard Overwatch.
Vanguard Overwatch- Coming Soon
On the 21st of April, 2021 multimedia publishing company, Comic Republic will be releasing a brand new comic series titled Vanguard Overwatch.
Not many details have been given about the upcoming series, but fans of the the Vanguard can be assured that they’ll be delving deeper into the stories of their favourite superhero team.
Check out more https://thecomicrepublic.com/
Meet Pap Souleye- Fall the Comic Artist
Pap Souleye Fall is Senegal-based comic artist with a desire to tell stories about African in a fresh and different way. One of the ways he set out to do that was through manga. After a year spent on tweaking the story and drawing away on Procreate, Souleye-Fall finally had his unique story – Oblivion Rouge
Oblivion Rogue
Oblivion Rogue is a story that explores Western African folklore and themes of colonisation and neo-colonialism in a unique way .
The comic follows the story of two women named Oumi and Aissa who are combat medics called Runners, Z a young outlaw escaping war trying to begin a new life in Warpland with his young brothers and father and a young aimless youth naimed Haaz looking for work.
Through this a story Souleye-Fall hopes people will see Africa in a different lense and in a fresh way and be aware of the multiple stories that exist within the continent.
Check out more http://www.africandigitalart.com/2021/04/16/interview-with-senegalese-comic-artist-pap-souleye-fall/
ACGL Announce a New PUBG Mobile Squads Cash Series
The African Cyber Gaming League (ACGL) have announced a new PUBG: Mobile Tournament! The tournament is free to enter and will be open to gamers within South Africa.
Three qualifiers will be held starting on the 22, April 2021, with the finals taking place on 13 May, 2021. Eager to participate? Register now and stand the chance of having a prt in a R4000 prize pool.
Find out more https://esportscentral.co.za/pubg/pubg-mobile-squads-cash-series-announced-by-acgl/
NEWS BEYOND AFRICA – Gaming/Entertainment
Ever Heard of Jambox Games?
Singapore-bases start up, Jambox Games, specialise in creating platforms for game developers to gain, engage and monetize users. This company believes that “Building a successful gaming franchise is more science than art,” and as a result have decided to launch a brand new platform aimed to help game developers master that science.
Jambox Games’ New Publishing Platform
Jambox Games have recently gained $1.1m in funding to launch a new games publishing platform for independent game developers. The platform will focus largely on casual and hypercasual games and help developers publish their games and compete with more global companies.
Jambox aim to launch this platform in Southeast Asia where there is “tremendous talent” and were the games have “huge potential”, according to Jambox Games’ founder and CEO, Vikas Gulati.
So far Jambox have their gaze fixed on an initial launch in Indonesia, India, Vietnam with plans to expand to Malaysia, Thailand and the Philippines later on. Find out morehttps://www.gamesindustry.biz/articles/2021-04-15-jambox-games-raises-usd1-1m-to-support-independent-developers-in-southeast-asia