MTN SHIFT Gaming Experience 2025 announced

The hype is most definitely real for the HYPROP MTN SHIFT Gaming Experience 2025, dubbed as “South Africa’s biggest gaming showdown” as it returns this year. The event series already kicked off on 18 May with the first online qualifiers.

This year’s MTN SHIFT Gaming Experience raises the bar with the return of the EA FC 25 National Football Tournament and the debut of MTN Beat Saber Challenge. Yup, that’s two national titles. The entire event will take place over five months, at eight Hyprop shopping centers, online qualifiers via ACGL, and a National Finals at Canal Walk from 17 to 21 September 2025.

The aforementioned National Finals boasts a prize pool of R50,000, in case you were wondering. Let’s take a look at the most important details.

MTN SHIFT Gaming Experience 2025 dates & events

First off, the MTN SHIFT Gaming Experience 2025 features both online and in-person components. The online portion is, of course, on the excellent ACGL platform. Then, players get to compete in-person in malls across Pretoria, Cape Town, and Johannesburg.

Each of the in-person events features an EA FC 25 tournament, alongside Fighting Game Cups, the Carry1st COD Mobile events, a SuperSprint Lap Challenge presented by the Toyota Gaming Engine, and the awesome PC Gaming Zone powered by PCBuilder. Damn, that sounds good! As per a PR we received, here’s what you can expect:

“Gamers can also go head-to-head in Tekken, Street Fighter 6, Brawlhalla, Rocket League, Minecraft and Call of Duty: Mobile, with dozens of R1 000+ gift card prizes on offer each weekend. The Beat Saber Challenge, hosted by MTN and playable both in-mall and on MTN’s Battle+ platform, brings a high-energy VR experience into the mix. Players with the highest Beat Saber scores at each mall qualify for the National Final – and anyone who tries it stands a chance to win a gaming PC worth R50 000.“

The most important aspect I feel that local gamers must know about for the MTN SHIFT Gaming Experience 2025 are the dates and venues.

Here is the information presented in a table format:

See you there! Good luck, and most importantly, have fun!

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Header image via MTN/ACGL.