Carolina Games Summit

08/28/2026

🛡️ Defend or Defuse 🪛

We are bringing Counter Strike 2 to the Game and Geek Expo!

📍 Raleigh Convention Center | September 5 & 6

🏆 TOURNAMENT SCHEDULE:

Qualifier Pools - Saturday, September 5 @ 1PM
4 Team Finals - Sunday, September 6 @ Noon

Winners will take home college scholarships from Barton College, Louisburg College, Wesleyan College, and University of South Carolina Upstate, plus additional exciting prizes!

Sponsored by Red Bull, Spectrum, and visitRaleigh!

Register your team free: https://www.cgs365.com

Join our Discord: discord.gg/WCszPNMpsr

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08/22/2026

If you have been watching and waiting JOTEGO CPS3 development for FPGA’s like the DC10 Nano (aka the MiSTer arcade platform) and noticed Third Strike was released today, we are happy to report a NC Arcade has already implemented the system on one of their Candy cabs!! Bravo Xepher Arcade we appreciate your hard work growing and supporting the FGC !!

NC FGC is saved

08/15/2026

🎮Don't forget: The Museum's first-ever gaming festival, NCMA Games Together, is TODAY, Saturday, August 15!🕹️

Beginning at 10 am, the festival is free to attend and will feature a vendor market, a wide variety of tabletop and video gaming activities, food, and more.

🎲We also have several ticketed events, including workshops where you'll learn to play Dungeons & Dragons, a video game-inspired jazz jam, and a screening of Street Fighter (1994).🎷

More festival details, plus links to the ticketed events, are available here ➡️ https://bit.ly/3S07EOZ

08/02/2026

The Southern Fried Gaming Expo 2026 Mario Kart World

08/01/2026

The Southern Fried Gaming Expo 2026 Super Smash Bros. Ultimate Bracket

07/31/2026

The Southern Fried Gaming Expo 2026 Street Fighter 6 Bracket