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Both casual and professional gamers pour hundreds of hours into playing online with one basic premise – the game is fair. From reputation to financial gain, the motivation to be at the top of the leaderboard is massive and unfortunately, some are turning to cheating, to climb the ladder...
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Melbourne played host to PAX Australia this weekend and three amateur PUBG squads have triumphed over 105 other squads. The Live Qualifiers played out in front of a large crowd, in Red Bull Fight or Flight – the biggest PUBG esports tournament for amateurs in Australia. The three squads...
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Technology is impacting virtually every part of our lives, yet it still gets a fairly low representation on our TVs. A new series on ABC iView will help address that lack of content with Help! My kid is a Gamer! If you’re a parent that has trouble keeping pace...
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The latest racing title from Codemasters is GRID and those half-serious racers out there will be keen to learn what wheel and pedal setups are supported. GRID doesn’t just support a wheel setup – it thrives on it. Throughout development, the developers say they’ve focused on making GRID fun,...
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The new HTC VIVE COSMOS will officially arrive in Australia on the 4th of October and cost A$1,299, with pre-orders starting today. Vive Cosmos is the latest premium PC-based virtual reality (VR) system created with a new level of accessibility and ease of use, designed to grow with users...
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If you’re into sim racing, then you’ll know iRacing is one of the leading racing simulators available. Their subscription model continues to fund the development of new tracks, racing types and of importantly different cars. Thanks to a new announcement from Australia’s top motorsport category, the latest Supercars are...
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RIG 700 Series is one of the lightest gaming headsets on the market....
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Xbox has had 2 different subscriptions for a while, the Xbox Live Gold that allows you to play online with your friends, as well as the newer Xbox Game Pass. Game Pass allows you to download and play over 100 high-quality games for one low monthly price. The ideal...
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If you stream your games online, then chances are you have (or want) an Elgato. Elgato have just launched the 4K60 Pro MK.2 which takes an already great capture card and builds on it, making it more powerful and also shrinking the footprint. The card boasts features like 4K...
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Next Level Racing is one of the biggest brands in sim racing. That is largely thanks to continued investment in research and development of new products. It was only a week ago when I was writing about their last product, but now we have another and it’s awesome. A...
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Next Level Racing is introducing another product in their growing list of racing sim products. The Challenger Cockpit is a new racing sim that builds on the learnings from their F-GT sim, while continuing to deliver a product that is both accessible and available at an affordable price. The...
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I get it, your aspiring teenager believes they’re going to be the next eSports champion to win a few million dollars and the thought of them buying you a new house sounds awfully nice. The reality is, most won’t be elite eSports champions, most will simply invest hundreds of...
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Time to live in the future gamers. ...
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The Interactive Games & Entertainment Association (IGEA) has released new research into the power and impact of video games in Australia. The report shows a fairly contrary result to the common perception, perpetuated by the media, that video games are evil and bad for us. It turns out that...
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Nintendo has announced the Nintendo Switch Lite. The baby brother to the full Nintendo Switch released back in 2017. The Lite version is dedicated mobility, it can play all the regular Nintendo Switch games (that support handheld mode), but ditches the dock and removable controllers. The Nintendo Switch Lite system launches...
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Think eSports is a joke? Think again, there’s now a million dollars on the line with the second season of World’s Fastest Gamer. Ten of the fastest esports racers on the planet to battle it out to win a year racing for real at some of the world’s most...
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Formula 1 has millions of fans the world over and many of those are also gamers. Each year these fans watch the rule changes, then the amazing technical and engineering responses to those rules. Cue the 2019 spec F1 car which this year was changed to provide more competitive...
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Last week Elon Musk dropped by E3 and showed off a preview of Beach Buggy Racing being played on the screen of a Model 3. At the time it was a neat demo, but nobody expected it to arrive so quickly. The game is available now for Tesla owners...
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Does 8K capability mean 8K video? Or 8K gaming? ...
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Microsoft has announced that you’ll be able to race LEGO cars in Forza. The announcement came during Microsoft’s E3 keynote. In an upcoming update, the second for Forza Horizon 4, racing fans will get to jump behind the wheel of LEGO vehicles. This is quite the achievement technically to...
Both casual and professional gamers pour hundreds of hours into playing online with one basic premise – the game is fair. From reputation to financial gain, the motivation to be at the top of the leaderboard is massive and unfortunately, some are turning to cheating, to climb the ladder...
Melbourne played host to PAX Australia this weekend and three amateur PUBG squads have triumphed over 105 other squads. The Live Qualifiers played out in front of a large crowd, in Red Bull Fight or Flight – the biggest PUBG esports tournament for amateurs in Australia. The three squads...
Technology is impacting virtually every part of our lives, yet it still gets a fairly low representation on our TVs. A new series on ABC iView will help address that lack of content with Help! My kid is a Gamer! If you’re a parent that has trouble keeping pace...
The latest racing title from Codemasters is GRID and those half-serious racers out there will be keen to learn what wheel and pedal setups are supported. GRID doesn’t just support a wheel setup – it thrives on it. Throughout development, the developers say they’ve focused on making GRID fun,...
The new HTC VIVE COSMOS will officially arrive in Australia on the 4th of October and cost A$1,299, with pre-orders starting today. Vive Cosmos is the latest premium PC-based virtual reality (VR) system created with a new level of accessibility and ease of use, designed to grow with users...
If you’re into sim racing, then you’ll know iRacing is one of the leading racing simulators available. Their subscription model continues to fund the development of new tracks, racing types and of importantly different cars. Thanks to a new announcement from Australia’s top motorsport category, the latest Supercars are...
RIG 700 Series is one of the lightest gaming headsets on the market....
Xbox has had 2 different subscriptions for a while, the Xbox Live Gold that allows you to play online with your friends, as well as the newer Xbox Game Pass. Game Pass allows you to download and play over 100 high-quality games for one low monthly price. The ideal...
If you stream your games online, then chances are you have (or want) an Elgato. Elgato have just launched the 4K60 Pro MK.2 which takes an already great capture card and builds on it, making it more powerful and also shrinking the footprint. The card boasts features like 4K...
Next Level Racing is one of the biggest brands in sim racing. That is largely thanks to continued investment in research and development of new products. It was only a week ago when I was writing about their last product, but now we have another and it’s awesome. A...
Next Level Racing is introducing another product in their growing list of racing sim products. The Challenger Cockpit is a new racing sim that builds on the learnings from their F-GT sim, while continuing to deliver a product that is both accessible and available at an affordable price. The...
I get it, your aspiring teenager believes they’re going to be the next eSports champion to win a few million dollars and the thought of them buying you a new house sounds awfully nice. The reality is, most won’t be elite eSports champions, most will simply invest hundreds of...
Time to live in the future gamers. ...
The Interactive Games & Entertainment Association (IGEA) has released new research into the power and impact of video games in Australia. The report shows a fairly contrary result to the common perception, perpetuated by the media, that video games are evil and bad for us. It turns out that...
Nintendo has announced the Nintendo Switch Lite. The baby brother to the full Nintendo Switch released back in 2017. The Lite version is dedicated mobility, it can play all the regular Nintendo Switch games (that support handheld mode), but ditches the dock and removable controllers. The Nintendo Switch Lite system launches...
Think eSports is a joke? Think again, there’s now a million dollars on the line with the second season of World’s Fastest Gamer. Ten of the fastest esports racers on the planet to battle it out to win a year racing for real at some of the world’s most...
Formula 1 has millions of fans the world over and many of those are also gamers. Each year these fans watch the rule changes, then the amazing technical and engineering responses to those rules. Cue the 2019 spec F1 car which this year was changed to provide more competitive...
Last week Elon Musk dropped by E3 and showed off a preview of Beach Buggy Racing being played on the screen of a Model 3. At the time it was a neat demo, but nobody expected it to arrive so quickly. The game is available now for Tesla owners...
Does 8K capability mean 8K video? Or 8K gaming? ...
Microsoft has announced that you’ll be able to race LEGO cars in Forza. The announcement came during Microsoft’s E3 keynote. In an upcoming update, the second for Forza Horizon 4, racing fans will get to jump behind the wheel of LEGO vehicles. This is quite the achievement technically to...
