eSports stories

Thousands gathered at Auckland's Spark Arena for a gaming festival, Spark Game Arena Live. Highlights included an immersive virtual snake hunt and a Fortnite tournament with a prize pool over NZD $240,000.

Spark announces Spark Game Arena Live, a gaming festival in Tāmaki Makaurau's Spark Arena on 7 September 2024. The festival will feature top esports, interactive experiences, and global gaming personalities.

Porsche Motorsport extends its partnership with NetApp, enhancing data solutions for racing divisions like IMSA, WEC, and the TAG Heuer Formula E Team.

SailGP is set to share its innovative LiveLineFX production system, designed for detailed understanding of yacht racing, with other sports organisations to enhance viewer experience.

Esports' integration into curricula is elevating students' career prospects by equipping them with crucial transferrable skills like teamwork, communication, and critical thinking, and exposing them to a myriad of job opportunities.

Logitech G unveils its PRO X 60 LIGHTSPEED Gaming Keyboard, aimed at professional esports athletes, with features including a compact 60% form factor and KEYCONTROL for personalised customisation.

Sony partners with renowned esports team, Fnatic, to launch INZONE Buds, wireless gaming earbuds with 12-hour battery life and AI-assisted mic technology, providing an unrivalled immersive audio experience.

Acer has launched its latest Predator Helios gaming laptops, powered by Intel’s 14th gen processors and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 40 Series Laptop GPUs.

Bitget Wallet bolsters its partnership with blockchain platform, Chiliz, in a bid to boost mass adoption of Web3 technologies and digitise the sports industry worldwide.

Mastercard debuts its first gaming initiative, the 'Gamer Academy', in collaboration with G2 Esports and Riot Games.

The Intel Extreme Masters tournament returned to Sydney for an epic live esports competition, featuring Counter-Strike 2 as the game of choice.

EA Sports announced it would be continuing its popular football franchise under a new title, and it feels strange to say that 'EA Sports FC 24' is finally here.

Mastercard unveils global initiative, Mastercard Gamer Academy, in a bid to improve diversity in esports and gaming.

Logitech G launches Logitech GPROX TKL LIGHTSPEED Gaming Keyboard and Logitech GPROX SUPERLIGHT 2 Gaming Mouse, aiming to elevate eSports performance.

Things are shaping up much better in 2023 thanks to the releases of Redfall, Starfield, and now Forza Motorsport.

Spark announces the launch of Spark Game Arena, with the nationwide tournament The Rise Cup featuring Fortnite, and a $30,000 prize pool up for grabs.

The global eSports and games streaming market is expected to grow by US$8 billion from 2023 to 2033, accelerating at a CAGR of 11.9%, according to FMI.

Ampverse, Asia’s gaming ecosystem, and DMI Finance, the Non-Banking Financial Company of the DMI Group, have joined forces in the esports industry in India.

Meltwater appoints key leadership roles in Malaysia and Hong Kong, introduces expanded social analytics suite, and secures strategic partnerships. #growth.

Mighty Kingdom, an Australian game studio, has appointed Dr Grant Osborne as its first CTO to drive growth through emerging technology systems.