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famously home to physical sports like cricket, the Rugby World Cup and the All Blacks, will now be home to the Eden Park Esports High Performance Centre.

Gaming brand JBL has signed on with esports organisation 100 Thieves to become the official global gaming headset partner this year.

Newzoo has revealed that it has adjusted its previous estimate for worldwide esports as a result of the cancellation of big-ticket events.

Esports gains official status in New Zealand, as the New Zealand Esports Federation is recognised as a National Sporting Organisation by Sport New Zealand.

As global sports events are halted due to COVID-19, Torque Esports' The Race All-Star Esports Battle shatters records, embracing the 'stay at home economy.'.

The AOE II Asia Cup will run in four seasons. The top four teams from each season will land a place in the AOE Asia Cup Major.

Informa Tech’s new research wing, Omdia, reveals 5G interdependencies in new research paper exploring impacts across the tech ecosystem.

Melbourne’s new esports and gaming venue Fortress Melbourne has chosen Dell to run its entire IT infrastructure, right down to the PCs and peripherals.

Vodafone New Zealand takes centre stage in 2020 as the head sponsor for the LetsPlay.Live High School League, promoting esports among Australasia's youth.

Razer will provide sports peripherals, including mice, headsets and keyboards, to Legacy Esports players and content creators.

TEKKEN 7 player Daniel ‘Wowzer’ Cossingtom is off to South Korea this December to represent the country at the 11th IESF World Championships.

Finally, the esports industry has something of a universal code of conduct when it comes to fair play and fun.

The esports market is booming, with Extreme Networks highlighting a surge in demand for robust Wi-Fi and network infrastructure in schools and major events.

Gartner’s 2019 Hype Cycle for Blockchain Business shows that blockchain will have a transformational impact across industries in 5 to 10 years.

Fortress Melbourne, the Southern Hemisphere's largest gaming and esports venue, will launch in early 2020, spanning over 2700 square metres across two floors.

The team walked away with a grand price of US$15.5 million, after battling it out with 15 other teams in the five-day event.

The University of Waikato has launched New Zealand's first official university esports arena in Hamilton, ushering in a new era for the tech hub.

Keen esports racers who use the rFactor sim racing platform might just be able to race their way to the grand prize.

TOP ESPORTS clinched the top prize of USD $180,000 at the PUBG MOBILE Club Open Global Finals, besting 14 teams in Berlin.

The ESL Intel Extreme Masters Counter-Strike: Global Offensive tournament took place in Sydney, with Team Liquid taking home the trophy.

If you’re an online gamer and think work gets in the way of your dreams of pro gaming, you're not alone - 36% of players across the globe think the same thing.

Let’s Play Live (LPL) has now announced it will broadcast weekly programming for the rest of 2019 on the Sky Sports channel from Sky TV.

LPL has taken over CyberGamer and says this will open up the gateway for Kiwi gamers to compete on a global stage.

Let's Play Live has acquired esports platform CyberGamer, expanding its reach in the Australian and New Zealand markets and boosting community engagement.