Scholar applicants to list gaming expertise and tournament experience for first NZ eSports university grant applicants New Zealand eSports Federation president Ben Lenihan said viewer numbers for some eSports events in the United States are tipped to overtake audience figures for traditional sports like American football within the next two years. Hoping to secure New Zealand's first university eSports scholarship Jayden Yeoman spends up to 40 hours a week on a virtual battlefield. The focus of the school leaver's dedication is a multiplayer first-person shooter video game that pits two teams of combatants against each other. The teenager's gaming skill will form part of an application to Waikato University, which is asking eSports enthusiasts to list their gaming expertise for its first $5000 eSports scholarship - part of the university's wider plans t...
Hot on the heels of Far Cry 5 - which only released in March 2018 - Ubisoft has revealed it's already working on the next entry in the Far Cry series entitled Far Cry New Dawn. The new game was teased in a post-apocalyptic trailer which stated that the worldwide reveal would take place during The Game Awards 2018. Living up to that promise, the first trailer dropped during the award ceremony giving us our first look at the post-apocalyptic playground and, even more surprisingly, a release date of February 15 2019. While we only have the one trailer to go off of, New Dawn is set in the world of Far Cry 5 that's been warped by nuclear radiation. That means new weapons, new vehicles and new characters, all of which have been worn down by the new world order after the fallout. Here's what we know so far. [Warning: Spoilers for Far Cry 5 ahead.] Cut to the chase What is it? The latest addition to the Far Cry action-adventure series When can I play it? Feb...