Gaming

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...

Sony PlayStation has had a great year. In fact, let's be honest, the console giants have had a pretty fantastic console generation, topped off with a fantastic Game Awards 2018 win for God of War most recently. However, Sony is now looking at 2018 in the rear view mirror and have a rather exciting 2019 on the horizon. Assuming all those rumours we've heard over the past few months ring true, we could see the likes of Shawn Layden and co announcing the companies next console, the PlayStation 5 (presumably shortened to PS5). And when Sony do make that all-important console announcement there will be no shortage of important questions for the technology giant to answer. How much will the PS5 cost? Will the PS5 be backwards compatible? What games will the PS5 launch with? This is just three but there will be so many more questions that consumers will be begging to have answered. But there's one very important change from the existing PS4 which nobody seems t...

Mortal Kombat 11  It's official,  Mortal Kombat 11  is scheduled to launch on April 23 for PS4, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch, and PC. We don't know much about it yet aside from the game's retail description and the above trailer featuring Scorpion fighting Raiden. NetherRealm Studios is planning to pull back the curtain further in a reveal event on January 17. We do know it will have a roster filled with new and returning fighters, and it's based on a new graphics engine "showcasing every skull-shattering, eye-popping moment." Also touted are Custom Character Variations, which will give players "unprecedented control to customize the fighters and make them your own." Whether you're a longtime fan of the series or you simply want to give this one a try, you might be wondering what you get for pre-ordering. We have all that information below, along with where it's available now, what comes in each edition, and how much it costs. ...