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Wellington Games Week highlights surge in New Zealand game talent

Thu, 25th Sep 2025
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Wellington Games Week showcases New Zealand’s booming game industry, spotlighting over 70 local titles and record job growth in the capital’s sector.
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Game review: Midnight Murder Club (PS5)

Mon, 1st Sep 2025
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Midnight Murder Club on PS5 offers limited content and requires a PlayStation Plus subscription, making its NZD $34 price tag hard to justify.
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Australia’s gaming sector evolves with rise of platforms & UGC

Wed, 13th Aug 2025
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Australia's gaming sector thrives as user-generated content and platform games reshape the industry, boosted by AUD $1.4 million investment and global trends.
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AceZone appoints Audacity Australia for ANZ headset sales

Thu, 26th Dec 2024
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AceZone has appointed Audacity Australia as the exclusive distributor of its premium gaming headsets across Australia and New Zealand.
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Auckland's Spark Game Arena Live dazzles with NZD $240K tourney

Wed, 11th Sep 2024
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Auckland's Spark Game Arena Live attracted thousands this weekend, featuring a NZD $240,000 Fortnite tournament and an innovative gaming experience.
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Game review: Concord (PS5)

Tue, 27th Aug 2024
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Concord, Sony’s new online hero shooter for PS5 and PC, is a multiplayer-only game priced at NZD $69.99 amidst a sea of free-to-play competitors.
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Spark announces major gaming festival in Auckland's Spark Arena

Wed, 3rd Jul 2024
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Spark has unveiled the Spark Game Arena Live, a vibrant gaming festival set for 7 September 2024 at Auckland's Spark Arena, celebrating local talent and esports.
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AWS unites with Immutable to integrate game studios into Web3

Fri, 13th Oct 2023
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Amazon Web Services teams up with Web3 gaming firm, Immutable, for seamless integration of game studios into Web3.
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Spark unveils Esports initiatives: Game Arena and 'The Rise Cup':

Tue, 3rd Oct 2023
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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.
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Fortnite goes down under with new Aussie and NZ update

Fri, 26th Nov 2021
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Get ready to say G’day with Fortnite, as the game has announced a brand new Australia and New Zealand in-game experience.
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Epic Games drags Apple through AU court as Fortnite spat continues

Thu, 19th Nov 2020
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Much of this drama stems from a feud that started back in August, which is all to do with in-app purchases for Fortnite.
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Chorus reckons Kiwis have an insatiable appetite for data

Wed, 16th Jan 2019
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New Zealanders' thirst for data hit new highs in 2018, with Fortnite releases driving record peaks on Chorus' network, reaching up to 1.775Tbps.
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Samsung announces unique Fortnite style competition allowing the winner to own a Note9

Tue, 21st Aug 2018
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Samsung Electronics New Zealand has announced a new Fortnite style competition allowing the winner to own a new Samsung Galaxy Note9.
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Those Fortnite for Android links are maliciously fake

Tue, 26th Jun 2018
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Malicious YouTube links offering fake Fortnite downloads for Android are preying on eager fans, spreading malware instead of the awaited game.
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Several NZ celebrities to play/stream Fortnite with Let's Play Live (LPL)

Thu, 31st May 2018
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Let's Play Live (LPL) is hosting a weekly streaming event that will have many NZ celebrities teaming up to play Fortnite for an evening of fun.
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The differences and similarities between Fortnite Battle Royale and PUBG

Fri, 27th Apr 2018
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The Battle Royale genre started heating up last year thanks to the release of PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds (PUBG). After that, Fortnite came out...
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Fortnite is coming to mobile, as if it wasn’t addictive enough

Wed, 14th Mar 2018
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On phones and tablets, Fortnite is the same 100-player game you know from PlayStation 4, Xbox One, PC, and Mac.
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INVIDIA releases special game driver to help optimise Fortnite

Mon, 15th Jan 2018
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NVIDIA releases a special Game Ready Driver, enhancing Fortnite with ShadowPlay Highlights and introducing the new Freestyle feature for custom game filters.
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Game review: Fortnite Battle Royale costs nothing and gives everything

Fri, 12th Jan 2018
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Fortnite Battle Royale blends vibrant 80's cartoon aesthetics with intense playstyle options, offering a thrilling and free-to-play gaming experience.
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Hands-on review: Fortnite Battle Royale mode

Fri, 29th Sep 2017
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Epic Games has released a great new mode for Fortnite called 'Battle Royale'. This mode is currently free to play on PC, PS4 and Xbox One.