Seamus Byrne
The Esports Observer
Sydney, NSW, Australia
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Fortress Melbourne Announced As Major New Australian Esports Venue
Fortress Esports has announced its first venue, Fortress Melbourne, targeting a March 2020 launch date. Fortress has partnered with Allied → Read More
Gfinity Australia To Close After Current Sim Racing Season
Gfinity Australia was launched in 2017 by radio company HT&E’s events arm as a licensed version of the UK Gfinity → Read More
Intel, Acer Become Major Sponsors of META High School Esports
Mentioned in this article Companies: Acer, META Games Games: League of Legends, NBA 2K19, Rocket League META High School Esports is an Australia and New Zealand student league with competitions across three esports titles. The organization is wholly owned by the Adelaide Crows AFL Club, which also owns professional team Legacy Esports. META says the... → Read More
Make.TV Sees Esports Pushing Broadcasting Into New Territory
Mentioned in this article Companies: Beyond The Summit, PGL Teams: Dignitas Brands: ESL Make.TV has been offering esports broadcasters smart IP-based video distribution for three years now. But it only ended up here by accident. After the team’s origins in traditional broadcast technology, the company had been developing tools for content creators to deliver more... → Read More
Australia’s HSEL Rebrands to META High School Esports
The name change coincides with the organizations new control of all League of Legends high school esports across Australia and New Zealand. In 2018, the competition involved over 100 teams from 60 participating schools. The organization is wholly owned by the Adelaide Crows AFL club, which also owns Legacy Esports. Australia’s High School Esports League,... → Read More
Order Esports Announces Alienware Partnership Deal
The partnership with ORDER is Alienware’s first direct deal with an esports team in the Australian region. The arrangement covers all PC hardware and peripherals across all ORDER teams. ORDER will also produce exclusive content for Alienware social media channels. Australian esports organization ORDER has announced a new sponsorship deal with PC hardware brand Alienware .... → Read More
Chiefs Esports Club Signs Australian Soccer Star as a Fortnite Streamer
The Chiefs Esports Club signs professional AFL player Mitch Robinson as a Fortnite streamer. Robinson plays for the Brisbane Lions, a club with no esports links. Two other AFL clubs currently operate esports teams. Chiefs founder Frank Li points to similarities with Faze Clan partnering with Pittsburgh Steelers’ JuJu Smith-Schuster. Australia’s The Chiefs Esports Club... → Read More
X-Files and videotape: The early days of internet piracy
Commentary: TV piracy in the 1990s involved early net communities and VHS tapes. But we also made friends with other fans in the process. → Read More
Nintendo Switch: All the details you've been waiting for
Nintendo just lifted the lid on everything we wanted to know about the Nintendo Switch. Here's where to find details on price, games and all the extras. → Read More
Nintendo Switch: all the details you've been waiting for
Nintendo just lifted the lid on everything we wanted to know about the Nintendo Switch. Here's where to find details on price, games and all the extras. → Read More
Amazon Alexa's smart home dominance is fragile without a global launch
Commentary: Amazon Alexa is the talk of CES 2017, but there's seven billion people out there open to another friendly voice setting a world standard. → Read More
Amazon Alexa's smart home dominance is fragile without a global launch
Commentary: Amazon's voice assistant is the talk of the tech show. When it comes to the global market, though, she's got some work to do. → Read More
Amazon Alexa's smart home dominance is fragile without a global launch
Commentary: Amazon's voice assistant is the talk of the tech show. When it comes to the global market, though, she's got some work to do. → Read More
Can these wearables teach you to move like a dancer?
Don't dismiss these bands as just another gaming peripheral. Atomic Bands want to become the Duolingo of dance and martial arts education. → Read More
Can these wearables teach you to move like a dancer?
Don't dismiss these bands as just another gaming peripheral. Atomic Bands want to become the Duolingo of dance and martial arts education. → Read More
Can these wearables teach you to move like a dancer?
Don't dismiss these bands as just another gaming peripheral. Atomic Bands want to become the Duolingo of dance and martial arts education. → Read More
Finally, a wearable that tracks your blood alcohol level in real-time
BACtrack Skyn is the world's first wearable alcohol monitor for real-time data tracking, including a model made as a strap for Apple Watch. → Read More
Finally, a wearable that tracks your blood alcohol level in real-time
BACtrack Skyn is the world's first wearable alcohol monitor for real-time data tracking, including a model made as a strap for Apple Watch. → Read More
The OneWheel+ street snowboard sends you cruising town at Olympic sprinter speeds
The OneWheel gets a new premium model that adds design polish, advanced app customisation and now gets you moving at the speed of an Olympic sprinter. → Read More
This programmable robotics kit is a coder kid's dream
Everything you need to know about the UBTech Jimu Robot, including impressions and analysis, photos, video, release date, prices, specs, and predictions from CNET. → Read More