I have $350 riding on the announcement of Nintendo’s next gaming console. Before you ask, I’m not much of a gambler. That’s in fact a quote I got for repairing an OLED Switch screen — the parts alone are the bulk of it. There’s a glaring scratch right through the centre of mine. I’m not… Read more »
Redundancy was the opportunity Tom King was waiting for. For the first time since he turned 18, he was fully unemployed. No side hustles, no part-time jobs, and a tidy cash buffer from the redundancy payout. So, he decided to explore a new venture, something that many gamers think about but rarely actually do; he… Read more »
There’s some sobering data in NewZoo’s second annual report into the gaming industry. It may not come as a surprise to some, but the sandbox-shooter-turned-metaverse-of-gaming, Fortnite, was the most played game on all platforms in 2023. In addition, over 60% of all playtime in 2023 — a year broadly recognised as one of the best… Read more »
A fintech tackling one of the toughest pain points of going on holidays – having to book so far in advance for cheaper fares, and finding the money at the time to do it – has raised one of 2024’s biggest Seed rounds, taking on its first external capital after six years of bootstrapping. The… Read more »
Video games have a long history of polarising the community. Back in 1999, when it was revealed that the shooters of the Columbine massacre were players of Doom — a retro first-person shooter with satanic themes — it created a moral panic about the impact of violent video games. Further to this, an R-rating for video… Read more »
Swedish electric speedboat startup Candela is finally in Australia, making its debut at the Sydney International Boat Show next week. While New Zealanders have been enjoying the Candela’s electric boats (EBs) for two years , they’ve now crossed The Ditch, thanks to luxury boat distributor Carbon Yachts. Carbon’s Mary Bickley said they’ll be will be… Read more »
He didn’t know it at the time, but Jackson Ryan was foreshadowing the fate of video game journalism in Australia. Ryan, who until a month earlier was the ABC’s Technology and Science Journalist, offered a bleak acceptance speech for his joint award for gaming coverage at the 2024 IT Journalism Awards in March. He called for… Read more »
First it was music, then TV shows and movies. Now, the subscription trend is well on its way to becoming a force in gaming. It reached a new milestone in Australia this year, accounting for 12% of all gaming-related spend (excluding mobile gaming) in 2023, nearly doubling from 7% in 2021. The growth of gaming… Read more »
Up until now, electric car manufacturer Polestar has typically displayed the mannered sensibilities of its Volvo heritage, right up to the SUV coupe Polestar 4. But as the company moves out of its Swedish home (Chinese-owned Volvo is keeping an 18% stake while dad, Geely, takes majority control) Polestar is looking to swap sensible for… Read more »
Electric vehicles are an increasingly common sight on Australian roads. Each one cuts carbon emissions by half compared to fossil fuel vehicles, but increases household electricity use by 50%. This extra electricity demand could be a major strain on the grid unless the charging of vehicles is coordinated. But the large batteries in electric vehicles… Read more »
The empire of online drinks brand Just Wines is expanding again with the acquisition of craft beer e-tailer Beer Cartel and its gifting sub-brand Brewquets. The terms of the deal were not disclosed, but the merger comes nearly 3 years after the online beer store raised $1.45 million in a Birchal crowdfunding campaign from more… Read more »
Massive multiplayer online role-playing game (MMORPG) like Destiny, World of Warcraft and Final Fantasy XIV get a bad rap. Let’s clear up some burning questions. When Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg attempted to explain the metaverse during the 2021 rebrand of Facebook to Meta, there was one group of gamers that fully understood what he was… Read more »
Former Yahoo boss and Google OG Marissa Mayer is among several heavyweight US investors backing Australian cooking app ReciMe in a $1.5 million Seed round to make its mark in the States. ReciMe began life as a lockdown project for sisters Christine and Ivy Nguyen, and their best friend Will Kent. It launched in late… Read more »
Despite a global push for download-only gaming, the latest data confirms we’re a holdout country for physical copies. Australia has always been quick to adopt technology trends. Nine out of ten of us own a smartphone and unlike many other developed economies the vast majority of payments in this country are made digitally. We’re even… Read more »
Virtual sailing could assist with mental health treatment according to researchers at Swinburne University of Technology, who’ve launched a world-first digital project to manage Major Depressive Disorder (MDD). The Swinburne researchers will use the cutting-edge technology of industry partner Virtual Sailing, which involves a sailing simulator (a boat with highly realistic movement on sailing navigation) and… Read more »
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