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Finally being good a video game basketball is going to pay off!

PlayStation Australia has announced the launch of the NBA 2K21 ANZ Tournament taking place throughout August for PlayStation 4 gamers across Australia and New Zealand.

The tournament will have prizing opportunities for participation and for wins, with a prize pool of $10,000 AUD consisting of PS Store Gift Cards, NBA 2K22 virtual currency, NBA store vouchers, NBA League Pass, NBA merch and a chance to win a PlayStation 5!

Step up your game to bring down the competition!

Players can register HERE or via their PS4 console for the tournament from today*, with qualifiers kicking off from 16 August at 16:45 AEST. The first qualifier will take place on 16 August at 16:45 AEST, followed by a second qualifier on August 20 at 16:45 AEST, a third qualifier on 23 August at 16:45 AEST and a fourth qualifier on 26 August at 16:45 AEST.

Finals will then take place on 29 August.

Prizing will consist of PlayStation Store Gift Cards, ranging from $50 for 8th place in a qualifier all the way up to $2,500 for winning the final! Even better, all players that register and play in at least a qualifier will go into the draw to win a PlayStation 5 console!

*Registration for qualifiers is open from today until 16:45 AEST on 26 August. Final qualifier to take place 26 August. Only Australian & New Zealand NBA 2K21 owners with a PS4 and active PS Plus membership can participate to this tournament.

Full terms & conditions at https://playst.cc/3CyWZyi

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The worlds biggest popstar is joining forces with the worlds biggest video game.

Ariana Grande has revealed an early look at her "skin' for the mega-hit game Fortnite as she embarks on a massive collaboration with the battle royale cultural phenomenon.

The Rift Tour experience spans five showtimes over three days. Fornite is recommending that fans arrive in Fortnite around 60 minutes before showtime, and the Rift Tour Playlist should be live 30 minutes before each show.

As an added bonus before Ariana’s arrival, the Rift Tour kicks off with Fortnite-themed experiences, pairing popular tracks with moments based on elements from the game.

So that all fans can experience The Rift Tour the following times are available:

(We've converted to Australian times for you)

Australian Eastern Standard Time

Show 1
Saturday, August 7 @ 8AM AEST

Show 2
Sunday, August 8 @ 4AM AEST

Show 3
Sunday, August 8 @ 2PM AEST


Show 4
Monday, August 9 @ 12AM AEST


Show 5

Monday, August 9 @ 8AM AEST

Bonus Content for ARIANA GRANDE

As well as The Rift Tour you can also grab the Ariana Skin in the Item Shop and Icon Series.

Additional Rift Tour content includes:

  • Ariana Grande Outfit w/ Rift Goddess Ariana Variant
  • Piggy Smallz Back Bling
  • LIl’ Floaticorn Emote
  • Sweetener Sailshards Glider
  • 7 Rings Smasher Pickaxe w/ Gem Striker Variant

 

If you are an Ariana fan but never played Fornite before it's really easy to join in the action.

Fortnite is a free to play game and is available on PlayStation 5, PlayStation 4, Xbox Series X|S, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch, Android, and PC.

Simply download the latest version (it can take a while so do it well ahead of time). 

Get to the location in the game early as there is a cap on the number of people they let in for the show, If you miss out you might need to go to a different show.

Watch this video for more:

Find more details at The Rift Tour

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VIDEO: Blue Twelve Studio's Game Producer Swann talks about the world of Stray, as well as what to expect with gameplay and characters you'll come across when you play as a futuristic pussycat.

Stray is a third-person cat adventure game set amidst the detailed neon-lit alleys of a decaying cybercity and the murky environments of its seedy underbelly. Roam surroundings high and low, defend against unforeseen threats and solve the mysteries of this unwelcoming place inhabited by nothing but unassuming droids and dangerous creatures.

See the world through the eyes of a stray and interact with the environment in playful ways. Be stealthy, nimble, silly, and sometimes as annoying as possible with the strange inhabitants of this foreign world.

Along the way, the cat befriends a small flying drone, known only as B12. With the help of this newfound companion, the duo try to find a way out.

Coming early 2022 to PS5 and PS4.

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Landmark project will allow managers to take charge of both women’s and men’s teams in future versions of the world’s most popular football management simulation

Sports Interactive™ and SEGA® Europe Ltd. can proudly announce that work has started on a multi-year project to bring women’s football into its iconic Football Manager™ series.

The result of this landmark work will not be a standalone women’s football management simulation. Instead, women’s football will be fully incorporated into FM’s living, breathing world, with managers able to take control of either men’s or women’s clubs and move between them seamlessly.

The studio has not set a definitive date for when the project will be completed, but the intention is to incorporate the women’s game as soon as realistically possible. Sports Interactive’s development team is committed to ensuring that women’s football is represented as authentically as possible and with the level of realism and attention to detail that the series is renowned for and will not announce a launch date until these standards have been met.

Miles Jacobson, Studio Director at Sports Interactive, said: “We have NO interest whatsoever in making a standalone women’s football version of FM. What we are doing is adding women’s football to FM... one sport, one game.”

“We know that adding women’s football to FM is going to cost in the millions and that the short-term return it delivers will be minimal. But that’s not the point. There’s no hiding that there’s currently a glass ceiling for women’s football and we want to do what we can to help smash through it. We believe in equality for all and we want to be part of the solution.”

“We want to be a part of the process that puts women’s football on an equal footing with the men’s game. We know that we’re not alone in this – the historic TV deal that Sky and the BBC recently agreed with WSL in England is proof of that – but we intend to do everything we can to get women’s football to where it deserves to be.”

The move to incorporate women’s football into FM has received support from leading figures inside the football industry, including Chelsea FC Women manager, Emma Hayes.

“Women's football is capturing the imagination of fans across the globe and we're making huge strides in terms of attendance figures and broadcast deals,” says Hayes. “For the women's game to get to the next level, though, it needs to be recognised as an integral part of the world of football, not something separate and different. We want future generations to grow up in a world where football isn't divided into 'women's and 'men's... it's just football. The ambitious plan that the Sports Interactive team have for Football Manager will play a huge part in getting us there.”

 So not only can we cheer Sam Kerr and her Matildas teammates on, we can manage them to victory!