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Esports will be included in the 2022 Commonwealth Games in Birmingham as a pilot event running over two days. The inaugural Commonwealth Esports Games will have separate branding, medals and organisation.

VR headsets give a realistic sense of surroundings, but the sense of touch has been one thing missing from our virtual lives. Spanish gaming firm, OWO, is looking to change that with its new wireless haptic vest.

Toyota South Africa (TSAM) and the Toyota Gaming Engine (TTGE) are pleased to announce three additional riders from the Toyota CRYO RDT team have been selected to participate in the 2nd edition of the Union Cycliste Internationale (UCI) Cycling Esports World Championships. The championships take place on the 26th of February and will be hosted on Zwift, the indoor fitness platform.

The Toyota Gaming Engine has created a platform for this year’s FIFA 22 tournament that puts thumbs, the unsung heroes of gaming, on centre stage. Thumbderdome: Battle of the Opposables is a FIFA competition that immerses gamers into a world of thumbs, complete with match thumb commentators - or thumbentators - Sam "Tech Girl" Wright and Glen Biderman-Pam, as well as thumb training content and pro tips from some of SA’s professional FIFA players. 

For over 25 years, we have had the joy of playing new instalments of the massively popular FIFA games, created by EA Sports. But what will happen if we see a name change?

Toyota South Africa (TSAM) and The Toyota Gaming Engine (TTGE) are proud to announce that four riders from the Toyota CRYO RDT team have been selected to take part in the 2nd edition of the Union Cycliste Internationale (UCI) Cycling Esports World Championships. Zwift, the indoor fitness platform, will host the 2022 UCI Cycling Esports World Championships on 26 February 2022. 

JEDDAH, SAUDI ARABIA – Nasser Al-Attiyah and co-driver Mathieu Baumel recorded their second Dakar victory for TOYOTA GAZOO Racing, when they won the 2022 Dakar Rally, which took place in Saudi Arabia early in January. The pair dominated the event, winning the prologue on January 1st, as well as the tough opening stage near the city of Ha’il. They also powered their Toyota Hilux to victory in Stage 4, but controlled their pace through the remainder of the event, to bring the car home safely in first place, with a winning margin of 27min 46sec.

Sony Group Corp. announced an exclusive game for PlayStation VR2, its next-gen virtual reality headset. The Japanese gaming giant introduced a teaser for Horizon: Call of the Mountain while unveiling the new headset.

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There are rumours circulating that a new crossover between Fortnite and Marvel could be coming soon. Epic Games has reportedly recently added the set name “S.H.I.E.L.D” to their code, which refers to Marvel character Nick Fury’s clandestine organisation. 

It was recently announced at The Game Awards 2021 that PUBG: BATTLEGROUNDS, the original boomer of the Battle Royale genre, is moving towards a free-to-play service model starting from 12 January 2022.

From Catwoman to Captain America, Fortnite is becoming the new battleground for comic book lovers’ favourite characters. At the rapid rate which Epic Games are adding Marvel and DC characters, it won’t be long until we have an epic showdown of 100 heroes and villains.

According to a report from Bloomberg, Sony is getting ready to launch its version of Microsoft’s Xbox Game Pass. The Japanese gaming giant will offer PlayStation players its own subscription plan that allows them to choose from a massive library of games.

Thanks to leaked promotional art from PlayStation’s database that surfaced online, Call of Duty gamers got a hint of what new weapons and operator skins will be available in Season 1 of Vanguard and Warzone Pacific.

We’ve reached the end of Zwift Racing League’s 2021/22 Season 1. In case you missed out on all the exciting races, here’s a wrap up of how Toyota CRYO RDT performed.

The playing field will never be the same thanks to Samsung’s all-new Odyssey Neo G9 gaming monitor, the first of its kind. A curved 49-inch display that combines three screens in one and mimics the curvature of human eyes, giving a more realistic and comfortable experience. 

The Rocket League Fan Challenge is taking off in South Africa, powered by The Toyota Gaming Engine. This crossover game blends motorsport with soccer, with the objective being to use your car to dribble a ball and score by putting it in the back of your opposition’s net.

EA Sports is hosting a FIFA 22 Challenge. Eight elite footballers will step off the pitch and into the gaming arena, including Chelsea’s Timo Werner and Callum Hudson-Odoi as well as PSG’s Layvin Kurzawa. Each player will pair up with FIFA esports pros to go head-to-head in an epic 2v2 battle. Tune in when it all kicks off and you’ll be rewarded with in-game content.

Microsoft brought back the fan-favourite Xbox Design Lab earlier this year, and is now taking the custom controller experience a step further by introducing even more colours and finishes to choose from.

Following the premiere of their new animated series, Arcane, Riot Games is building on its Netflix partnership with another League of Legends spinoff. This time they’ve entered the streaming platform’s gaming division with Hextech Mayhem.