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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.

As the driving force behind The Toyota Gaming Engine, Toyota has teamed up with their official PSL team, Kaizer Chiefs, to give Amakhosi fans a new way of enjoying the game they love by hosting the first ever Virtual Chief Challenge, played on FIFA 22. 

Created by Swiss artist David Pflugi, ‘Reaching for the Stars’ is part of the Victory Works Collection, commissioned by FIFA.

From the humble beginnings of a weekly Saturday race, the World Tactical Racing League (WTRL) has become known for some of the best virtual e-sport events. In July 2020, WTRL became an exclusive partner to Zwift Inc. to collaborate and run the Zwift Racing League (ZRL) – a global structure attracting over 15 000 athletes every season. The ZRL consists of a Premier Division for elite teams and then 5 continental-based Leagues housing over 120 divisions and around 1 800 teams.

Season One of the Toyota Esports Challenge for WRC9 in 2020 saw some of the Toyota Gazoo Racing (TGR) Team’s drivers battling it out for the very first time in the digital world.

Toyota South Africa Motors (TSAM) has rewarded all the SA Olympic and Paralympic podium finishers from the Tokyo Games 2020 with cheques ranging from R25 000 to R200 000 per person. The cash incentives were awarded per medal, meaning that if an athlete won two gold medals, they would be eligible to receive double the amount of the medal’s cash value.

To celebrate 35 years of Supra, Toyota South Africa Motors (TSAM) is giving away 35 collectible LEGO GR Supra kits

While the pandemic put the brakes on traditional sports, global esports and gaming saw an unprecedented and exponential rise in the last year and a half. Toyota South Africa established themselves as a force in the space in 2020 through their highly successful FIFA 21 and WRC 9 Toyota esports Challenges. This year, Toyota are going all in with the launch of their own purpose-built gaming platform - The Toyota Gaming Engine (TTGE) at TTGE.co.za. 

Supporting athlete activities toward Tokyo 2020, dedicated webpage launched Helping people realise their dreams by supporting Olympic and Paralympic Games hopefuls

R70,000 in cash and WRC 10 up for grabs in virtual rally action

Wahoo Fight Night, sponsored by e-cycling giants Cycle Lab and Toyota South Africa, puts average joe cyclists to the test in full-throttle fun head-to-head sprints for the chance to walk home with Cycle Lab vouchers, great gear and the awesome Wahoo Kickr V5 - the latest generation of indoor trainers. The top athletes from each event will go through to the final Fight Night in December. 

The world premiere of Toyota's rally-inspired GR Yaris has revealed a pure performance car born from Toyota's title-winning experience in the World Rally Championship (WRC).

An often-used cliché among the motoring press is the phrase 'it handles like a go-kart'.