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It's Stress Awareness Month and Meltwater analysed the social media postings of 13,000 Australians who spoke about being stressed in the last year. The findings are Twitch users and gamers top the list, along with males, and Melbourne residents.

If there's one thing we know about the Internet, it's that there can be a lot of conflict, snarkiness and smart-a behaviour from all sides, whether it is gaming, politics, or just discussion about well, anything really. So new stats from Reddit about gamers seeking a "low sodium" diet are making me thirsty to learn more.

LG's new UltraGear 32GP850 gaming monitor and UltraGear GP9 gaming speaker bundle, available exclusively online, promise to deliver a life-like and immersive gaming experience.

Mega-popular gaming phenomenon Fortnite is bringing players together in a last stand against the Cube Queen in its chapter two finale The End, taking place on December 5th at 8 am AEDT NSW/Victoria time. Players who fight the Cube Queen by attending The End will unlock a special cosmetic wrap and loading screen.

On 4 and 5 December in Sydney and 11 and 12 December in Melbourne, Oz Comic-Com is making a triumphant return, showcasing the latest and greatest that pop culture has to offer, giving attendees the chance to regroup with their super squad in the wake of lockdowns and have tons of fun!

A long time ago, in a galaxy far, far away, six people came together to create an incredible tale of crime and deceit. Now they face their next epic adventure at PAX Aus Online!

For the second year running, PAX Aus has had to be cancelled, but like a great game player with several lives up their sleeve, PAX is dusting itself off and restoring to an online spawn point.

AMD's star has been rising ever since it launched its Ryzen and EPYC processors, with AMD bringing back much-needed competition to the computing space, making PCs great again and putting the super into supercomputing, and AMD's MD of Sales for the APJ region joined us on iTWireTV to talk about it all.

Optus has launched a new home Internet plan specifically designed for gamers which it says aims to not only provide great WiFi coverage, but will also address congestion issues for gamers in households where multiple devices are being used, by prioritising their gaming traffic within the home or premises.

With over 10% of gaming revenue coming from in-game gambling, such as loot boxes, the University of Sydney says game developers are operating in an increasingly competitive sphere, and are looking to in-game gambling to increase revenue, arguably to detriment of players.

Australia's biggest telco says it is "always looking for ways to bring 5G to life in more places, and to show off what it is truly capable of," and it's why Telstra is "teaming up with Augmented Reality (AR) gaming developer, Niantic, to bring a new multiplayer game to Australia."

Be it gaming, cosplay, comics, an artist alley, family activities and community groups, including a brand new area dedicated to speed running with the help of Spawn Point Bar, this is one cool event you won't want to miss!

For the first time, the Australian Open 2021 will "feature top level competitive gaming every weekend with the Fortnite Champion Series OCE qualifying and finals broadcast live on Australian Open Twitch and Youtube."

Australian game designer and esports entrepreneur, Luke Millanta, was awarded the Guinness World Records title in late 2020 for ‘Most followed content creator on Steam’. Not bad for a hobby!

Social distancing and stay-home restrictions have brought about a boom in the number of Australians playing video games, with 762,000 new gamers getting into gaming during the COVID-19 pandemic crisis, according to a new survey.

Sony has been hit with penalties of $3.5 million for misrepresenting PlayStation gamers’ rights after the competition watchdog, the ACCC, took Sony to court for making false and misleading representations on its website and in dealings with Australian consumers about their Australian Consumer Law rights.

Global hyper-scale cloud provider OVH has formed a partnership with Asia Pacific telecom operator MyRepublic to offer the telco’s gamer customers access to OVH’s dedicated servers at exclusive rates.

Singapore telecommunications provider Singtel has launched an ultra-fast broadband service called 1+1 Gbps Fibre Pro Gamer Bundle, aimed specifically at online gamers.

Asus has launched the "first 17.3-inch gaming laptop under 400mm wide with an ultrafast display and a bevy of powerful gaming features".

Cyber security defenders face "increasing threats from organisations in the form of bot-based credential abuse targeting the hospitality industry and advanced distributed denial of service attacks".