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It’s been 2 years since the Need for Speed reboot (2015, or 2016 for us [un]lucky PC gamers) hit the ground and for the most part was received pretty well, even despite EA pushing the release back on PC to make sure it was as polished as we deserved. Personally I found that it lived up to most of the hype and was a worthy NFS title after a string of questionable releases with perhaps a few exceptions. But it’s now 2017, marking another 2 year gap between titles, and while there had been a long radio silence on the upcoming game, EA broke that silence earlier this week officially confirming a 2017 release date for the next NFS title.

Some of the key things mentioned in their post:

• The word “drift” was subtly thrown in
• That by the end of November 10th 2017 you will be playing a new Need for Speed game
• Customisation is here to stay, for the upcoming release and beyond
• Cops and police chases
• Open world wasn’t explicitly confirmed, but hopefully was implied – it’s 2017, a title as big as NFS should definitely be open world from here on out
• Always-online gameplay is no longer necessary!

That’s about all they’ve given us for the time being. They’ve promised more details in the coming weeks and months before release – we guess that the next instalment of news will come June 2nd 2017 as suggested by the image.

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Hosted at the Qudos Bank Arena, the Intel Extreme Masters took place this weekend in Sydney with a $200,000 prize pool that saw 8 international teams battle it out over 19 rounds in Counter Strike : Global Offensive (CS:GO).

Not only was it the first e-sports stadium event in Sydney, but the first to take place in Australia and with a stellar turn out, the first of many.

• North (Denmark)
• SK Gaming (Brazil)
• Astralis (Denmark)
• Renegades (Australia)
• Cheifs (Australia)
• Vici Gaming (China)
• OpTic Gaming (Canada)
• FaZe Clan (EU)

With the grand final taking place on Sunday, SK Gaming faced off against Faze Clan with the first to 3 taking home the trophy.

In the end, Faze managed to take one of the four rounds with a narrow victory in Inferno but the SK Gaming was simply too good, taking the other three rounds convincingly to walk away as the Sydney EIM 2017 champions.

SK Gaming vs. FaZe Clan 3-1

• 16 – 12 on train
• 16 – 7 on cache
• 13 – 16 on inferno
• 16 – 11 on overpass

Next up, Shanghai in July and this time it will be Star Craft 2 in a four day tournament. Unfortunately none of the 16 qualifying teams are from down under but China, Taiwan, Korea, USA, The Netherlands, Germany, Poland, Canada, Denmark, the Philippines and Italy all represented.

We’re not yet sure when the IEM or any other international esports league will be returning to Sydney or anywhere else in Australia for that matter but we have a feeling it’s right around the corner, and when it does Evatech will be there, will you?

Until then, if your looking for a custom gaming PC to join the carnage and mayhem checkout our store page where you can customize an entire build with a click of a button with instant built in error checking, easy to follow guides, gaming performance indicators, live quotes, buy now-pay later and quick easy checkout with nation wide delivery.

The wildly popular Unreal Engine 4 powered battle royal first personal survival shooter game that entered early access on steam in March has already moved 2 million units and to celebrate the developer, BlueHole is holding a live twit scream in which 128 UK and US gamers will compete.

As part of the event they will be taking donations (Matched up to $100,000 by BlueHole) for Gamers Outreach, a charity that provides games and gadgets to young children in hospitals.

The stream is set to kick off on May 5th at 3am AEST and last 8 hours.

For those not yet familiar with the game, Battlegrounds plunged 100+ players in to a massive map that slowly shrinks over time imposing ever increasingly player dense areas for shoot outs until only one is left standing. Yes a lot of it’s mechanics have been done before by DayZ, The Culling and a slew of other early access games littering steam but the difference is, Playerunknown’s Battlegrounds does it right and with a much higher degree of polish.

While a lot of the competitions offerings are far less polished, the major issue is that a lot of them suffer from prolonged periods of simply boring, slow game play if you happen to have spawned on the wrong side of the map, or if your particular server isn’t very populated. Battlegrounds solves this with it’s dynamic map size adapting to the number of players left alive and it’s points of interest on the maps luring players in to the same area promoting conflict.

Be warned, the game is still technically in development regardless of how polished it feels, so don’t expect a flawless bug free experiance out of the game. That being said the developers have been on the ball with updates and lot of new content is surely right around the corner.

It’s currently $29.99 USD on Steam and easily found at the top of the best sellers list.

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For years the Call of Duty franchise has departed from it’s WW2 roots with both modern and futuristic settings to glee of many but the frustration of fans of the original games.

Time to say goodbye to wall running, lasers, double jumping and jet-packing as today Activision released the first reveal trailer for Call of Duty : WWII developed by Sledgehammer Games hinting a strong emphasis on the European theater and a single player campaign that follows the 1st Infantry Division.

This doesn’t mean multi-player has taken a back seat, every one knows a huge number of COD fans never or barely touch single player opting to jump straight in to multiplayer from day one. In an article on Forbes.com, contributor Erik Kain detailed the four core multiplayer games modes as;

Headquarters
Offering a robust social space dedicated to engagement off the frontlines, Headquarters paves the way for all-new avenues of Multiplayer interaction, recognition and awards unlike anything experienced in the franchise to date.
Divisions
A new way to engage in a player’s Multiplayer career — Divisions immerse players in the heroic journey of enlisting in the world’s most historic war. Choose from a variety of Divisions, including Infantry and Armored Divisions.
War Mode
A new Multiplayer experience that immerses players in iconic World War II battles, where Allied and Axis clash in team-driven gameplay in the fight for strategic objectives.
Boots-on-the-Ground Gameplay
Multiplayer marks a return to iconic boots on the ground Call of Duty gameplay that fans know and love, featuring an arsenal of World War II-era weapons, and fast-paced, heart-pumping, intense run-and-gun action.

Also rumored to make a return, Nazi Zombies, a co-op wave survival mode that has been a staple of the Sledgehammer developed COD titles for years now.

Due to be released on November 3rd several more trailers are expected to be released in the meantime detailing more of the game modes and features.

While of course the game will be released on the PC, PS4 and Xbox One, Nintendo hasn’t confirmed or denied a Switch version although it seems unlikely.

For more on Call of Duty : WWII stay tuned and in the meantime if it’s time you upgraded your gaming PC head on over to our store page (here) and start customizing a new one to make sure your ready for November!