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South African IT distributor, Esquire signed an distribution agreement with the world’s fastest growing and leading manufacturer of high-end precision gaming lifestyle peripherals Razer USA. Razer is also behind the official PC accessories designed to meet the demand from fans of games such as Battlefield 3, Mass Effect 3, Star Wars: The Old Republic and more. Esquire Technologies Group Managing Director, Asgar Mahomed, expressed his delight at the addition of Razer to the company’s portfolio by saying, “Razer adds a new dimension to our specialised Gaming Division headed up by Product Manager, Rickus Roodt, who works closely with resellers that represent the best of gamers in the industry.”
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South African IT distributor, Esquire Technologies recently announced that it has signed up a distribution agreement for Southern African region with a leading gaming brand Antec. The agreement will allow Esquire to entire range of Antec accessories for the gaming enthusiast, and high-performance computer components, it also targets PC upgrades and those who ‘do it yourself.’ Asgar Mahomed, Managing Director at Esquire, said, “Antec is recognised in the industry as a pioneer provider of quality and award-winning products, which has maintained a position for its continual development of cutting-edge innovations that clients have welcomed over the last 25 years.”Read More…

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Twofour54 announced new venture capital investment deals with two of the region’s leading Arabic online games companies, Tahadi Games and Jawaker. Gartner exptects gaming industry to witness huge growth in the coming years and Twofour54 believes that these investments will go a long way in developing indigenous digital gaming industry in the region. The new agreements will help boost the development of a gaming cluster in Abu Dhabi, strengthening twofour54’s position as the region’s leading centre for game development in the Arab world.
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The gaming ecosystem is undergoing major technology and business model transitions that will last beyond 2015. Gartner, Inc. estimates that worldwide spending on the gaming ecosystem will exceed $74 billion in 2011, up 10.4 percent from 2010 spending of $67 billion. By 2015, spending will reach $112 billion. Overall, Gartner estimates that the gaming software component will represent $44.7 billion in 2011, and it will continue to dominate the overall gaming market in the next five years as it absorbs almost two-thirds of consumers’ gaming budgets.Read More…

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Corsair, one of the world’s top brands in the high-performance PC gaming arena, has appointed Corex as its South African distributor. Corsair markets its products in over sixty countries worldwide, primarily through leading distributors. Alan Spohr, Corsair product manager at Corex, says the vendor focuses on the same target markets as Corex. “This includes PC overclockers, enthusiasts and gamers, for whom Corsair is certainly the first choice. Corsair is not only recognised for its best-of-breed product, but is also renowned innovation and high-performance components in the gaming environment.”
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Geekay Distribution signed the distribution agreement with AFA Interactive that would give it exclusive rights to distribute the complete portfolio of Ben 10 gaming accessories including video game, digital entertainment device and electronic segments in the Middle East region. The Ben 10 gaming accessory line includes wired and wireless game controllers, remotes, nunchuks and protective shells as well as portable gaming cases and accessory packs for Nintendo, Sony Playstation and Microsoft Xbox 360 consoles.Read More…

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ZOTAC, today introduces the ZOTAC GeForce GTX 580 AMP2!Edition – its fastest single-GPU graphics card. The ZOTAC GeForce GTX 580 AMP2! Edition is designed to amplify cooling performance and gaming at extreme high-definition resolutions. A custom high-performance heat-pipe heatsink enables the ZOTAC GeForce GTX 580 AMP2! Edition to stay cool and whisper-quiet while dual orange 92mm fans add a stylish ZOTAC touch to create an enthusiast-grade graphics card that combines performance and style in a single 2.5-slot graphics card. Read More…