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FIFA 22 Prime Gaming Pack 9 Now Available: How To Claim, Rewards

Prateek Jain
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FIFA 22 Prime Gaming Pack 9 Now Available: How To Claim, Rewards

After many delays, the Prime Gaming 9 for the month of June has finally gone live for Prime Gaming subscribers to claim for free.

The Pack 9 comes at the crucial time during the Shapeshifters promotion and contains some valuable assets for players. The pack contains various goodies such as rare gold players, rare consumables, player picks, and more.

Pack 9 follows the general Prime Gaming Pack theme and includes the following rewards:

  1. 7x Gold Rare Players
  2. 2x 82 OVR Player Picks
  3. 12x Rare Consumables
  4. 1x 90+ OVR Prime Icon Player Loan Pick (10 Matches)

How To Get FIFA 22 Prime Gaming Pack 9

To claim the pack 9 from prime gaming loot all you need is to have an active prime gaming subscription and an EA Sports account with Fifa 22.

After confirming the above accounts are in place follow the steps below:

  1. log in to prime gaming here.
  2. Go to your account settings
  3. Now link your EA Sports Account with Prime Gaming
  4. Confirm that the link is successful
  5. Now go to the “Games and Loot” section
  6. Click on Fifa 22 and claim Pack 9

After successfully claiming the pack, you will receive a message in-game with the Pack 9 rewards. 

After Pack 9, there are three more packs coming in Fifa 22’s life cycle, one in July, August, and September for a total of 12 packs. After that, once Fifa 23 releases, expect EA Sports to start a new cycle of Prime Gaming packs for FIFA 23.   

NetEase Delays Blizzard’s Diablo Immortal China launch

Prateek Jain
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NetEase Delays Blizzard’s Diablo Immortal China launch

Just 3 days before its official release in China, the infamous Diablo Immortal has been delayed indefinitely by NetEase.

The Internet and gaming giant NetEase was responsible for the release of the Chinese version of Diablo Immortal but the company has now come out and announced that the game will be delayed for an indefinite time until they work on improving the game-play experience and conduct “multiple optimization adjustments”.

The move to announce the delay comes right after Diablo Immortal’s official Weibo account was banned on Sunday from making new posts. While announcing the delay, NetEase didn’t address the recent social media ban and it still remains a mystery what triggered the instant response from the developer. 

Diablo Immortal was recently released worldwide on multiple platforms. Since its release, the game has gathered very negative press and reviews for its predatory microtransactions. The game is now the worst-rated Blizzard title ever and its user rating at Metacritic sits at just 0.3.

While the game had a good critic rating for its gameplay and combat, almost every critic ripped Blizzard apart for the inclusion of predatory microtransactions which puts many mobile games to shame. 

For its China release, Activision Blizzard had signed a deal with NetEase. The game’s launch was closely watched by many in China as the Diablo franchise focuses on slaying demons and witches — themes that are seen to contradict Chinese regulators’ dislike of games’ gore and violence. The game already had record pre-registration with more than 15 million users signing up to play the game until last week. 

After the announcement of the delay, NetEase stock opened with negative sentiment and by the end of the day, the stock had slid more than 9% to record lows. 

Valve Announces Steam Summer Sale To Kick Off On June 23rd

Prateek Jain
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Valve Announces Steam Summer Sale To Kick Off On June 23rd

Valve recently announced that the annual Steam Summer Sale will be kicking off this week from June 23rd and run until July 7th. The 2-week-long sale event is one of the most hyped events on Steam with discounts on almost all games on Steam. 

Aside from the discounts on games, there will be a mini-game, mysterious trading cards, badges, profile background, aviators, and more. The mystery cards are already dropping for users that buy games or craft new badges right now. These cards will be revealed as soon as the sale starts on June 23rd. 

Right before the sale, Steam has improved the UI of the store to be more intuitive on Steam Deck and make browsing games according to genre a breeze. Aside from search improvements, the recommendations and discovery queue will offer more personal game suggestions. 

For those on Steam Deck, the new UI will display compatible games right from the start and also recommend games that work on Deck. 

Although it isn’t confirmed yet, we believe that Valve will offer a 5$ discount on purchases of 25$ or more, as they offered in previous sales. 

In the meantime, today is the last day of Steam Next Fest 2022. Log in now to try out thousands of demos for free and watch various developers hosting livestreams to discuss their upcoming releases, and chat with fans. 

Destiny 2 Cheat Maker To Pay $13.5 Million To Bungie For Copyright Infringement

Prateek Jain
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Destiny 2 Cheat Maker To Pay $13.5 Million To Bungie For Copyright Infringement

The famous Bungie vs Cheat Maker lawsuit which was filed in August last year has finally come to a conclusion. After going to court almost a year ago, the lawsuit against the cheat provider Elite Boss Tech has concluded in favor of the Destiny 2 developer. 

First reported by TorrentFreak, both Bungie and Elite Boss Tech have come to an agreement where the cheat provider will pay Bungie $13.5 million in fines. As reported before, the cheat software was downloaded 6,765 times over its short lifetime before Bungie filed for a DMCA takedown, so in theory, Elite Boss Tech is going to pay $2000 per download of the cheat software. 

“Game developer Bungie and Elite Boss Tech, a creator of cheating software for the popular Destiny 2 game, have reached an agreement to end a copyright infringement lawsuit. The stipulated consent judgment, in which Elite Boss Tech admits thousands of violations of the DMCA’s anti-circumvention provisions, includes a permanent injunction and statutory damages of $13.5 million.” – TorrentFreak

It is believed that an agreement was reached only because the costly lawsuit has dragged on for far too long for the cash-strapped defendant — Elite Boss Tech. 

Along with the $13.5 million the court also permanently banned the cheat provider, including named defendants and several anonymous creators and providers of cheats from further creation or distribution of any software that infringes on intellectual property belonging to Bungie.

In its February status report, Bungie had stressed that the company is very serious about its IPs and said that Destiny 2’s commercial viability depends on the integrity of its gameplay and the positive experiences of its players. Bungie concluded the report by saying that they are confident in winning the lawsuit which will set an example for any future IP infringements. 

GodLike Esports responds to poaching allegations made by TSM

Divyesh Moghe
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GodLike Esports responds to poaching allegations made by TSM

GodLike Esports was recently facing slander from a large part of BGMI fan base as TSM alleged them of player poaching and recruiting TSM’s ex-IGL, Shadow, to their own roster without approaching TSM in a standard manner.

GodLike has now responded to these allegations and mentioned that Shadow was acquired after his contract was terminated. The organisation is also set to file multiple lawsuits against the people that are releasing private chats and making defamatory statements against GodLike.

TSM and GodLike were caught in a controversy a few days ago when the latter announced that BGMI pro, Shadow, has joined them. TSM had mentioned that Shadow did not leave the organization on legal grounds and that he was still “contracted to TSM.”

Shadow made a revelation of his own in a social media post where he stated that TSM was “harassing, exploiting and threatening” him in some ways. He had asked for the support of his fans and soon afterwards, he joined GodLike Esports.

GodLike did not immediately respond to these allegations and now, they have released a comprehensive statement explaining the matter of Shadow’s acquirement in the organization as well as their stance on facing constant defamation on the social media. The issued statement is as follows:

There is constant slandering against GodLike in the media by an organisation with whom Shadow was associated with. The controversy is being created despite there being none. Shadow legally terminated his contract by sending a termination letter, post which he approached GodLike. We, at GodLike, followed all the legal and ethical procedures while engaging with Shadow, as he was not bound by any agreement in existence. However, Shadow’s erstwhile organisation started defaming Shadow as well as GodLike by releasing his personal chats on social media platforms, which is a violation of privacy and punishable under Indian law. If his erstwhile organisation had any legal ground then we fail to understand why they are defaming and slandering Shadow and GodLike on social media platforms rather than exercising their legal rights. They know they are wrong but are harassing us by creating a hype on social media platforms. Due to constant slandering on media portals and news channels, we are constrained to make this statement that we are in the process of filing a criminal as well as civil case against the people who are releasing private chats and making defamatory statements against GodLike and also against one of the players who is openly abusing Shadow and GodLike on social media platforms. We have never acted below our dignity and never released any personal chats and have never cried foul on social media platforms or harassed anyone we believe in certain ethics. However, there are certain vested elements who trying to pollute the Indian gaming scenario by targeting the players, Indian organisations and the brands endorsed by them. As Indians, we would now definitely like to teach such elements some Indian ethics and law.

– Kronten Gaming, Owner, GodLike Esports

According to this statement, Shadow had legally terminated his contract by sending a termination letter to TSM after which he approached GodLike Esports. Shadow was acquired by GodLike by following all the legal and ethical procedures but TSM then started defaming Shadow and GodLike by releasing his personal chats on social media platforms, which is a violation of privacy and punishable under Indian law.

GodLike has also questioned TSM’s stance of slandering them on social media rather than taking a legal recourse to address this contractual issue. GodLike has also said that TSM is wrong and they “harassing us by creating a hype on social media.”

A criminal as well as civil case will be filed by GodLike against the people who are releasing private chats and making defamatory statements against GodLike and also against one of the players who is openly abusing Shadow and GodLike on social media platforms.

GodLike finished the statement by mentioning that the organisation does not take any threats lightly and they will be teaching Indian laws and ethics to certain “elements”, referring to TSM.

BGMI Lite to be released soon for the players? Know the expected date

The Crew
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BGMI Lite to be released soon for the players? Know the expected date

Battlegrounds Mobile India, popularly known as BGMI was launched in July 2021 by Krafton. BGMI is the Indian version of the famous battle royale game named “PUBG Mobile” which was banned by the Indian Government last year. All versions of “PUBG Mobile” which had a connection with Tencent Games were removed from Google Play Store and App Store.

As a result, PUBG Mobile Lite also got banned along with the main version of the game. PUBG Mobile Lite was created for lower-middle range Android devices. It practically offered the same gaming experience but takes much less space in the device. Thus making it the most loved game for gamers having low-end devices.

Soon, Krafton was back with the Indian version of PUBG Mobile but the lite of the game is still in the findings for the majority of the players. Gamers are asking for the BGMI Lite version on various platforms. But no major information has been provided by the developers of the game.

Kraton has not acknowledged any update about the development of the BGMI Lite. As they are completely focused on improving the main version of the game for a better gaming experience. Besides, the increasing craze of the BGMI Esports has kept their hand full to rather focus on the development of BGMI Lite.

As of June 2022, there is no update on the release date of BGMI Lite. While BGMI requires high-end devices to enjoy a seamless gaming experience which the majority of gaming enthusiasts cannot afford. The launch of BGMI Lite is the hour of the need for players with low-end devices.

When can we expect the release of BGMI Lite?

With the Indian esports reaching its peak with each day. Krafton’s major focus is on the development of the Indian esports ecosystem and gaming experience. Major esports leagues such as BGIS and BMPS are been held for semi and pro players. Hence, we could not expect the release of BGMI Lite in 2022.

Teams Qualified for the VCT APAC Challengers Playoffs

Parth Gada
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Teams Qualified for the VCT APAC Challengers Playoffs

The Group stage of Valorant Champions Tour APAC Challengers had 16 of the best teams in APAC fighting to make it to the final stage of the competition. Today, we found the final eight teams that would play each other for the slots in VCT Masters Copenhagen. 

The 16 teams from across APAC were divided into groups of four. Two teams from each group would make it to the playoffs for VCT APAC Challengers. 

The brawl started with Group A’s Griffin Esports taking on Gaimin Gladiators. The MY/SG #2 Gaimin Gladiators made a meal from the HK/TW #1 seed Griffin Esports. In the Second opening match from Group A, Indonesian top seed ONIC G took on Made in Thailand and easily defeated them 2-0. 

Onic G then faced Gaimin Gladiators in Winner’s match and managed to defeat Gaimin Gladiators 2-0, qualifying for the Playoffs without dropping a map. 

Made in Thailand and Griffin took on each other in the lower bracket, with Griffin Esports knocking Made in Thailand out of contention to face Gaimin Gladiators in the Deciders. Unlike their first match, Griffin managed to dominate Gaimin Gladiators, winning the game 2-0, to become the second team to qualify for playoffs from Group A. 

In group B, Alter Ego, Indonesian #2, took on Global Esports, South Asia’s top seed, and managed to defeat them 2-0. In the second opening game of Group B, The Thai top seed Xerxia took on Filipino Rex Regum Qeon and easily defeated them 2-0. 

Forcing RRQ to play an elimination match against Global Esports, The game was close, with RRQ managing to close out the match 2-1. 

In the winner’s match-up, Xerxia demolished Alter Ego and became the first Group B team to qualify for the playoffs. After the loss, Alter Ego faced RRQ in the decider’s match, where they managed to edge out RRQ and became the second team from Group B in the playoffs. 

Filipino Oasis Gaming and Oceania’s Order started the affair in Group C, in which Order came out on top, defeating Oasis Gaming 2-0. The second opening match from Group C had the tournament favorites MY/SG #1 Paper Rex taking on Indonesian BOOM esports.

Despite strong resistance, BOOM could not close it against PaperRex, losing the game 0-2. In the elimination match-up, BOOM faced Oasis gaming and quickly managed to defeat their contemporaries 2-0. 

In the winner’s match-up, Paper Rex took on Order and flawlessly beat Order to become the first team from Group C to make it to the playoffs. Now in the deciders, Order faced BOOM esports and, despite the strong performance in the second map, fell to BOOM in third, making BOOM the second team from Group C to qualify. 

Group D started with Thai #2 FW esports, taking on Vietnamese Fancy United. The match was very close, but in the end, Fancy United managed to close the match 2-1. In the second opening match of group D, Team Secret took on Bleed, Where Bleed managed to win Secret’s map pick after winning their own to win the match 2-0. 

Team Secret then had to face FW esports in the elimination match, where they dominated FW to win the match 2-0. 

In the Winners match, Bleed and Fancy United won their map picks, forcing the third map, where Bleed managed to read Fancy United winning the game 2-1 and became the first team from Group D to qualify. Now playing the deciders, Fancy United faced Team Secret, but Team Secret managed to defeat Fancy United 2-0 to become the last and final team into the playoffs. 

With this, we have the final eight teams in the playoffs:

  • Paper Rex (Malaysia/Singapore)
  • BLEED (Malaysia/Singapore)
  • Alter Ego (Indonesia)
  • Griffin Esports (Hong Kong/Taiwan)
  • Onic G (Indonesia)
  • BOOM Esports (Indonesia)
  • Xerxia Esports (Thailand)
  • Team Secret (Philipines)

The playoffs kick off with Paper Rex taking on Alter Ego at 03:00 AM GMT on 23rd June. The whole schedule for the tournament would be:

  • 23/06/2022 03:00 GMT Paper Rex vs. Alter Ego
  • 23/06/2022 06:00 GMT Bleed vs. Griffin Esports
  • 23/06/2022 09:00 GMT ONIC G vs. BOOM Esports
  • 23/06/2022 12:00 GMT XERXIA Esports vs. Team Secret
  • 24/06/2022 03:00 GMT Upper Semifinals #1
  • 24/06/2022 06:00 GMT Upper Semifinals #2
  • 24/06/2022 09:00 GMT Lower Round 1 #1
  • 24/06/2022 12:00 GMT Lower Round 1 #2
  • 25/06/2022 03:00 GMT Lower Round 2 #1
  • 25/06/2022 06:00 GMT Lower Round 2 #2
  • 25/06/2022 09:00 GMT Upper Finals
  • 25/06/2022 03:00 GMT Lower Round 3
  • 26/06/2022 03:00 GMT Lower Finals
  • 26/06/2022 06:00 GMT Grand Finals

The Winners of Upper Finals and Lower Finals would get a ticket to Copenhagen with Finals being a seeding match for VCT Masters Copenhagen. The winner of the tournament also gets a prize money of USD 30000.

Valorant : When does Episode 5 Act 1 Start

Bharat Kotwani
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Valorant : When does Episode 5 Act 1 Start

The much anticipated Episode 5 Act 1 of Valorant awaits on the horizon which arrives on June 22. The new act is set to feature Pearl, the newest addition to the map pool alongside a battlepass and a sci-fi themed skin bundle, “Prelude to Chaos”.

When does Episode 5 Act 1 arrive?

Despite the fact that Riot Games are yet to announce the launch time of Dimension aka Episode 5, it has been determined that the patch would drop around 18:30 PM IST on June 22. Below you may gather the launch date and time according to your timezone and region of residence.

Indian Standard Time (IST) – 18:30 PM IST
Pacific Standard Time (PST) – 6:00 AM
Eastern Standard Time (EST) – 9:00 AM
Greenwich Mean Time (GMT) – 14:00 PM

Major takeaways from Episode 5 Act 1 :

1. New Map “Pearl” releases. Competitive mode on Pearl starts 2 weeks later in order to help players grab a basic idea about the map.

2. A new rank known as “Ascendant” gets added which bridges the gap between Diamond and Immortal ranks.

3. Prelude to Chaos skin bundle unlocks on the Market.

How to Fix Valorant TPM 2.0 Error?

Sonu Banerjee
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How to Fix Valorant TPM 2.0 Error?

Valorant is currently one of the most popular competitive shooters out there with millions of active players tuning in to the title each day. With the growing player base of Valorant, many users are also encountering various issues while attempting to play the game.

The TPM 2.0 error is one of the most recent errors that users across the world are reporting to have encountered and luckily, it can be easily solved by a few methods.

If you’re facing the TPM 2.0 error yourself, then we have you covered. Here’s what you need to do to fix the error and play your favorite competitive shooter once again.

How to Fix Valorant TPM 2.0 Error?

To fix the TPM 2.0 Valorant error, simply follow these steps:

  • Go to Settings > Update and Security > Recovery
  • Go to Advanced Startup > Restart Now. This will reboot your computer
  • Click on Troubleshoot > Advanced Options > UEFI Firmware Settings > Restart

Once done, you’ll have access to the BIOS which will help you eliminate this issue. Make sure that your BIOS is in advanced mode and TPM is enabled on your computer before advancing to the next step.

  • Go to the ‘boot’ tab
  • Enable Secure Boot
  • Set to standard
  • Save and exit.

That’s all you need to do to fix your TPM 2.0 error in Valorant.

Valorant is a 5v5 first-person shooter developed and published by Riot Games in June 2020. It is currently available to play exclusively on PC, with a mobile version currently in the works.

Keep following TalkEsport for similar useful guides, the latest news, and all updates involving Valorant. 

Valorant to add Dust 2?

Parth Gada
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Valorant to add Dust 2?

Dust 2 is one of the oldest and most legendary maps in tactical FPS,  the Morroco-based successor to Dust. Dust 2 was launched in March 2001 for Counter-Strike and has since been an integral part of the Counter-Strike franchise, with every CS edition introducing its take on Dust 2.

Dust 2 is the go-to map for every filthy casual, so much so that it has a separate queue in CS: GO Deathmatch.  

Valorant, the new kid in town, would want to create a map as iconic as Dust 2. A map etched in the hearts and minds of people, and Riot would like something similar for the maps they create for Valorant.

One such map is Pearl, the latest edition to the Valorant map pool. Many people feel the new map is CSGO-esque, which feels very similar to many CSGO maps. 

And just to add fuel to the fire, our in-house “go-to source for trustworthy and accurate VALORANT news.” The Valorant Times yesterday tweeted the following:

The Valorant times is a fun satirical Twitter handle to poke fun at the community or Riot’s Game. The latest tweet was something similar, intended to comment on how the latest Valorant map “Pearl” is CSGO-esque and reminds people of various other CS: GO maps.

The screenshots posted by the Valorant times seem like a legit map, and it almost baited a lot of Valorant Community to find out if Riot is adding Dust 2 as the new map. And why not, The map is legendary, and if Riot decides to work something out with Valve, they can add Dust 2 to Valorant. 

The tweet is just a clickbait, though, with the Screenshots from a video posted by DMITRY Senichkin of how Dust 2 would look like in Valorant. The video is six minutes long and shows the whole Dust 2 as a Valorant Map with doors, windows, spawns, and bomb sites redesigned for Valorant. You can check the entire video here.

The idea of Dust 2 in valorant is entertaining, though, But with Riot’s Tact FPS still young, I am sure there’d be maps that’d reach the status CSGO’s D2 did and would be as legendary as Dust 2 is.

With the latest map Pearl following the traditional design, it might even be Riot’s answer to the legend of Dust 2. For now, we have to enjoy Dust 2 in CSGO and Valorant separately. 

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