If you’ve been following the PGL Antwerp Major for the past few days, then you’re probably already aware of the infamous one-way smoke bug that has been haunting the tournament participants over the past few days.
The bug was first used by G2’s mONSEY against Imperial during a match on May 14. Since then, the clip was quick to spread like wildfire on social media platforms, where fans of the shooter and professional players asked Valve to fix the bug at the earliest.
The one-way smoke bug allowed players to see through the Mirage window towards mid while their enemies couldn’t see the other way around.
Luckily, Valve has listened to the players, and they have swiftly shipped out an update to the live servers that fixed this problem.
The patch notes for the May 15th CSGO update simply reads, “fixed a recently reported smoke bug.” No other new addition has been made to the title through the latest patch.
Brief Release Notes for today. We fixed a recently reported smoke bug; you know the one: https://t.co/WRsxuO4qR1
Moving forward in the tournament, teams participating in the PGL major will no longer be able to use the smoke bug to gain an unfair competitive advantage over their opponents.
Apex Legends, the famous mobile BR title developed by Respawn and published by EA sports is finally launched in multiple regions including India on 17th May 2022. This game will feature multiple characters specific to the mobile platform and here is how you can download it.
Apex Legends is a battle royale title which is known as one of the hardest in the genre on PC. This game was an entry point for Respawn to launch their title on mobile platform and they have successfully introduced the game today.
Players can now enjoy Apex Legends on their mobile by simply downloading it from the official app stores. Use the links given below to download the game via Apple App Store or Google Play Store.
EA Sports had announced the development of Apex Legends in 2019 and since then, the developers have went through multiple stages of development as well as beta launches to successfully introduce the game to the world.
Players that would want to play the game on cross-platform can not do so as the game is entirely built different for mobile platform as compared to its PC counterpart. Players will also require the following specification to run the game:
Processor – Snapdragon 435 and above/ Mediatek Helio P20 and up
RAM – Atleast 2 GB
Android Version – 6.0 and above
iOS Version – iOS 11 and above
iPhone 6 and above
Players that fulfill this criteria can simply download the game with links given above and enjoy Apex Legends on their mobile screens.
For the first time in the history of Indian Valorant E-sports, we saw the group draw for a tournament live on Youtube, the show was hosted by MambaSR and Captain price and they drafted each of these 12 teams into two groups, out of which 6 teams would make it to the main event in Chennai giving them an opportunity to represent our region in VCT APAC challengers season 2.
Initially, the teams were divided into three pools A, B, and C. Pool A and B consisted of the invited teams which were the top 8 teams of VCC, where the top 4 were part of Pool A and the bottom 4 made the pool B. Pool C was comprised of four qualifying teams from India and RoSA qualifiers.
Qualified 12 teams:
Get ready to witness the first ever kind of Draw Show with Fun interviews, Intense Insights & lots more! Any guesses who is going to be a part of this team’s twist of fate?! Comment down below👇🏼 #SCS#SkyesportsChampionsSeriespic.twitter.com/X2M4GaEdYG
The group stage would be a round-robin where every team would play every other team in the group and the top 3 teams from each group would qualify for the LAN event which would be a double-elimination bracket type tournament.
The top 2 teams of the event would then qualify for VCT APAC season 2 Challengers for a chance to qualify for VCT Masters Copenhagen. Good luck to all the teams and may the best team win the whole event.
Last night after the inaugural match of the season for Cloud9 Blue, it was announced that Son “Xeta” Seon-he with head coach Yoon “Autumn” Eu-ddeum have departed from Cloud 9 blue and would be joining T1 and Rahul “Curry” Nemani would now fill in as the fifth for C9B instead of Xeta for the remaining matches in the VCT NA stage 2 challengers.
This sent shockwaves across the community as Xeta was an integral part of C9B since joining the team back in January of 2021 after a brief stint on C9 Korea valorant team along with coach autumn.
Tarik reacting to Xeta’s move:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d34o-hEd_gg
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=29jse0_3KfU
He was part of their NA LCQ winning roster with Vanity, Leaf, Xeppa, and Mitch and had a solid run in the First Valorant Champions and are arguably one of the best if not the best NA teams in the current VCT season.
The move was a shock for most as the team chemistry of C9B was amazing and translated well on the server.
This was evident in the first VCT NA challengers as C9B was undefeated in the group stage winning against teams like the Guard, Xset, 100 thieves, Luminosity, and EG, falling to the youngsters of The Guard who then went on to win the whole event beating C9B and Optic 3-0 and Xeta was the key player in the success of C9B, who is arguably the best sova player in NA right now and a valuable initiator.
Though the reason behind the move is unclear It is speculated that T1, which is a South Korean super giant having a legendary LoL team, is eyeing an all-Korean valorant team and might contest next year in Korea.
Xeta however comfortable he was with C9B felt homesick and wished to play with a Korean team, at this point, there has been no official statement from either side as to why the move did happen, but on the outside, the roster move seems to be mutual and both parties seem to have separated with peace.
The gap left by Xeta in C9B is to be filled with Rahul “Curry” Nemani, a 19 y.o., who was part of T1 since January February 2021, the roster had many big names including CS legends Timothy “Autimatic” Ta who has now returned to CSGO, Tyler “Skadoodle” Latham who currently isn’t actively competing and Braxton “Brax” Pierce who has since moved to streaming under the T1 banner.
The latest version of T1 included Joshua “Steel” Nissan, Zander “thwifo” Kim, Rahul “Curry” Nemani, Josh “pwny” Vangorder, and a stand-in “dynamic” and failed to produce any significant results as a team.
The team is currently in the rebuilding phase and would be able to play for Valorant-sponsored events in 2023 as they don’t have enough points to qualify for NA LCQ.
The new iteration of Cloud9 Blue is set to make its debut this week against Optic Gaming who are arguably not just the best NA team but the best team in the world after winning Masters Reykjavík, this match would surely be a trial by fire for Curry and the new-look C9B. It would be interesting to see the role switch in C9B as Curry was a flex player on T1 whilst Xeta played a “SOVA MAIN”.
The roster move received a lot of backlashes and was frowned upon as there didn’t seem any major problems with the roster and the roster seemed to do well. Now the responsibility of proving the naysayers wrong falls upon Vanity the IGL for C9B and Curry to prove his worth. Only time would tell how the move pans out. For now, we wish the best to both parties moving forward.
Fortnite players are going to get another new skin. This time Zuri (an undefeated fighter known for her grace in combat) skins are going to be introduced by Epic Games. However, you need to participate in a tattoo competition to win the Zuri skin. Keep reading this article till the end to know everything about the competition and the Zuri skin.
Recently, Fortnite collabed with the science fiction superhero Robocop and introduced the Robocop skin bundle. Now it’s the time for the Zuri skin to make an entry. To win the Zuri skin you need to design a tattoo for the Zuri character. If your design wins the race, it will get featured in the skin launching event later this year.
Fortnite Zuri Skin content
Apart from the outfit, there are also a few other items that you will receive. Let’s check them out:
Zuri Outfit
Enchanted Featherfighters Back Bling
Empowered Dha Pickaxe
Best in the Ring Loading Screen
It’s not enough to get in the ring, you’ve also gotta steal the show.
After creating a tattoo for Zuri you need to follow Fortnite on Twitter and Instagram and then you have to post your tattoo using the #ZuriTattooContest. Every participant will receive the Zuri skin bundle along with other in-game cosmetics.
The contest will come to an end on 22nd May. Therefore you should start designing your Zuri skin right now. Every 13+ years aged players will get a single entry and the skin will be visible inside your inventory soon after you post your tattoo.
We’re standing only a few days away from the start of the Skyesports Valorant Champions Series (SCS) Group Stages, and Valorant fans across South Asia are already excited to see their favorite teams in action.
The group stages of the upcoming SCS event will see twelve of the best South Asian Valorant teams battle it out for a shot at the playoffs.
We at Skyesports are super excited to bring you the Official VCT Stage 2 SA Challengers! A golden opportunity for the teams from South Asian region to represent in VCT Global circuit!
Eight of the participating teams have been directly invited to the event based on their performances during the Valorant Conquerors Championship (VCC) 2022, while four teams secured their slots through landing top-two finishes in the India Qualifiers and the Rest of South Asia Qualifiers.
Skyesports Valorant Champions Series Group Stage: All Qualified Teams
Here are all the South Asian Valorant teams who have managed to qualify for the Group Stages of the upcoming Skyesports Valorant Champions Series:
Velocity Gaming (Direct Invite)
Global Esports (Direct Invite)
Enigma Gaming (Direct Invite)
Full Power Gaming (Direct Invite)
Revenant Esports (Direct Invite)
Exceeli Esports (Direct Invite)
Khumbu Esports (Direct Invite)
Union Gaming (Direct Invite)
Team Valor (Champion of the India Qualifier)
Reckoning Esports (Runners-up of the India Qualifier)
Orangutan Gaming (Champion of the Rest of South Asia Qualifier)
Prime 5 (Runners-up of the Rest of South Asia Qualifier)
There we have it! Skyesports Champions Series Phase 2 is locked and definitely loaded.
The competition is just going to get intense from here.
BGMI Esports community is about to witness its biggest ever tournament of this year as BMPS Season One is set to start very soon. This tournament will have 24 teams qualifying from BMOC Round 4 competing for a month to win the lion’s share of $2 Crore prize pool.
Krafton has raised the bar of Indian esports by providing the highest ever prize pool dedicated to a single tournament. The upcoming Battlegrounds Mobile India Pro Series Season One will have a humongous prize pool of ₹2 Crore($256,000) and a total of 24 teams fighting to take the lion’s share from it.
BMPS 2022 S1 FORMAT
BMPS 2022 Season One will start on 19th May with the 24 teams distributed into multiple groups for a league stage. This tournament is split into two parts with a league stage at first which will ultimately culminate into grand finale.
The top 24 teams will fight in the league stage for three weeks straight. These teams will be split into 3 groups of 8 teams and will play four matches per day in the round robin format. Each day, a total of six maps will be played and ultimately, every team will be playing a total of sixteen matches per week until the end of league stage.
As mentioned before, the top sixteen will move to grand finale which will be hosted over the second weekend of June. The grand finals will start from 9th June and end on 12th June. A total of 24 matches will be played in the final stage with 6 matches per day.
BMPS 2022 S1 PRIZE POOL DISTRIBUTION
The distribution of prize money is yet to be revealed by the officials but looking at the total amount of ₹2 Crore, the winners will walk away with a ton of money in their pockets.
BMPS 2022 S1 TEAMS
Following teams have qualified to BMPS 2022 S1 and will be participating in league stage:
GROUP A:
Global Esports (Invited)
Big Brother Esports (Invited)
Initiative Academy
Team INS (Invited)
Hydra Official (Invited)
GOG Esports
GROUP B
Team Soul (Invited)
Team XO (Invited)
Enigma Gaming (Invited)
Blind Esports (Invited)
Autobotz Esports
Retribution RTR
GROUP C
OR Esports (Invited)
WSF Esports
Walkouts
UP50 Esports
7Sea Esports (Invited)
Marcos Gaming (Invited)
GROUP D
Team Kinetic
R Esports (Invited)
Hyderabad Hydras (Invited)
Nigma Galaxy (Invited)
ACBC Esports
FS Esports (Invited)
This is everything that has been revealed about this tournament so far. More details about BMPS S1 would be revealed in due course of time.
Krafton has raised the bar of Indian esports by providing the highest ever prize pool dedicated to a single tournament. The upcoming Battlegrounds Mobile India Pro Series Season One will have a humongous prize pool of ₹2 Crore($256,000) and a total of 24 teams fighting to take the lion’s share from it.
BMPS Season One is the next tournament in the BGMI Esports Season One roadmap and top teams within India, who have fought a long way through BMOC 2022, will finally have a chance to prove their worth in a month long tournament.
The overall prize pool of tournaments in India was not par with the money offered in other regions but in the last few years, the scenario has been changing. The launch of PUBG Mobile was a big turning point for Indian esports as India emerged as one of the major regions within its competitive ecosystem.
The prize money skyrocketed with the rising popularity of PUBG Mobile and soon, it reached ₹1 Crore mark before the game was banned. After a hiatus of almost 1.5 years, the competition is back in a new game called BGMI and the amount hasn’t decreased at all.
The first ever BGMI tournament matched the amount of ₹1 Crore and now, the money has been doubled for BMPS Season One.
This tournament is certainly worth the hype because most of the well-known teams are already out of this tournament, giving a chance to new rosters to shine.
BMOC Round Four was one of the biggest rollercoaster rides one has ever seen in BGMI esports as there were constant heartbreaks one after the other. Big names were eliminated very early in this tournament and a new lot of teams have entered into the first ever Pro League of season 2022. Here are the top 24 teams that made it to BMPS S1 Group Stage.
Battlegrounds Mobile India Pro Series is the first-ever league based tournament hosted by the officials. This tournament will have a long competition of three weeks in groups or league stage. The route to this tournament was via BMOC Round 4 where invited teams were added to the lot and this round gave us an insight on how the future of BGMI esports ecosystem is changing.
Top teams like GodLike, TSM, Skylightz Gaming, Orangutan, Celtz, Team Xspark and others from the invited bracket faced elimination by the hands of underdogs that proved their worth.
Only 15 teams out of 32 invited teams were able to make it to BMPS Season One. The names of teams that qualified for the next event are as follows:
GROUP A:
Global Esports (Invited)
Big Brother Esports (Invited)
Initiative Academy
Team INS (Invited)
Hydra Official (Invited)
GOG Esports
GROUP B
Team Soul (Invited)
Team XO (Invited)
Enigma Gaming (Invited)
Blind Esports (Invited)
Autobotz Esports
Retribution RTR
GROUP C
OR Esports (Invited)
WSF Esports
Walkouts
UP50 Esports
7Sea Esports (Invited)
Marcos Gaming (Invited)
GROUP D
Team Kinetic
R Esports (Invited)
Hyderabad Hydras (Invited)
Nigma Galaxy (Invited)
ACBC Esports
FS Esports (Invited)
These teams will fight in the upcoming days to enter the grand finale of BMPS Season One and try to win the lion’s share of ₹2 Crore prize pool.
Krafton has pushed a new update to BGMI which updates the game to the lastest patch 2.0. There are a few changes made to the game with this patch but majority of the game remains the same. Here is how you can download it.
BGMI Patch 2.0 brings a limited amount of changes to things like Cheer Park, S12K and other shotguns. A new feature called Emergency Pickup is also added to the game. Here are the details:
1) Cheer Park: Football Mini Game
Cheer Park is revamped to have a new Football game that players can play to pass time with their teammates and chill down after playing intense matches.
2) Emergency Pickup
‘Emergency Pickup’ is a new feature added to the game with 2.0 update. After using this feature, an airplane will arrive to take players to their desired locations.
3) Shotgun Balancing
Following changes have been made to the shotguns in BGMI.
Sawed-Off: Base damage improved
S1897: Fire rate boost
S12K: Magazine size increased
Players can download the update through Google Play but you can also use the link given below to download the game via third-party store at your own risk.
