Battlegrounds Mobile India esports is moving towards its first ever league-based tournament in the form of Battlegrounds Mobile India Pro Series (BMPS) 2022. This tournament will have two seasons throughout this year and its first season is set to start very soon.
BGMI Esports announced a total of four tournaments in 2022 with BMPS being one of the most crucial tournament. This event has a massive prize pool of ₹2 Crore, the highest prize pool for any BGMI event so far.
A total of 24 teams will be qualifying for BMPS via BMOC round four. This gives a pathway for new teams as well as veterans to prove their worth and making their way into the pro series.
As mentioned before, BMPS will have a long league stage and it is set to begin on 19th May 2022. This league will continue for three weeks and each team will play a total of four matches in a day.
Top sixteen teams at the end of league stage will move on to the grand finals, which is set to begin on 9th June 2022. A total of twelve teams have already qualified to BMPS 2022 Season One via the BMOC Round Four.
The remainder of matches were postponed by a day because a new update was pushed by developers yesterday. The matches begin today on the latest patch 2.0 update.
Another entrancing collaboration from Epic Games is now official. The popular science fiction superhero Robocop is coming to Fortnite. From Bruno Mars to BTS, Fortnite is the highest scorer when it comes to high-profile collabs.
RoboCop is an American science fiction action film directed by Paul Verhoeven and written by Edward Neumeier and Michael Miner. Recently, Fortnite collabed with Wu-Tang Clan and introduced a full lineup of skins on the item shop. This time the American superhero Robocop is coming to the game with a bunch of new in-game cosmetics items.
Without wasting time, let’s check out what will you get inside Robocop bundle:
LEG-209 pickaxe
LEG-209 back bling
Lil’ ED-209 emote
The Robocop skin will be available for 1500 V-Bucks while the LEG-209 and Lil’ ED will cost you 500 V-Bucks each. Moreover, if you buy the whole Robocop bundle then the total cost will be 1800 V-Bucks.
Are you going to buy the Fortnite Robocop bundle? Let us know in the comment section below.
The new-look Cloud9 started off their PGL Antwerp CSGO Major 2022 campaign by winning it against Outsiders in their opener as they go 1-0 up in the Legends Stage of the same.
Match Details
Cloud9 Vs Outsiders Event : PGL Major 2022 Location : Antwerp, Belgium Event Type : Offline, LAN Match Type : Swiss Stage, Best of 1
Map Veto
Outsiders removed Vertigo
Outsiders removed Ancient
Cloud9 removed Dust2
Cloud9 removed Inferno
Cloud9 removed Overpass
Outsiders removed Nuke
Mirage was left over
Mirage (Mirage was left over in the Veto, Winners: Cloud9, Final Score: 16:12)
Despite losing the first two rounds on their debut under the banner of the North American Organization, Vladislav “nafany” Gorshkov and company bounced back early into the game with some daunting aggression on their offense, thanks to Abai “HObbit” Hasenov who set it up for Cloud9 in the very 3rd round converting it into a round win. It was yet again Cloud9’s Sergey “Ax1Le” Rykhtorov who scrapped the investment put up by the Outsiders for Dzhami “Jame” Ali’s AWP as the 20 year-old Russian picked up the 3 kills to force his opponents into hiding. No team really took off as they traded rounds back and forth with Cloud9 shy of just 1 round at the switch, 7:8.
Coming from the break, Cloud9 were able to go past the deficit along with a bonus round but the heroics from the duo of Jame and Timur “buster” Tulepov defied the odds when they pulled off a 2v4 clutch to stay afloat.
Outsiders started to look destitute and listless as HObbit, Timofey “interz” Yakushin and Dmitriy “sh1ro” Sokolov secured 3 kills each in succession as their reinforcements never allowed their regional counterparts to secure avenue on their attack. Cloud9 were able to pack up Mirage 16:12 and now await for their round 2 opponents to be determined.
Jonathan, one of the star players from GodLike Esports BGMI roster, recently discussed about the team’s poor performance on one of his streams. He discussed some points and mentioned that the main reason for this slump is due to the lack of motivation within the team.
GodLike Esports is a massive esports roster in India and acquired the old roster of TSM India that has been representing them since the last year. The roster comprising of Jonathan, Clutchgod, Zgod and Neyoo was known as the most dominant team in India before PUBGM was banned.
This roster was also performing incredibly after the the launch of BGMI in India but recently, the team has been choking on pivotal moments and leading to early knockouts and ultimately, performing poor in tournaments.
GodLike Esports will be playing in the last round of BMOC and Jonathan was unsure about their performance in this crucial moment as well. Although the team needs to get to the top six slot, it seems to be a hefty task with the ongoing slump period.
The major reason for this lack in performance is apparently due to lesser morale and motivation within the team, which also makes Jonathan a little demotivated, as per one of the clips from his stream.
Jonathan was also asked if he will be changing teams due to this drop in performance but he stated that he will not be leaving the GodLike roster under any circumstances and will stick with the team through its good and bad phases.
The Valorant Champions Tour 2022 Stage 2 Challengers is all set to begin in North America from May 13 with a total of twelve teams in contention for the only two spots at the Stage 1 Masters event, to be held later this year in Copenhagen. The Masters event will be held on LAN at an undisclosed location (will be amended once declared) and will headline the second Major tournament of the VCT 2022 pro circuit.
— VALORANT Esports NA (@valesports_na) May 9, 2022
With that being said, VCT Stage 1 Challengers 1 in North America features a list of 12 teams who will battle out for the spots at the Stage 1 Masters. These 12 teams would be divided into two groups with six teams each. From every group, the top four teams would advance to the playoffs while the bottom two would get eliminated from the contest.
Group A
The Guard
XSET
NRG
TSM
100 Thieves
Ghost Gaming
Group B
OpTic Gaming
Cloud9
FaZe Clan
Luminosity Gaming
Evil Geniuses
Sentinels
The playoffs will feature a double-elimination bracket except for the losers and grand final, where the winners will be determined over a best of 5 results.
Cloud9, The Guard, OpTic Gaming, and XSET scored direct invitations while the other 8 made it to the main event from the Open Qualifiers. TSM FTX and NRG were one among the notable teams who were able to contain their consistency from the earlier season and eventually battled out the Open Qualifier 1 to move ahead while a new face joined the competition, The Guard, who were phenomenal at the Stage 1 Masters.
Led by Anthony “vanity” Malaspina, Cloud9 earned a direct invite to the event, thanks to their valiant effort showcased around the Stage 1 Challengers where the Los Angeles-based organization was denied a spot further by The Guard in their Lower Bracket run. Sentinels somehow managed to get through the brutal open qualifiers where they were able to dodge the fear of getting eliminated in the second.
Below you can find the list of the twelve teams for the VCT 2022 Stage 2 Challengers Main Event:
INVITATIONAL TEAMS
The Guard
Cloud9 Blue
OpTic Gaming
XSET
TEAMS QUALIFIED THROUGH VCT NA OPEN QUALIFIERS 1
NRG
FaZe Clan
TSM FTX
Luminosity Gaming
TEAMS QUALIFIED THROUGH VCT NA OPEN QUALIFIERS 2
100 Thieves
Evil Geniuses
Ghost Gaming
Sentinels
Below we have attached the Week 1 match-ups of the VCT 2022 NA Stage 2 Challengers Main Event.
May 14, 2022
The Guard Vs 100 Thieves // 01:30 AM IST Luminosity Gaming Vs Sentinels // 04:30 AM IST
May 15, 2022
OpTic Gaming Vs FaZe Clan // 01:30 AM IST XSET Vs Ghost Gaming // 04:30 AM IST
May 16, 2022
NRG Vs TSM // 01:30 AM IST Cloud9 Blue Vs Evil Geniuses // 04:30 AM IST
Skyesports Championship Series is an official event hosted with the collaborative effort of Riot Games and Skyesports. SCS is the road to VCT Stage 2 event and big brands like AMD and Rooter have joined hands with Skyesports as official sponsors of this tournament.
Skyesports is known as one of the best esports tournament organizers in South Asia and along with Riot Games, they have hosted SCS to provide a pathway for South Asian teams into the VCT Stage 2 event.
International semiconductor company, AMD, and India’s leading streaming platform, Rooter, have partnered with Skyesports as the presenting and ‘powered by’ sponsors of Skyesports Champions Series.
Rooter will be the broadcasting this tournament exclusively for multiple regional languages like Tamil, Telugu, Bengali, and Malayalam while Hindi and English streams would be livestreamed on YouTube as well as Rooter.
AMD is also playing a crucial part by providing the state-of-the-art equipment for players at the LAN finale to provide the best possible gaming experience.
Commenting on this partnership, Dipesh Agarwal, the Co-founder & COO, Rooter, said the following:
We are excited to be associated with Skyesports for the Skyesports Champion Series 2022 as the broadcast partner. Such events exemplify India’s actual esports potential. As the demand for high-quality content is rising, through Rooter, we will provide a platform for fans to watch premium content in 7 different languages. We strongly believe that such collaborations will help to align with our goals of scaling esports in India.
– Dipesh Agarwal, the Co-founder & COO, Rooter.
Shiva Nandy, the CEO and founder, Skyesports had following to say about Rooter and AMD getting onboard:
“AMD and Rooter have been key players in the esports and gaming industry in South Asia and we are thrilled to welcome them to the Skyesports Champions Series (SCS), one of the biggest PC tournaments in South Asian esports history. The SCS, with open qualifiers and the LAN playoffs in Chennai, provides a golden opportunity to players from across South Asia for a chance to represent the region internationally. With Rooter powering the event, we are expanding the regional base by exclusively broadcasting regional languages on Rooter.”
The Fortnite Chapter 3 Season 2 seems engrossing as Epic introduced a lot of lethal weapons as well as vehicles. The Choppa helicopter is one of those deadly vehicles. With the Choppa helicopter, you definitely get an advantage over your enemy.
Keep reading this article till the end to know where to find the Choppa helicopter in Fortnite.
To complete the weekly challenge you need to travel 1000 meters in a Choppa helicopter. However, there are only a limited number of Choppa helicopters around the map. Let’s find them out.
Where to find Choppa Helicopter in Fortnite?
The Choppa helicopters spawn at the Seven Outposts. There are around 6 Seven Outposts around the map where you can find six Choppa helicopters. Let’s take a look at the locations:
1st Seven Outposts: Located at the southwest hill of Greasy Grove.
2nd Seven Outposts: Located over the northwest mountain of Logjam Lumberyard.
3rd Seven Outposts: Near the northeast coast of Daily Bugle.
4th Seven Outposts: Located at the east of Chonker’s Speedway.
5th Seven Outposts: Located on the north side of Camp Cuddle.
6th Seven Outposts: This one is located near the east of Sanctuary.
American Social Media Star, Instagram Model, and popular streamer Corinna Kopf has been banned from Twitch once again only months after her return to the streaming platform.
After rising to popularity through YouTube, Corinna Kopf switched to Twitch and gained rapid traction on the platform. However, her Twitch career was rather short-lived as she was banned for a clip that was a year old at the time the suspension was delivered.
After her ban from Twitch, Corinna proceeded to sign an exclusive deal with Facebook Gaming and started streaming there instead.
She returned to Twitch in March 2022 after spending two years streaming on Facebook Gaming. Her IRL streams started gaining some serious traction from her loyal fan base before she found herself getting banned from the platform yet again.
While the reason behind the ban of Kopf was initially a mystery, the star later Tweeted a screenshot of an email that she had received from Twitch. According to the email, Kopf was banned from the platform for ‘inappropriate attire’. The email further states that the violation occurred in her profile, which is why many fans think that her profile picture could have been the reason behind the ban.
However, fans of the 26-year-old won’t be missing her for long, as the suspension is only for a day. Corinna Kopf will be free to stream on Twitch once again starting May 13, 2022.
The Challengers Stage of the PGL Antwerp Major 2022 concluded yesterday, with 3 teams making the cut to the legends stage on the final day. Team Liquid, Bad News Eagles and Imperial esports all won out their final games to go 3-2 and advance to the top 16 of 2022’s first CSGO Major.
With the conclusion of the first stage, we now have the full list of all the teams in the top 16 of PGL Antwerp. They are:
FaZe Clan
Natus Vincere
Cloud9
ENCE
Heroic
G2 esports
FURIA
Ninjas in Pyjamas
Outsiders
Team Vitality
Team Liquid
Copenhagen Flames
BIG
Team Spirit
Bad News Eagles
Imperial
The Legends Stage of PGL Antwerp will start on Saturday, May 14th. Much like the Challengers stage, the Legends stage will follow the Swiss format and teams will play Bo1s first, and only qualification/elimination matches will be Bo3s. The top 8 teams from the Legends Stage will advance to the playoffs, which will take place at the Antwerps Sportpaleis from 19th May – 22nd May.
All the teams that made it to the playoffs at PGL Stockholm are in contention for another shot at a CSGO major, albeit some with different rosters. Natus Vincere will be looking to defend their crown after their win at PGL Stockholm, but 2022 has been less than ideal for them as they have been unable to win any tournaments this year, losing to G2 at IEM Katowice 2022 and then to FaZe Clan at ESL Pro League S15.
The road will not be easy as Natus Vincere faces G2, their opponents from the final of PGL Stockholm, in the first game of the Legends Stage. FaZe too face ENCE, in a repeat of ESL Pro League S15 final while Cloud9 face Outsiders in a CIS powerhouse clash.
In a shocking turn of events for BGMI esports ecosystem in India, the beloved team of GodLike Esports and their star player Jonathan will not be playing in the first Pro Series after they fail to qualify from the first mixed qualifier event of BMOC 2022. Here is how this turn of events took place.
The roster of GodLike Esports was feared as one of the biggest and most dominating PUBGM/BGMI teams in India since the last three years. Players like Jonathan, Zgod and Neyoo have been dominating in India under the leadership of Clutchgod and guidance of Ghatak but in the past few months, things seem to be going sideways for the team.
GodLike Esports went into a huge slump right after the comeback of BGMI. They were performing well in some matches and scrimmages but their net performance was slowly going downhill due to consistent early knockouts.
Jonathan also opened up on this poor performance of GodLike esports stating that the team is demotivated right now and it has been leading to this change in their performance. He also jokingly mentioned that the GodLike Era (of dominance) has come to an end.
Today, GodLike Esports was put to the real test as they qualified for the fourth round of BMOC 2022 via the invitational route. They were mixed up with open qualified teams and were present in Group B along with the likes of Team Soul, Team XO and Entity Gaming.
Initally when the day begun, GodLike was in a good form and secured good points in the first two matches but the remaining for matches were a disaster with them struggling to make it to the top five spots.
This led to GodLike being eliminated at the end of the day on eighth spot. Team Soul and XO made it out of this stage and Entity also ended their run on the seventh spot today.
This is the first time since PUBG Mobile esports started that the dominating roster of GodLike Esports has failed to qualify for an official event in the first round itself.
