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Hiko announces retirement from competitive Valorant

Sonu Banerjee
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Hiko announces retirement from competitive Valorant

100 Thieves have announced that Spencer “Hiko” Martin has retired from competitive Valorant.

Hiko will now be transitioning to a  full-time content creation role within 100 Thieves, the organization announced.

“Hiko has been a monumental piece to our VALORANT program,” 100 Thieves CEO Matthew “Nadeshot” Haag said in the announcement.

It goes without saying that Hiko is one of the most popular Valorant streamers and content creators out there, with over 1.7 million followers on Twitch and almost 400k followers on YouTube. He was a part of the 100 Thieves roster that landed a third-place finish at VCT Masters Berlin in September 2021.

100 Thieves Currently Have:

  • Ethan “Ethan” Arnold
  • Sean “bang” Bezerra
  • Peter “Asuna” Mazuryk
  • Daniel “ddk” Kapadia (Manager)
  • Sean “seangares” Gares (Head coach)
  • Michael “Mikes” Hockom (Assistant coach)

Legends of Runeterra 3.5.0 Patch Notes: Bug Fixes and more

Divyesh Moghe
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Legends of Runeterra 3.5.0 Patch Notes: Bug Fixes and more

Legends of Runeterra is a popular card game developed by Riot Games that is based on the characters from League of Legends. The next update called patch 3.5.0 will be releasing tomorrow and here are the patch notes.

This patch is used to tackle bug fixes & various quality of life improvements. The developers have mentioned that the next patch 3.6 will be Champion Adjustments patch, where quality of life improvements would be made to a variety of champions. The most significant changes would be made to Udyr, LeBlanc, and Garen cards.

Here are the changes that will be seen in the Legends of Runeterra patch 3.5.0:

Miscellaneous

  • Updated the visuals for earning & selecting various rewards in The Path of Champions.

Bug Fixes

  • Added missing Prismatic versions of Desert Duel, Celestial Wonder, and Rocket Barrage.
  • Fixed an issue where The Final Stage board wasn’t playing BGM.
  • Fixed an issue where some voice lines weren’t playing when using certain Champion Skins.
  • Fixed an issue where some Boards weren’t properly reacting to Nexus damage.
  • Fixed an issue with foil effects missing from several cards in the Beyond the Bandlewood set.
  • Fixed a crash when canceling the Attach for Yuumi level 2.
  • Fixed an occasional crash when attempting to reconnect to the server.
  • Fixed an issue where Pantheon level 2 would sometimes get double keywords after being silenced in a previous round.
  • Fixed a bug where units with the Predict ability wouldn’t be discounted when recalled with Transposition.
  • Fixed a bug where Prank’s SFX and VFX would play simultaneously when hovering over Oracle’s Eye.
  • Fixed several UI, UX, templating, and general visual bugs to improve overall game clarity and player experience.

As mentioned above, the biggest change with this patch will be a ton of bug fixes and players can enjoy a smoother and much stable game with the patch 3.5.0 of Legends of Runeterra.

Also Read | New Valorant Doodle Buds Skin Bundle Leaked

How to Add Cody Rhodes in WWE 2K22

Bharat Kotwani
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How to Add Cody Rhodes in WWE 2K22

Cody Rhodes is back with the professional World Wrestling Entertainment company after a long 6-years hiatus from the same.

Upon his return he faced off Seth Rollin at WrestleMania 38 earlier on Saturday where he emerged victorious in the official as he was dubbed as the “mystery opponent” who would take on Rollin. The former AEW executive vice president was selected by WWE chairman Vince McMahon as Rollin was unable to secure a match on the show’s card.

Now that the “American Nightmare” has returned to haunt the current WrestleMania iteration, the game “WWE 2K22” would now feature Cody Rhodes as the playable character, now made available from the Creation suite to the players. Cody last featured in WWE 2K17 after which he decided to hang up his career in the WWE citing unsatisfactory business within his role then.

Here’s how to add Cody Rhodes in your WWE 2K22 game :

You can now add Cody Rhodes to your WWE 2K22 database using the Online Community Creation Suite.

With the help of the creation suite in the WWE 2K22 title, players are now able to create and customize their own WWE Superstars, arenas, titles and a whole lot of other stuff.

You can easily download any superstars right from the creation center to feature them in your exhibition matches and other game modes.

Not just Cody Rhodes is back in WWE 2K22, a variety of attire have also been added alongside the playable character which was later confirmed by Twitter user BHANGRA22MAN whose tweet makes everything look on point including Cody’s current attire + his old Stardust version.

Before you head on to the Creations suite, make sure you have set the Community Creations to ON which is available on the Online Menu from the Online options. Online options should already be ON by default, but, if it isn’t, you can enable it by highlighting the same. You may also require a 2K account if not set up.

New Valorant Doodle Buds Skin Bundle Leaked

Sonu Banerjee
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New Valorant Doodle Buds Skin Bundle Leaked

We’re only a few hours away from the release of the Valorant 4.07 update, and it’s set to bring a bunch of new changes to the title.

These upcoming changes include changes to the Bulldog and Stinger, new LATAM servers and improved AFK detection that fans can read all about in the patch notes.

However, it seems like fans may have something more to look forward to as images of a new skin bundle for Valorant has been leaked online.

The ‘Doodle Buds’ skin bundle will feature unique doodles of the Valorant Agents and various other characters on each skin that’s quite unlike any other bundle we’ve seen in the past.

The ‘Doodle Buds’ bundle was leaked by popular Valorant leaker ‘Valorleaks’, and fans can check out the images of the skins here.

Valorant Doodle Buds Skin Pack:

The ‘Doodle Buds’ bundle will feature skins for the following weapons alongside player cards and sprays:

  • Shorty
  • Stinger
  • Marshal
  • Ares
  • Phantom

The price of the ‘Doodle Buds’ bundle hasn’t been confirmed by the Valorant devs as of yet, but from the first glances, it doesn’t seem like the skins will feature unique finishers or other animations, so fans can expect the price of this bundle to be towards the lower side.

VALORANT Patch 4.07 notes: Read Full Inside

Pranav Nalawade
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VALORANT Patch 4.07 notes: Read Full Inside

The patch notes for the upcoming Valorant 4.07 update has been revealed by Riot Games, and it introduces a bunch of new changes to the title including new servers, weapon changes, and a lot more.

The weapon updates that patch 4.07 is bringing to Valorant include changes to the Bulldog and Stinger, with both weapons now delaying firing inputs while bringing up the weapon to aim down sights (ADS).

This change should prevent players from getting burst-mode accuracy improvements from before they finish raising their weapon. Alongside this, Agent-based weapons like ultimates for Neon, Chamber and Raze can now be input-queued to equip after the current action.

Other than these changes, Valorant patch 4.07 also brings improvements to AFK detection, loading times in the VP store and a number of bug fixes.

The highly anticipated Valorant patch 4.07 is set to be released later today, and it will bring with it new LATAM servers which should help with latency in that region. The devs have also confirmed that the LATAM servers will go live “not long after” the release of the 4.07 patch.

Here are the VALORANT Patch 4.07 notes

Fans can check out the detailed patch notes of the 4.07 update below:

Server Updates

  • Added a new set of servers in Latin America, which should help with latency in that region
    • Scheduled to turn on not long after 4.07 is live!

Weapon Updates

  • Bulldog and Stinger now delay firing inputs while bringing up the weapon to aim down sights (ADS)
    • Prevents you from getting burst mode accuracy improvements before they finish raising your weapon.
    • Adds a slight cost to the decision to switch to burst firing mid-combat.
    • You can still begin firing immediately while switching back to full auto/hip fire mode.
  • Ability-based weapons* can now also be input-queued to equip after the current action
    • *This includes: Chamber guns and ultimates for Neon, Jett, and Raze

Store Updates

  • Load times for the VP purchase page should now load in a matter of seconds (previously, it would take more than thirty seconds in some instances)

Social Updates

  • Added new detections for different AFK-like behaviors in rotating game modes

Bugs

  • Agents
    • Fixed a bug where Yoru could use a weapon immediately at the end of his ultimate by exploiting an unwanted interaction with ropes
    • Fixed a bug where it was possible to defuse the Spike while channeling abilities
    • Skye’s Seekers can once again break through the destructible doors on Ascent
  • Social
    • Fixed a bug where comms-restricted players could not listen to team voice chat
    • Fixed a bug where players were not always immediately removed from the game after being banned
  • Competitive
    • Fixed a bug that was causing performance bonuses to show at incorrect times
  • Gameplay Systems
    • Fixed an issue where briefly tapping the “Use Spike” button to plant the Spike could cause you to end up holding the Spike instead of your last equipped weapon

Valorant 4.07 patch notes – LATAM Servers, Weapon Updates & More

Sonu Banerjee
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Valorant 4.07 patch notes – LATAM Servers, Weapon Updates & More

The patch notes for the upcoming Valorant 4.07 update has been revealed by Riot Games, and it introduces a bunch of new changes to the title including new servers, weapon changes, and a lot more.

The highly anticipated Valorant patch 4.07 is set to be released later today, and it will bring with it new LATAM servers which should help with latency in that region. The devs have also confirmed that the LATAM servers will go live “not long after” the release of the 4.07 patch.

The weapon updates that patch 4.07 is bringing to Valorant include changes to the Bulldog and Stinger, with both weapons now delaying firing inputs while bringing up the weapon to aim down sights (ADS).

This change should prevent players from getting burst-mode accuracy improvements from before they finish raising their weapon. Alongside this, Agent-based weapons like ultimates for Neon, Chamber and Raze can now be input-queued to equip after the current action.

Other than these changes, Valorant patch 4.07 also brings improvements to AFK detection, loading times in the VP store and a number of bug fixes.

Valorant Patch 4.07

Fans can check out the detailed patch notes of the 4.07 update below:

Server Updates

  • Added a new set of servers in Latin America, which should help with latency in that region
    • Scheduled to turn on not long after 4.07 is live!

Weapon Updates

  • Bulldog and Stinger now delay firing inputs while bringing up the weapon to aim down sights (ADS)
    • Prevents you from getting burst mode accuracy improvements before they finish raising your weapon.
    • Adds a slight cost to the decision to switch to burst firing mid-combat.
    • You can still begin firing immediately while switching back to full auto/hip fire mode.
  • Ability-based weapons* can now also be input-queued to equip after the current action
    • *This includes: Chamber guns and ultimates for Neon, Jett, and Raze

Store Updates

  • Load times for the VP purchase page should now load in a matter of seconds (previously, it would take more than thirty seconds in some instances)

Social Updates

  • Added new detections for different AFK-like behaviors in rotating game modes

Bugs

  • Agents
    • Fixed a bug where Yoru could use a weapon immediately at the end of his ultimate by exploiting an unwanted interaction with ropes
    • Fixed a bug where it was possible to defuse the Spike while channeling abilities
    • Skye’s Seekers can once again break through the destructible doors on Ascent
  • Social
    • Fixed a bug where comms-restricted players could not listen to team voice chat
    • Fixed a bug where players were not always immediately removed from the game after being banned
  • Competitive
    • Fixed a bug that was causing performance bonuses to show at incorrect times
  • Gameplay Systems
    • Fixed an issue where briefly tapping the “Use Spike” button to plant the Spike could cause you to end up holding the Spike instead of your last equipped weapon

Sinatraa Announces Return to Professional Valorant

Sonu Banerjee
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Sinatraa Announces Return to Professional Valorant

Through a recent announcement, Valorant star Jay ‘sinatraa’ Won confirmed that he’s all set to return to competitive play.

This comes as a delightful surprise for sinatraa who were looking forward to see him play in the big stages since his suspension from Sentinels and Riot Games that was issued in March 2021, amid investigations of sexual abuse allegations put forward by his former girlfriend Cleo ‘cle0h’ Hernandez.

The suspension by Riot Games lasted six months, and the company stated that they weren’t able to find “a definitive conclusion”.

Since the end of his suspension on September 10, the 22-year-old has been regularly streaming for Sentinels. However, a recent Tweet by sinatraa caught the world by surprise as he announced his intentions to return to competitive Valorant. He further mentioned that he’d be starting tryouts as early as this week. 

“It’s been a year since I was forced to step back from competitive play. In that time, I have learned a lot about myself and grown as a person,” Won said in his Tweet. “I am now ready for a return to competitive play and will be starting tryouts this week.”

In a follow-up Tweet, sinatraa claimed that his first choice would be to return to Sentinels. 

The potential return of sinatraa to Sentinels can help the organization regain their composure after a disappointing VCT Stage 1 Challengers finish in the 7th-8th place.

Valorant Mobile Expected System Requirements: Will Your Phone Be Able to Run It?

Sonu Banerjee
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Valorant Mobile Expected System Requirements: Will Your Phone Be Able to Run It?

The mobile version of Riot Games’ tactical shooter Valorant is perhaps one of the hottest topics of discussion among gamers throughout the world, and mobile gaming fans are eagerly looking forward to the release of the title.

While it has already been revealed that Valorant mobile is already in the works, some recent leaks further claim that the developers have already begun testing Valorant mobile in China, and the initial looks at the gameplay of the title also seems to have been leaked.

https://twitter.com/PlayerIGN/status/1512666776668033025?s=20&t=KGFTic61KyWUmK5373gPFw

While no specific release date for Valorant mobile has been set in stone as of yet, it’s likely that the title will be launched later this year. Many fans are speculating the release date for Valorant mobile to be around June 2022, but it hasn’t been confirmed by Riot Games.

Valorant Mobile Expected System Requirements

Before the global launch of Valorant Mobile, players have to make sure that their devices meet the minimum system requirements for the game. The official system requirements of Valorant Mobile hasn’t been revealed by the developers, but we can get a pretty good idea about the minimum system requirements of the title by comparing it to some other mobile games that are similar in nature.

for Android

  • Soc: Snapdragon 675 and above/ Hisilicon Kirin 970 or better/ Mediatek Helio G90T / Exynos 8895 or better.
  • RAM: 4 GB or More
  • Operating System: Android 7 or above.
  • Free Storage: 4 GB space

Valorant Mobile Expected Requirements for IOS

  • Soc: Apple A11 Bionic and above
  • RAM: 2 GB or more
  • Operating System: iOS 11 or Higher
  • Free Storage: 4 GB space

Since the system requirements aren’t official, take them with a grain of salt since they’re likely to change at the time of release.

PSG.LGD partners with Jissbon condoms

Pranav Nalawade
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PSG.LGD partners with Jissbon condoms

Chinese esports organization PSG.LGD have partnered with Jissbon Condoms as their new sponsor, which will now join Paris Saint-Germain, EPOS, Betway and Monster Energy as their Dota2 team’s newest supporters.

After advertisement images started to surface on the internet, it became pretty much obvious that PSG.LGD have added Jissbon Condoms to their sponsorship list, a Chinese Sexual health-care brand to promote their product using the player-base of Dota2 as most of them fall under the adult age gap and could be a hype generator for getting home the Jissbon products.

PSG.LGD are one among the most renowned and consistent teams in the CN region with years of success in the Dota2 scene most notably, ending up runner-ups twice at the International ‘18 and ‘21 and currently sitting at the top of the DPC CN 2021/2022 tour. Their performance might have indeed caught the attention of Jissbon who have already laid out posters for their Condom brand with players featuring on their flyers.

Jissbon Condoms now join the list of the rest five sponsors for PSG.LGD which is as follows :

  1. Jissbon
  2. Betway
  3. EPOS
  4. Monster Energy
  5. Paris Saint-Germain
  6. TUMI

PSG.LGD were formed in 2018 with football club giants Paris Saint-Germain having signed the LGD roster with Wang “Ame” Chunyu, Lu “Somnus丶M” Yao, Yang “Chalice” Shenyi, Xu “fy” Linsen and Yap “xNova” Jian Wei.

Apex Legends Player Count 2022: How Many People Are Playing Apex Legends?

Sonu Banerjee
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Apex Legends Player Count 2022: How Many People Are Playing Apex Legends?

Apex Legends is undoubtedly one of the most popular Battle Royales out there in 2022, and with the recent introduction of Season 12, the title is currently more popular than ever.

Since its initial release in February 2019, the Respawn Entertainment title has experienced a continual growth in popularity over the years, which prompted the company to create the heavily anticipated Apex Legends Mobile, which is scheduled for release in May 2022.

If you’re an avid Apex Legends fan, you might be wondering how many people are playing the game in 2022.

While there is no official player count that records the exact number of players active in Apex Legends, we can get an idea about the current player count of the game from third-party sources.

In April 2021, Respawn revealed that Apex Legends had crossed over 100 million registered players, a number which has only increased since then.

Apex Legends 2022 Player Count

According to the Player Counter website, Apex Legends is currently seeing over 1,110,000 online players enjoying the title as of 12th April, 2022.

This number is likely to increase further over the next few months due to the constant updates that the devs are bringing to the title. However, this number isn’t official and is only a rough estimate, so take it with a grain of salt.

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