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New CSGO Update Introduced Map Changes, Reduces Launch Time, and More

Valve has shipped a new update to CSGO today, and it brings with it a number of map changes to the competitive shooter alongside a bunch of other miscellaneous fixes.

The newly-added map Anubis received some major changes with this update, with some of the notable ones being the addition of a new hip cover on the plateau near B main, the addition of a scaffolding on A catwalk to prevent the boost through the window to T stair, and clipping improvements throughout the map.

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Maps like Blagai, Cascade, and Ember have also received a number of minor changes in this new CSGO update.

Other changes introduced through the September 8th CSGO update include improved Steam Input support for mouse and keyboard input on Steam Deck, reduction of game launch time, and various fixes.

Here are the detailed patch notes for the new CSGO update as stated on the official patch notes page by Valve.

CSGO Update Release Notes for 9/7/2022

MISC

  • Improved Steam Input support for mouse and keyboard input on Steam Deck.
  • Improved game startup I/O to reduce game launch time.
  • Improved user interface flow when cycling through weapon case items in Agent View (thanks, @AquaIsMissing and @_ale_cs).
  • Fixed an incorrect inventory limit warning shown to users with many items in Storage Units.
  • Fixed an exploit that would allow the player’s camera to become detached from their eye position.

MAPS

Anubis

Photo: Valve CSGO
  • Added a hip cover on the plateau near B main.
  • Clipped the large stone cover on CT mid for smoother movement.
  • Added a scaffolding on A catwalk to prevent the boost through the window to T stair at the canal. (Thanks poseidonskiy rofls).
  • Allowed players to silently drop down from A long.
  • Fixed stones colliding with the tarp on A catwalk.
  • Removed stone at A sewer.
  • Aligned floating pillar on A with the floor.
  • Removed left-over clips on A main. (Thanks Hentie!).
  • Removed clips on the stairs that bounce off grenades (Thanks Guidetti & dr!zzle).
  • Clipping improvements (Thanks dr!zzle!).
  • Cleaned up clipping under the bridge (Thanks Fnugz for your sacrifice).

Blagai

  • Fixed pixelwalk on window frame (thanks Kerr).
  • Increased C4 explosion radius.
  • Fixed various visual bugs.

Cascade

  • Added back a few visual details; ToOpenGL fix shouldn’t be affected; FPS sacrifice is minimal.
  • Angled ladder in lower main; gives cover to Ts and worsens it as a camping spot for CTs.
  • Clipping fixes.
  • Removed self-boost in upper main near the bridge.

Ember

  • Renamed Crater to Water Tower.
  • A new water tower has been erected at Water Tower.
  • Changed doors used throughout the map.
  • Added sounds when doors are opened and closed.
  • Gave cannons a new particle effect when firing.
  • Fixed situation where cannonball may not damage players.
  • Actually fixed cannons icon this time.
  • Fixed weapon crate ammo spawning in floor near Apartments.
  • Fixed lots of minor bugs (thanks Joaokaka1998).

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COD Mobile Season 8 Release Date and other details

Activision is preparing to release a new update to their flagship mobile title called Call of Duty: Mobile. This will update the game to Season 8 and will bring in some new features along with the regular seasonal reset. Check out the COD Mobile Season 8 release date along with some other interesting information.

COD Mobile Season 8 Details

The Season 8 theme has been teased all around the social media handles of COD Mobile but its name is not revealed yet. Some leaks have revealed information about this new update and it has been confirmed that a new map, character as well as the regular battle pass update will be seen.

A new map called “Express” is coming to COD Mobile with the next update. As the name suggests, the map will be around railway theme and players will fight on a completely new terrain in the MP mode.

A new “double agent” has been teased on the leaks as well. According to its sources, it was used in a commercial and this new character might drop in the game in the next update. She will be called as “Park – Double Agent”.

COD Mobile Season 8 Release Date

Players are certainly excited to hear about this new update release date of COD Mobile and while the officials have not announced it yet, one can easily estimate it based on the battle pass timeline.

The season 7 battle pass will be ending today in COD Mobile and hence, it is said that COD Mobile Season 8 will be dropping live on 31st August 2022. The release time for this update will be 10 AM PDT.

Make sure to update the game on time to enjoy the latest features as soon as you can.

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How to claim Apex Legends Prime Gaming rewards: Octane Radioactive Bundle

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Amazon has joined forces with Respawn Entertainment to drop a new bundle that goes by the name of Radioactive Bundle, that will be available to all Apex Legends players with an Amazon Prime account for the duration of a month.

In the past we have seen Amazon and EA join hands for several ventures and once again we have one at hand. Ventures such as this works for mutual benefit of all the parties involved. Amazon Prime account is common to many Apex players but quite the strategy implemented to mutually benefit both parties.

Besides getting skins in a game, Amazon Prime lets you access several of Amazon’s premium services, including Prime Videos, free deliveries, Prime Music and trickle benefits here and there. Everything put together makes a lucrative package for all the parties involved.

Image Via Respawn

How to get Apex Legends Prime skins

Prime Gaming skin is delivered and accessible to guarantee as a component of your Prime participation. It’s a decent advantage, without a doubt, and not every person will have these prizes either so they can separate you in fight.

  1. Head over to the Apex Legends Prime Gaming website.
  2. Click ‘Claim Now’ above the current Prime Gaming skin.
  3. Sign in with your account credentials. If your EA account is not linked with Twitch, you will be redirected to the EA website to sign in and link the two accounts.
  4. Once you’ve logged in and linked your accounts, claim the skin.

Starting in October 2021, the drops are getting better and better. A new bundle will drop this month that will have several items to choose from for players.

One thing to note is, the bundle will be there for a month so unless claimed before that, players might permanently lose the chance of getting it.

All Recent CSGO Source 2 Leaks

Over the past few days, several leaks have surfaced on the internet that directly hint towards the Source 2 port for CSGO being just around the corner.

Here’s everything you need to know about the recent Source 2 leaks for CSGO:

The series of leaks started when Twitter user and popular CSGO leaker ‘Aquarius’ revealed that Valve had been testing out the fan-favorite bomb-defusal map ‘Cobblestone’ on the Source 2 engine.

Earlier this year, we had seen more leaks confirming that Valve had been working on porting some of the CSGO maps to the Source 2 engine for a while.

The maps that have already been reworked on the Source 2 engine include Inferno, Overpass, Italy, Shoots, Lake, and Shortdust.

These leaks were followed by a huge leak from ‘Gabe Follower’, which claimed that a speculated Source 2 port of CS:GO was being tested by the developers on the public App ID 730 instead of the usual private App ID 710. 

[OPTIONAL:]  With the testing of Source 2 beginning on the public CSGO App ID, it’s only a matter of time before Valve adds the Source 2 versions of the previously mentioned maps to the same, which brings us much closer to the actual release of the Source 2 engine upgrade. 

Finally, dataminers were able to discover even more details about the CSGO Source 2 upgrade with the release of the Dota 2 Battle Pass on September 1st. The Dota 2 update included lines of code that hinted towards a potential Source 2 upgrade.

Click Here To Know more about all the CSGO leaks that have surfaced over the past month.

Valorant Patch 5.05 Fixes Issues With Reporting, Party Invites, and More

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Valorant patch 5.05 is here, and it has brought several changes to the competitive shooter by Riot Games.

However, due to Valorant Champions 2022 currently going on, there are no significant changes that have been shipped to the game with patch 5.05.

Most of these changes are fixes to some infamous in-game bugs haunting Valorant players for a while.

These bug fixes and quality of life changes will enable players to have an easier time making lobbies, inviting friends, or reporting other players for toxic behavior.

Here’s everything that you need to know about Valorant patch 5.05:

Photo: Riot Games

Valorant 5.05 Patch Notes: What’s New

Here are the patch notes for Valorant 5.05 as stated by Riot Games on their website:

SOCIAL UPDATES

  • Fixed an issue that allowed you to report yourself
  • Fixed an issue where some of you did not receive a notification when attempting to join a party you’ve been kicked from
  • Fixed an issue where a blank user would appear in the Social Panel when joining a party where players are in-game
  • Fixed and issue where you could not successfully report a player in Agent Select after the game has been running for 30 minutes
  • Fixed an issue where players with non-English characters in their Riot IDs could not be found via Invite by Riot ID
  • Fixed an issue that caused the Context Menu and Friend Note text fields to close when a Friend’s status updated in the Social Panel
  • Fixed an issue that caused the Party Leader’s matchmaking lobby selection to affect in-game Party Members’ status in the Social Panel

And there you have it, the detailed patch notes for the 5.05 Valorant update. 

Valorant 5.05 Update Release Date

Valorant 5.05 will go live on September 7, 2022.

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PUBGM teams Phoenix Esports and ETP banned for an year

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PUBG Mobile teams from Vietnam named Pheonix Esports and Eighteen Plus Esports (ETP) are officially banned from all PUBG Mobile tournaments for an year after they were caught teaming up in an official tournament.

Teaming is a big offence in competitive PUBG Mobile. Hence, the organization or their players won’t be competing anytime soon.

Teaming up in PUBG Mobile Esports strategically plans arrangements with opponent teams or players to gain a mutual advantage or benefit for both parties. This is a serious offence as the competition’s integrity is at stake.

PUBG Mobile Esports Indonesia uploaded a post on their official Instagram handles, making this big announcement. This incident occurred in the PMPL SEA Championship Playin stage, where the accused were caught cheating.

According to the release, Pheonix Esports and ETP were seen teaming up in the official event. To avoid this situation in the future, the officials have taken a stringent step to remove them from the competition itself.

Moving forwards, the groups could be adjusted in such a way that the loss of two teams will not entirely affect the state of competition. PMPL SEA Championship is already underway and such investigations shed a light of some malpractices happening behind the scenes.

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All the Recent CSGO Source 2 Leaks Summed Up

The past few days have seen several leaks surfacing on the internet that hint that the port for CSGO Source 2 is just around the corner.

And needless to say, the community is more excited than ever, with players throughout the globe being ready to welcome the highly anticipated engine upgrade once it finally arrives.

Over the last two years, we’ve seen multiple leaks about the Source 2 upgrade coming to CSGO, but so far, fans have been left with nothing but disappointment.

However, these recent Source 2 leaks that data miners have revealed over the last month indicate that the CSGO Source 2 update might be nearer than you think.

Here’s everything you need to know about all the recent leaks:

CSGO Source 2 Update: What You Need to Know

The series of leaks started when Twitter user and popular CSGO leaker ‘Aquarius’ revealed that the developers behind the shooter were testing out the fan-favorite bomb-defusal map ‘Cobblestone’ on the Source 2 engine. The leaks mentioned the data ‘Offline Casual de_cbbl_s2’, which hints at the new map version being added to the engine.

Earlier this year, we had seen even more leaks surfacing on the internet confirming that Valve had been working on porting some of the CSGO maps to the Source 2 engine for a while. The maps that have already been reworked on the Source 2 engine include Inferno, Overpass, Italy, Shoots, Lake, and Shortdust.

The leaks mentioned above were then followed by another huge leak from ‘Gabe Follower’ that further hyped up the CSGO community. In his Tweet, the leaker mentioned that a speculated Source 2 port of CS:GO was being tested by the developers on the public App ID 730 instead of the usual private App ID 710. 

While this may not seem like a major cause of excitement at first, it is, without a doubt, some huge news for the game. With the testing of Source 2 beginning on the public CSGO App ID, it’s only a matter of time before Valve adds the Source 2 versions of the previously mentioned maps to the same, which brings us much closer to the actual release of the Source 2 engine upgrade. 

Finally, with the release of the Dota 2 Battle Pass on September 1st, dataminers were able to discover even more details about the CSGO Source 2 upgrade within the Dota 2 update. 

In a Twitter thread, Aquarius breaks down the lines of code and mentions how they might be directly related to a leak. 

At the time of writing, no specific release date for the CSGO Source 2 engine upgrade has been revealed by the developers or leaked by dataminers. However, all these recent leaks might prove to be a ray of hope for the CSGO community to cling onto till we get further information on the Source 2 port for the competitive shooter. 

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PMPL Regional Championships 2022 Fall schedule announced

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Tencent Games, the developer of famous battle royale mobile game ‘PUBG Mobile‘ has announced the schedule for PMPL Regional Championships 2022 Fall. The regional championships will be the next major event after world invitatoinal where we will witness major regional teams competing with each other.

The PMPL 2022 Fall will feature a cumulative prize pool of $5,300,000 USD. A total of 5 regional events will take place featuring South Aisa, Southeast Asia, Europe, Middle East & Africa and Americas.

PMPL Regional Championships 2022 Fall schedule

Middle East & Africa Region

  • PMPL Arabia: League (Jun 20th -July 8th) | Finals (July 21st – 23rd)
    • Finished: Winner – Team Falcons
  • PMPL Africa: League (August 30th – September 25th) | Finals (September 30th – October 2nd)

PMPL MEA Championship: October 13th – 16th

South East Asia Region

  • PMPL Vietnam: League (July 20th – August 7th) | Finals (August 26th – 28th)
    • Finished: Winner – D’Xavier
  • PMPL MY | SG | PH: League (July 20th – August 7th) | Finals (August 26th – 28th)
    • Finished: Winner – Geek Fam
  • PMPL Thailand: League (July 20th – August 7th) | Finals (August 26th – 28th)
    • Finished: Winner – The Infinity
  • PMPL Indonesia: League (July 20th – August 7th) | Finals (August 26th – 28th)
    • Finished: Winner – Genesis Dogma GIDS

PMPL SEA Championship Play-In: (September 3rd – 4th) | League (September 28 – October 16th) | Finals (October 21st – 23rd)

Americas Region

  • PMPL LATAM: League (August 26th – October 2nd) | Finals (October 7th – 9th)
  • PMPL Brazil: League (August 26th – October 9th) | Finals (October 15th)
  • PMPL North America: League (August 30th – September 25th) | Finals (September 30th – October 2nd)

PMPL Americas Championship: October 20th – 23rd

Europe Region

  • PMPL Turkey: League (August 26th – October 2nd) | Finals (October 7th – 9th)
  • PMPL Western Europe: League (August 26th – October 2nd) | Finals (October 7th – 9th)

PMPL European Championship: October 20th – 23rd

South Asia

  • PMPL Pakistan: League (August 30th – September 25th) | Finals (September 30th – October 2nd)
  • PMPL South Asia: League (August 30th – September 25th) | Finals (September 30th – October 2nd)

PMPL South Asia Championship: October 13th – 16th

PMPL Fall 2022 direct seeding

Each PMPL Regional Championships will get the direct seeding to the PUBG Mobile Global Championsship league stage. Although the organizers have not announced the number of slots allocated to these championships.

Inferno’s Quest Pack is back in Fortnite Item Shop

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The Fortnite Chapter 3 Season 3 is not far away from its ending. However, it is still adding new items in the game to keep it intense till the last date. This time Fortnite has brought back the Inferno’s Quest Pack into the game and you can earn a bunch of cosmetics along with the in-game currency V-Bucks just by completing a few quests.

Fortnite Inferno’s Quest Items & Price

First, let’s talk about the pricing of Inferno’s Quest Pack. The pack costs $11.99 while you can obtain around 1,500 V-Bucks by completing the in-game quests. It makes the pack worth it.

The Inferno’s Quest Pack contains the following items:

  • Inferno Outfit
  • Crimson Scythe Pickaxe
  • Burnmark Wrap
  • 1,500 V-Bucks

Krafton might be transferring BGMI data to new servers

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Krafton’s Battlegrounds Mobile India BGMI is currently facing a ban order in the country as its entire distribution network is hampered.

Amidst this blockage, new leaks suggest that the game might be returning in India with some changes that includes a major data porting from the existing servers to a newer one.

An esports news page named Enews Boy recently posted a video leak on the page stating that the game is coming back. The caption posted along with the clip mentions that when a test account was created in the blocked BGMI game, it was said that the account was transferred to “new Battlegrounds Mobile India App.”

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BGMI was banned in India for not providing adequate user privacy and having allegations about links with China. The developers were given a time frame of 15 days to prove their innocence but no updates have been provided by either side yet. The government did not officially state that the game is banned but several efforts are made to keep the game out of the market.

Players are having issues while accessing the game servers as the blockage issued is under the IT Act 69(A), making it mandatory for service providers to block applications mandated by the government.

Due to this, reaching the BGMI servers has been a minor issue for many, and when Enews Boy tried to make a new account, they were served with a notification informing them about the data transfer.

The video also highlights that the skins are still visible despite the account being in a new condition. The in-game popularity count has been reset and this might be an indication that BGMI data could be shifted to newer servers, allowing the game to come back in a different form as per the post.

The credibility of this information is not verified by TalkEsport yet, but this could potentially be a leak of an upcoming announcement. Stay tuned to get more information regarding this matter.

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