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Valorant Champions 2022 Bundle: Mumbai Server Release Date

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Riot Games has unveiled the Champions 2022 collection bundle which commemorates the forthcoming Valorant Champions 2022. Players should take heed of the information that is pouring in regarding the various weapon skins that are available, the price levels, the visual effects, and more.

The annual competition, which is called Valorant Champions 2022, will be held for the second time. It’s in Istanbul this year, with 16 professional teams qualifying after a long Valorant Champions Tour (VCT). The teams have been arranged into four groups, and the top two teams from each group will move on to the next round of the playoffs.

When may the Champions 2022 collection be expected to be made available to the players of Indian Valorant?

The Champions 2022 Collection bundle is scheduled to be released on August 23 and will remain available for purchase until September 18. The ‘Reaver, EP 5’ Bundle costs 7100 Valorant Points (VP) and includes skins for the Phantom, Odin, Spectre, Ghost, and melee weapons.

On August 24, 2022, at around 2:30 am IST, the Champions 2022 Collection bundle is scheduled to become available on the server located in Mumbai, India. Players from India who play Valorant will be the first to experience the brand-new Phantom skin and the Butterfly Knife, which has been updated with a slick new visual effect and finisher.

The following are the components that are included in the Champions 2022 collection bundle:

  • Champions 2022 Phantom
  • Champions 2022 Butterfly Knife
  • Champions 2022 Gun Buddy
  • Champions 2022 Player Card
  • Champions 2022 Spray

In a nutshell, the full bundle will set gamers back a total of 6265 experience points. The skins will presumably be the same as last year’s special bundle: Phantom for 2675 VP and Butterfly Knife for 5350 VP. Players will be able to get their hands on a limited edition bundle, despite the fact that this is a pretty expensive option in comparison to standard premium collections.

Riot is going to carry on with its custom of distributing fifty percent of the total net revenue from the sale of the bundle among the eligible teams. This gives participants the opportunity to participate in the tournament and express their support for the teams they are rooting for.

The Champions Aura for the weapon skins will be the same as it was last year. This means that a glowing golden outline will appear around a player who has the skin equipped if they have the most kills in the match.

This year’s Champions 2022 collection package is distinguished from previous years in a number of ways, one of which is that the skin will progress after every five kills, with the number of red crystal shards eventually reaching a maximum of 25. The Butterfly Knife, if purchased, will have a total of three levels that may be unlocked via Radianite points, while the Phantom skin will have a total of four.

Dead Island 2: New Release Date Is Here

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Dead Island 2, the much-delayed zombie action RPG announced back in 2014 and originally planned for release in 2015 before falling into development hell seems to have made a comeback. 

According to a new listing spotted on Amazon, Dead Island 2 could be launching on February 3rd, 2023. The game was recently listed as a pre-order title for PS5 and PS4 only. The new listing includes new screenshots and a brand new description. It is to be noted that the new listing is different from the previous Dead Island 2 for PlayStation 4 and Xbox One, which carried a placeholder Dec. 31, 2022 release date.

This is the first time in 2022 we have heard any news about Dead Island 2 aside from the Embracer Group’s earning report which mentioned that the game was well into the late development cycle and will be released sometime in 2023. Other than that there has been no news about Dead Island 2 for years and the game was meme’d about being a real “Dead Island.”

Dead Island 2 was originally developed by Yager who previously worked on the game Spec Ops The Line, before being taken off of the project in 2015. They were replaced by Sumo Digital, which also moved away from the project in late 2018. Finally, an internal development team within Deep Silver called Dambuster was formed which has been leading the development since 2019.

It looks like the game’s story has gotten a rework as hinted by the now deleted description on Amazon explaining that players will have six characters to choose from, each with their own unique personality and dialogue.

Here’s a portion of Dead Island 2’s updated story description:

“A deadly virus is spreading across Los Angeles, turning its inhabitants into ravenous zombies. The city is in quarantine and the military has retreated. Bitten, infected, but more than just immune, you learn to harness the zombie inside. Only you, and the handful of other swaggering fellows who have to be resistant to the pathogen, hold the future of LA (and humanity) in the balance. As you uncover the truth behind the outbreak you’ll discover who — or what — you are. Survive, evolve, save the world — just another day in LA!”

Read the full description here.

While Deep Silver has announced any release date for Dead Island 2 yet, with Gamescom 2022 right around the corner and developer Deep Silver on the panel of attending developers, the new leak seems timed to an imminent reveal at the event.

Valorant: New ‘Avoid Player’ Feature Coming Soon

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Toxicity and griefing is not a new thing in Valorant, which is why an ‘Avoid Player’ feature has always been heavily requested by players of the competitive shooter since the dawn of the game’s release.

Luckily, it seems that Riot Games has listened to the Valorant player base, as recent leaks suggest that the devs might be enabling players to add players to their Avoid List to minimize the chances of being queued up with them.

New ‘Avoid Player’ Feature Coming to Valorant Soon

The ‘Avoid Player’ feature has previously been used in some other popular competitive multiplayer titles like DOTA 2, where it has found remarkable success. Riot Games adding it to Valorant will also certainly be a welcome change in the community.

According to a Tweet from prominent Valorant dataminer ‘ValorLeaks’, players will be able to add other players to the ‘Avoid List’ in the near future. Adding players to your avoid list will prevent them from being placed on the same team as you.

However, it seems that there’s still a chance that you’ll get placed with players on your ‘Avoid List’. As per the leak, players in your list will only be “less likely” to be a part of your team “for the next few days.”

The details of the ‘Avoid Player’ feature haven’t been revealed by Riot Games as of yet, and neither has the feature been confirmed by the devs at the time of writing.

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Valorant to get new game mode HURM

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Valorant was becoming stagnant in terms of game mode for a long time, players often find themselves in death-matches to train their aim, but nothing has been done to practice the abilities against live players.

Ability-enabled team death-matches allows players to practise the abilities, before trying them out in a live match. There are several offensive abilities that require aiming and dynamism that can be improved with practise.

Valorant Game Mode: HURM

This new game mode will see players change the way they warmup. Players often craved to practise abilities in real time against real players where they can improve its application without having to create a server alone to practise them.

Besides practise, there is a fun factor that can attract players to it. A new game mode is always fun and allows it to compete with CSGO who’s open source nature leaves room for crazy new game modes.

The audience reaction from the leaks suggest that it will be a great addition to the game but given if it is dropped where certain abilities make it unplayable will make waste of a great idea.

How to get Firecaps in Tower of Fantasy

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Tower of Fantasy is an open world game where players can roam in the vast map and discover all sorts of things.

They can harvest things and Firecaps is an ingredient that is hard to find and provides a lot of benefits. Here is how you can find Firecaps and harvest them in Tower of Fantasy.

Players can use ingredients in the game to cook some dishes. Each component can either be individually eaten or converted into dishes and consumed. If you convert multiple ingredients into the dishes, you can gain additional benefits.

Firecaps are a type of mushrooms that are abundantly available in the Crown region of the game. This is the fourth unlockable area where players can wander along the coast to gain a ton of firecap mushrooms.

Firecap mushrooms can then be used to make dishes that offer some additional benefits in the game. They can be easily found on the internet and here are a few that you can search and try cooking yourselves:

  • Firecap Mushroom Soup
  • Eel and Mushroom Soup
  • Steak with Sauce
  • Truffle rice

There is a special route that players can follow to harvest maximum number of firecap mushrooms. They are highlighted by many creators and the route is given below:

Credits: Item Level

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PMWI Afterparty Showdown Day 3: Schedule, Teams, and more

PMWI Afterparty event is about to end today and on the final day, there is a long schedule planned by the officials where players will play more than usual matches to compete for a grand prize pool of $1 million. Here is everything you need to know about Day 3 of PMWI Afterparty.

PMWI Afterparty is the second phase of the famous mid seasonal PUBG Mobile tournament. The top five teams from the main event are mixed up with some invited teams to compete for entertainment and more prize money.

Alpha7 Esports is currently leading the scoreboard and the winners, Vampire Esports, are slightly behind them. Here is what is planned for Day 3.

The list of matches will be as follows. The games will start from 4:30 PM IST and end after a long day with last match scheduled on 8:10 PM IST.

  1. Showmatch – Sanhok
  2. Match 1 – Erangel
  3. Match 2 – Livik
  4. Match 3 – Vikendi
  5. Match 4 – Karakin
  6. Match 5 – Sanhok
  7. Match 6 – Miramar
  8. Showmatch – Livik

The following teams are currently playing at PMWI Afterparty. The top five teams have gained their seeding slot from the main event and rest of the teams were invited for the event.

  1. Vampire Esports
  2. Falcons Esports
  3. Stalwart Esports
  4. Nigma Galaxy
  5. DAMWON Gaming
  6. RA’AD
  7. Deadeyes Guys
  8. Bigetron Red Aliens
  9. S2G Esports
  10. Alpha7 Esports
  11. 7SEA Esports
  12. R8 Esports

Players can catch the live action by tuning in to the PUBG Mobile Esports YouTube channel and other broadcasting channels.

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Valorant 5.04 PBE patch notes: What’s New?

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Players on the PBE, already know what to expect from the upcoming 5.04 update. With confirmed changes to kits of several agents, the patch will address both major and minor bugs that were plaguing the game for a long time.

The 5.04 update heavily focuses on quality control and will ensure the bugs that were discovered on a large scale has been addressed along with optimising the game to ensure a smoother experience.

Most importantly, the update will see improvements in the game engine, i.e the Unreal Engine which will mostly iron out the wrinks in performance.

Valorant 5.04 PBE Patch Notes:

AUG 19 weekend PBE will focus on Patch stability and crosshair changes.

GENERAL

  • We did it, our upgrade to Unreal Engine 4.26 is complete and it’s what you’ll play on during this PBE. Still lots of data and metrics collecting going on to see the state of things.

AGENTS

  • Fixed a bug where Yoru’s Gatecrash would sometimes leave floor markers in incorrect locations
  • Fixed a bug where Chamber’s trademarks were not knifeable

GAME SYSTEM

Crosshair quality of life changes!

  • Added the ability to select a custom crosshair color.
    • Go to Settings >> Crosshair >> Primary, Aim Down Sights, or Sniper Scope
    • On the drop down menu for color, select Custom and input the Hex Code (6-digit RGB) value of desired color
    • If a non-Hex code is entered, crosshair will revert to the previous color.
  • Added the ability to independently tune horizontal and vertical crosshair lines.
    • Go to Settings >> Crosshair >> Primary or Aim Down Sights >> Inner/Outer Length
      • Disabling the middle “chain” icon enables independent tuning.
      • Left slider is for horizontal line and the right slider is for the vertical line.
  • Added the ability to copy spectating player’s crosshair settings
    • When spectating another player, type “/crosshair copy” or “/cc” to import the crosshair of the player you are spectating and save it as a new crosshair profile
  • Increased the number of crosshair profiles available from 10 to 15

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Valorant PBE

Much like any other pre-built version, Riot offers users to get a sneak peak into the what the future holds for the game. Players can sign up for the PBE which doesn’t necessarily means that their account will be restricted to the beta version of the game but testing the updates out early will make sure when it hits the live server its ready to go without causing any issues.

Where is XUR Destiny 2: Location

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Xur, the cloaked monster, is returning to Destiny 2 to sell some mysterious items to players on this weekend. This will be the last appearance of Xur before the season ends and so, the marketplace will be available with him just for this weekend. Check out the location of Xur for this weekend in Destiny 2 and the items they are selling.

The timeline of Xur’s appearance is now released by the developers. He will appear in the game on 19th August and will take his leave on Tuesday, August 23. He is currently located in the Nessus by the Watcher’s grave.

Here is the list of items that Xur is currently selling:

Exotics:

  • Crimson Kinetic Hand Cannon
  • The Hawkmoon Kinetic
  • Hand Cannon
  • Dead Man’s Tale.
  • Gemini Jester Hunter Leg Armor
  • Eternal Warrior Titan Helmet
  • Crown of Tempests

Legendary:

  • The Last Dance Energy Sidearm
  • Honor’s Edge Heavy Sword Enduring Blade
  • Whispering Slab Kinetic Combat Bow Tactile String
  • Nature of the Beast Energy Hand Cannon
  • First In, Last Out Energy Shotgun
  • The Keening Energy Sidearm
  • Sorrow’s Verse

After the seasonal reset, the merchant will spawn in a new place and whilst the location and his bag of items remains a mystery, guardians can track Xur down as he can only spawn in some specific locations like The Tower, EDZ and Nessus.

Remember to track Xur down as soon as possible and buy the upgrades for your guardian.

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Fortnite x Destiny Collaboration Coming Soon In Fortnite Chapter 3

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Epic and Bungie are onto a secret collaboration where we will see famous characters from Destiny Universe coming soon to Fortnite as playable characters.

Just recently, Epic dropped one of the biggest anime crossover updates in the game’s history after the Fortnite x Dragon Ball crossover went live earlier this week.

Epic brought the highly popular series to the game with four fan-favorite characters — Goku, Vegeta,  Bulma, and Beerus. In addition to the Dragon Ball characters loads of new dragon ball themed items, game mode, and power-ups. 

Fortnite x Destiny collab

While the Dragon Ball update is still afresh, many fans are looking for the next big collaboration that many leakers have been talking about recently. Right after the Dragon ball update went live on August 16th, news of the Fortnite x Destiny crossover started circulating on Twitter.

Fortnite leaker, MidaRado, recently tweeted out that a new collab would be coming to Fortnite next week which may feature characters from Doom, Family Guy, or The Lord of the Rings. Later in a follow-up tweet, he added that Destiny could also be among the possible feature drop coming next week. 

While Mida floated the idea of four different series, a further vote of confidence about Fortnite x Destiny came when famous leaker, HYPEX, shared the information that a Destiny 2 collab will “most likely” happen next.

Fortnite x Destiny collab Release Date

While there was no release date or concept art found by the leakers, it is highly possible that Destiny 2 will be featured within Chapter 3 Season 3 time.

PMWI Afterparty Showdown Day 2: Standings, Results, and more

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The second day of the PMWI 2022 Afterparty Showdown ended with Alpha7 Esports finishing at the top of the overall leaderboard. The team scored a total of 137 points in 12 matches. PMWI 2022 champions, Vampire Esports finished at the second spot with 110 points followed by Team FalconS with 102 points and Damwon Gaming with 83 points.

Vampire Esports took three chicken dinners on day 2 while Team Falcons took two chicken dinners and Alpha7 Esports managed to get one chicken dinner. A total of 18 matches will be played in 3 days that will decide the winner of the PMWI 2022 Afterparty Showdown.

Vampire Esports had a great day on the battlefield. The squad jumped from 7th to 2nd spot after the completion of day 2 matches. Whereas, 7Sea Esports are still in the last spot in the overall standings.

The second week of PMWI 2022 has commenced with the 12 invited teams as a part of the Afterparty Showdown. The event features a massive prize pool of $1M USD distributed amongst all the teams as overall standing awards, chicken dinner awards, fan-favorite awards, and many more.

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PMWI 2022 Afterparty Showdown Overall Standings

  1. Alpha7 Esports – 137 points
  2. Vampire Esports – 110 points
  3. Team Falcons – 102 points
  4. Damwon Gaming – 83 points
  5. Bigetron RA – 82 points
  6. S2G Esports – 72 points
  7. Nigma Galaxy – 71 points
  8. Stalwart Esports – 67 points
  9. RA’AD – 51 points
  10. Deadeyes Guys – 40 points
  11. R8 Esports – 39 points
  12. 7Sea Esports – 34 points

PMWI 2022 Day 3 Schedule:

Day 3 of the PMWI 2022 Afterparty Showdown will have the same teams in action. All teams will play a total of 18 matches in three days. Today is the last of the event where we will get our Afterparty Showdown champions. You can watch your favorite teams compete on the official youtube channel of PUBG Mobile Esports.