Day 4 of Summer Games Fest will be exciting as Microsoft’s Xbox & Bethesda Games Showcase is scheduled for today with the publisher talking about their next-gen titles releasing later this year which may include Fable, Forza Motorsport, Redfall, and un-titled Indiana Jones game.
Even without E3, Microsoft plans to hold its trademarked large-scale presentation that the company has become known for over the years. The Xbox & Bethesda Games Showcase is arguably the most anticipated gaming showcase of the Summer Games Fest with the rumors of Xbox talking about future XCloud expansion and Bethesda talking about Starfield.
Aside from Starfield, there are rumors going around that Bethesda will talk about Prey 2. For those that didn’t know, Prey 2 is a sequel to the 2006 released Prey. The sequel was canceled after the studio Human Head working on the game had management issues which evidently lead Bethesda to move the game development to Arkane Studios in late 2011. The game quietly ceased development and later in 2014, Bethesda formerly announced the cancelation of its release.
Now a screenshot from the alleged showcase was shared by Reddit user “u/Janus_Prospero”.
The Xbox & Bethesda Games Showcase is scheduled to go at 10 AM PT / 1 PM ET. We have included some more regional times below for convenience.
Sunday, June 12
10 AM PT
12 PM CT
1 PM ET
5 PM GMT
10.30 PM IST
The Xbox & Bethesda Games Showcase will run for about 1 hour and 35 minutes. Aside from the above information, Microsoft will be announcing loads of new games joining the Game Pass library this year.
How and Where To Watch Xbox & Bethesda Games Showcase
The Xbox & Bethesda Games Showcase will be live-streamed on various platforms, including the official Xbox pages on YouTube, Twitch, and TikTok, among others. Microsoft will broadcast the event in more than 30 languages, including ASL.
Revenant Esports, previously God Particles, is one of the Strongest Valorant Rosters in India. They were amongst the six teams in the recent South Asia qualifiers, i.e., Skyesports Champions Series, where they had a solid run in the group stage.
The team started strong and managed to take on the Giants of Enigma Gaming and Global esports by their horn, upsetting Global Esports and losing to Enigma Gaming in the last round. Both Enigma and Global went on to be the finalists in the event.
Despite their strong start in the event, Revenant Esports had difficulty converting their performance and failed to win in the playoffs, getting eliminated on the third day. Still, the team’s raw potential and the talent they displayed were genuinely tremendous.
Soon after their run in SCS playoffs, the team announced a partnership with AMD and Corsair and a player change in Scargod departing the team.
Yesterday they announced the addition of Shailesh “Blackhawk” Dalvi as the new fifth of the team.
Today, Revenant announced the addition of Kasif “Paradox” Sayyed, making a six-man roster. Paradox, the former team captain of True Rippers, still plays multiple Esports titles and competes in numerous games representing India at the highest level.
Paradox was last seen playing with Team Valor, where they defeated all the other teams to become the winner of the Indian Qualifiers beating Reckoning Esports.
Paradox generally plays a sentinel but has been seen playing Raze in the new meta. He has played Cypher the most in the last 30 days and played Killjoy and Viper as the support agent. With the addition of Paradox and Blackhawk, it would be interesting to see how the new Revenant Esports would look.
The next LAN event for the team’s debut with this six-man roster would be Skyesports Souvenir Series, Hyderabad. With Whimp as the IGL, it would be interesting to see if the six-man roster works.
In general six-man rosters have difficulty finding success with all the six members in rotation. One of the players might feel left out, which isn’t suitable for the roster or the player, so there are seldom active six-man rosters in Valorant or CSGO.
With the addition of Paradox, The new Revenant Esports would look like this:
Saaransh “Whimp” Dang
Abhay “KnightRider” Mulchandani
Arnav “Logistaa” Kalra
Garvit “Ember” Nehra
Shailesh “Blackhawk” Dalvi
Kasif “Paradox” Sayyed
With Rahul “HBK” Kumar still being the team’s coach, It would be fun to see how the new roster would work and what roles each individual would take, with almost all the players being versatile and flexible. The line-up sure does have a lot of potential.
Ahead of changing competitive ecosystem, For Revenant Esports to secure sponsors and create a well-rounded Valorant team is a good sign for Revenant fans and Valorant fans in India for General.
India has created history by qualifying into the FIFAe Nations Cup 2022 for the first time ever. FIFAe Nations Cup is the FIFA’s official inter-nation competition that features nations from across the globe represented by their best players in EA SPORTS™ FIFA 21. India defeated Malaysia and and Korea Republic in the FIFAe Nations Series 2022 playoffs to secure their coveted spot.
The FIFAe Nations Cup gives players the opportunity to play alongside a national teammate with an extra substitute in a 2v2 format, adding a divergent, competitive dynamic with national pride on the line. This year’s FIFAe Nations Cup will be hosted in Copenhagen from 26th July to 30th July.
India was one of the 60 countries that participated in this event and was placed in Middle East and Africa zone in 2021. After a stellar performance and 22nd global finish in 2021 season, India was moved to Asia and Oceania region with a seeded spot in play-ins stage.
India played a total of 32 games in this stage and finished with a scoreline of 12 wins, 11 losses and 9 draws. This has allowed India to qualify for the FIFAe Nations Cup 2022 Playoffs by finishing second in Consistency Charts point table.
The three talented athletes that are going to represent India in Copenhagen are Charanjot Singh, Siddh Chandarana and Saransh Jain.
India is currently pitted against Korea in the lower bracket Semifinals of FIFAe Nations Series (FeNS) 2022 playoffs. India is also currently placed at its highest global rank of 19.
The third day of Battlegrounds Mobile India Pro Series Season 1 Grand finals round ended with Team Soul retaining their number one spot on the overall leaderboard. They were the only team to cross the mark of 200+ points along with three-digit finish points.
Global Esports finished at the second spot with 183 points followed by Nigma Galaxy with 169 points. Nigma Galaxy was the best performing team of the day as they climbed from 11th to 3rd spot in the overall standings.
With only one day left in the completion of the BMPS grand finals. Team Soul holds a comfortable position on the overall leaderboard. It will be a difficult task for other teams to dethrone them from the top position, seeing the massive difference between the top two teams in terms of overall points.
BMPS SEASON 1 FINALS OVERALL STANDINGS
Team Soul – 254 points
Global Esports – 183 points
Nigma Galaxy – 169 points
OR Esports – 163 points
Enigma Gaming – 159 points
FS Esports – 150 points
Big Brother Esports – 142 points
7Sea Esports – 135 points
Team INS – 134 points
Autobotz Esports – 127 points
Team XO – 118 points
Hydra Official – 117 points
Hyderabad Hydras – 105 points
Team Kinetic – 73 points
R Esports – 63 points
EsportswalaXWSF – 59 points
A total of ₹2,00,00,000 INR is at stake with the teams looking to become the ultimate champions. The winning team will take home a massive share of ₹75,00,000 INR and the MVP of the tournament will be awarded ₹2,50,000 INR. A total of 24 Matches will be played by each team, 6 matches each day.
BMPS SEASON 1 STREAM
BMPS Season 1 finals Stream will be streamed live on the official YouTube channel of Battlegrounds Mobile India. Here is the link to the streams, where you can watch your favorite teams compete to emerge as the champions. You could also watch it live on Loco.gg or through the Loco app on your mobile devices.
A new trick in Counter Strike : Global Offensive has been brought under light thanks to Valerii “b1t” Vakhovskyi from Natus Vincere who showed the same on one of his streams.
Ever tried to practice in a practice server while queuing up in match-making servers? I guess every time you have tried to launch a workshop server, the search would have got cut off and you may have to start queuing up again for a match.
This unusual condition may not have been officially patched by the developers at Valve but Natus Vincere’s b1t did it as he was able to enter to practice in an aim map from the workshop while searching for a match.
All you need to do is follow these steps :
1. Launch CS:GO 2. Hit the Play CS:GO button 3. From the left hand corner, click on Workshop from the dropdown 4. If you have your custom map installed, well and good. In either case, Visit the workshop and add the map to your collection. 5. Now you may start searching for a game. While searching, open your console and type map <space> name of the map. 6. The game may auto suggest it for you in some cases but it’s recommended to memorize the name of the map. 7. You may now practice on the map with the bots and would also be able to accept the match if one pops up.
Wordle is a word guessing game published by New York Times. The game was created by Welsh software engineer Josh Wardle and started gaining much attention online. Every day People rush to nytimes.com to solve the wordle and maintain a streak.
Wordle is a global phenomenon with the primary objective being guessing a five-letter word in six tries. Every time you enter a word, the letters turn either Green or Yellow, which are clues to guess the “Word of the day.”
A green tile signifies the letter is correctly positioned, while a yellow tile represents the letter is present in the word but in the wrong position. One’s supposed to use these clues to guess what is the “Word of the day.”
The “Word of the day” resets every 24-hours, and the website uses Caches to store your progress which includes accuracy, streak, and total no. of times you played the game. People worldwide try to guess the word every day and maintain the streak, which is the main reason the game is popular.
Solving 11th June’s Wordle #357
An excellent first word for every day should be something that would provide maximum information. One such word is ‘ADIEU,’ Adieu gives you four out of five vowels, and there are seldom words without a vowel.
The next step involves trying to guess the word based on the first word. Let’s assume it is ‘ADIEU’ for Wordle #357. In that case, we get E as the incorrectly positioned letter.
Now, if you have ‘Hard Mode’ enabled, you’d have to ensure the next word includes the letter E. If not, you can go with ‘CORNY,’ which gives you correctly positioned ‘O’ and eliminates other letters.
Now the next word should contain O in the second position and E depending on the word formation can be in the third, fourth or fifth position. The next guess in this case is crucial as it’d determine whether you’d get information or not.
Wordle #357 Solution: Goose
GOOSE is long necked water bird, with webbed feet which survive primarily on grains.
Valorant was developed as Riot’s answer to the unwavering tactical shooter Counter-Strike: Global Offensive, and the game is beloved by many CSGO veterans and infant Tact FPS players. Valorant managed to capture audiences from day one with more straightforward gun mechanics than its competitor.
Adapting a similar 5 v 5 Search and Destroy Round system but adding a twist where every individual agent in the team of five would have distinctive roles, and depending on the agent’s role, they had abilities. Abilities such as smokes, flashes, stuns, etc.
These abilities made the game fun, and the agents were divided into four categories. Controllers, Duelists, Initiators, Sentinels, each with unique and distinctive abilities but no other category came close to the Duelists in terms of Highlights. Duelists were and still are the most beloved agent categories and are still enjoyed by the casuals and professionals.
In the professional scene, though, the duelists are starting to lose the positions they had. With last year’s meta utilizing two duelists to this year, some teams successfully run no duelist composition. Valorant’s meta does change a lot, but Duelists’ earlier role had been reduced by a lot.
Stage 1 VCT NA
Stage 1 VCT EMEA
Masters Reykjavik
Stage 2 VCT NA
Stage 2 VCT EMEA
Most Picked agent
Sova
Jett
Jett
Chamber
Chamber
Highest pick rate
67%
69%
65%
82%
56%
Jett
63%
69%
65%
29%
30%
Raze
37%
30%
28%
45%
45%
Reyna
<1%
<1%
<1%
<1%
<1%
Neon
3%
3%
8%
13%
0%
Yoru
0%
0%
0%
<1%
<1%
Phoenix
0%
0%
0%
0%
0%
As we can see, The most picked agent has switched to Chamber from a duelist earlier. This is especially true after the Jett nerf. The pick rate for Jett fell from around 60%+ to 25-30%. Raze was the only duelist getting picked 45%, which is once every two maps.
This doesn’t mean teams aren’t using duelists, but it does mean, In the current strategy-heavy meta, the role of duelist isn’t as significant as it was.
This is a good sign for Competitive Valorant as the agents played is increasing, and with Riot’s plan to add 10-11 agents per class, No single agent or agent class should take over Valorant. But it was the case for 2020 and 2021, where running a duelist was necessary.
Now, teams realize that running Jett or Reyna is suitable only when the player is talented, for example, Tenz in 2021, Where he absolutely rolled over everyone with the Jett. If Jett, the most picked agent last year and duelist, doesn’t do well, the attack crumbles. The same applies to Reyna, where both have no additional value to the team if they don’t frag.
Now, with Competitive professional Valorant, all the players are almost at the same level in pure mechanical prowess. This means a duelist necessarily doesn’t guarantee anything. If the duelist can frag and create space, it’s well and good. If not, it’s just a burden to the team without a role.
Thus now picking an agent who would be better suited for the team, Especially when Valorant is moving towards a more slow, strategic, team-oriented style of play, just makes more sense than playing an agent whose value entirely depends on the person’s ability to kill.
Duelist’s primary goal is to find opening kills, where Jett and Reyna specialize, which can now be done with a Chamber, and Unlike Reyna, he doesn’t need a kill to dismiss away, and there is no chance of error like Jett. He can take the duel, succeed or not, and come back to a safe position, guarded by the team.
Also, Operator, which was only viable on Jett earlier, is better suited for Chamber. With his Headhunter, Rendezvous, Trademark, Tour De Force, Chamber is a solid alternative for Jett. The best example is Optic’s Yay, who seamlessly switched from Jett to Chamber and has been absolutely dominant, especially on defense.
The following important job for a duelist is to create space, which is still dependent on a duelist and is done well by Raze or Neon. Assisted by a suitable initiator, Raze and Neon with Blast pack and High Gear can cover a lot of space in a short amount of time. Though this doesn’t guarantee success and isn’t absolutely necessary.
Raze still is one of the best duelists in the game, and it has been for a long time. It was overshadowed by Jett, especially because Jett was an operator agent while Raze was not, and the skill ceiling for Raze is much higher than for Jett. Raze’s abilities can be used creatively, making her an asset even if a Raze has a lousy game aim-wise.
Neon is a bit dependent on fragging, but it creates a lot of space with her abilities making her worth on some maps, and it can change positions fast to catch the opponents off-guard.
Other duelists, Phoenix, Yoru, and Reyna, aren’t great. With Reyna adding no value to the team if she doesn’t frag, Yoru doesn’t make any impact with all his fancy utilities, and Phoenix is just lackluster. His flashes are complicated, his blaze expires soon, and hot hands aren’t as practical as Brimstone’s or Kay/O’s molotovs.
Considering all the reasons above, it starts to make sense why competitive valorant is moving towards running single duelist or no duelist. Especially on Icebox, most compositions turn away from duelists.
A good aimer can still pull off ridiculous highlights on a duelist, single-handedly carry the team, and still get 30, 40 kills, but that’s a chance one would not take if they are playing the game professionally. Instead, they’d choose to play something which would definitely work.
The good thing about Valorant is that it is ever-changing. There are still a lot of agents to be added, and the meta shifts often. Riot does a great job at ensuring that things keep changing and whatever agents are played most has a substitute making Valorant much more intricate, detailed and fun.
The Xenohunter skin bundle is the newest bundle that has been introduced to the Valorant in-game store by Riot Games. However, if you’re looking to grab the bundle the next time you log in to the game, you might want to hold off on that thought for a while.
According to several posts that have surfaced on social media over the past few days, the Xenohunter skins can potentially give you a competitive disadvantage in the game.
Now if you’ve already taken a look at the Xenohunter skins in the game, you’re probably no stranger to the fact that the Xenohunter Phantom has a small radar equipped to it on its side. This radar can easily be ‘pay to lose’ in some situations as it can block the view of a portion of the screen that would otherwise be visible.
Don’t let yourself become prey. Pick up the brand new Xenohunter bundle in your shop tomorrow. pic.twitter.com/J24fupS6ez
In a fast-paced competitive game like Valorant, even a slight delay in spotting an enemy can lose you a round, which is why being unable to spot the enemies with the Xenohunter Phantom equipped can often make you lose crucial rounds in Valorant.
The issue has been brought to light by multiple Reddit users soon after the release of the bundle.
The pay-to-lose aspects of the Xenohunter Phantom can be easily highlighted when a player is in A Heaven on Ascent. As YouTuber ‘SeLFlo’ has pointed out, enemies located just below heaven aren’t visible with the Xenohunter Phantom equipped, but can be seen just fine with the default variant of the gun. You can check out SeLFlo’s video discussing the issue here.
Fans of the shooter aren’t very happy about this noticeable flaw in the Xenohunter Bundle, and many are choosing to not purchase the bundle as a result of these existent issues.
Valorant is a multiplayer shooter by Riot Games and is currently available to play on PC.
The Valorant Champions Tour APAC Challengers Play-In started on 9th June, with South Asia’s Enigma Gaming taking on the might of the rest of Asia. Unfortunately for South Asian/Indian fans, though, in an Elimination game against Cerberus Esports, Enigma Gaming couldn’t close out the game losing 1-2 against them.
A hard one to swallow as @Enigmagamingind crash out of APAC Challengers but a very promising effort so far! Chin up @Enigmagamingind 🇮🇳💪
Enigma Gaming was the second seed from South Asia and had a dominant run throughout the whole series of South Asia qualifiers, i.e., Skyesports Champions Series. They were undefeated throughout the tournament and only lost one game at the finals against Global Esports.
The loss against Global Esports forced them to play the Play-In stage, where Enigma Gaming had to battle three contemporaries from South Asia to qualify for the Group Stage of Valorant Champions Tour APAC qualifiers. You can read more about the format and the teams here.
In Enigma Gaming’s inaugural game, they played Made in Thailand, the third seed from Thailand. The game went on to three maps. With the first map Haven, Made in Thailand’s pick, was a close affair, but Enigma failed to capitalize on their momentum, losing the game 11-13.
In the second game of Ascent, Enigma Gaming’s Map pick, Despite a back and forth 6-6 half, managed to comfortably close out the game 13-9, making the map score 1-1. Onto the third map, Bind, Both halves in regulation ended with both teams with six rounds. In overtime, Made in Thailand surprised Enigma and won the first OT 2-0, Winning the map 14-12 and the game 2-1.
This loss put Enigma Gaming in the lower bracket against Cerberus Esports, Vietnam’s second seed. The game was very intense and back and forth. With the first map of Haven, Cerberus’s map pick went in favor of Enigma Gaming, with Enigma gaming winning the map comfortably with a scoreline of 13-7.
Enigma Gaming’s Ascent had a close first half, with both teams getting six rounds, But in the second half, Cerberus managed to run away with the game closing the map 9-13 in their favor.
On Split, Enigma Gaming seemed dominant on attack and kept finding holes in Cerberus’s defense. They managed to amass eight such rounds.
In the second half, though, Enigma Gaming dwindled and had a hard time containing Cerberus’s attack losing the game 11-13 despite a dominant first half.
With the map loss, Enigma Gaming lost their elimination game 1-2 to Cerberus gaming. Their performance was solid despite this being the first time they were representing South Asia and facing International competition. The loss does mean Enigma Gaming is eliminated from the Valorant Champions Tour APAC qualifiers.
Enigma gaming had an excellent showing, where they never seemed to be any less than their contemporaries. All their matches were hard-fought battles, and they had a strong chance of winning. With more exposure and practice with International Teams, Enigma Gaming would surely come out on top again.
Now the hope of South Asia rests on Global Esports’ shoulders, unlike Enigma Gaming, which had limited exposure to International Competition. This would be Global Esports’ Third time facing other Asian Teams and Let’s hope they make a deep run and hopefully represent APAC in Masters Copenhagen.
Streaming has taken off as the biggest form of entertainment today. It gains more viewers than TV and movies, and naturally a good amount of money while they’re at it.
There’s a wide variety of niche streamers exist in IRL streams, cooking shows, cosplay creation, music – to name a few. One thing, though, does generally form the backbone of the whole ‘streaming’ identity: gaming. Be it on console, PC, or mobile, gaming has become a central figure in which streamers can engage directly with their audience and entertain them.
There are certain games that become incredibly popular in a specific moment. However, there is, often, a strong range of games streamers play which attracts an audience.
Outside of the usual AAA games and indie games, online casinos are also a popular option. For instance, many streamers center their content strategy around online slots found on providers listed on Time2play. There is no single game or game type that doesn’t hold an audience.
Essentially, one of the key things streaming offers gaming is a way for it to be ‘professional’. But who’s worth watching? We’re breaking down the most popular streamers on Twitch and YouTube right now.
Ninja
It was obviously going to be Ninja. The pioneer of the game streaming world, the one that knocked the fabled PewDiePie off his pedestal and became the face of streaming in the mainstream media. This likely means he had to answer the same question of “Why are people watching you play a game?” thousands of times by now.
He hasn’t been knocked from his highest place of 17.5 million followers in the years since he burst onto the scene either, which is commendable. Just because you’re first often doesn’t mean you’re
Sykkuno
Ah, Sykkuno. Is there a more pure being on this earth? This GTA V streamer is the ultimate test of whether violent games are really corrupt, and we would have to conclude that the experiment has failed. He is simply too adorable for even the GTA world. His 4 million fans would surely agree, adding him to fan art with large eyes you could drown in and his wide range of friendly collaborative gamers allowing him quite the interesting angle when they play Among Us together.
Hasan Piker
LOS ANGELES, CA – OCTOBER 20: Hasan Piker speaks onstage during Politicon 2018 at Los Angeles Convention Center on October 20, 2018 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Phillip Faraone/Getty Images for Politicon)
Hasan Piker is an odd one, in that the gaming aspect, mainly around Fortnite, takes a back seat to his ongoing activism. Hasan is a very vocal steamer, calling himself a political commentator and often weighing in on any issue of the day.
Hasan is a rare example of making it even without gaming, as he is the exception on a list of massive streamers who hasn’t relied on his occasional Fortnite playing to gain an audience of 2 million viewers on Twitch alone. And that’s all considering the polarizing subject of politics is all over his branding and content.
Daniel Negreanu
Daniel Negreanu might not be immediately known to fans of the likes of Minecraft or Fortnite, but he is a gaming streamer. The fans of the poker scene will know his name well. You will often see him streaming not only his day-to-day life but his time in Las Vegas entering the World Series of Poker tournament every year, wracking up millions of dollars in winnings and a few poker bracelets, the equivalent of a trophy in the poker world.
But in the months between tournaments, he is often found on Twitch playing online poker games. He can be matched up with other poker players and play online, teaching his fans strategies and giving intense gaming entertainment. You and 124k other followers can find him playing, from his bed apparently, on Twitch.
Dream
Dream is a semi-controversial figure in the gaming space, perhaps due to the mystery that surrounds him. Having never shown his face beyond the hastily scrawled smiley face that makes up his profile pictures, nor really given out much about his life, we can only deduce that he is an American streamer with a love of Minecraft.
The 2x Streamy Award winner is one of the biggest players on the platform, with 29 million subscribers on his YouTube channel alone. He is known for his speedruns, of which comes about his biggest controversy: cheating… or not? It depends on who you ask.
Tommy Innit
Remember the kid that went viral for yelling “My college essay is due tomorrow!” and promptly logged off? Outsiders looking in might have just thought it was a one and done moment, lost to the ether, but the gaming fans know that Tommyinnit is a dedicated YouTuber and Twitch streamer with 11.6 million subscribers on his YouTube page, mainly centered around Minecraft.
The cutesy kid, or rather adult, now having turned 18 this year, from Nottingham appeals to gamers who like a good old-fashioned laugh in their content. Keep the edgelord jokes and the politics aside and just build something in Minecraft once you’ve finished your college work.
Marshmello
Electronic music producer Marshmello has recently got into the gaming sphere, launching his Fortnite content alongside his music and even cooking content on his channel, which is home to 55.1 million subscribers.
The “Silence”, “Wolves”, and “Friends” producer known for his smiley face bucket head mask, does everything with it on, even gaming. Granted, most of the time it’s for a charity event or a bit of fun, but he’s got quite the personality and some skills behind that mask.
