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AVGC Promotion Task Force: India’s Minister Nirmala Sitharaman emphasizes Gaming at Budget 2022

Prateek Jain
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AVGC Promotion Task Force: India’s Minister Nirmala Sitharaman emphasizes Gaming at Budget 2022

Indian Union Budget 2022: Finance Minister Provisions an AVGC Task Force to Promote Gaming, Comics, and Animation.

In today’s annual budget for the year 2022-2023 Finance Minister — Nirmala Sitharaman announced a special task force with the aim to promote the animation, visual effects, comic, and gaming (AVCG) industry within India.

The main aim of the task force is to develop and build up domestic capacity and to serve the global market. Speaking on the floor of the House, FM said that the “AVCG industry offers immense potential as a form of entertainment and employment for the youth.”

AVGC Promotion Task Force

“An AVGC promotion task force, with all stakeholders, will be set up to recommend ways to realize this and build domestic capacity for serving out markets and the global demand,” —FM, Nirmala Sitharaman said. 

Currently, the gaming industry consumption is steadily rising in India, but at the same time majority of this consumption comes from Internationally produced products. While domestic production and demand are on the rise, the increase is not significant enough for the industry to offer mass employment and generate any significant revenue. 

With the setup of the special task force, the GOI aims to increase domestic production in the industry to serve local and international demand. This will in turn provide employment opportunities within the country which at present is facing a high unemployment rate among its youth as well as open another revenue stream for the government later.

Gaming in India, fastest growing

India is among the top five mobile gaming markets in the world. The gaming industry in India is currently valued at $930 mn and is estimated to grow at 41% each year.

Venture capital funding for the Indian gaming startups stood at $350 mn between 2014-2020 and it is growing at a CAGR of 22%. The high internet penetration rate and low cost of the internet play a major role in driving the online gaming sector in India.

India emerged as one of the fastest-growing gaming markets in the world, with growth in new paying users, now at 50%. Currently, 20% of gamers pay for games.

Valorant Tigris Skin Bundle: details and photos inside

Bharat Kotwani
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Valorant Tigris Skin Bundle: details and photos inside

The Riot funded project plans on celebrating the 2022 Lunar New Year with three high-profile additions to their game which included a brand new skin bundle, a free pass, and a Lunar New Year themed Night Market. 

Valorant earlier announced a new skin line dubbed as the “Tigris”, a forthcoming skin bundle that is set to replace the Protocol 781-A stack in the first person 5v5  tactical shooter. The arrival of Tigris will mark yet another flagship bundle within the game, as the former is known to have styled as uniquely as possible with a fusion of metallic colors and an incredibly eye-catching melee, the likes of which we noticed when the Elder Flame bundle was shipped into the game. 

The Tigris skin bundle would feature a total of five weapons including:

Phantom

Sheriff

Spectre

Operator

Melee Knife

In addition, Riot will introduce a free new pass along with the Lunar New Year themed Night Market which will soon hit the game although no further information has been revealed by the developers about the pass. The Tigris line will replace Protocol 781-A in the store from February 2 onwards and will have an estimated price of around 9900 Valorant Points (yet to be confirmed by Riot) while the rest is expected to arrive by February 1. 

The free event pass will include Sprays, Gunbuddies, and playercards just like the RiotX Arcane event bundle. 

Overviewing The Future of Virtual Horse Racing In Today’s World

David Wojnicki
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Overviewing The Future of Virtual Horse Racing In Today’s World

Horse racing is one of the most popular sports in the world. Different countries have different horse racing traditions and tracks vary, but for many centuries, people have enjoyed watching horses racing around a track, and placing a bet on the outcome. 

A Brief History of Horse Racing

The earliest horse races date back to around 4500BC when nomadic tribesmen raced each other on domesticated horses. By the 12th century, English knights had discovered that breeding the Arab stallions they brought back from the Crusades with English mares resulted in super-fast offspring. It wasn’t long before Kings and noblemen were privately taking bets on whose horse was the fastest over a set distance. 

In the US, horse racing survived the anti-gambling sentiment of the early 1900s, and today, it flourishes. Spectators flock to major events in the horse racing calendar, such as the Kentucky Derby and the Cheltenham Festival – if the latter appeals, you can find some great betting tips for day 1 of the Cheltenham Festival, to improve your odds of winning. 

Horse racing remains as popular as ever because it offers punters the opportunity to bet on the outcome of a race, even if they know nothing about the horses racing. Unlike football, where the result of a match is largely predicated on the skill of the players, there is an element of chance in horse racing that adds an extra level of excitement.

Bettors can look at the odds for each horse and get a fair idea of which one is likely to win, but anything can upset the outcome. Sometimes outsiders win against all the odds or the favourite falls at the final hurdle. However, all of this relies on actual horses and jockeys racing in real-life events. Even when a race is televised, horses still race. 

The Rise of the Virtual Race

Virtual horse racing is a very different beast. The premise is the same: horses compete against each other in a race, with the winner the first horse past the winning post. In a virtual horse race, however, software is used to emulate horses and racetracks. Much like a video game, the virtual race software creates a hyper-realistic racetrack or field, weather conditions will vary, and each virtual horse looks just like the real thing. 

In a real-life horse race, the winner is determined by a mixture of the horses’ speed and endurance, the jockeys’ skill, and luck. In a virtual race, the outcome is decided by an algorithm or random number generator. Each horse and jockey are pre-programmed using statistics and probabilities, but the result is randomised. Every race run by the software has a different outcome.

As well as lifelike graphics, virtual horse races also have added commentary, just as races do in real life. The odds for each horse will be displayed on the screen, to help viewers in their decision-making. 

The Advantages of Virtual Races

Virtual horse races offer several advantages. Races only last for a few minutes, so multiple races can be run in any given day, 24-7. You don’t have to wait weeks or months for a horse race to be televised; you can place a bet on a virtual race at any time of the day or night. Virtual horses don’t get tired or suffer fatal injuries, so there is no cruelty involved. The costs of running virtual races are also very low compared to hosting a major horse racing event. 

The Disadvantages of Virtual Races

There are some downsides too. Watching a software-generated virtual horse race isn’t the same as watching an actual race. No matter how good the software, the horses are not real, and it won’t offer the same degree of excitement. 

Is horse racing likely to become all virtual in the future? This is unlikely. Most people prefer real-life horse races, so the chances of horse racing fading into the annals of history are remote. However, the world is increasingly digital, so it makes sense that virtual horse races will become increasingly popular.

Many popular horse races were run virtually during the height of the pandemic after live events were cancelled. There are even NFTs being created, which is certainly a pioneering move for the horse racing world. What comes next? Watch this space!

Evil Geniuses Adds Paolo “EVY” Berbudeau As CS:GO Assistant Coach

David Wojnicki
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Evil Geniuses Adds Paolo “EVY” Berbudeau As CS:GO Assistant Coach

As the 2022 CS:GO season approaches, Evil Geniuses is pumped to introduce this year’s new roster with both legendary and accomplished players.

The 2022 EG CS:GO Roster:

William “RUSH” Wierzba

Jake “Stewie2K” Yip

Vincent “Brehze” Cayonte

Timothy “autimatic” Ta

Tsvetelin “CeRq” Dimitrov

Damien “maLeK” Marcel – Head Coach

Paolo “EVY” Berbudeau – Assistant Coach

Juan “Hepa” Borges – Analyst

After a disappointing end to 2021, the goal was simple: build a team that could dominate on a global scale and bring trophies home to North America.

That roster starts with CeRq and Brehze, two players who have been anchors on EG since they joined the organization in 2019. They helped bring EG a title at ESL One New York and took the team to great heights. They look to continue their journey leading this CS:GO team to success in 2022.

The new members of the squad are legendary names in NA CS:GO: Stewie2K, RUSH, and Autimatic. Those three were key pieces in bringing a Major title to North America in 2018.  The history of what these players accomplished only a few years ago is unquestioned, but they still have plenty of skill and desire to make another run.

Stewie joins EG from Team Liquid where he was part of an Intel Grand Slam winning team and consistently flashed the skills that make him a star. RUSH was an extremely solid player with Complexity for the past two years before coming to EG.

Autimatic, an absolute talent, comes back to CS:GO after trying another game for a change of pace. While all have found success on different teams and games since then, they have come back together at EG with CeRq and Brehze to turn the tide in NA. With this revamped roster EG prepares to have Stewie2K serve as the team’s in-game leader and CeRq as the team’s AWP. Autimatic will go back into the rifler position.

No team has a chance without a coaching staff that can prepare them to win. maLeK’s run at G2 as Head Coach saw his team challenge for the scene’s most coveted championships, most recently making the grand finals for both the PGL Major Stockholm and IEM Cologne in 2021.

maLeK rounds out his coaching staff with another former G2 coach, EVY, who will join Evil Geniuses as the team’s assistant coach along with Hepa, the team’s analyst, who was previously with Team Liquid.

The coaching staff will use their in-depth experience and knowledge of the game, along with Evil Geniuses industry-leading data science and analytics team led by Counter-Strike veteran Soham “valens” Chowdhury, to bring out the best from the team’s gifted roster with the goal of climbing to the top of the CS:GO scene. 

Fans can show their support of Evil Geniuses’ new CS:GO roster by tuning into the BLAST Spring Group Stage Tournament set to take place January 28 through February 6, 2022. Evil Geniuses are in Group C and their first match is Sunday, January 30th against the revamped Vitality super-roster.

The Group also provides a great storyline with Stewie likely facing off against his former team in Liquid.

BGMI Pro Godlike Jonathan Featured In Nivea Men Advert

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BGMI Pro Godlike Jonathan Featured In Nivea Men Advert

Jonathan “JONATHAN” Amaral, the professional player from Godlike Esports got featured in the Nivea Men India advertisement. This is the first time ever any esports player from India got featured in a personal care brand.

Founded on 28 March 1882, Nivea is a German personal care brand that specializes in skin and body care owned by the Hamburg-based company Beiersdorf Global AG.

Jonathan was seen promoting the brand with some dialogue delivery. The video starts with him playing a game where he says, “Tapatap dushman ko udao guys” followed by “Tapatap dark spots hatao”. It is an 11 seconds video in which we could witness the players acting skills.

Jonathan was last seen in action in the PMGC 2021 grand finals where the squad finished at the 13th spot with a total of 106 points. The grand finals were won by Nova Esports which took home $1.5 million from the prize pool. Order from Nova Esports was the MVP of the event.

The Pokemon in the River Photo request guide – Pokémon Legends: Arceus

Pranav Nalawade
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The Pokemon in the River Photo request guide – Pokémon Legends: Arceus

The Pokémon in the River Photo is a side quest given by Dagero who again needs our help in identifying a Pokémon that has 2 leaves on its head and rests beside a river. 

Today we will be taking a look at how to complete the side quest – the Pokémon in the River Photo request in Pokémon Legends: Arceus. The quest is fairly simple and straightforward to complete. Completing the quest will add new options to the Photograph Studio. 

Starting the Quest- The Pokemon in the River Photo

To get this quest from Dagero you need to unlock the Coronet Highlands area and have atleast 2 previous completed requests from Dagero. 

Talk to Dagero standing in front of the photography studio in Jubilife Village. Here he will hand you a photograph to study. When observing the photograph you see that the Pokémon he is looking for is Turtwig. 

Where to find Turtwig

The request is fairly simple, you just need to find and catch a Turtwig and later bring it to Dagero.

Head to the Crimson Mirelands and make your way to the southeast corner of the area, here you will find a small pond entirely surrounded by mountains. Now be careful, Turtwig will run away as soon as he spots you, and only one Turtwig will spawn in this area. So it is advised to save the game before proceeding further. 

Now battle and catch Turtwig, head back to the Jubilife Village and talk to Dagero. Show him the Tutwig and after a quick photoshoot, Dagero will reward you will more options in the Photography Studio. 

T1 Valorant Disqualified After Coach Violates Rulebook

Mohd Laraib
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T1 Valorant Disqualified After Coach Violates Rulebook

T1 Valorant was disqualified from their VCT Open qualifier game versus TSM after Riot’s ruling. T1’s coach David Denis was communicating with his players throughout the game, something that is not allowed during games.

Riot ruled against T1 after finding evidence that the coach was indeed communicating mid-game. 

According to Riot’s decision T1 will forfeit their game after the competitive operations team received clear “evidence of a T1 coach providing instruction to T1 players while their match against TSM was in place,”.

As per the rulebook, only players can communicate with each other during the game and the staff members can only communicate during pauses, outside of pauses the coach or any other staff cannot have any say. 

As a result, T1 were eliminated from the VCT NA Open Qualifier #1, as TSM would win the fixture 2-0 after T1 was forced to forfeit.

T1 won the first map 13-7 over TSM and were leading in the second 8-4. It was then that TSM player Yassine “Subroza” Taoufik took to twitter to claim that they were playing at a disadvantage.

Subroza said they were playing 6v5 with the opposition’s coach talking to them mid game.

T1 will have another chance to qualify with the next VCT NA Open Qualifier, but it remains to be seen whether any additional punishment will be dished out for them or not.

The extent to which David Denis was communicating with T1 is not known, and if more evidence is found, T1 may face further consequences for this violation.

RIOT’S INCONSISTENT RULING FOR NA AND EU?

This isnt the first instance of a coach communicating with players during a game of Valorant. A week ago G2’s coach ‘Pipson’ was found communicating with his players as they played Team Vitality.

Pipson was allegedly acting as the in-game leader but Riot took no action against them for violating rule 7.2.11 of Valorant’s Competitive Rulebook. But when a North American team violated the same rule, they were made to forfeit the game. 

Players were not happy with this inconsistent implementation of the rulebook by Riot Games for different regions. 

WHAT DID T1 COACH SAY DURING THE GAME?

According to TSM Player Matt ‘Wardell’ Yu, David Denis only said ‘help sewer’ during the game in all chat. But claims by subroza and then the ruling by Riot Games too proves that T1’s coach was in fact communicating with the players during the length of the game, so the actual extent of David’s involvement is still not known.

People likened this violation to CSGO’s coach bug abuse where in a coach could get stuck in a position on the map and could spectate the players going through there and pass on the information to the players.

This was indeed a bug in Valve’s premier FPS and was abused most notably by Nicolai ‘HUNDEN’ Petersen, who was later banned, along with a huge number of other coaches such as ‘Rejin’ and ‘Twista’. Current Envy coach, Chet Singh took a dig at that as well.

Genshin Impact Web Event: Players Can Make Greeting Cards in New Web Event

Pranav Nalawade
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Genshin Impact Web Event: Players Can Make Greeting Cards in New Web Event

Genshin Impact is undoubtedly one of the biggest open-world RPGs out there that players can enjoy on their mobile devices alongside other platforms.

Originally released in September 2020, the title still enjoys constant growth to this date thanks to regular updates by miHoYo. One of the prime ways that the developers use to keep the player base engaged is through new events. These events often reward the players with in-game currency and other exclusive items. 

The newly introduced “Festive Celebration of Flowing Hues” web event in Genshin Impact lets players create and send various virtual greeting cards to their friends. Players of the title can choose to send Liyue-themed greeting cards to their friends or share them in social media and get rewarded in the process. 

The rewards for the new event include Primogems, Hero’s Wit, Mora and Mystic Enhancement Ore. These can be obtained easily by completing the Festive Popularity Quests and obtaining Popularity Points.

Players have to collect ‘inspiration’ to create their custom greeting cards in the web event. There are three types of inspirations that players can get including backgrounds, companions and decorations. It’s important to point out that the companions that players can get from the event are exclusively from Liyue. 

Players can also browse through other players’ creations on the website and make wishes to get up to three desired inspirations per day. 

CSGO Pro Claims That Flashbang Sounds Are Causing Ear Damage to Players 

Sonu Banerjee
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CSGO Pro Claims That Flashbang Sounds Are Causing Ear Damage to Players 

It goes without saying that Counter-Strike: Global Offensive is one of the most popular competitive shooters out there that is much more realistic than other titles of the genre. However, this added focus on realism might also be hurting players to an extent.

According to professional CSGO player Patrik “Zero” Žúdel, the Flashbang sounds in CSGO are triggering hearing damage in the player base of the title. The GamerLegion rifler explained that the sound frequency of 2600 hz emitted by flashbangs in CSGO is causing tinnitus in players. 

“The Flashbang sound frequency (2600hz) and loudness is a real issue in CSGO,” he said in a Tweet. “Valve really needs to do something because it is 100% triggering tinnitus (Ear damage).”

While other competitive shooters like Valorant are less realistic than CSGO, they mask the sound of flashbangs with other less harmful noises that can still serve the flashbang’s intended purpose. 

As a solution, the 23-year-old proposed that players should be allowed to lower the 2600 hz volume of the flashbang in CSGO. This would allow players with, or at the risk of getting hearing problems to tune down the volume and still be able to enjoy the game. 

Whether or not Valve decides to take action and adjust the flashbang noises in the future still remains to be seen. 

Sony Pictures India will broadcast PUBG Mobile, and other titles from Asian Games 2022

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Sony Pictures India will broadcast PUBG Mobile, and other titles from Asian Games 2022

Sony Pictures Networks India has bagged exclusive rights to broadcast Asian Games 2022 which is scheduled to take place later this year in Hangzhou, China. They will have the right to broadcast the games across its sports channels in India and the subcontinent including Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, Nepal, Afghanistan, Bhutan, and the Maldives, and live stream SonyLIV through Sept. 2023.

It is a 23-month long deal from November 2021 to September 2023 that will give Sony Network India the exclusive rights to produce clips and highlights. The 2022 Asian Games will take place from September 10 to September 25, 2022, in Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China. The event will feature 40 sports with a total of 61 disciplines, including Olympic sports like swimming, archery, athletics, badminton, equestrian, fencing, football, hockey, judo, kabaddi, and much more.

The 2022 Asian Games will also feature video games as the medal event. A total of 8 esports events will be played featuring games

  • Arena of Valor Asian Games Version
  • Dota 2
  • Dream Three Kingdoms 2
  • EA SPORTS FIFA branded soccer games
  • HearthStone
  • League of Legends
  • PUBG Mobile Asian Games Version
  • Street Fighter V

With the inclusion of various esports titles, fans all around the Asian region will be able to watch their favorite pro players compete live in the 2022 Asian Games.

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