Krafton has announced its first tournament to inaugurate the launch of their latest title Battlegrounds Mobile India in the country. This event is called Battlegrounds Mobile India Launch Party and will feature star content creators which glorified PUBG Mobile with their unique gameplay before it was banned. This will be the first ever event for BGMI in India.
Battlegrounds Mobile India is a new game launched by Krafton in an effort to fill the void left by the ban of PUBG Mobile in India. The player base soon shifted to this new game and everybody adapted to Battlegrounds Mobile India. Famous content creators have already started to stream this new game and their fans will get to see their favourite players back in competitive matchmaking in this Launch Party Event.
Battlegrounds Mobile India Launch Party will feature famous content creators from the PUBG Mobile community who will battle out for two days in order to entertain their fans and win a huge chunk of ₹6,00,000 prize pool. This event is an invite-only tournament where a total of eighteen teams will fight over the weekend.
The developers have released a list of content creators who will be participating in this inaugural event. Their names are as follows:
Dynamo
Kronten
Mortal
Gaming Guru
Classified YT
Antaryami
K18
Alpha Clasher
Snax
Sangwan
GodNixon
Ghatak
Ronak
Shreeman Legend
Jonathan
Maxtern
Bandookbaaz
Clash Universe
Each and every name on this list is an accomplished content creator who has diversified their content by delving into various aspects of PUBG Mobile. They have shifted to Battlegrounds Mobile India now and we will see them in action on 8th and 9th July. This tournament will kickstart the competitive BGMI ecosystem in India and more such events can be expected in the future.
Counter-Strike: Global Offensive’s first offline event is finally upon us, and along it brings tons of emotions, esports spirit, and a prize pool of whopping $1 million.
Professional players return to their home turf: LAN after 491 days, which marks IEM Cologne 2021 as one of the historical tournaments for CSGO. The event will go live without a live audience, but players will enjoy all the perks of an offline game, including stable ping.
While IEM Cologne is generally a reputed event, it’s easily one of the most exciting tournaments in history this year, specifically. LAN was put on pause after the global outbreak of COVID-19, and now that the world has started to heal, the games have started to go back to normal as well. CSGO fans are pumped about watching their favourite players battle it out for the lion’s share of $1 million that will be distributed among the winners.
Welcome to the proving grounds. #IEM Cologne 📆 July 6-18
If you’ve been out of touch with CSGO events like a lot of people in 2021, this guide will help you catch up with everything you need to know about IEM Cologne 2021.
IEM Cologne 2021 format explained
IEM Cologne features 24 CS:GO teams taking part in three phases of play-in, group stage, and play-offs. Fans can watch the battle live from the Cathedral of Counter-Strike for the first time since COVID-19. The fight for the trophy begins on July 6 and will run till July 18.
All matches will occur in a best of three (BO3) fashion, except BO1 of opening matches and BO5 in Grand Final. Teams will lock horns at the play-ins in a double-elimination bracket with best-of-one matches at the opening round. Eight teams that make it unscathed out of the opening matches will enter group stage. Here they’ll will join six teams from Europe and two from North America.
This set of 16 will be divided into two groups, hence leading to group stage. A double elimination bracket, and best of three matches will see the winners book a direct slot in the semi-finals. Losers will get a second chance at the quarterfinals. The series will near its end with Playoffs, and ultimately the Grand finals on July 18th.
Eight teams have qualified directly for the Group Stage through ESL Pro Tour standings, which award eight spots in the IEM Cologne group stage, while 16 teams will compete in the Play-in Stage.
Many of the players who lifted this trophy in years past will be competing once again in #IEM Cologne – and one team will add their name to this incredible lineup on July 18th. 🏆 pic.twitter.com/ZyNXGAHlqO
Here are the eight teams qualified for group stage:
Gambit Esports
Natus Vincere
Heroic
Virtus Pro
Astralis
G2 Esports
FURIA Esports
Team Liquid
IEM Cologne 2021 Prize pool
The teams will battle it out in the ballroom of Hyatt Regency hotel in Cologne for 1$ million with $400,000, 1,800 ESL Points, and 3,200 BLAST Points going to the first winner. The runner up will grab $180,000, 1,400 ESL Points, and 1,600 BLAST Points. Rest of the participants will also be recieving a huge chunk of prize pool and ESL points.
How to watch ESL One Cologne 2021?
ESL One Cologne 2021 won’t have a live audience, but fans can enjoy the matches live from their homes on ESL’s Twitch and YouTube Channel. The VODs and clips will be uploaded on the channel if you fail to catch them live.
FIFA is one of the biggest AAA titles of EA. Moreover, the FIFA franchise is getting more popular year by year. Even though the ongoing COVID Pandemic is the biggest challenge of EA Sports, apparently, the release date of FIFA 22 isn’t that far.
FIFA 22 UK Pre-Order Guide
All the editions of FIFA 22 will be released globally in September 2021. However, you can pre-order FIFA 22 from 11th July in the UK. Let’s check out the pre-order pricing and features of all the FIFA 22 editions.
Standard Edition
FIFA 22 Standard Edition possible pricing: £54.99 | €54.99 | $59.99
Pre-order features:
Up to 3 Rare Gold Packs (75,000 coins value, 1 per week for 3 weeks)
FUT Cover Star Loan Item (For 5 FUT matches)
FUT Ambassador Player Pick (Pick from 1 of 3 items for 3 FUT matches)
Special Edition FUT Kits and Stadium Items
Champions Edition
FIFA 22 Champions Edition possible pricing: £74.99 | €74.99 | $79.99
Pre-order features:
3 Days Early Access
Up to 12 Rare Gold Packs (300,000 coins value, 1 per week for 12 weeks)
FUT Cover Star Loan Item (For 5 FUT matches)
Career Mode Homegrown Talent (Local Youth Prospect with World Class Potential)
FUT Ambassador Player Pick (Pick from 1 of 3 items for 3 FUT matches)
Special Edition FUT Kits and Stadium Items
Ultimate Edition
FIFA 22 Ultimate Edition possible pricing: £84.99 | €84.99 | $99.99
Pre-order features:
3 Days Early Access
Up to 24 Rare Gold Packs (600,000 coins value, 2 per week for 12 weeks)
FUT Cover Star Loan Item (For 5 FUT matches)
Career Mode Homegrown Talent (Local Youth Prospect with World Class Potential)
FUT Ambassador Player Pick (Pick from 1 of 3 items for 3 FUT matches)
In a rather most controversial thing coming from China, Tencent, its global internet giant has revealed a new installation. The new feature is apparently to curb overplaying kids and teenagers by the use of a facial recognition system.
The program, called Midnight Patrol, will be in place from 10 PM to 8 AM to deduct kids, posing as adults.
“We will conduct a face screening for accounts registered with real names and that have played for a certain period of time at night, “Anyone who refuses or fails the face verification will be treated as a minor, and as outlined in the anti-addiction supervision of Tencent’s game health system, and kicked offline, said Tencent (via SixthTone).
The program will go live this Tuesday, where the data, linked to the public security system will scrape the people playing games online. Anyone found not in allegiance to this regulation will be immediately kicked out of the game.
Tencent will initially deploy the screening layer for over 60 popular games, including Honors of Kings & Game for Peace.
“Facial recognition is a welcome sign because real-name verifications cannot keep kids out of the games,” said Chen Lina, an accounting executive.
WeChat though is full of criticism from the Chinese gaming community, who are raising concerns on the growing limitations on internet users.
Fortnite will be introducing the 17 time NBA all-star, LeBron James, in the next Icon series skin in the upcoming updates, according to the leaks. ShiinaBR and HYPEX, two of the most trusted Fortnite data miners, recently said that James will be joining Fortnite.
LeBron James skin is coming next update!
– Earn rewards by completing King's Bling quests – Items become more gold as you complete quests! Unlock a custom goldness slider when all quests are complete! https://t.co/HV3M0byBXD
This will also enable the players to earn rewards by completing quests which will also include items that ‘become more gold’ as the players complete their quests. Lebron James will be starring in Space Jam: A New Legacy, which will be coming to the theatres and HBO Max on 16 July. This means that the skin is likely joining the game to help promote the film.
This is not the first time that the fans are seeing a Crossover in Fortnite, the game has already included superstars like:- Travis Scott, Marshmello, Major Lazer, Ninja, TheGrefg, LazarBeam, and Lachlan. Fortnite has already covered all 30 teams in the NBA and has released their outfits in the in-game store earlier this year.
Lebron James’ son, Bronny James is an upcoming NCAA basketball prospect and also has a strong connection to the Gaming industry. He has already signed a contract with FaZe Clan last summer under the moniker FaZe Bronny.
Free Fire is a popular mobile battle royale game developed by Garena. This game has grown exponentially in terms of the player base and it was the most downloaded game in 2020. The developers tend to award players with free items on a regular basis and one of the methods to do so is by using redeem codes.
Free Fire is known for its cosmetic lineup and this varies from gun skins and character outfits to in-game emote, equipment skins, and character modifications. Players need to spend real cash in order to make personalized additions to their skin collection but sometimes, they can use redeem codes to get some items for free.
Garena releases redeem codes according to a specific region and certain fixed rewards are included per redeem code. These regions are decided by developers by accounting for different occasions and hence, some players may get free items while others have to wait for their turn.
Free Fire redeem codes for July 2021
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As mentioned earlier, the redeem codes can be region or user-limited, and hence, you have to comply with the requirements in order to get these rewards. If you get an error of region restricts, simply wait for the next list to come out.
The codes are also user limited so after a certain number, they might stop working. In order to avoid this, use these codes as soon as you can. If you do not know how to redeem these rewards, follow these steps to get the items for free:
Visit Free Fire Redemption website and log in with your Free Fire ID.
Players can use Facebook or Google Sign-in options.
Copy the redeem codes and paste them into the box. Click on submit.
After the process is completed, you will receive items directly in Free Fire.
Drone has been shown the door at TSM after the latter team failed to qualify for the Challengers 1 event in the VCT’s ongoing Stage 3 run with their current roster.
Originally from mouseSpaz, Drone and co were acquired by TSM in May 2020 making the former one among the original and founding members of the team. Under Taylor, TSM were able to bag two major A-tier events at the T1 X NSG followed by FaZe Clan Invitational, grabbing a total of $50,000 USD in winnings. Before setting up for their VCT course, TSM-FTX were the second-best team at Valorant’s First Strike in North America after they lost to 100 Thieves in the Grand Finals.
This will be TSM-FTX’s second roster change in less than a month after they brought Sean “bang” Bezerra on the active squad who replaced Braxton “Brax” Pierce. Through their post on Twitter, they will now try out players for the vacant position on the roster ahead of the Second Challengers event’s Open Qualifier.
ESL Gaming, the world’s largest esports company, has today announced that global cryptocurrency platform Coinbase will become the Official Crypto Exchange Partner for key ESL events in 2021 and 2022.
The new partnership will bring the two respective industry-leading organizations together for the first time. It will commence at IEM Cologne 2021 and Coinbase, a trusted and easy-to-use platform for accessing the broader crypto economy, will support the ESL Pro Tours for CS:GO, StarCraft® II, and Warcraft® III.
“This is a partnership between two like-minded companies at the forefront of technology and innovation,” said Eli McCarrel, Director Global Brand Partnerships at ESL Gaming. “We look forward to bringing Coinbase into the ESL family and integrating them into future ESL initiatives. This is an industry-shifting partnership and we couldn’t be more excited for what’s ahead.”
“In its early days, few people foresaw the potential of esports becoming the vibrant and robust thing it is today,” said Eryn Alexander, Brand Director at Coinbase. “We believe the crypto-economy is on a similar trajectory, and we’re thrilled to find partners like ESL who share our sense of foresight and optimism.”
Through this landmark partnership, ESL and Coinbase will create unique integrations that will span across broadcast, social media, digital media, content, and more. These integrations will not only provide compelling content for fans but will reinforce why Coinbase should be the gateway to crypto education.
This is not the first major crypto-esports partnership. Earlier, teams like TSM, FaZe, and other major esports organizations have shown their active interest in building strategic partnerships with digital currencies.
After a long hiatus from competitive gaming, it seems like Twitch star Michael ‘shroud’ Grzesiek is looking to make a Valorant team to be a part of the upcoming VCT qualifiers.
In one of his recent Twitch streams, the 27-year-old revealed his plans of creating a Valorant team with former squadmates to compete in the VCT qualifiers. He talked about wanting to include former Cloud9 members like Jordan ‘n0thing’ Gilbert and Sean ‘Seangares’ Gares in his team, although Seangares’ presence might be uncertain due to him already being a part of another organization.
He has also mentioned the possibility of Tarik ‘tarik’ Celik joining the team.
In his July 3rd stream, Shroud confirmed that he’ll be participating in the VCT qualifiers when the newest agent KAY/O would be eligible for picking.
“I’ll go run around as KAY/O and silence things,” the Canadian said in his live stream.
The next Valorant open qualifier is scheduled to start from July 22nd and will run until July 25th. If Shroud and his team manage to qualify, they’ll have a chance to battle it out in the Challengers 2 event for a share of the whopping $50,000 prize pool.
If you’re an avid League of Legends fan, you’re probably already aware of the upcoming ‘Sentinels of the Light’ that will arrive in the title on July 8th. The event will feature a bunch of new content including new Ruination-themed skins and a new champion, Akshan.
Luckily, it seems like Valorant will also be receiving some of the love as data miners have leaked some new Valorant skins that hint towards a collab between Valorant and League of Legends, two of the most successful titles by Riot Games.
Popular Valorant data-miner ‘ValorLeaks’ has revealed in a recent Tweet that Valorant is about to receive a new ‘Ruination’ skin bundle that will be based on League of Legends. The release date of the bundle might be the same as that of the ‘Sentinels of the Light’ event in League.
The Tweet read, “We will most likely be seeing this bundle around July 8th as that is when the event starts for League. The bundle is currently known to include a Guardian.”
VALORANT will be receiving a Ruination Bundle based on League of Legends. | #VALORANT
~ We will most likely be seeing this bundle around July 8th as that is when the event starts for League. The bundle is currently known to include a Guardian. Also, Viego's Sword is cool. pic.twitter.com/lIRRWaSqpg
— Mike | Valorant Leaks & News (@ValorLeaks) July 1, 2021
No further details regarding the Valorant Ruination bundle have been revealed yet, and neither has it been officially confirmed by Riot themselves.
