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Movistar Riders’ Player Confirms We Will Get Player Autographs for PGL Major

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Movistar Riders’ Player Confirms We Will Get Player Autographs for PGL Major

Movistar Riders’ Rifler Alejandro ‘mopoz’ Fernandez confirmed on Twitter that we will be getting Player Autograph Capsules for the PGL Major in Stockholm. The confirmation comes after a lot of rumours and uncertainty regarding the Sticker capsules.

With no official word from Valve, the community feared that we won’t be getting any Player Autographs this time, something that has been a staple for CSGO Majors since ESL One: Cologne 2015.

In his tweet, ‘mopoz’ said that they have already received messages from Valve to send their signatures, so they could be included in the sticker capsules in the game, making it official.

Since the RMRs ended so late, it left Valve with very little time to confirm the Team Sticker and Player Autograph Capsules, as until the StarLadder Berlin Major 2019, the Minors and Qualifiers ended more than 3-4 weeks before the main event.

Stickers are a big source of revenue for Valve themselves, as well as for the Organisations who get their stickers in game, as a percentage of it goes directly to the Teams as well. Hence, it would have been unlikely that Valve would miss out on this opportunity, since Sticker sales have only gone up and up in the last 3 years.

But it is basically confirmed since ‘mopoz’ isn’t known for being someone who trolls the CS community on a regular basis.

PGL Stockholm Major: Day 1 Challenger Stage match-ups determined

Bharat Kotwani
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PGL Stockholm Major: Day 1 Challenger Stage match-ups determined

PGL will host CSGO’s first pandemic-hit major in Sweden after a span of two years. After a long stint of trial and tribulation, the event organizers were finally able to organize the much-anticipated Counter Strike Major in the capital of Sweden.  The $2,000,000 tournament will be played from October 26 onwards till November 7 and will feature the top 24 teams who made it from the regional RMR (Regional Major Ranking) events.

According to the schedule, every stage of the major will be played over the course of four days each, Challengers, Legends, and the Champions. Ticket sales for the event opened at the end of September.

Today on Twitter, PGL revealed the first round match-ups for the Challengers and the contenders stage. A total of 16 teams from the above two stages will battle out in a swiss round format with the initial fixtures to be all Best of 1s while the qualification/elimination matches would be determined on the basis of that of a  Best of 3 series.

The matches will be broadcast across a total of two streams, the first to be the main and the other to be the secondary one. October 26th, the opening day would feature an all Danish derby fixture between Astralis and Copenhagen Flames while FaZe Clan would lock horns with the CIS giants Team Spirit on the secondary stream followed by paiN Gaming go against Entropiq.

As said, top 8 teams would progress and join Ninjas in Pyjamas, Tea Vitality, G2 Esports, FURIA Esports, Evil Geniuses, Team Liquid, Natus Vincere and Gambit Esports in the Legends stage where they would need to undergo yet another swiss stage to further determine their fate towards the playoffs.

Here is the list of the first day match-ups as revealed by PGL :

VersusTimeStream 
Astralis Vs Copenhagen Flames13:30 IST/ 10:00 CESTMain 
FaZe Vs Team Spirit 13:30 IST / 10:00 CESTSecondary
ENCE Vs GODSENT14:45 IST / 11:15 CESTMain
paiN Gaming Vs Entropia14:45 IST  / 11:15 CESTSecondary
BIG Vs Virtus.pro16:00 IST / 12:30 CESTMain
Movistar Riders Vs Renegades16:00  IST / 12:30 CESTSecondary
Heroic Vs Tyloo17:15 IST  / 13:45 CESTMain
MOUZ Vs Sharks 17:15 IST  / 13:45 CESTSecondary

For the first time in a span of two years ever since the global coronavirus pandemic doomed over, the PGL Major would feature a LAN event and would be held in front of a live crowd at the Avicii Arena in Stockholm, Sweden. 

R6S : Y6S3.3 Crystal Guard patch notes made live

Bharat Kotwani
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R6S : Y6S3.3 Crystal Guard patch notes made live

The latest patch for Rainbow Six Siege is about to drop, bringing with it some pretty significant changes to the FPS game’s balancing. Ubisoft Montreal have released the latest Y6S3.3 designer notes for Rainbow Six Siege. You can find the list of the changes being implemented within the game. 

OPERATOR BALANCING

ALIBI

  • Increased Mx4 Storm vertical recoil.

ARUNI AND MOZZIE

  • Reduced P10 Roni Magazine from 19+1 to 15+1.
  • Increased vertical recoil and first kick recoil.
  • Total ammo is now 181 in PVP, 121 in Hardcore and 196 in PVE.

CASTLE

  • Increased number of Armor Panels to 4 (was 3).
  • Reduced number of punches required to destroy an Armor Panel to 9 (was 12).

CLASH

  • Replaced P-10C with Super Shorty.

HARD BREACH CHARGE

  • Increased number to 2 (was 1).
  • Affected Operators include: Montagne, Buck, Fuze, Capitão, Amaru, Nøkk, Ying, and Zero.

KAPKAN

  • No longer limited to placing 1 trap per door/window frame.

MELUSI

  • Added Bulletproof Camera (removed Nitro Cell).

ORYX

  • Reduced Dash refresh time to 8 seconds (was 12 seconds).

WAMAI

  • Increased number of Mag-NETs to 6 (was 4).
  • Reduced catching area of effect to 3.5 meters (was 5 meters).

TWEAKS AND IMPROVEMENTS

PLAYER COMFORT

Performance Metrics

  • PC users can now display real-time performance metrics in the HUD such as FPS, latency, and NVIDIA-related metrics. This feature can be turned On in the General section of the Options menu.

BUG FIXES

GAMEPLAY

FIXED – Attacker is removed from the match if they injure a hostage that is later revived and eliminated by a Defender.

FIXED – Ammo counter flashes red after switching weapons.

FIXED – The G36Cs rail reduces visibility when the Red Dot is equipped.

FIXED – If a player is reconnecting, round doesn’t end when the last opponent is eliminated.

FIXED – “Join Party” option is not functional in the Ubisoft Connect overlay and client.

FIXED – Rim lighting is applied to Operators on the victory screen.

FIXED – Muffled sound is heard on some weapons.

FIXED – Defenders can vault on top of an unreachable location and secure a win for their team in the Doktor’s Curse Event.

FIXED – The attacker’s hammer animation freezes and loops without collision when holding down the trigger button in the Doktor’s Curse Event.

LEVEL DESIGN

FIXED – Bar shadow at 1F Bar disappears when viewed from trapdoor in 2F Library Entrance on Chalet map.

FIXED – Asset and collision issues on Bank map and Kafe Dostoyevsky map.

FIXED – The light of the wall cladding located at 3F Lounge disappears when LOD lowers when viewing it from 3F Casino on Yacht map.

FIXED – Player is unable drop the defuser on the roof above 2F Billiards Room on Coastline map.

OPERATORS

FIXED – Kapkan is not receiving 20p for each activated trap.

USER EXPERIENCE

FIXED – Various UI issues.

FIXED – Various localization issues.

As we can see, the Year 6 Season 3.3 patch notes do imply changes highlighting buffs and nerfs to operators who are picked more frequently including the ones like Kapkan and Clash. The notes direct us towards some notable changes brought to defending operator Kapkan who can now place as many traps at one end only to deny that entry point to be even considered for breach.


Image : Ubisoft

While operators Montagne, Buck, Fuze, Capitão, Amaru, Nøkk, Ying, and Zero will now have 1 extra breach charge added to their armory, further adding up to the woes of the defenders.

Free Fire Redeem Codes For Today: 19th October

Divyesh Moghe
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Free Fire Redeem Codes For Today: 19th October

Free Fire is a popular battle royale game on mobile platform which has tons of flashy skins and outfits in its arsenal. These alluring cosmetic items can be purchased from the in-game shop but many do not prefer to spend money. There is a way to obtain some of these items without spending a dime and it can be done by using redeem codes.

Redeem codes in Free Fire are special codes which can be used to get free items in the game. These codes are released frequently by the developers as a reward system to its player base. Most of these codes have certain restrictions and hence, players from specific regions can obtain these rewards.

Garena has released a new redeem code for the certain regions where players can obtain different loot crates for free by using this code. As this code is limited to a server, players belonging to that region and accounts registered in this specific region only can redeem this code.

The codes and their reward is given below:

  • FF10VXKEHCPD – Reindeer Express Surfboard and Skeleton Magician Mask Loot Crate 
  • XNMS58TWME3Q – The Punishers Weapon Loot Crate

HOW TO REDEEM CODES IN FREE FIRE

You can simply follow the steps given below to unlock these rewards.

  • Visit the Reward Redemption center of Garena Free Fire. Click here to visit.
  • Log in with your Free Fire account. One must have either Facebook or Google ID signed in as a Guest account does not work.
  • Enter the code and get the rewards in your in-game item vault.

Remember that this code is region specific so others who try to redeem these items may get an error message. These codes are usually time and user limited and hence, make sure to hurry up to get these items.

Also Read | Garena donates 1000 oxygen cylinders to COVID-19 relief in India

GTA Trilogy PC Details, Release Date, Steam Release, and System Requirements

Mohammed Sadiq
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GTA Trilogy PC Details, Release Date, Steam Release, and System Requirements

Rockstar’s Grand Theft Auto: The Trilogy Definitive Edition was announced just over a week ago and while Rockstar has yet to share any gameplay, we now know more details about the game thanks to various leaks on GTAForums.

The trilogy’s description was found by leakers ahead of its official unveiling scheduled for GTA 3’s upcoming 20th anniversary.

“Three iconic cities, three epic stories. Play the genre-defining classics of the original Grand Theft Auto Trilogy: Grand Theft Auto III, Grand Theft Auto: Vice City, and Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas updated for a new generation, now with across-the-board enhancements including brilliant new lighting and environmental upgrades, high-resolution textures, increased draw distances, Grand Theft Auto V-style controls and targeting, and much more, bringing these beloved worlds to life with all-new levels of detail.”

 “By purchasing Grand Theft Auto: The Trilogy — The Definitive Edition from store.rockstargames.com or the Rockstar Games Launcher by January 5th, 2022, you’ll receive a $10 discount on your next purchase through the Rockstar Games Launcher or Rockstar Web Stores on qualifying products of $15 or more (exchange rates apply). Discount expires January 16th, 2022. For complete details/terms click here.”

While GTA Trilogy is scheduled to release on Rockstar Games Launcher for PC, traces of a possible Steam version were found on Rockstar Games Launcher which contained SteamIDs for all three games, and its minimum and recommended system requirements which are as follows:

Minimum requirements

CPU: Intel Core i5-2700K / AMD FX-6300 

GPU:Nvidia GeForce GTX 760 2GB / AMD Radeon R9 280 3GB 

RAM: 8 GB RAM 

Storage: 45 GB Storage Space 

OS: Windows 10 

Recommended requirements

CPU: Intel Core i7-6600K / AMD Ryzen 5 2600 

GPU: Nvidia GeForce GTX 970 4GB / AMD Radeon RX 570 4GB 

RAM: 16 GB RAM 

Storage: 45 GB Storage Space 

OS: Windows 10

These requirements seem to be higher than Grand Theft Auto V’s, although it could be because the trilogy is rumored to be running on Unreal Engine 4 which could explain its demanding requirements.

Although these leaks sound promising, they shouldn’t be taken too seriously until Rockstar reveals more details on October 22.

Arena of Valor International Championship (AIC) 2021 to feature a $1 million prize pool

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Arena of Valor International Championship (AIC) 2021 to feature a $1 million prize pool

Arena of Valor International Championship 2021 is the biggest esports event for all the esports teams competing in the multiplayer online battle arena developed by TiMi Studio Group and published by Tencent Games. AIC 2021 is the 5th world championship which features the top teams over the world.

AIC 2021 features a massive prize pool of $1 million USD to celebrate the 5th year anniversary of Arena of Valor. The prize pool has increased twice from last year from $ 500,000 to $ 1,000,000. MAD Team from Taiwan were the last season champions followed by Saigon Phantom at the second position.

The event will feature 14 teams from 8 regions from all over Asia: Thailand Thailand (RPL), Taiwan Chinese Taipei (GCS), Vietnam Vietnam (AOG), Indonesia Indonesia (ASL), China China, South East Asia Malaysia/Singapore/The Philippines, South Korea and Japan. Thailand, Chinese Taipei, and Vietnam will have 3 representative teams for each region. The qualification details are as follows:

  • Garena Challenge Series (GCS): Three teams from the Taiwanese league will qualify.
  • Arena of Glory (AOG): Three teams from the Vietnamese league will qualify.
  • RoV Pro League (RPL): Three teams from the Thai league will also be competing.
  • AOV Star League (ASL): One team from the Indonesian league will qualify.
  • Malaysia, Singapore, and the Philippines: One team
  • China: One team
  • Korea: One team
  • Japan: One team

The group stage is scheduled to take place from November 27th – December 05th, 2021 where the matches will be played in B02 and Double Round-Robin format with Global Ban-Pick Rules. The team winning 2-0 will grant 3 points, Drawing 1-1 will grant 1 point, and Losing 0-2 will grant 0 points. The top four teams of each group would advance to the Knockout Stage whereas the bottom two teams will be eliminated.

The grand finals are scheduled to take place on December 19th, 2021 at different places like Ho Chi Minh City, Taipei City, Bangkok, Seoul, Tokyo, Shanghai, and Jakarta.

Vladimir Putin Congratulates Team Spirit on Winning The International 10 Dota 2 Championship

Sonu Banerjee
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Vladimir Putin Congratulates Team Spirit on Winning The International 10 Dota 2 Championship

Moscow-based esports organization Team Spirit won the hearts of millions of Dota 2 fans worldwide as they were crowned the winners of The International 10 after defeating their Chinese rivals PSG.LGD in a best-of-five series in the grand finals. It seems like their victory was noticed by the Russian president himself, as Putin congratulated them through a letter shortly afterward. 

Featuring a prize pool of over $40 million, The International 10 is, by far, the biggest esports tournament that the world has ever seen. Team Spirit were no favourites to win the tournament either. After losing their first game against Invictus Gaming in the upper bracket, their journey through the lower bracket has been described as a ‘fairy tale run’ by analysts. 

PSG.LGD, on the other hand, were absolute favourites of the majority to win TI this year. They showed complete dominance throughout the DPC season and rarely dropped games against even the best opposition. However, Team Spirit managed to thrive against all the odds stacked against them to secure a jaw-dropping 3-2 victory against their Chinese counterparts in the grand finals.

Soon after Team Spirit claimed the Aegis of the Champions, they were congratulated by Russian president Vladimir Putin through an open letter posted on Kremlin.ru. 

“Congratulations on your well-deserved victory at The International-2021—the Dota-2 World Championship,” the letter reads. “For the first time in history, the Russian team of the Team Spirit club won these prestigious competitions. Well done!”

“On the way to the final, you demonstrated outstanding leadership qualities and solidarity, and in the decisive duel, which became a real test of skill and character, you managed to concentrate and seize the initiative from strong opponents at the most crucial moment. They have proven in practice that our esportsmen are always goal-oriented and capable of conquering any peaks.”

With this victory, Team Spirit took home a winning prize of over $18,000,000, and were the first Eastern European team to win The International in a decade since Natus Vincere (Na’Vi) won the first TI in 2011

Denuvo And Other DRM Services Might Not Work With Next-Gen Intel Hybrid CPUs

Prateek Jain
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The next iteration of Intel’s core series, the Alder Lake CPUs might not be supported on some DRM services after launch due to Intel’s implementation of a hybrid CPU architecture. 

As per documentation released by Intel, the upcoming Alder Lake CPUs will use a new hybrid core layout where high-performance cores and power-efficient cores will function together or independently depending on the workload requirement. Since both the high-performance cores and power-efficient cores will be present on the same CPU package the DRM algorithm might detect both cores as independent CPUs and throw an error. Due to the very nature of the upcoming hybrid architecture, DRM services like Denuvo will need an upgrade to support the Alder Lake CPUs on launch. 

As stated in the Intel Developer Guide, “If your existing or upcoming game uses a DRM middleware, you might want to contact the middleware provider and confirm that it supports hybrid architectures in general, and the upcoming Intel ADL platform in particular. Due to the nature of modern DRM algorithms, it might use CPU detection and should be aware of the upcoming hybrid platforms. Intel is working with leading DRM providers such as Denuvo* to make sure their solutions support new platforms.”

While Intel is working with Denuvo, the problem arises when you try to load into older titles that are still using an older version of Denuvo. Since Denuvo’s DRM can only be updated or removed by the game developer older titles like Fifa series, Far Cry series, Tomb Raider series, F1 series, etc might not work on launch. A long list of games are still using an older version of Denuvo and aren’t updated anymore. If the game developer doesn’t patch the Denuvo DRM or outright remove it, you might not be able to play older games legitimately on the next-gen CPUs. 

This issue isn’t limited to the Denuvo DRM service, other DRM services like Steamworks, Epic Online Services, Microsoft Store, Origins, Ubisoft Connect, etc might not work at launch. It all depends on DRM providers to update the DRM service and game developers to push the update to the game. 

Minecraft Now Boasts Over 141 Million Monthly Active Users

Prateek Jain
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Minecraft Now Boasts Over 141 Million Monthly Active Users

Mojang and Microsft during their second annual Minecraft livestream of 2021 — The Minecraft Live, revealed all the big updates on the horizon and announcements related to the game that the Minecraft community was eagerly waiting for. 

Mojang Studios revealed some key statistics on the livestream that show Minecraft continues to grow over time. In April 2021, Mojang revealed that Minecraft had more than 140 million monthly active users, and yesterday during the latest Minecraft Live, Mojang revealed the game now boasts over 141 million monthly active users in August. And that’s not all, the game has also sold more copies than some of the biggest launches of the year and the game easily surpassed some popular live service games in terms of revenue. 

Here are some of the key stats that Mojang revealed during the Minecraft Live:

  • Over 141 million monthly active users in Aug. 2021
  • Over $350 million in revenue has been generated by creators in the Minecraft Marketplace 
  • Over 67% of players actively customize their Minecraft experience using the Marketplace
  • Over 1 billion hours have been logged in Minecraft multiplayer
  • Over 201 billion hours of Minecraft YouTube videos were watched in 2020, making it the most-watched topic on YouTube that year

Released in November 2011, the 10-year-old game is still pulling in such staggering numbers just goes on to show the popularity of the game in today’s oversaturated gaming market. It also goes on to show that the title of the “greatest game ever” is truly deserved for Minecraft. With the announcement of the Minecraft Wilds update and the recently released Cave and Cliffs: Part 2 update, Minecraft will get even more active players and will gain more popularity on Youtube.   

Minecraft Java and Bedrock Edition Coming To Xbox Game Pass PC

Prateek Jain
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Minecraft Java and Bedrock Edition Coming To Xbox Game Pass PC

During Minecraft Live 2021, Mojang announced a new PC-only “Minecraft PC Bundle” that will include both Minecraft Java and Bedrock Editon that will give access to both games at the same time through the Minecraft launcher. 

As per the announcement, the Minecraft PC Bundle will first be available for Xbox Game Pass for PC subscribers (as well as Xbox Game Pass Ultimate subscribers) starting 2nd Nov 2021. The Minecraft PC Bundle will officially launch in full at some point in 2022 on Microsoft Store and 3rd party stores. Mojang hasn’t revealed any date for the release yet or whether Minecraft will be coming to Steam in 2022. 

Mojang also announced that players who have previously purchased either Minecraft: Java Edition or Minecraft: Bedrock Edition for PC will gain access to the other edition of the game they don’t have for free once the bundle retails in 2022. Do note that Java Edition players will need to migrate their Mojang Account to a Microsoft Account on their Minecraft.net profile page to get access to Bedrock Edition once the PC bundle releases.

Both the games will remain independent titles and receive updates separately as they do currently. Just that the PC bundle release will add both games to the Minecraft Launcher and allow players to choose between the version they want to play without a headache of launching another game launcher or changing account. While both games have their pros and cons, the extended accessibility of the PC bundle will enable players to experience both games anew. Plus with the Xbox Game Pass PC players can play both games without any restraint. 

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