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NICKMERCS extend Twitch contract

Sarjyo Mukherjee
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NICKMERCS extend Twitch contract

FaZe Clan co-owner NICKMERCS has announced a contract extension with Twitch amidst rumors suggesting a move to YouTube like many fellow streamers.

Rumors of NICK moving to YouTube were sparked by many of his fellow streamers following the footstep after striking a lucrative deal with Google’s streaming platform; putting an end to all of them, NICKMERCS will continue to entertain his fans on Twitch.

Having joined the platform back in 2010, he has grown into one of the biggest streamers on the platform. He reached greater heights with FaZe Clan’s co-ownership and as the first gamer-athlete signed by Under Armour.

With over 15 Million followers and 50K Subscribers, NICKMERCS has a stable and healthy viewer base on Twitch. With his concurrent viewership numbers just as good, there is no reason for him to shift to another platform even though many of his compatriots feel differently.

CSGO Operation Riptide Week 3 Missions

Aritra Patra
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CSGO Operation Riptide Week 3 Missions

CSGO has just released Operation Riptide and this is the 11th Operation. Apart from a few gameplay and map changes, Valve has added a lot of interesting missions to the Operation. The Operation Riptide Week 3 missions are out and keep reading the article to know how to complete the missions.

Operation Riptide Week 3 Missions

  • Casual – Dust II – Basalt (Total 3 Stars)
    • Apply 1 Graffiti in Different Locations (+1 Star)
    • Apply 7 Graffiti in Different Locations (+1 Star)
    • Apply 10 Graffiti in Different Locations (+1 Star)
  • Wingman – Ravine (Total 3 Stars)
    • Win 21 Rounds OR
    • Win 1 Match
  • Guardian (Total 2 Stars)
    • Get Sniper Kills in Guardian: Blacksite
  • Retakes (Total 2 Stars)
    • Deal 2,000 Damage OR
    • Deal 1,000 Damage in a Single Match

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Fortnite Frankenstein Skin: All you need to know

Aritra Patra
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Fortnite Frankenstein Skin: All you need to know

Fortnitemares, the Halloween celebration of Fortnite is here. The developers have partnered with Universal and introduced the Frankenstein skin in-game. Apart from Frankenstein, a lot of other horror characters will join Fortnite such as The Mummy.

You can buy the skin on its own, however, I will recommend you to buy the whole bundle that includes Back Bling, Wrap, Pickaxe, and the Frankenstein’s Monster skin.

Fortnite Frankenstein Skin Price

The Frankenstein Skin will most probably cost around 1500 V-Bucks in the item shop. However, if you buy the whole Frankenstein’s Monster bundle, it will cost around 2800 V-Bucks.

Fortnite Frankenstein Release Date

The Frankenstein skin will be released on 5th October at 8AM ET. You will get at least a week to buy the item from the shop.

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Valorant: RGX 11Z PRO Skin bundle leaked

Bharat Kotwani
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Valorant: RGX 11Z PRO Skin bundle leaked

Valorant, Riot’s FPS, has been a resounding success since its release in 2020, thanks to its unique blend of tactical shooting mechanics and ability-based gameplay along with a wide selection of incredible-looking cosmetics that entice the player-base to grind the game out.

Dataminers on Twitter have managed to dig up the upcoming Valorant skin bundle ahead of its actual release, and fans are excited to know more about what skins the RGX 11Z PRO Bundle will offer. This new skin collection will feature four weapons along with a Katana-themed knife, the likes everyone had been waiting for a long time now.

The RGX 11Z PRO Bundle will have the following weapons alongside a Katana-themed Melee knife.

  • Frenzy
  • Guardian
  • Stinger
  • Vandal
  • Melee Knife

Unlike before, these weapons will have five variant upgrades including a Kill tracker. This will be the first time Riot Games would implement a technology that would record your kills on your equipped weapon. Although no information about the same has been further shared about the Kill tracker upgrade, ValorLeaks have suggested that the former won’t be keeping a lifetime record of your frags and would vary every single map. The four variants would include colors Blue, Green, Red, and Yellow. Another perk of getting this bundle would be, every time you inspect a weapon, the color gradient would change accordingly. 

The RGX 11Z PRO skin Bundle comes at a cost of 8700 Valorant Points.

The RGX 11Z PRO skin Bundle will soon replace the Valorant GO! Vol 2 Bundle on the market. The bundle was further shown in action by LuxXz on his YouTube channel.

VCT North America LCQ: ORDER, Chiefs Esports Club withdraw

Bharat Kotwani
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VCT North America LCQ: ORDER, Chiefs Esports Club withdraw

The event has now been cut short to a total of eight teams who will engage to grab the lone spot towards the VCT (Valorant Champions Tour) Champions event,  to be held late this year in Berlin.  

Ahead of the forthcoming Last Chance Qualifier tournament of VCT in North America, teams, ORDER and Chiefs Esports Club have withdrawn from the said tournament citing travel restrictions imposed by the ongoing Coronavirus Pandemic. Both the teams had previously posted on their Twitter handle, headlining the same as they looked forward to represent the Oceanic region at a major LAN event, and cherish an opportunity to get under a spotlight for potential scouting.  

In addition to the above events, Valorant Champions Tour further commented as the latter too failed to accommodate both the teams in Los Angeles and figure them a seamless travel plan in and out of North America.

The committee has now decided to shorten the tournament format down to eight teams, who would compete at the North American Last Chance Qualifier, the final passage towards the Valorant Champions event. Riot has agreed to compensate both the teams for their unassailable attempts to make it through which they were denied by the impending doom cursed by the global health situation.

The community will get a much clearer image in the next couple of days regarding the revamped format and structure, now that the tournament has been reduced to eight teams.

It indeed came as a surprise that Riot decided to have eight teams play for the final spot and not increment the immediate teams who were below the required circuit points threshold. 

You can find the whole Twitter thread here:

Free Fire Redeem Codes for today – 5th October 2021

Divyesh Moghe
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Free Fire Redeem Codes for today – 5th October 2021

Garena Free Fire is well known for its wide range of skins and one of the ways to get these items is by using redeem codes. They are special codes which give away freebies and are somewhat rare to come across.

Free Fire reveals such redeem codes on some special occasions and they are distributed via their social media handles. These codes have a short validity and hence, players need to be quick while redeeming such codes.

The developers have released a new redeem codes by which players can get items like Chrono Box, Weapon Loot Crates, Banners, Avatars and more. These rewards are time limited and hence, should be redeemed quickly.

Some other Free Fire redeem codes were also released this month and you can try them to get additional rewards:

  • 726HS43XERPS
  • TG6UFWHZCZ22 
  • 98V26BZA2UA5
  • HEJT6AYNCDXU

HOW TO REDEEM FREE FIRE REWARDS

You can follow the steps given below to redeem codes in Free Fire and get the loot box:

  • 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 codes given above in the checkbox to unlock the rewards.
  • You will receive the items in your in-game mailbox.

This code is only valid for a single day so make sure to get the items before time runs out. Remember that this code may be region restricted and hence, some players may get an error while trying to get these items.

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Alpha Zegus: A new marketing giant in Indian Gaming Space

Divyesh Moghe
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Alpha Zegus: A new marketing giant in Indian Gaming Space

India has seen a rapid growth in gaming and esports industry in the past few years and big names are entering this community to benefit from the large and growing audience. Alpha Zegus is a budding giant in marketing industry that specializes in bringing new opportunities on the table for their associate talents.

Mr. Rohit Agarwal is the brains behind forming Alpha Zegus and nurturing it to grow this new-gen marketing agency and make it a respectable figurehead in the Indian gaming space.

Gaming market in India has a large viewership potential and due to talented content creators that provide fresh content on a regular basis, there are substantial numbers in this new form of entertainment. Mr. Rohit, founder and director of Alpha Zegus, found a gap between the creators and brands which could not utilize the complete potential of such a wide audience and as a result, Alpha Zegus was formed to bridge this gap some inches closer.

Mr. Rohit worked with huge companies like Intel, Amazon, OnePlus, etc. and gained substantial experience in marketing. According to him, the most important thing in Alpha Zegus is their relationship and connections. The marketing agency believes in forming deep rooted connections with their creators and brands alike. They work with the former to plan out various strategies and include brands to form campaigns that will ultimately benefit both parties. This excellent working strategy has made Alpha Zegus a trusted partner for many endemic and non-endemic brands.

The names of brands that have worked with Alpha Zegus include renowned endemic brands like Intel, LogitechG, MSI, Asus, Acer, LOCO, Colorful and non-endemic brands like KFC, H&M, L’oréal, Fastrack, Adidas, Maybelline, Muscleblaze, Tinder, and many more.

Alpha Zegus provides innovative services to these brands by influencer and creative marketing within the gaming space. Apart from this, they also offer tournament IPs, gaming IPs, digital and media solutions.

They have provided each and every brand with a unique strategy which has helped the brands as well as creators grow in a unique way. Some of their recent collaborations include:

  • Reiterating the concept of ‘Netflix and Chill’ to form ‘KFC Binge Night‘ with creators for an immersive experience of gaming, chatting and binging on their favourite KFC meals.
  • Supported Adidas for their new product launch with an inculcation of gamers’ lifestyle.
  • Launched a new produced called ‘Game On’ for Muscleblaze through influencer marketing.
  • Created high quality content for L’Oréal & Maybelline to match the style of these brands.
  • Created a new Gaming IP for MSI called Game On with Pros.
  • Explored innovative content with Colorful to create funny videos, interactive livestreams, lifestyle shots and increase goodwill and awareness of the brand.
  • Some other collaborations included names like Tinder, Netflix, Old Spice, Nickelodeon, Redbull, Upgrad, Unacademy, Intel, LogitechG, LOCO, Acer, Asus, WD Black and many more.

Alpha Zegus has a long list of renowned creators under their wing. The marketing agency represents more than 30 creators such as Rakazone Gaming, Xyaa, Hydraflick, Tbone, Kaashvi. They have ties with big names from the Indian esports ecosystem such as SkyEsports, EsportsXO and F1-LS.

Alpha Zegus is currently launching their new initiative to promote the underdogs in the community and provide them with a platform to grow. This new campaign is called as ‘India’s Next Alpha’ where Alpha Zegus will be scouting for deserving talent in second and third tiers of competition. They aim to recognize good talent and nurture them in a way that will lead to the growth of Indian gaming ecosystem.

Talking about the future plans, it was revealed that Alpha Zegus is already in works to create some creative digital IPs, that fuse gaming, entertainment, and lifestyle. They also plan to expand into lifestyle marketing.

Alpha Zegus has an ambitious goal to transform marketing in Indian gaming industry and step it up to a new level and their progress is a testimony that they are reaching towards it in a steady fashion.

“Lack of diversity” in PGL Talent lineup stirs conversation, but is it actually there?

Mohd Laraib
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“Lack of diversity” in PGL Talent lineup stirs conversation, but is it actually there?

PGL Esports announced the talent lineup for the first CSGO Major in 2 years yesterday on Twitter. It features faces both new and old, and received applause from most of the community, especially because of the nostalgia associated with the names, not to mention the hype for a Major which CS has sorely missed in the past year.

But not everyone was pleased with the Talent announcement. There were no questions on the quality and capability of the members, but rather at the ‘lack of diversity in the lineup.

Ninjas in Pyjamas COO, Jonas Gundersen took to Twitter to express his disappointment or rather took a dig at PGL saying “At least there’s ONE person who isn’t a white Male.” He also called for a more inclusive space especially when the whole world would be watching.

Many other Twitter users agreed with this stance, but this begs the question: is the statement “Lack of Diversity” really true for CSGO? 

To counter Jonas’ statement, the lineup includes people from 9 different nationalities, from Serbia to India so can diversity be measured by the color of their skin alone? 

Not to mention the fact that James ‘Bardolph’ Bardolph, a black man has been present in the CSGO space for eons. The lineup also includes Sudhen ‘Bleh’ Wahengbam who’s from India and also Efren Chuon as an observer, who’s of Asian descent. So the NiP COO is really clutching at straws here.

Coming to the gender side of things, Counter-Strike has always had women working events, be it from the early days in 2013 or the very recent LAN at IEM Cologne. Heather ‘sapphiRe’ Garozzo, has been an observer for as long as anyone can remember and has worked 5 Majors already and has also been observing Valorant recently, such is her skill.

Frankie Ward and Freya Spiers are household names in the CSGO fraternity and anyone who’s watched a tier 1 event, knows how they excel in their work. They too worked at Majors previously. Frankie too clarified on Twitter about this marital journey and that how logistics might as well have been a problem, had PGL approached her.

Counter-Strike has always been inclusive of people no matter their gender or the color of their skin, they have always welcomed people from around the globe and continue to do so.

Be it the on-air talent, the people behind on the scenes, or the players themselves.

Picture courtesy: ESL

Top 5 Free Fire characters for Ranked Mode in October 2021

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Top 5 Free Fire characters for Ranked Mode in October 2021

Garena Free Fire is one of the most famous battle royale games in the world. The game itself needs no introduction in the gaming world. Players love to enjoy their favorite game but many players look to push rank to be on the top of the server’s list.

With over an option of more than 30 Free Fire characters in the game. Players get easily confused on which character will be the best to play in the Ranked mode. Today, We have brought you the top 5 Free Fire characters for Ranked mode in October 2021.

1. DJ ALOK

DJ Alok is one of the most loved characters in the game. His Drop the Beat skills make him the maximum picked character in Rank Modes. With this skill, players can create a 5m aura that restores 5HP/sec. At its initial upgrade level, the skill comes with an overall duration of five seconds. Along with health restoration, the skill also helps to improve ally movement speed by 10 percent.

2. Wukong

The monkey king looks like a human being. It has a special survival ability “Camouflage” which turns him into a bush. The ability can be upgraded to the max level of 6 where it will turn into a Bush for 15 sec. While the ability cooldown is for 200 seconds. The ability gets enabled on reaching level 1 which allows him to turn into a Bush for 10 sec with a 300-sec cooldown. Firing the weapon will cancel Camouflage’s effect and taking down an enemy will reset the cooldown. It is one of the most useful characters in close-range fights.

3. A124

The modern-day robot has two states of mind: A normal 18 years old girl mode or battle mode. You will love her in the former mode but she is feared in the battle mode. The battle mode makes her fierce and violent, therefore she is the best pick for aggressive game-style players. She has ‘Thrill of Battle’ as her special survival ability which converts part of the EP into HP in 4s. CD 10s.

4. Clu

Clu

The 24-year-old, Clu, scans her enemies thoroughly. Grown in a suburb of a large city, her parents never had to worry about the basics of life due to her abilities. She gets to know about the danger way ahead of time. She became a private eye detective in hope of finding her dad and uncover the details of his disappearance in the war. She is one of the best characters used in a support role. With her presence in the squad, the teammates knew the location of their enemies. Which helps them to take down the enemies with ease.

5. Kelly

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We always have one athletic friend in the group. Kelly is that character of the game who loves sprinting. Also known as Shimada Kiriko, she will be always found on the track and building her mind and body. Kelly’s special survival ability is Dash which Increases sprinting speed. With the increase in her levels, her sprinting speed goes up by 6%. She is the best pick for fast-paced players who love to be in front.

OG announces full roster participation in TI10 after Ceb’s Eye surgery

Pranav Nalawade
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OG announces full roster participation in TI10 after Ceb’s Eye surgery

The reigning champions of The International will play in full force at the upcoming tournament in Bucharest – OG  today officially announced that  Sébastien  “Ceb”  Debs will perform at TI10.

A few days ago,  OG  announced that the Frenchman needed an urgent eye operation – otherwise, the health of the e-sportsman was threatened with some serious complications without which he could have lost his eyesight!. The operation was successful, but because of it, he could miss the anniversary championship from The International series – the club was waiting for the doctors’ verdict before making any final statements.

Ceb quoted in an excerpt: “As much as we love Dota, some things will always be more important”

The International 10  will take place from October 7 to 17 in the Romanian capital, Bucharest. The venue for the final stage of the tournament will be the stadium “Arena Naţională”. The total prize fund of the event will be $ 40,018,195; the winner will receive over $ 18 million.

The now present OG Roster will be : 

  • Syed Sumail  “SumaiL”  Hassan
  • Topias Miikka  “Topson”  Taavitsainen
  • Sébastien  “Ceb”  Debs
  • Martin ” Saksa ” Sazdov
  • Johan ” N0tail ” Sundstein
  • Mikhail  “Misha”  Agatov (coach)
  • Titouan  “Sockshka”  Merloz (assistant coach)

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