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K-pop Group AESPA Will Be Performing At The Wild Rift SEA Championship 2021

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K-pop Group AESPA Will Be Performing At The Wild Rift SEA Championship 2021

After two weeks of intense competition between 21 of the best Wild Rift teams in the Southeast Asia, Taiwan and Hong Kong region, eight teams remain in the League of Legends: Wild Rift SEA Championship 2021, presented by ESL Mobile Challenge. Teams will be competing for a lion share of the USD200,000 prize pool as well as two coveted slots to the Wild Rift Global Tournament in November.

The eight competing teams include representatives from five different regions namely Buriram United Esports and EVOS Esports from Thailand, Team Secret from the Philippines, MBR Esports from Indonesia, One Team and Flash Wolves from Taiwan, and SBTC Esports and Divine Esports from Vietnam.

The Grand Finals will take place on 3rd October 2021, and famed K-pop group, aespa, will make an appearance in the opening ceremony to kick off the first ever Wild Rift SEA Championship Grand Finals.

Aespa is a K-pop group from South Korea, formed by SM Entertainment. They made their grand debut at the end of 2020 and are currently dominating the global music charts with their megahit “Next Level”, which they will be performing in the opening ceremony of the Wild Rift SEA Championship Grand Finals, presented by ESL Mobile Challenge.

“​​Over the past two years, Riot has quickly ramped up to be more than just a video games company. We have been increasingly active in the music space, with our virtual bands K/DA and Pentakill both releasing new EPs over the past year. Esports fans are no stranger to our music efforts either, with MNL48 opening the Wild Rift SEA Icon Series Summer Super Cup earlier this June. We are now thrilled to announce aespa’s showcase for the Wild Rift SEA Championship Grand Finals and we hope to continue delighting fans across the region with the highest quality of entertainment,” said G. Justin Hulog, General Manager of Riot Games Southeast and Taiwan.

The Wild Rift SEA Championship 2021 is part of the Icon Series, Riot’s official mobile esports circuit in Southeast Asia, Taiwan, and Hong Kong for League of Legends: Wild Rift. The league is organised through a close partnership between ESL Asia and Riot Games SEA.

The tournament is presented by ESL Mobile Challenge, part of the ESL Mobile ecosystem, a global esports program aimed to provide opportunities for aspiring gamers to showcase their skills and springboard their esports journey in the booming mobile games market. 

Nick Vanzetti, Senior VP of ESL Asia- Pacific Japan had this to say,“ESL has always placed players and fans at the heart of our tournaments and events. We aim to create spectacles that entertain, and the launch of ESL Mobile in Asia combined with Wild Rift’s SEA Championship 2021 are milestone events that require truly memorable experiences for fans throughout the world. So we’re excited to unveil aespa in the opening ceremony and bring their thrilling performance in Korea to our viewers, setting the tone for what will surely be an epic finals!“

WHERE CAN I WATCH?

The Wild Rift SEA Championship 2021 will be broadcasted in English, Tagalog, Bahasa Indonesia, Bahasa Malaysia, Mandarin, Vietnamese, Thai, and Cantonese. Broadcasts will begin at 12:30 PM SGT, with the first match starting from 1:00 PM SGT. The matches will also be live on Twitch, Facebook, and YouTube on Riot SEA’s official channels as well as on the official partners’ broadcast channels:

English: 

Tagalog: 

Bahasa Indonesia:

Bahasa Malaysia: 

Mandarin: 

Vietnamese: 

Thai: 

Cantonese: 

For the latest information on The Wild Rift SEA Championship 2021 news updates and team performance, visit the official event page at https://esl.gg/WRSEAChamps.

The Global Magic: The Gathering tournament, Red Bull Untapped, is back for 2021

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The Global Magic: The Gathering tournament, Red Bull Untapped, is back for 2021

Red Bull Untapped, the global Magic: The Gathering (MTG) tournament from Red Bull and Wizards of the Coast, has returned! In the third installment of this popular series, the event will see a number of Regional and International events, giving the best MTG players from around the world the chance to shine on the world stage. 

Red Bull Untapped is an open and free-to-enter competition that lets players challenge each other, summon their creatures, and cast their spells in the immersive world of Magic: The Gathering.

The tournament will feature an online play on Magic: The Gathering Arena, in the Standard and Historic formats, playing a mix of Constructed and Limited formats. This combination of Magic: The Gathering Arena will give fans a variety of awesome MTG battles, some in formats they haven’t been able to play and spectate for the past 18 months.

Red Bull Untapped 2021 follows successful tournaments held in both 2019 and 2020, the latter seeing over 20,000 registrations.

There are six international Red Bull Untapped events throughout 2021, beginning in October and running until the end of November. Open to all, each event will be held online and feature a two-day stand-off between players from all over the world.

The winner of each International Stop will receive an exclusive custom Red Bull Untapped trophy as well as an invitation to the Portugal event, the epic finale in the Red Bull Untapped series. This will be one of two regional stops taking place as part of Red Bull Untapped, with the other in Japan in autumn later this year.

The first Red Bull Untapped International Stop is now open for registration on MTG Melee here.

Hearthstone: Team Kraken victorious at inaugural Global Esports Tour event

Prashant Shankar
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Hearthstone: Team Kraken victorious at inaugural Global Esports Tour event

Yesterday saw Team Kraken take first place in the initial stop of the Global Esports Federation and FACEIT’s new worldwide esports invitational – the Global Esports Tour. 

The winning team, led by Jeffrey “TrumpSC” Shih with Jerome “Monsanto” Faucher and Mihai “languagehacker” Dragalin, dominated during the two-day event, beating David “Killinallday” Acosta’s Team Gryphon in the final with a solid performance played on Hearthstone® Classic Mode.

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Team Kraken bags the champion’s trophy in the first Global Esports Tour Los Angeles. From left: Mihai “languagehacker” Dragalin, Jerome “Monsanto” Faucher, Jeffrey “TrumpSC” Shih, Dr. Melita N. Moore, GEF Board Member and Chair of Health & Wellness Commission, Paul J. Foster, CEO of GEF, and Christopher ‘MonteCristo’ Mykles.

Team Kraken began the tournament with a shaky start, dropping their first match to Team Gryphon with a 4-1 loss. However, moving down to the lower bracket they began to find their groove, winning their following two matches against Frank “Fr0zen” Zhang’s Team Mammoth 4-3 and Alexandra “Alliestrasza” MacPherson’s Team Phoenix 4-0.

In the Final against Team Gryphon, Team Kraken stormed forward in the first four games, gaining a 3- 1 lead against the tournament favourites. Team Gryphon’s Jeffrey “Tarei” Liu pulled back a victory in Game 5, before Mihai “languagehacker” Dragalin closed the show with a victory against Tarei in Game 6.

The GEF team caught up with Team Kraken after the Grand Final and spoke to the winners. “Thank you GEF. This was a lit tournament. We really love what you are doing for esports. The cities chosen are the hot spots in the world for esports,” said Jeffrey “TrumpSC” Shih, captain of the winning team.

Mihai “languagehacker” Dragalin added, “It’s really cool, honestly. This entire tour that you’ve set up is really incredible. For the first edition to be Hearthstone®, and for us to be a part of it, it’s incredible. We didn’t really expect to win it all, and that’s just speaks for how cool this event is.”

Four teams of North America’s best players were invited to compete in this best of seven, double elimination conquest form, for a US$50,000 prize. Made up of three plyers each, the teams entered with six decks, all from a unique class. Team captains TrumpSC, Fr0zen, Alliestrasza, and Killinallday led their respective squads:

Team KrakenJeffrey “TrumpSC” ShihJerome “Monsanto” FaucherMihai “Languagehacker” DragalinTeam PhoenixAlexandra “Alliestrasza” MacPhersonJohn “Dekkster” KotrichAndrew “TidesofTime” Biessener
Team MammothFrank “Fr0zen” ZhangDavid “Justsaiyan” ShanGeorge “hyped” MaganziniTeam GryphonDavid ‘Killinallday” AcostaJeffrey “Tarei” LiuMark “Ant” Trevino

Pro gamer and game designer turned broadcaster, Brian Kibler, strategy game expert Nathan ‘Admirable’ Zamora, and Cloud9 player Cong “StrifeCro” Shu, provided their expert commentary and analysis during the event.

The GET is the GEF’s Pro-Team tournament staged in key global cities throughout the year. GET 2021 offers a total prize pool of US$500,000. The tournament showcases skills and talent from different game genres from around the world with Hearthstone®, PUBG MOBILE, and CS:GO the chosen games. FACEIT has joined the GET as the GEF’s Strategic Partner, Esports Services and was also the tournament organiser for this Hearthstone® stop.

In October, the GET heads to Riyadh (October 24-26, 2021) with PUBG MOBILE, and on to Dubai (November 26-27, 2021) with CS:GO.

Images from the Global Esports Tour Los Angeles can be found here: tinyurl.com/GETLosAngeles. #worldconnected

Asmongold returns to Twitch

Sarjyo Mukherjee
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Popular variety streamer Asmongold has returned to Twitch after an extended break from streaming to address issues surrounding his personal life and mental health.

The recent times saw Asmongold take several breaks from streaming, some planned while others, abrupt. This break was much needed for him to address several issues that were bothering him, and by the looks of things, his mind is finally in the right place.

During his hiatus from his main channel, Asmon was streaming on and off on his alternate channel where he announced that he will be back to stream Amazon’s New Word on his main from 28th September, i.e. tomorrow.

“be back to streaming for New World release,” he said.

His personal issues included his mom’s health and thankfully she’s doing “okay”, the streamer confirmed. Asmongold has been one of the most popular streamers on the platform and a constant source of entertainment and content for ages.

It is never bad to have someone like him back on the platform and hopefully his issues are resolved and we see him return in full force, streaming Amazon’s brand new game from tomorrow.

Krafton to improve the security system in BGMI to catch cheaters

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Krafton to improve the security system in BGMI to catch cheaters

Krafton, the developers and publishers of India’s most famous battle royale mobile game “Battlegrounds Mobile India” spoke on the ongoing issues with the increasing number of cheaters in the game. Starting with the sentence “Fair Gameplay is Our Priority”, the developers revealed the measures they are taking against illegal programs, cheats, and cheaters.

We all know, countless numbers of players are using cheats and illegal programs to take advantage of others. Thus, ruining the complete fun of the players who do competitive or casual gaming. Kraton came out with strong words on this major issue and revealed the steps that will be taken by them to make BGMI a fair gaming environment.

They wrote, “We work daily on logic enforcement and updates to illegal programs, blocking ad channels, and monitoring real-time, and have permanently sanctioned more than 1.52 million accounts to date and are working on modernizing our systems. However, despite these efforts, cheaters still exist in the game. And here are some next steps”,

1. More detailed revalidation of game data for top-ranked users

Detailed scrutiny of the top rankings of the leaderboards. We are cleaning it up.

  • If you are using cheats, you will be banned.
  • If you are promoting cheats or cheat assisted rank push, you will be banned.
  • If you have cheated in the past and are not currently cheating right now, you will be handed to a permanent ban.

2. Prevent advertising of cheaters and cheat programs

If you advertise the sale of illegal programs and cheats through in-game profile images, or distribute illegal program usage videos, promotional videos/images on other websites, we will take strong measures such as permanent suspension of use in the game and closing of channels.

3. Strengthen our security system

We will continue to improve ban logic through closer analysis of users who use illegal programs.

Krafton aims to provide a fair gaming environment and will take all means and measures necessary to address any action that hinders it. They also asked the supporters of the game to regularly report the players, if they are found using unfair means or hacking.

Penta Esports announce ‘Penta Challenge’ Valorant tournament with ₹5L prize pool

Divyesh Moghe
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Penta Esports announce ‘Penta Challenge’ Valorant tournament with ₹5L prize pool

Penta Esports, the esports division of Newgen gaming, is hosting a new tournament called Penta Challenge – Valorant in association with Facebook Gaming and Trinity Gaming. This tournament will be a part of Penta Esports’ newly launched IP, ‘Penta Challenge’ and will start from 5th October.

Valorant has become one of the favourite FPS titles in India and the rigorous competition in its esports ecosystem have paved the way for many players to go pros. Several tournament organizers are boosting this growth by organizing different events and Penta Esports have also presented an opportunity for budding talent.

As mentioned earlier, this event will kickstart from 5 October and run over multiple stages to conclude on 24th October. Two open qualifiers will be held and will be followed by grand finale where top two teams from each bracket will fight with four invited teams to grab the throne.

The tournament has a massive prize pool of ₹5,00,000 and it will be distributed as follows:

Prize Pool₹5,00,000
1st₹2,25,000
2nd₹1,25,000
3rd/4th₹50,000
3rd/4th₹50,000
5th-8th₹10,000
5th-8th₹10,000
5th-8th₹10,000
5th-8th₹10,000
Top Fragger of Grand Finale₹10,000

The registrations for this tournament have already started on 24th September and will go on till 8th October on Penta Esports’ newly launched platform. The entire tournament will be exclusively broadcasted on Facebook and the broadcast will begin from quarterfinals of respective qualifiers.

This event will also mark the launch of Penta Esports’ platform, pentaesports.com. The platform will be a one stop destination for all things esports, including match schedules, match results, VODs of tournaments and leagues, content, news, announcements and much more.

The platform will allow users to discover and register for tournaments. It will also allow teams to create recruitment posts and players to find teams. This will enable a lot more players to participate in tournaments for team-based game titles.

Penta Esports CMO Akshay Paul talked about Penta Challenge and said, “We’ve always had the vision to bring opportunities to the player and amazing viewing experience to the spectators and our newest IP, Penta Challenge, is a step in that direction. While we’ll start with Valorant, going forward, we will have the Penta Challenge for multiple game titles.”

Trinity Gaming founder and CEO Abhishek Agarwal said, “We’re always on the lookout for good partners to be able to bring tournaments like these for the Indian esports community. Our vision is absolutely in line with the team at Penta Esports and we’re sure this is going to be an amazing event!”

Head of Esports at Penta Esports, Kiran Noojibail said, “We’ve been working on this platform for a while and it feels rewarding to launch it for everyone. We wanted to create a platform for Indian esports players and enthusiasts, which encompasses all major aspects of esports. Penta Challenge – Valorant will be the first tournament for our platform and we look forward to building a strong community through the platform!”

Valorant Night Market returns

Bharat Kotwani
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Valorant Night Market returns

Valorant had brought to the community the first-ever Night Market in their v1.14 patch with an aim to provide the players with weapons at a discounted rate. 

Let’s face the truth, the skin bundles do sometimes cost you a bomb, and here is where the Night Market comes into action. The latter allows you to get either Prime, Deluxe, or other grade weapons at a slightly lower price than their original. Do note: An entire bundle will never be put up on a hefty discount but only a single skin from that specific bundle would be. You’re blessed with a total of six weapon skin cards that can be revealed once flipped. 

Earlier, the Night Market saw the developers tune it with Bad luck protection which would guarantee you some exciting offers. Also, once you flip your cards, you won’t get more than two skins of the same weapon.

The only way you can refresh your weapon skin cards is if you purchase the currently available choices. You have 12 more days left to redeem all of the six offers and as mentioned above, after every purchase, there’s always a new offer exclusively waiting for you. While the Night Market is basically a shot in the dark, Riot has promised to optimize it in a way it remains fairly random while catering to everyone’s needs. Skins in VALORANT have been commended for their inventive fine art and players of all titles regard the exertion and detail put into VALORANT skins and for this exact reason, any update related to skins will be something on the better side.

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Free Fire vs Free Fire Max: What are the differences?

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Free Fire Max – What is different from normal Free Fire??

Garena released an official note on the Free Fire developers blog, about the update and main news that are only available in the MAX version.

Many players have asked us about what’s in the common version that doesn’t have the max. Here are all the main differences between the two:

Especially on Free Fire MAX

1 – Gameplay

1.1 Creation Workshop

New Feature Available: The Creation Workshop brings a completely new experience to Free Fire. In it, players will be able to create their own maps and share them with the rest of the squad. Access the Creation Workshop and start testing your imagination!

Map Creation Workshop is now available in Free Fire MAX.

Free Fire players will be able to play on maps created in the Custom Room.

There will be an interface to keep track of the most popular and recommended maps from the Creation Workshop.

1.2 Bermuda MAX

New map available: Bermuda MAX. 

On this map, you can face 4×4 battles in the Clock Tower region. With the updated graphics and addition of buildings, this map will give you a special experience to get to know Free Fire MAX.”

2 – Profile news

2.1 360º view available in the lobby

New lobby and theme: The lobby has been redesigned to leave separate space for new features in the future. 360º view available in lobby

3 – New animations

3.1 Reload the weapon

New weapon animations available. Available: Players will be introduced to a whole new universe of weapon animations in Free Fire MAX.

The Free Fire MAX animations are exactly the same duration as the Free Fire animations. The only difference is aesthetics and doesn’t affect gameplay.

3.2 Movements and interactions

Smoother and more realistic animations: Free Fire MAX comes with new visuals for running, crouching, eating mushrooms and using the armor repair kit. Now they look smoother and more realistic! Speculations also say that higher refresh rate has been optimized for the game.

4 – Sound effects

4.1 Improvements in gun sounds

Sound adjustments and improvements when firing and reloading the weapon: Sound effects improvements have been implemented in all game modes.

4.2 Echo Effect

New echo effect: Players will receive an audible feedback when shooting both inside and outside buildings. Available in the Training Island Combat Zone.

5 – New special effects

5.1 New Drone Effect

Available in Battle Royale Mode: To increase immersion, the Drone now has a blue effect when scanning areas. This drone special effect is available for all Battle Royale mode maps.

5.2 New graphics for water

Available in Remastered Bermuda, it makes the diving experience even more fun! Players will be able to see this in the water between Pochinok and Sentosa.

Optimizations and bug fixes

Improvements in footstep sounds.

So, these are the main differences between the versions. Remembering that the player who is in normal Free Fire will play together with the player of Free Fire Max, what changes are only the details.

For more information on Free Fire max recently launched, click here.

For more information on free fire redeem code for September, click here.

Also to stay updated on the latest Freefire news, visit talkesport.com

For more news on the venom 2: Let there be carnage collaboration,  visit this link.

FREE FIRE x Venom 2: Let there be carnage collaboration new skins and items revealed

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FREE FIRE x Venom 2: Let there be carnage collaboration new skins and items revealed

As the season end nears and with the OB30, Freefire Max in the pipeline, there was a new exciting event the developers had announced, the freefire x Venom 2: Let there be carnage event.

Even though it’s a collaboration with sony/marvel, it’s for the promotion of the film amongst the huge player base of garena. This partnership in the end bodes well for the players as the items that will come in the game are simple and recycled. The partnership starts within the game on 10/16 and the film opens in theaters before the date.

According to the leaks,  previewing the items will be possible after the next update! But, in the meantime, here is the list of the items that may come with the partnership:

  • Venom helmet
  • Time of Carnage: We are Venom
  • Booty Time of Carnage
  • Motorbike- Time of Carnage
  • Carnage Time Set
  • Blue, Red and Hybrid Venom Token
  • Carnage Time Backpack”

On Oct 10, free fire players can expect the collaboration to drop with a few in-game items and collectibles also including exciting costume bundles.

For more information on Free Fire max recently launched, click here.

For more information on free fire redeem code for September, click here.

Also to stay updated on the latest Freefire news, visit talkesport.com

Free Fire x Venom 2: Let there be carnage items previewed in exclusive leak

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As the movie release date comes closer, the developers are working on adding exciting items into the game which will promote the movie releasing in October.

A crossover between the Battle Royale Freefire and Venom will be officially launching on the 10th of October, bringing an immersive experience with exclusive content from the movie. All the fans of the movie Venom: Let there be carnage, can find hidden easter eggs and references throughout the game in the free fire just like the motion picture.

In one of the latest leaks, one of the costumes to be expected in the upcoming update was seen, and here is the first look at the costume:

The costume was seen to have the name: Time of carnage along with the caption which said: We are venom!

On further digging, we can find screenshots of the character in a full-fledged suit,

On Oct 10, free fire players can expect the collaboration to drop with a few in-game items and collectibles also including these exciting costume bundles!

For more information on Free Fire max recently launched, click here.

For more information on free fire redeem code for September, click here.

Also to stay updated on the latest Freefire news, visit talkesport.com

For more news on the venom 2: Let there be carnage collaboration,  visit this link.

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